Award Winning Toys at Kidlink
Kidlink has an excellent reputation for having the uncanny ability of being able to choose just the right toy for a child and the right book for an adult. For the kids’ stuff they sell, they concentrate on award winning toys and games,and arts and crafts. They can help you choose products and toys with long term value in mind, and it all comes with free gift wrapping and excellent customer service.
Pipsquigz www.fatbraintoys.com/search.cfm?q=pipsquigz&x=20&y=15 Ages: 6 mos+ – Three rubbery suction toys which make sounds. Easy to grab, hold, teeth on. $25
Laser Pegs www.laserpegs.com Ages 5-9 – Resembles Lego and compatible with it but these light up. You can build cars, trucks, animals, landmarks like pyramids. $16-$100
Tenzi www.ilovetenzi.com Ages: 7-97 – Each person (up to 4) gets 10 dice. Keep rolling til someone gets 10 of the same number. Other ways to play. $18
Goldie Blox www.interplayuk.com/goldieblox Ages girls 4-9 – Building system for girls. Engineering for kids. Some with little animals. Sold out last year. $24-$70
Story Cubes wwww.storycubes.com Ages: 8-adult – 9 dice with pictures on them. Make up a story according to the images you roll. $11
Gravity Maze wwww.thinkfun.com/gravitymaze Ages: 8-99 – A solitaire game with 60 challenges. Gets harder as you go on. Has blocks with holes which you build differently each time trying to get a marble to a red cube. $37
Anomia www.anomiapress.com Ages 10-adult – A card game needing a minimum of 3 players which involves guessing words in categories $15
Money Savvy www.msgen.com Ages: All – A piggy bank (or soccer ball or dog) which has 4 separate compartments to: save, spend, donate or invest. $24
Boogie Board www.myboogieboard.com/na/ Ages: All – An electronic writing board, comes with a stylus. Press to erase electronically. Sizes: mini, regular and deluxe. $25 $40 $50
Room Defender www.smartlabtoys.com/room-defender.html Ages: Boys 10+ – Programmable room security system for their door. Cards to enter, can leave messages. $47
Location: 5604 Monkland Ave.
corner: Oxford
Tel: 514-482-4188
Hours: Mon-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5