Articles by The Toy Chest

Perfect Gifts for Your Little Marine Biologist That kid in your life who knows the difference between a dolphin and a porpoise, who corrects you when yo...

Gifts That Get Kids Outside and Looking Closer A six-year-old crouched at the edge of a creek, completely still, watching a crawdad back into the shadow...

Train-Obsessed Kids Deserve Better Than Generic Gift Sets That moment when a three-year-old corrects you on the difference between a steam locomotive an...

Art-Obsessed Kids: Finding Gifts That Match Their Creative Fire The kid who asks for "just paper and markers" for every birthday isn't being modest—they...

Horse-Crazy Kids Deserve Better Than Pink Plastic Ponies That child in your life who draws horses in every notebook margin, who makes clip-clop sounds w...

Finding the Right Gift for Your Little Musician Music-obsessed kids come in wildly different flavors. There's the four-year-old who bangs on every surfa...

Space-Obsessed Kids Deserve More Than Glow Stars My favorite moment last week: a grandmother came in looking for something for her six-year-old grandson...

Magic Tricks That Actually Fool Their Friends A kid who loves magic isn't just interested in tricks—they're drawn to the feeling of knowing something ot...

Dinosaur Gifts That Don't Go Extinct After a Week The dinosaur phase hits hard. One day your kid is mildly interested in T-Rex, and the next they're cor...

Finding the Right Gift for Your Animal-Obsessed Kid My neighbor's daughter spent three months exclusively meowing. Not talking—meowing. She'd respond to...

Science Toys That Actually Click for Six-Year-Olds Six is a magical age for science. Kids have moved past the "why" phase into "let me try it myself" te...