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Chicago kids who use pretend play food items in their toy kitchens will love the adorable soft fabric foods available at the brand-new Felt Food...
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Find out more about Renée: Renée Carver is a stay-at-home mother of two and a freelance writer specializing in educational products and parenting issues. Using her degree in education to raise children who are active, thinking individuals, she is on the hunt for toys that are safe, fun, enriching and eco-friendly. Carver is also the Children's TV Feature Writer at Suite101.com. Contact her at ChicagoExaminerChildrensToys@gmail.com. |
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To celebrate what would have been beloved children's author Richard Scarry's 90th birthday (on June 5, 2009), Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., is...
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Chicagoans can purchase new toys from quality brands at highly discounted prices by visiting Tuesday Morning locations around Chicagoland. Family toy...
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To help family finances in a recession, Chicago parents can sell gently-used children's items for extra cash to Chicagoland locations of Once Upon a...
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West suburban families and other Chicagoans searching for affordable toys can try shopping at the Carousel Resale Shop in LaGrange for gently used...
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As the economy falters, the Carousel Resale Shop in LaGrange has seen an increase in customers shopping for gently used products from upscale brands,...
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Chicago parents on a budget searching for affordable toys for $3 or under can visit the new $1-$2-$3 Fun! shops usually set up in one of the front...
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Creative Chicago kids can make fun and beautiful paper toys and crafts with free paper toy patterns and directions from Marilyn Scott-Waters, the...
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Instead of spending lots of money on expensive Easter toys or stuffed bunnies and chicks that kids may grow bored with in a month, encourage children...
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- Dora Links Fashion Doll and Dora's Explorer Girls toys
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- Disney Netpal from ASUS
- Kota and Pals electronic dinosaur pets
- Tonka Chuck My Talking Truck
- Disney Princess and the Frog Princess Tiana toys
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- Five toys for the Animal Houses exhibit at The Morton Arboretum
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- Lurie Garden Family Workshop events at Millennium Park
- Naper Settlement History Connection hands-on activity center
- Setting up Family Game Night
- Disney Pix Jr. Digital Camera
- PlasmaCar kid-powered riding toy
- HABA Terry Train
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- HABA Tony Tractor Pushing Vehicle
- Amazing Baby Pop-Up Activity Ball
- Guess How Much I Love You soft book baby toy
- Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar Color Me Toy
- Snack and Play Travel Tray
- Calafant Carriage cardboard toy
- Crayola Crayon Town activity sets
- Citiblocs wooden building blocks
- Interlocking Blocks (toys like wooden LEGOs)
- HABA Sticki-Baustine Fit Together Blocks (toys like wooden LEGOs)
- Fisher-Price® Little People® 50th anniversary playsets
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- Baking supplies
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- Cardboard toys
- Children's books
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- Children's music
- Clay and play dough
- Craft toys
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- Electronic toys and games
- Games
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- Paper toys
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- Video games
- Big Toy Express (Bucktown)
- Building Blocks Toy Store (Lakeview & Wicker Park)
- Chicago Children’s Museum Store (River East at Navy Pier)
- Galt Toys + Galt Baby (Magnificent Mile)
- Gigi’s Dolls & Sherry’s Teddy Bears, Inc. (Norwood Park)
- giggle (Lincoln Park)
- green genes (Andersonville)
- Marbles: The Brain Store (Chicago, Lincoln Square, Skokie)
- MCA Store (Museum of Contemporary Art in the Magnificent Mile)
- nat & helens (Lakeview)
- Psycho Baby (Wicker Park)
- The Red Balloon Co. (Bucktown & Andersonville)
- Timeless Toys L.T.D. (Lincoln Square)
- Toys et Cetera (Andersonville, Hyde Park, Lincoln Park)
- Twinkle Twinkle Little One (Roscoe Village)
- Uncle Fun (Lakeview)
- Women and Children First (Uptown)
- Anderson’s Bookshop (Downers Grove & Naperville)
- Becky & Me (Glenview & Evanston)
- Berwyn’s Toy Trains & Models (Berwyn)
- Brilliant Sky Toys & Books (Lombard & Deer Park)
- DCM Explorer Store (DuPage Children’s Museum)
- Galt Toys (Northbrook)
- Geppetto’s Toy Box (Oak Park)
- KidSnips
- La La Land children's boutique (Elmhurst)
- The Magic Tree Bookstore (Oak Park)
- My Favorite Toy Store (Downers Grove & Evanston)
- My Sister Kate (Oak Brook)
- Oompa Retail Store (Middleton, WI)
- Red Wagons (River Forest)
- Toys et Cetera (Evanston)
- The Toy Station at Market Square (Lake Forest)
- Village Toy Shop (Winnetka)
- Y & Z Kids (La Grange)
- American Girl Place Chicago
- Babies R Us
- Baby GAP
- Borders
- Build-A-Bear Workshop
- Buy Buy Baby
- The Disney Store
- Land of Nod
- Learning Express Toys
- The LEGO Store (Magnificent Mile)
- The LEGO Store (Northbrook)
- The LEGO Store (Orland Park)
- The LEGO Store (Schaumburg)
- Pottery Barn Kids
- The Right Start (Lincoln Park)
- Sanrio stores (Hello Kitty toys and merchandise)
- Sears toy shops
- Target
- Toys R Us
- tree top kids (Hinsdale)
- Walmart
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