Children's educational toys and Kids Furniture

Parents spend a lot of time thinking about the scheme of their children’s room theme. But somehow, one of the most utilized spaces commonly gets overlooked – the floor. Not only can the right kid’s room rug add that special touch of comfort and warmth to their existing decor, but a great kid’s rug can also provide for a clean, safe spot for your children to play, learn and more.

Nursery Rhymes for Lullaby Time

Charming child verses are replicated in a wonderful selection of nursery-rhyme inspired kid’s room rugs. The traditional favorite of the cow jumping over the moon decorates a Hey Diddle Diddle rug brought to you by Joy Carpets. In hues of blues, pinks and earth tones, this precious piece incorporates images of all the famous characters into its soft, woven fabric. The poem surrounds the border of its star and image-filled center as it provides a cute and comfortable place to rock baby to sleep.

Another absolutely stunning floor covering made by Joy Carpets in the nursery-rhyme theme is the Humpty Dumpty Kids Room Rug. Woven in marvelous detail and beautiful hues, this piece is sure to inspire the sweetest of dreams.

Floor-time Fantasy

The infamous painting of the Guardian Angel safely guiding the big sister and her baby brother across the forest’s wooden footbridge is another wonderful choice brought to you by Joy Carpets. This beautiful vintage image is almost too pretty to put on the floor so you might want to consider hanging it in tapestry fashion on the wall over your child’s bed.

Relax, Play or Learn

A creative kid’s room rug designed in kid-friendly map fashion is also manufactured by Joy Carpets. Incorporating all of the colorful continents onto a beautiful turquoise background, it begets a border of cute costumed children from around the world.

Joy Carpet’s Jump Start Kid’s Rug is the perfect spot to relax as you introduce children to every day images. Beautiful colors adorn this rug that integrates pictures of animals, shapes and food that kids see on a daily basis. A great teaching tool as well as a comfortable place to hang out, this rug offers hours of entertainment and learning.

From the whimsical to the sports-themed or educational, the abundance of styles for kid’s room rugs provide the perfect way to complete the decor of any child’s room. Most come with a long-wear, anti-stain and anti-soil protection warranty in addition to being woven with anti-static and anti-microbial resistant fibers. For the most intriguing and unique selection of kid’s room rugs around, step over to our kids furniture store.

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For little girls, hosting tea parties is one of the most favorite childhood memories she’ll create during this special time of her life. And whether she’s invited playmates from school, friends from the neighborhood, or even just the beloved stuffed animals and dolls that adorn her bedroom, everyone will be sure to find a comfy and colorful seat at one of the uniquely designed Tea Cup Tables that are available online.

The Friendliest Flower

A sunny hued Lemonade Daisy Table Set is the perfect spot to enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of sipping tea (or lemonade) and chatting. The table itself is complete with a daisy shaped topper that has sprouted from its bright green stem. Four daisy shaped chairs complete the set and are designed in the same blooming flower fashion to comfortable seat all of her special guests. Each piece is hand painted and easy to keep fresh with a damp cloth.

Sweet Style

A pretty Peppermint Pink Pansy Table Set is the recipient of Creative Child Magazine’s Pretend Toy of the Year Award (2006). And deservingly so with its durable design that incorporates the same stem styled base for both its table and four piece seating set. Hand-painted in shades of bright and soft pinks, its multiple layers of non-toxic poly acrylic sealant make it so simple to clean and will last for years to come.

A Trip to the Tropics

A fun Palm Tree Table Set sets the scene for your little girl’s next beach-themed tea party and more. In warm tones of greens and earthy browns, this particular set is also perfect for any little boy’s jungle décor. Children can spend hours imagining themselves on the sun soaked sand of their own private island. A fun set for tea time, lunch and game play, this tropical table and four accompanying stools are all hand painted. The table is decorated to look like the top a palm tree and each stool has a coconut styled seat.

Manufactured by Teacup Tables and recommended for children four to seven, each of the three tea time table sets described here are hand-painted and signed by the artist. And not only will they greatly enhance the décor of any child’s room or playroom, but these adorable and fun accent pieces truly aspire to bring a smile to any lucky little girl or boy who comes to take part in the abundance of activities they’re sure to inspire. Get all the delightful details at our kids furniture section.

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Two main elements of childhood are curiosity and the exploration that results from it. And as any parent knows, kids love to ask ‘why?’ So how about giving them the means to explore their wonderment of the world around them with a fun and educational Science Kit from the extraordinary series created by the Young Scientists Club? Developed by actual scientists, scholars and professors from the leading educational institutes in the country with input from parents just like you, these scientific discovery products are designed for specific age groups and are sure to satisfy the curiosity of even the most inquisitive child.

