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Sold out? DonвЂ™t panic! StepStitches Cinnamon Annie is a classic rag doll handmade in Decatur, Georgia. There are no aprons or ballerina skirts here, and the only accessory is EllisвЂ™ well-dressed dog.

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Manhattan ToyвЂ™s Playdate Friends Ellis works great here: SheвЂ™s machine washable, built tough, and free from regressive gender stereotypes. In other words, doll play helps raise kind, thoughtful kids. In a recent neuroimaging study focused on young children, researchers from Cardiff University found that playing with dolls activates regions in the brain associated with empathy and social processing.

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Sure, you might still graduate to Legos at some point, but this opens the world of creative building play earlier using recycled plastic blocks. To build a castle, mythical creature, or throne for Rascal the stuffed rabbit, your kid just has to arrange the 32 blocks, which come in four shapes including wheels, into the appropriate build. But it looks great, has real working parts, and comes with fake coins - in case a landline wasnвЂ™t unrealistic enough, itвЂ™s also a payphone.Д«uy Now $15 Magicube Magnetic Building Blocks by GeomagworldД«ecause theyвЂ™re magnetic, Magicubes allow small, pudgy hands to create freestanding construction projects without having to snap anything together. Sold out? DonвЂ™t panic! This Kiko+ & gg*В Telephone might be more for you - watching your kid use a facsimile of an antiquated piece of technology - than the baby. The non-slip backing holds each 8-inch landing pad firm on wood or tile, and when the floor cools off and reverts back, you can stack them away for tidy storage. Get ahead of that while encouraging motor development with this set of six hardwood discs. The day your kid discovers the floor is lava is the day the books, couch cushions, and record collection all risk becoming safe zones scattered about the living room. This Delta Children Peppa Pig version does just that, thanks to the storage bin stashed beneath the seat.Д«uy Now $230 Little Steps by Lily & River Sold out? DonвЂ™t panic! If your desk doesnвЂ™t transform into a jungle gym, it should at least help keep the place tidy. The rods allow little hands to grip and climb, and the hollowed-out dome forms a perfect tunnel underneath. Made from sturdy birch and pine, itвЂ™ll be your kidвЂ™s first snack table and drawing desk, and when playtime rolls around, you can flip it over to reveal a twee-size jungle gym. Manufacturers put out plenty of new toys this year that hit that sweet spot of innovation and good design that will be fun to play with now, tomorrow, and whenever itвЂ™s safe to have friends and family over.Д«espoke baby furniture isnвЂ™t particularly hard to find, but aesthetic appeal tends to come at the cost of functionality. Empty shelves will be rampant, the experts tell us, and so parents will have to be a little less choosey, a little less set on the One Toy to Rule Them All, and ready to enjoy alternatives. This is not because we doubt our list - itвЂ™s because we doubt the supply chain. The 2021 list does have one significant difference: We offer alternatives for just about every toy here. We look at the toy, play with the toy, and see if itвЂ™s something that bears repeat playing, brings us closer to our kids, or beeps and shrieks and has us wanting to flee. If the parent would have fun with - or at least appreciation of - a toy, itвЂ™s a darn good sign that this is a great toy. In here, we offer up toys that encourage children to explore and parents to play with children. Given that, the Very Best Toys List of 2021 is, as always, a joyous list.