Shopping for Toddler Birthday Gift

Posted by Jennifer White Jan 23, 2008

I went to Target the other day on a mission to purchase a gift for a three year old girl. Since I have a three year old daughter, I didn't expect the quest to prove difficult. Off I went with my toddlers, ambling through the toy section. The girls were mezmerized with the selection, and I did my best to not be distracted from the whole point of purchasing a gift for someone else's child and not my own.

I hadn't been in the toy aisle for quite some time, and I was amazed by some of the new products I saw. One of the most interesting product lines was a series of toys based upon the PBS WordWorld cartoon. My three year old loves the show. I have been impressed with the fact that it has her reading words along with the WordFriends. I wasn't sure though if the other girl was a fan of the show, so we proceeded by the endcap of toys.

Instead we wandered down through the educational toy section. I was pleased to see so many educational toys for toddlers on the shelves and took some time selecting an age appropriate, well priced toy. We found some old-fashioned lacing cards with a bit of a modern twist. Bingo! We found our gift.

All in all, I was pleased that we found an appropriate gift at the right price. Though we didn't leave with any of the WordWorld toys, I must confess that a large blue rubber ball found its way into our cart.