The Young Scientists Club Series Sets range in steps from numbers 1 through 12 and each kit has a multitude of experiments to be performed. With simpler testing and trials that start at the beginner’s stages, the sets gets more involved as the levels increase, but all are safe and easy-to-understand with a little guidance from mom and dad. These science kits are actually a great way to get in some quality time with the kids while interacting and exploring along with them.

Perfect for kids ages 5 through 8, the award-winning Series 1 set includes lessons in recycling, scientific measurements and magnetics. Children can build their own compass, watch as the seeds they plant themselves sprout up and grow as well as make their own paper!

For children 9 through 12, the Series 5 scientific set focuses on the properties of water and the special things that happen as a result of its useage. Kids will learn exactly what causes a submarine to submerge itself into the depths of the ocean and rise again to sea level. This inventive set also includes instructions for several secret water tricks.

At the very top of the spectrum is the Series 12 set that replays experiments performed by some of the most prominent and esteemed scientists in history. Kids will be thrilled as they follow similar steps taken by Galileo and others of his caliber, and then more so as they reach the same conclusions that occurred during those historical discoveries of long ago.

Other Young Scientist series sets are based on the much-loved children’s books about Ms. Frizzle and her Magic School Bus. Experiments include uncovering the mystery of the rainbow, learning all about germs and taking a voyage inside the human body. There’s even a kit that will get them outside into the fresh air as they take their first nature walk and explore the beauty of butterflies and much more.

Discover more about the innovative merchandise developed by the Young Scientists Club at our educational toys store.

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In addition to learning and growing, childhood is really about pretending, imagining and discovery. So, why not indulge this fleeting time of endearment for your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews – or even friend’s little ones, with one or more of the high-quality, affordable and very creative play pieces made just for that purpose?

Bringing the Outdoors In

Fabulous multi-layered tree houses made of sturdy wood have been miniaturized to accommodate a table top or playroom floor. Manufactured by Maxim, the Deluxe or Basic (which is far from average) Tumble Tree Houses are certain to bring hours of adventure into your children’s lives. With their flat bases to ensure stability, these mini tree houses incorporate wooden ladders at the different levels and a working pulley system complete with bucket! Children can spend hours pretending that they’re high in a tree-top of the deep jungle, on some far-off tropical island or even right in their own backyard! These great pieces are built right onto their own ‘trees’ and include decorated wooden people, furniture and other accessories as well. There’s also a Sky Coaster Set that can be attached to either one of these Maxim tree houses for added excitement and fun.

Avast There Matey!

Imagine the joyful glee as little ones pretend to be pirates of the high seas exclaiming ‘Yo-Ho-Ho’ as they sail across the mysterious ocean waters on some unknown maiden voyage. And with a great Pirate Ship Activity Set made by KidKraft, they can. The wooden ship is complete with all the necessities including skull and cross bones fabric flags and matching head wrap for the junior buccaneer, a treasure chest, gangplank, play pirate people and much more!

A Kindom All Their Own

Your little royal highnesses will love to pretend with a multi-colored fortress manufactured by Anatex. As children raise and lower the functioning drawbridge, the castle’s hand-carved and decorated wooden occupants (available separately) that include a King, Queen, Jester and more, can hold banquets, balls or just wander through the walkways and rooms discovering trap doors and other hidden secrets. With easy-to-assembly panels that slide together, this is one fantastical, mid-evil setting that offers endless hours of imaginative play.

Destinations Far And Wide

ImagiPlay offers a wonderful selection of activity sets that include opportunities for pretend trips to the chilly Artic Circle, wild American Prairie, wet and wild Amazon Rainforest, sun-drenched Desert, fresh clean air of the Rocky Mountains and even an outer space expedition that will fly them right to the Moon! All of these colorful options include accompanying accessories that are uniquely designed to creatively complete each individual scene.

For more exceptional pretend play choices, journey over to our educational toys store today and see just where your imagination takes you!

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With an oink, oink here…

Introduce babies 1 and up to their first farm animals with the Small World Toys Puzzibilities Who Says Musical Farm puzzle. Matching and motor skills are developed as each adorable animal is positioned snugly into its own particular place on the beautifully illustrated wooden base. A horse, mamma duck and her babies, piggie and more are easy for little hands to hold with individual knobs on each. Children will also become familiar with the special sound each animal makes as the puzzle is completed.

