Toy Tips with Marianne Szymanski - It's My Birthday!

Editor's Note: Marianne Szymanski is a leading expert in toy reviews, and the founder of the Toy Tips Research Institute.  She is the author of Toy Tips: A Parent's Essential Guide to Smart Toy Choices and also the editor of Toy Tips and Parenting Hints Magazine.

Today's My Birthday!

So, I thought I'd share  a dozen ideas  of what you would have found me playing with if I were a kid again!
Hope you can share these memory-making experiences with a child in your life.

 

• American Girl Mia Doll
• Mongoose Lilac Kids' 16-Inch Cruiser Bike
• Alvin the Chipmunk Hula Hoop Singing Doll
• Go Fly A Kite Rainbow 30 Inch Kite
• Melissa & Doug Cutting Food Box
• Fisher-Price ESPN Better Batter Baseball
• Gazillion Bubble Machine
• Mastermind Board Game
• IlluStory Make Your Own Story Kit
• Plan Toy Musical Band
• Shelcore - NASCAR Tony Stewart Combo Pack
• Slip N' Slide Wave Rider Double

And for  all you parents, aunts and uncles my age,  here's a trip down memory lane!

• The 70's Decade Box

For birthday toy ideas,  visit toytips.com and follow me on twitter.com/toytips for a daily toy tip!

--Marianne Szymanski