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Toys, Games & Masti (3 entries)

I stepped into heaven, I wanted to be 5 again, I wanted to be free and I wanted to be a princess. That’s how Mama’s Little Donut makes you feel when you visit for the first time.

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When I first laid eyes on the Apple iPad it was love at first sight! After we bought it, I was fiercely protective towards it. It had to be protected at any cost from my son who had already damaged the keypad of my laptop. So for about three months he did not even know [...]

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The Dora’s Kitchen ensemble allows your little chef to bake a pie or cook some breakfast with none other than Dora for company. I think that was the main draw for buying this set, the moment our daughter heard Dora’s voice say ‘It’s yummy’ she was smitten. The folding kitchen can certainly cook up a [...]

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We were presented this amazing toy by a friend who had picked it up in New York and ever since I have been trying to locate it in India so that you too can get your hands on it. Especially if your tot is between the ages 3-5 years then, the good news is that [...]

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When we saw the ad for Beados we were pretty curious, it was basically beads that stuck together with a spray of water. When we went to buy it, we found the re-launched version with a new bead formula. And once we used it, we totally fell in love with Beados.

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A minor accident has forced my husband stay at home. He loves watching movies and that’s what we did for the first few weeks to pass the time. But then after a while that got boring too. We had tired of playing our regular board games. We needed something new – enter Scattergories by Parker [...]

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My 5 year old has wanted a ‘scooter’ since she was 3! She had a fascination for watching the older kids zoom past her swing park and it looked like the whole process needed minimal effort, that’s when the demand for ‘my own scooty’ started. This year we decided we would get her one, the [...]

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A few years ago, when our son was just about two, he asked Santa for a guitar that he could ‘zhing’ on. Santa’s little helper went out in search of a suitable one and zeroed in on something called, Music Fun, Classic Guitar with shoulder strap.                

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Aqua Sand has got to be my favourite toy. Yes, it is my son’s, but mama loves to play too. The kit comes with a tube of coloured sand, a couple of sculpting tools and a fork cum shovel/strainer. We took a plastic bowl and set to work squeezing the sand into the water to [...]

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Mumbai mummies who have been searching for wooden toys and find them very difficult to come by – your hunt ends here – The Comet Media Foundations Learning Ladder toys. This gem of a store belongs to an NGO that primarily conducts workshops for teachers and students on themes ranging from education and health to [...]

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