A-Mazing Amusement

Another entertaining farm toy that also teaches hand-eye coordination is the Anatex Magnetic Farm Maze. Perfect for children 3 and up, the creative and colorful scene has a specially-designed, fully-enclosed maze attached to its wooden base. Also great for learning about shapes, kids can use the ‘magic’ wand to lead and track the little balls through each winding slope, square, zig-zag and circle of this uniquely-styled labyrinth.

Strike or Spare Anywhere!

Another fun and educational farm-themed toy perfect for teaching hand-eye coordination and counting is Playthings Baby Farm Friends Bowling set. Complete with six simply adorable and numbered animal ‘pins’ that include a horse, cow, lamb, puppy, pig, cat and duck, each makes their own special sounds when shaken. The multi-colored squishy ball also emits a chiming sound as it rolls along and makes its way down the ‘alley’.

Play Until the Cows Come Home

Children five and up will be entertained for hours on end with Large Farm Set. Two variations complete with either 114 or 132 brightly-colored and creatively designed pieces allow kids to begin imagining what farm life is really like. Building, matching and coordination skills will be expanded as they put together an entire scene that includes a barn with divided stalls, outdoor pens and even a hayloft with a pretend rooster ready to crow at the crack of dawn. Tractors with pull-behinds provide plenty of mobility for the friendly farmer and his helpers as they work the land and tend to the cows, sheep, horses pigs and chickens. The 114-piece set also comes with an activity guide providing even more ideas for fun and learning on the farm.

Takin Care of Business

When the farm fun takes them outside, the Ford Farm Tractor Pedal Car will get them where they need to go. A great vintage-looking item with big potential for becoming a family heirloom, the tractor is made of durable, die-cast aluminum, has an operational steering wheel, large treaded tires and a heavy-duty ball bearing chain drive that will last for years and years. It even has its own trailer hitch for hauling hay to the horses and just about anything else their little farmer hearts desire.

These and many more amusing and educational farm toys are all available at our educational toys store.

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Rugged Tradition

All little boys, and even some little girls, love to play with toy trucks. And there are plenty of wonderful, classically-designed versions complete with that nostalgic styling, perfect for either indoor or outdoor play. Guidecraft has got a great selection of durable wooden adaptations in the ‘heavy-equipment’ theme that will provide many hours of fun and learning. Long-standing favorites that include the dump truck, log carrier, crane and forklift make fun accompaniments to the bulldozer and backhoe. These sturdy toy trucks are an excellent way to not only entertain that little construction foreman or future engineer in your life, but they’ll also teach kids balance and building skills as they play.

For the First-Time Driver

A great interactive item for babies and toddlers is the Small World Toys First Friends Car full of fun, interesting features. A brightly-designed, sturdy plastic automobile comfortably accommodates its cute little driver who giggles whenever the car comes to a stop! This pretend car also has rubber wheels to protect your floors, flashing lights and working brake lights in addition to other realistic engine sounds. And its crazy rocking motion is sure to delight any child who plays with it. Honk the functioning horn and head off in any direction with this amusing car that also has a handle built into its sporty style for convenient travel.

Tune-Up Anyone?

A fun play set made by Lego Duplo is the 44-piece, vividly-colored Garage Set. It includes everything a little mechanic needs to get those vehicles rolling back on the road. The stand-alone garage is complete with oil can, wrenches, rolling parts cart, utility truck, bright yellow SUV in addition to much more including its own built-in storage compartments. The mini-mechanic that comes with this set even has a cute spotted puppy to guard the shop and meet his customers with a friendly doggie greeting.

Earth-Friendly Fun & Learning

Brio offers a unique, child-sized version of a city recycling truck that is the perfect way to help start teaching your kids about environmental awareness. This toy truck provides plenty of excitement as the kids scout around the house and yard filling up the rear bin with recyclable items. The durable, bright green and yellow heavy-duty plastic truck incorporates a rear dumper that can be easily removed to transfer its load as well as for cleaning.

All Around the Town

A four-sectioned, soft mini-town from International Playthings is a portable all-in-one set complete with its own police and fire stations, school and car wash that even incorporates the ever-popular, hands-free fringed fabric ‘drying’ feature. And kids can learn which of the accompanying cars and trucks go where by matching each with its appropriate building. This little town also includes its own carry handle for convenient mobility.

Revv your engine on over to our educational toys store to see all of these great items plus additional car and truck toys that include even more Lego Duplo sets, fun and sturdy construction vehicles, fire trucks, tractors and more.

