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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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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...]

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The 2016 MPMK Gift Guides are Here!!

November 1 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

MPMK 2016 Toy Gift Guides - Best gift guides for kids ever! 11 themed guides with detailed descriptions and age recommendations staring at babies through teenagers. These famous toy gift guides get bigger and better every year and have been viewed by millions of parents!

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? I've got some HUGE news today friends! Drum roll please...   The 2016 Toy Gift Guides are here!   In case you're unfamiliar with our famous gift guide collection, this is not your average roundup of a few of our favorite things - Oh no. This is an incredibly extensive … [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 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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