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Our Picks for the Top Toys of the Summer

August 20 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Even though school has already started for many of you, there are also still several weeks of warm weather left. Today I wanted to share with you some of our family's favorite toys this summer. Quick note: If you're wondering if these reviews are part of a paid sponsorship, they are not. I did, however, receive free review product so that I could test each of these finds and report back to you guys.Here's the deal, as a family blogger I get offered A LOT of products to review- especially toys … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fresh Finds: Playtime, Uncategorized Tagged With: beginning reader, beginning reader toys, best beach toys, Best STEM toys, best toys, Bob books, family game night, game night, playmobil, playmobil sand, sand toys, STEM toys

Out Today: Amazon’s Lowest Deals of the Season on Toys!

December 20 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Amazon's Best Toy Deals of the Season - Most are $10 or under!

After years of watching toys sales for our famous Gift Guides, I like to think I've become a bit of an expert on how the sales work. Some of the best deals come in October, so if you're prepared and know what you want you can snatch them up early. Next, comes the 4-day sale frenzy between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. After that, the sales can be hit and miss until right around now... There are only 3 days left for free 2-day shipping using Prime (Get your free Amazon Prime 30-day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: best toys, Kids gift guides, MPMK gift guides, toy deals, toy sales

What I Bought My Kids This Christmas

December 13 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

The Toys I'm Buying My 3 Kids this Christmas - written by the woman behind a super popular kids gift guide featuring over 450 toys. See the few toys she actually buys for her kids.

Putting out a super-popular kids' gift guide that reviews over 450 toys naturally leads to the same question over and over... But what are you buying your kids this year?? So today I thought I'd answer it (and pray like crazy that my kids don't accidentally stumble upon my blog somehow!) Not only am I listing what they're getting from Santa and my husband and I, but also from my parents and sister. They always enlist my help in shopping for my kids and I often even buy the gifts for my … [Read more...]

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It’s Back! MPMK Gift Guide Sales Page – Updated Daily!

November 14 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Amazon Toy Sales Alert Page - Part of MPMK's famous mega-gift guides. This is where you can see which toys have gone on sale. There's also an email sign-up so you don't have to check back each day... This page blog gives the most detailed toy descriptions and awesome age recommendations and now you can save $ on all their picks- hooray!!

  Each year my mega gift guides collection grows in popularity and each year, right around this time, I start seeing a lot of my favorite items from the gift guides go on sale. And each year I try to figure out the best way to quickly let you know about these sales before they are over. One of my favorite things about this time of year, after all, is getting my kiddos the perfect engaging toy at a steal of a deal! So last year I tried something new. Because most social media … [Read more...]

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Roundup: Black Friday Sales on MPMK Gift Guide Toys!

November 27 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Amazon Toy Sales Alert Page - Part of MPMK's famous mega toy gift guides. This is where you can see which toys have gone on sale. There's also an email sign-up so you don't have to check back each day... This page blog gives the most detailed toy descriptions and awesome age recommendations and now you can save $ on all their picks- hooray!!

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 400+ 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! Before you get to shopping, don't forget to Bookmark our new page: NEW THIS … [Read more...]

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MPMK Gift Guides: The Very Best Gifts for 2-Year-Olds

December 9 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

MPMK Toy Gift Guide: Best Toys for 2 year olds- super engaging toys that are my "go-to" gifts for two year olds come Christmas or birthdays... part of an AMAZING set of comprehensive gift guides that cover all kinds of toy categories with great details and age recommendations!

Image Credit: ©Donnie Ray Jones | Lego Feet - cropped and text added| CC by 2.0 These are awesome! I 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! -MPMK Reader, Ellen I am such a fan of your website and emails! Thanks for working so hard, especially at Christmas shopping time! Grandparents have scored major points after I forwarded them your lists. -MPMK Reader, Lauren Welcome to … [Read more...]

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MPMK’s Gift Guides: 300+ of the Most Stimulating & Engaging Toys Available

November 4 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

MPMK Gift Guides: An incredibly detailed collection of the most engaging toys available arrange by age and your child's interests - bookmarking for Christmas shopping this year!!

I've got some HUGE news today friends! Drum roll please... the 2015 Toy Gift Guides are here! How great would it be to get all of your Christmas shopping done ahead of time this year AND to feel confident your kids are going to love their gifts and keep returning to play with them again and again? In case you're unfamiliar with our infamous gift guide collection, this is not your average roundup of a few of our favorite things - Oh no. This is an incredibly extensive library of the most … [Read more...]

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MPMK Gift Guide: Top Learning Toys for Building STEM Skills

November 18 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Best toys for building STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) skills - love the range of ages covered here. This is just one of 10 gift guides and I tell all my friends about them - super detailed and suggested ages too!

  Welcome to the famous MPMK Gift Guides and congrats on finding the most comprehensive and easy-to-use kids' gift guide on the internet! (If you're not familiar with our famous lists, learn all about them here)... With all the talk I've been doing on the blog about the importance of fostering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills, I felt I absolutely had to include a STEM themed gift guide. I just keep hearing over and over how important cultivating innovation is … [Read more...]

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