Childrens Gadgets

So your little one’s birthday is coming up but you are at a loss for ideas on what to get him/her? Well, if the kid is still young enough to settle happily for a plush toy, how about these Cuddly Pandas?

These Cuddly Pandas are just too cute for words. We’ve only just managed to photograph them - it was an absolute nightmare distracting our designer so we could steal them back and move them to the studio. And who can blame her? Those big soppy eyes, cute furry panda faces and fur coats that are softer than soft (we’re talking about the toy, not the designer) make them almost impossible to put down. Well, if you’re lucky enough to bring them home you won’t have to. You could quite easily fall asleep on them, face squashed against their plush ears. Patch The Panda and Little Patch are sold separately, and, while it would be a shame to split them up, we’re sure you’ll take good care of them.

Patch the Panda is going for £29.99, while Little Patch the Panda has a smaller price tag of £14.99. At least you don’t have to pick up after their poop.

Although a baby crying is just one of those normal parts of having a baby, sometimes it’d be nice to know why exactly they are crying.  Typically it’s pretty easy to figure out, give them a bottle or change their diaper and you’re good.  However, sometimes the crying just keeps going, so at those points it would be nice to have a translator.  Oddly, Think Geek is there to rescue you with this Why Cry Baby Analyzer.

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It can safely be said that virtually every kid you know these days have grown up watching at least one of the six Star Wars movies, and chances are pretty good they’ve seen them all many times. Well, not everyone is going to grow up to be part of the Jedi, as these younglings aren’t too young to figure out that the Dark Side of the Force seems to hold a whole lot of promise and power. Well, here’s the TIE Fighter playhouse that ought to give your little ones plenty of fun imagining that they’re Darth Vader, shooting down Red One in the Death Star trench run. Sounds like £44.99 well spent for the upcoming summer.

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Attempting to keep track of an active toddler is never an easy task.  Even for the most careful parent out there, it’s possible to lose track of them quickly, which can be nerve wrecking.  You could also think you lost them, when in reality they’re just right behind you.  With this little bear, you’d know that they’re always within 25 feet of you.  It’s a two part device, the bear stays on the child and you have another half that stays on you.  That makes it so that you know they’re still within a safe distance.

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Kids absolutely love making a din, and if your house has kids and it is too quiet for comfort, you can bet your bottom dollar that they’re up to something. Why not get the GeoSafari Digital Recording Lab to augment their latent musical abilities? This device helps them learn more about sound and electronics without coming across as boring, offering up to 59 projects in total. The GeoSafari Digital Recording Lab will enable your little one to learn how to build various devices like a rhythmic sound generator, a digital voice recorder, an electronic parrot, a voice alarm and a voice changer among others.

All the components for these projects are permanently installed on the GeoSafari Digital Recording Lab; all your little ones will have to do is connect them in the proper sequence using the connection wires. The project guide will not only show them the order of the wires, but also explain how the different electronic parts (transistor, capacitor, resistor, etc) are actually working. Your kids will start with the GeoSafari Digital Recording Lab and learn so much they will quickly ease into a career designing layered sound effects for Skywalker Sound. Trust us.

Sounds (no pun intended) like $49.99 well spent, this!

Most kids have played with a kaleidoscope, but most of us remember an extremely lo-tech version.  Well now kids have one more way that technology changes the toys their parents remember into something much bigger and much more complex.  Leaving the kaleidoscope of yesterday looking not nearly as cool.  With this instead of looking through a small opening and seeing the colors that way, you can project the image for more than one person to enjoy.

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Folks who have had given the Rubik’s Cube a go will know just what a frustrating experience it was, but the satisfaction you get from solving it sure beats just about anything else (OK, maybe not but you get the idea). Here’s an updated version to help you end up with frazzled hair - the Rubik’s Mirror Blocks Cube that has different sizes to solve, so if you think having a good personal time includes going mad, be my guest to fork out $19.99 for this.

For those that are considering giving their young ones a laptop, Disney has gone in with ASUS to create two different Disney themed laptops.  There is basically a male and female version, the Princess Pink you see here and Magic Blue for the boys.  These kid friendly laptops allow for the kids to pick and choose a theme such as Hannah Montana or WALL-E.  Don’t worry, there are features that make this laptop a little more likely to survive being abused by the kids ranging in ages from 6-12.  It has a spill-proof keyboard and ShockShield protection that will save data in a fall.

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