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Girlawhirl Holiday '06 Gift guide: gifts for kids and young adults Dec 7, 2006
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From newborns and tots all the way up to near college graduates, Girlawhirl has quite an age-range to cover this holiday season. So she's searched high and low to find the best gifts for all the kids. And she's found toys and games for fun and kits to engage the artist, athlete and imaginative side in every age group… • Girlawhirl has found a color matching game like no other she's ever seen, and she can't wait to gift all of her beloved little ones with it. The Liz Roache designed Match it! Build it! Frame it! Color Activity Kit is the perfect gift to engage young minds with a beautifully designed twist. Forget ducks and geese - this matching game has vibrant colors and beautiful scenes! Kids match the correct color pallet to the scene. When they've mastered matching, kids can build the 40 cards up to create a 3D room or frame it as wall art!
lizroache.com $39
• Girlawhirl loves Glee Gum because it not only brings parents and kids together on a project, but it also connects kids with the reality of the products they use. The Make Your Own Chewing Gum Kit provides wanna be gum chefs with real chicle, harvested from Sapodilla tree sap found in the Central American rainforests. Kids and parents learn how to make all natural chewing gum from scratch, and most importantly, together. Girlawhirl's just hopes the children she gifts with this awesome kit want to tear into it right away because this is one gift she's gotta see in action.
Glee Gum $10
• Young artists will love the pink Crayon Apron complete with 24 washable Crayola® crayons! This set is sure to inspire every budding artist on her rise to stardom! And moms will love how their little stars keep everything neat and tidy. But what good would an apron full of crayons be without the perfect medium to create on? That's why Girlawhirl recommends the Battat Natural Wood Standing Easel with Bins. Perfect for girls and boys, this artistic outlet has storage for every art supply.
pink target.com $21.99
target.com $109.99 ages 3+
• Boys will dig this artistic alternative model building and paint set by Uncommon Goods. Little Experience Build-It Kits has everything a child needs to build either a train or sailboat model – with a parent's help. And the best part: when they're all done building and personalizing their creation, they have a new toy all of their own.
Boat or Train uncommongoods.com $25 (each) ages 4-12
• Stylish and sleek with a touch of nostalgia, the Coca-Cola Roadster Pedal car is the perfect gift for the kid on the go. There's even space in the trunk to tote favorite toys. Kids can pedal around in the yard in the car, and parents will be happy that in a world of battery powered kids' vehicles their young ones actually get some exercise! While a bit on the high end, Girlawhirl's sure this collectors quality gift is one that's meant to stick around (a.k.a. be passed down) for years to come. Another great Back to Basics alternative for younger tots is the Fire Engine Roadster. The steel frame is rust resistant and sure to move kids to fun!
Backtobasic.com EXCLUSIVE! $319 ages 3-6 click here to purchase – item # 6527
$69.99 ages 1-3 click here to purchase - item # 6484
• Princesses unite – or at least gather together – to create great treats and great times all under the guidance of Barbara Berry's Pink Princess Cookbook. From “Magical Princess Finger Foods” to “Fairy Princess Breads” step-by-step instructions help princesses everywhere create delicious dishes for fabulous tea parties with imaginary friends and unbelievable treats!
By Barbara Berry Gibbs Smith amazon.com $14.95 ages 6-8
• Boys and girls will love their very own pinball style table top game designed to reminisce on America's national pastime. The Old Century Baseball game from Back to Basics Toys is crafted of wood and metal honoring the grand ballparks of yesteryear. There is even a real scoreboard so players can keep track of their score. Girlawhirl just hopes her impending losing streak isn't posted up there for too long. Though she's quite sure her loss will be the highlight of her pint-sized opponent's day.
backtobasictoys.com $99.99 ages 8+ click here to purchase - item # 6492
• Cool cameras from Lomography are sure to bring out the photographer in every kid. The one time use cameras come with four different color flashes to give photos a red, green, yellow or blue hue! Kids can go crazy at the family dinner and create all their own wacky photos. Holiday pictures will never be the same again!
