Kidlink Award Winning Toys
Kidlink (5604 Monkland Ave. Tel: 514-482-4188) has always focused on award winning toys and good books. this is the perfect place to go for advice on what to buy kids of all ages.
– For 12& up: Fushigi Ball, is a metallic magic gravity ball. You can do tricks with your hands and it looks like it is floating. Comes with a DVD to show you how to do the tricks $20.99. It’s a big hit
– For 8 & up: Competition Cups; Though this sounds deceptively simple, you get a box with 12 cups and DVD instructions . You simply stack unstack them as fast as you can. Look it up on YouTube. Comes in 2 sizes $20.99 & $38.99. The bigger one comes with a timer and a mat. This is good also for teens.
– 8 up, especially teens: Urban Headphones: Made by Bojeux, a Montreal company. Written up in Protegez-Vous, you put together your own headphones and decorate them. They have great sound. $25.99
– Duct tape craze: Duct tape can be used to decorate sneakers, tables, school bags, bracelets, belts, water bottles, school books, as it comes in dozens of designs: polka dot, leopard, jeans, stripes, etc.. You can buy books to give you ideas. “Just Duct Tape It” is a bestseller $11.95 and there’s “Tape it and Make It” $16.99. Tape is $8.99 a roll.
babies – Taf toys, My First mp3 Player is preloaded with Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, etc. Parents can download music and use a USB key to add it. It won awards $59.99.
family – Alex 3D Cityscape is a 42-piece puzzle which you then work upwards in 3D to build buildings on the floorscape $20.99. Award winner.
6 to adult – Qwirkle won many awards including Mensa. It is similar to dominoes as it is made up of 108 wooden tiles. You mix and match the 6 different shapes and colors to play strategy games $30.99