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MPMK Gift Guide Glimpse: Top Games for Playing Alone

December 4 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Best single player logic games - Love these detailed gift guides! Especially this one that actually allows me to get stuff done!

Did you know that within each of the 15 MPMK 2017 Gift Guides, there are several mini-gift guides? Actually, let me back up a second and say how much I've enjoyed all the comments I've already been getting from all of you on this year's guides. For example: These are awesome! I've waited to make Christmas lists until they came out- and now I"ve shared with all my friends. The past two years I've used them and the gifts are ALWAYS a hit! -Ellen and this one's another … [Read more...]

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Roundup: Our 2015 Gift Guide Top Toys on Big Sales!

November 28 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Over 350 of the most engaging toys arranged by age and interest - everything you need to get your toy shopping done early this year!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Now that we've all stuffed ourselves and, hopefully, had a great day with the family - it's time to get a little Christmas shopping done. I stayed up extra late last night/this morning to scour Amazon for deals they're running on any and all of the 350+ Toys featured in our gift guides this year. I really hope this goes a long way to saving you a little time and money today! You'll find the toys on sale from each of our gift guides below - each … [Read more...]

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MPMK Gift Guides: Top Toys for Quiet Time, Babies, and Building S.T.E.M. Skills

November 10 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Use all 10 of the MPMK Gift Guides to get my shopping done every year - great description and age recs!

Now that all 10 of our infamous Gift Guides have been published, I'd love to take a little time today and introduce you to three of my favorites. While each of these lists covers a range of skills, ages, and interests - they also all have a common thread. Each one highlights toys that do a particularly good job of teaching your child new skills and building brain power, all while keeping them incredibly engaged. Ready to see them? Here we go... #1 Best Learning Toys for Quiet … [Read more...]

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MPMK Gift Guides 2015: Top Learning Toys for Quiet Time & Independent Play

November 5 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

MPMK's Best Quiet Time Learning Toys - All 10 of these guides are CRAZY comprehensive with so much info.! This one is perfect for when I need to cook, do laundry, etc,

  I'm so excited to introduce MPMK's 2015 Christmas Gift Guides! I've been working like mad on them (we're talking some serious man hours here) and, although I will admit that all the researching, photo-editing and linking can be more than a bit tedious, every year the process also gets me incredibly excited about what I want to get my own kids! This list was a new category for last year and quickly became one of our most popular. When I came up with it, quiet time was on my mind … [Read more...]

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