Blue, Green, Red, Yellow amazon.com $9.99-$10.99
• Future fashion designers will get a fashionable kick out of Designers World™ TV Plug-In Game. They can pick and choose fabrics, colors, and even runway models to create a complete line all their own. Girls can even pick they city they want to show in and get feed back from game judges. Girlawhirl loves that it encourages creativity in her own favorite outlet – fashion!
target.com $31.99 ages 8+
• Any kid into building cars will be really into this car building kit because in addition to creating a car they create the power source too! Kids learn how to use water to make hydrogen and oxygen fuel cells. They get to build something from the ground up while learning about clean alternative energy sources at the same time. Plus, the kit also comes with a booklet full of 30 experiments for added hours of fun. A green education mixed in with fun is certainly a present designed in Girlawhirl gift-giving heaven!
uncommongoods.com $150 ages 12+
• Kids of every age will be mystified by Radica's 20Q. With both individual and table top versions of the game, players will be amazed to see the “artificial intelligence” use the classic 20 questions game to guess exactly what they were thinking of.
target.com $29.99 ages 8+
target.com $14.98
target.com $14.89
• While gift cards are always a go for this group, Girlawhirl particularly likes to send her friends and family some Old Navy love. There are stylish, hip, items for boy and girls from baby to the “college years” and beyond. And with so many great looks for work and play, Girlawhirl knows she can't go wrong gifting kids of all ages with a little Old Navy access.
oldnavy.com prices vary click here to enter Old Navy online – search the “shop by outfit” section
• Girlawhirl remembers her real love affair with vintage music began to blossom in college. And the best way to enjoy music from another decade has to be in the way it was intended - on vinyl. With the advent of CDs and MP3s, it seems harder and harder to find vintage vinyl – and worse – something to play it on. So Girlawhirl was in awe when she saw the Crosley Musician 4-in-1 Entertainment Center. The all-in-one entertainment haven lets hipsters groove to old vinyl and still crank out tunes from their favorite modern day CDs. This vintage inspired consol has the classic look of something Girlawhirl might find in her grandmother's house, but with technology that's oh-so 21st century. With record, CD and cassette tape playing capabilities as well as an AM/FM tuner, this stylish piece will be the envy of the whole dorm!
lnt.com $99.99- $169.99
• College grub is the stuff legends – and nightmares - are made of. So this year Girlawhirl wanted to give her dorm dwellers the gift of edible autonomy. That's why she loves the Breville Ikon™ Electric Tea Kettle. It's safe for dorms because it has an automatic shutoff when the water level gets too low – so it never burns. Great for a late night cup of tea or mid-day cup of soup. And she's happy to think that when all their friends ask where the cool (and sleek looking) kettle came from, the gifted will exclaim "Girlawhirl!"
two sizes $69.99-79.99 surlatable.com
• Not that Girlawhirl encourages gambling but what's college without the occasional casino night? Whether it's a simple game of Hold ‘Em or a full blown casino extravaganza complete with formal attire, Girlawhirl can't wait to gift the college kids with the supplies they need for a night of good, clean fun.
toysrus.com $14.99 ages 10+
toysrus.com $149.99 ages 18+
• Any college kid whose moved on and out of the dorms would kill for an in home foosball table. Girlawhirl finds other working options: billiards, air hockey and/or dart board. But with a great array of tables (and space saving size) for foosball, she finds it the greatest gift for college kids with a little space to spare. Plus, they could always pull the Chandler & Joey act and use the foosball table as a dinner table too!
sportsauthority.com $114.98 - $1,599.99
Girlawhirl Giveaway! Goodies from Girlawhirl's Gift Guide for Kids of all ages are part of today's Girlawhirl Holiday Gift Guide Giveaway! Plus additional gifts from Bond No.9, Gaiam, Hint Essence Water, Juice Beauty, Kernel Sason's, Numi Tea and Tarte Cosmetics! You're already registered if you've signed up once and have a girlawhirl login. Not registered? sign up
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Match it! Build it! Frame it! Color Activity Kit
Make Your Own Chewing Gum Kit
Crayon Apron 
Battat Natural Wood Standing Easel with Bins
Little Experience Build-It Kits
Coke Roadster Pedal Car 
Fire Engine Roadster
Pink Princess Cookbook
Old Century Baseball
Lomography Lomolitos Single Use Camera 
Designers World TV Plug-In Game
Fuel Cell Car and Experiment Kit
20Q Challenge Multiplayer Tabletop Game - Blue
Radica 20Q Music 
Radica 20Q Sports
Crosley Musician 4-in-1 Entertainment Center
Breville Ikon Electric Tea Kettle
Deluxe Poker Set
Walnut 3-in-1 Casino
Fooseball tables
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