How awesome is Sweet Key Charms Kit from Style Me Up? It is a fun way for girls to create key charm necklaces to wear and share (I think these are so much cooler than the ones from the famous 5th avenue jeweler).

This kit contains plastic working station and tweezers, rhinestone stickers, container of rhinestones, glitter powder, pre-cut double-sided adhesive sheet, ribbons,  jump rings and instructions to make six metal key pendants.

This gift for 8 year old girls is a perfect party activity. Find Sweet Key Charms and many more arts and crafts kits at GIFT HERO.

Every little girl wants to be a princess. It’s in their genes. “Character” princess toys, gifts and costumes are everywhere but we think it is so much better for girls to create their own princess characters.

One simple way for girls to become a princess is with Sticky Mosaics Twinkle Tiaras from Orb Factory. At GIFT HERO, we are big fans of all of Orb Factory’s sticky mosaic arts and crafts kits. The kits build fine motor skills, keep kids busy for hours and their creations can be played with again and again. With this kit, girls create 6 beautiful tiaras. Using the decorate-by-number instructions and patterns, just adorn the tiaras with jewels and encrust them with gems.

This is an ideal birthday gift for 4 year old girls. It also makes a fun activity for a birthday party or playdate.

My son Benjamin (now 8 years old) used to collect rubber ducks. Our tub was full of doctor duck, pirate duck, scuba duck, devil duck and many more. They were super cute but, after a while, got pretty gross and moldy. The rubber was hard to keep clean (ironic for a bath toy) and water got inside.

Floating Ducks by Kid-O don’t have that problem. The graceful mother and her duckling are made of solid, smooth BPA-free plastic so there is no way for water to get inside. They are the perfect size for little hands to stack together. They are so much fun in the tub plus, out of the tub they rock gently together. This award winning toy is also a wonderful outdoor toy – perfect for the baby pool.

You’ll find floating ducks and lots of other baby toys at GIFT HERO.

Dollhouses are a great gift for 5 year old girls. As a child, I spent hours and hours playing with my dollhouse. I collected all sorts of stuff to “decorate” it and make it a home for my dolls (maybe that is why I love to decorate my own home now). At GIFT HERO one of our favorites is the Recycled Cardboard Dollhouse from Creativity for Kids.

As Seen in Daily Candy Kids, with this arts and crafts kit, a girl will decorate the house of her dreams. The sturdy corrugated dollhouse comes complete with markers, sticker accessories, punch out dolls and easy to assemble furniture.

To make it even more fun and unique, the fully illustrated instruction guide shows girls how to “go green” by turning items they find around the house into awesome home accessories.

This eco-friendly toy is a perfect kids gift for earth day or any day!

Whatever holiday you are celebrating this weekend…we wish you a wonderful celebration with family and friends!

In the spirit of the Passover and Easter holidays, we wanted to share a couple of our favorite “holiday-themed” educational toys all available at GIFT HERO.

For those celebrating Passover, Archaeology Kit: Egyptian Pyramid from Thames and Kosmos is a cool way to share the actual pyramids with your kids.  It’s a fun kid’s gift for 8, 9, 10 year olds (or to do together with younger kids).

For those celebrating Easter, Eggspressions from Hape is a set of 6 wooden eggs that teaches kids about feelings (plus, you can save yourself the work and mess and just use these adorable eggs for your Easter egg hunt!).

You’ll find these and hundreds of other toys that make perfect kid’s gifts at GIFT HERO. Enjoy!

Today is opening day for the 2012 baseball season. So…it’s also time to pull out Baseball Guys by Kaskey Kids.

Benjamin (now 8 years old) received this set as a birthday gift when he turned 5. Designed to encourage creative and imaginary play. There are no set rules or directions — kids move the players where they want, when they want. They can re-create major league games they have seen or little league games they have played in. Includes a fully adjustable scoreboard, 24 players, 1 umpire, washable felt field, and container with attached lid and handle. This award winning toy is a perennial favorite, the ideal gift for boys and a best seller at GIFT HERO.

I’m always excited to add a classic kid’s gift to GIFT HERO. A great example is the Magnetic Chalkboard & Dry Erase Board from Melissa and Doug. This is a versatile educational toy and some version of it has been around since I was a kid. One side is a dry-erase board, the other is a magnetic chalkboard and it comes complete with three sticks of colored chalk, a dry-erase marker, plus 36 magnetic letters and numbers.

It’s a terrific way for preschoolers to learn and practice letters, build fine motor and pencil grip skills and more. It’s a perfect birthday gift for any 3 year old.

If the saying “April showers bring May flowers” is true, then this month every girl needs the fabulous Color a Yumbrella from Alex Toys.

This gift for girls is one of the newest offerings from the collaboration between Alex Toys and Dylan’s Candy Bar. The kit includes a  sturdy 24″ diameter preprinted umbrella and 6 weatherproof markers so girls can customize their own design.

Shop now at GIFT HERO for this and lots more wonderful gifts for 4 year old girls.

If you are like our family, you use a ziplock to carry around all of your kid’s pencils, pens, markers, etc. We like to keep supplies handy for when we will be out and Benjamin will want to write or draw. He has pretty much moved past the free crayons in restaurants.

So, I was (selfishly) excited when we discovered the Design Your Own Pencil Case from Seedling. This kid’s gift for 4 and up contains a blank pencil case, fabric Pens, colored pencils and instructions to make it easy to customize and personalize your own pencil case.

Find this and lots of other fantastic arts and crafts kits at GIFT HERO.