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Kids don’t really need too much assistance in the imagination department and a puppet theatre is one great way to provide an outlet for all that childhood creativity. Not only does a puppet theatre breed tradition, but it also motivates and inspires originality by providing an opportunity for your kids to boaster their personalities through story-telling and acting. You may actually uncover some hidden talent in one or more of those youngsters while encouraging others who might be a little shy to come out of their shell and show the world their stuff!

It’s Showtime! A traditionally styled Storytime Puppet Theatre by GuideCraft is easy-to-assembly and adorned with the classic chalkboard sign-front perfect for advertising each exciting performance. A smiley moon and stars embellish this piece with the addition of a blue, night-sky topper complete with clock to make sure no one is late as the bright red fabric curtains open and the puppet show begins!

Another GuideCraft puppet theatre with a special purpose is designed to rest on a table top. In naturally finished wood with hinged red panels, its chalkboard marquee is all set to display the name of its next amazing act.

Creativity Meets Convenience One more great GuideCraft puppet theatre is fun and flexibility all rolled into one. This model is styled to stand on the floor and serves many functions as its marquee sign can be changed to transform it from a theatre into a post office or even a storefront as well! Brightly colored panels that include a large chalkboard front are built to withstand hours of play, and when the show’s over, it folds down flat to be put away.

All the World’s a Stage An imperial theatre fashioned in a castle design is manufactured by Maxim. This puppet stage is the perfect setting for all those little kings and queens and dragon slaying princes come to save the kingdom’s princess. Everything they need is included with this naturally finished wood floor theater that’s adorned with regal red curtains, a blackboard on the front, and comes with its own chalk, eraser and four cute finger puppets!

Centuries Old Gets a Bright New Style Even Lego gets in on the act with its own unique snap-together puppet theatre and accompanying players. The main theater is designed in brightly colored, Shakespearian style and this set also includes several additional stages with interchangeable backdrops that your children can color-in themselves! Animals, thespians and ornamental accessories complete the scene for this magical journey into mid-evil times.

All of these great puppet theaters and more are available at our Pretend Play Puppet Theatres Section.

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Cooking and all its new techniques have become quite a phenomenon over the past few years with both girls and boys rapidly gaining interest. It’s certainly not just a necessity any more – it’s a past-time and one that children love to emulate. So, why not provide your little chefs-in-training some fun practice time with a few pretend play kitchen pieces and creative accessories that can also help teach and prepare them for the real thing?

Time for Dinner! A pastel-colored kitchen set manufactured by KidKraft is designed in retro style with the present-day addition of a make-believe microwave. With plenty storage space along side and on top, the four-burner stove equipped with coordinating oven, sink with a removable basin and mini-fridge all have functioning doors and parts. There’s even a charming checkered ‘backsplash’ to further enhance the scene.

A different spin on child-sized cuisine equipment is the double-sided design of the KidKraft Island Kitchen. This creative set incorporates an overhead microwave and oven below both with peek-a-boo, transparent doors. The unit is accented with 2 wooden stove top burners, wooden sink faucets and a wooden telephone. It even has a real paper towel holder and a chalkboard to write their favorite recipes on along with lots of storage space. Walk around to the other side and find a dishwasher and mini-fridge complete with an imprinted water dispenser! This uniquely fun piece comes in both pastel shades and primary colors.

Chill Out! What pretend play kitchen wouldn’t be complete without a make-believe refrigerator? In shades of pink and white, both the fridge and freezer doors open to reveal plenty of storage space, and the front and sides both have terrific graphics of a shopping list, water/ice dispenser, clock and more.

There’s also an adorable, old-fashioned sun-flower embossed fridge make by GuideCraft that would go perfectly with its sunflower kitchen unit counterpart. Styled in white with pretty accent embellishments, the set also includes quaint brass hinges and cup hooks.

A Smorgasbord of Accessory Options Of course there has to be cooking utensils to along with these great kitchen sets and the food that comes out of them as well! A colorful 44-piece Meal Time Set by Learning Resources includes all the makings of three square meals and more. Other fun accessories include a blender, toaster, baking and coffee sets all accompanied by their coordinating cuisine. There’s even beautiful ceremonial and holiday sets that include Shabbat, Chanukah and Rosh Hashana collections. And don’t forget the deep dish pizza complete with spatula and spices!

There is an abundance more uniquely-inspired pretend play kitchen sets and accessory items all available at our Pretend Play Play Kitchens section that are sure to provide hours and hours of learning fun and entertainment for all of those future cooks in your life.

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