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48 The QUEE NS Courier • kids EXPO • APRIL 3, 2014 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com ▶GIRLS WORLD EXPO • SUNDAY, MARCH 16 Win prizes at the Expo from these MONKEYS MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Monkeez Makes a Difference is a line of plush toys that teaches kids how to give back. With each cuddly Monkeez Makes a Difference character, comes a special code for your child to use at http://www.monkeezandfriends. com to select the charity that he or she would like to donate to. Once the child redeems the code, Monkeez Makes a Difference donates 10 percent of the wholesale cost of the toy to that charity. The three charity partners are: Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, Samaritan’s Purse, and Best Friends Animal Society. The stuffed characters come in several sizes. They’re extremely high quality (sold at fine stores such as Nordstrom & Neiman Marcus), ranging from $3 to $100. Since the company launched last year, Monkeez Makes A Difference has raised $95,000 for children and animals in need. monkeezandfriends.com KINDERFEETS: Get your toddler cruisin’ quicker with Kinderfeets. This patented wooden push bike is a low-to-the-ground, small training bicycle without pedals that allows your child’s feet to touch the ground and features wooden pegs for them to rest their feet on while they glide. It is eco-friendly, receiving the of The Toy Man® eco- Recognition Seal™ and is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC). Additionally, a tree is planted for every bike sold. The EVA airless tires are biodegradable and minimal packaging is used. The balance bike is a more natural way to learn bike riding than a tricycle or using training wheels. The bike has a chalkboard finish that kids can draw on and comes in six colors. $109 www.kinderfeets.com RECENT TOYS: Recent Toys specializes in producing innovative, mentally stimulating, cutting-edge brainteasers. They strive to ensure that their puzzles are simple to understand, yet thought-provoking in their solutions, and open to a broad age range so that children and adults of all ages can play. While all of their puzzles are characterized by high-quality, edgy designs and clever game play, each puzzle is unique in concept and offers an entirely new challenge. Starting at $10. www.recenttoysonline.com ENDLESS GAMES: For ages 3 to 103, Endless Games offers card, dice, party, word, strategy, trivia, survey and pop culture games for everyone! New games like Oddly Obvious is the wild new party game from Endless Games where all the answers are right in front of you. One player reads clues while the other players race to spot the correct answers on a game card. The trick: the answers are each in different fonts and colors, written up, down, and even upside down. Shout out the most correct answers to win. It’s not as easy as you’d think as the answers aren’t the first ones to jump to mind. $19.99. And Korner’D is a proud partner of Autism Speaks and a great challenge for everyone, including those with special needs. Korner’D is a puzzle that’s also a game! The rules are simple: just match the colors on the tile to the pattern on the board. Play all of your tiles, and you win! Korner’D is so basic—yet so compelling. It’s the mind-bending, abstract strategy game of perception that brings excitement with each new discovery. For ages 8+. www.endlessgames.com


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