Great Gifts for Kids Under $10

Great gifts for kids dont have to be expensive -- and this list of products will spark the imaginations of the special young people on your list. Best of all, these ideas are all priced at under $10, offering good value, budget-conscious holiday shopping.

Music Thats Fun and Educational:
Ho, Ho, Ho! Celebrate the season with Crayola® Kids Christmas Carols and Crayola® Kids Christmas Favorites, from Madacy Kids. Each of the two 40--minute CDs is available at a suggested retail price of $5.98 and has 20 seasonal tunes with new musical arrangements performed by the Countdown Kids. Young carolers will love hearing their favorite holiday classics like Jingle Bells," Frosty the Snowman," and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." Parents and grandparents may fondly remember novelty songs like I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas," and The Chipmunk Song." Each CD includes coloring pages and lyrics.

Madacy Kids also has four separate Crayola® Music CDs available for $5.98 each: Animal Songs," Silly Songs," Storybook Favorites," and Toddler Songs." Recommended for ages 2 and older, these 20-song CD collections feature new recordings of traditional favorites, all-new arrangements and child-appropriate lyrics. Each CD also includes games, coloring pages, and with lyric booklets.

The Crayola® Music Box -- also from Madacy Kids, is a fun new way for children ages 2 - 6 to express their creativity through music. This 50-song, 2 CD collection is packaged with a sing-along lyric book, a 50-page coloring book and 8 Crayola crayons. Crayola Music Box retails for $9.98 and features exciting new renditions of childrens favorites with a variety of musical styles, including a spicy calypso Baa-Baa Black Sheep," a rousing country hoedown version of Do Your Ears Hang Low?," and an Arabian flavored Alice the Camel." Visit www.madacy.com or call 1-800-784-0991.

My Jewish Discovery series -- Give the kids on your Hanukkah list a musical journey through the rich traditions of Jewish Life. Craig 'n Cos My Jewish Discovery and My Newish Jewish Discovery CDs feature humorous and educational songs. The CDs won Parents' Choice Gold awards. Bandleader Craig Taubman, known as "the king of kids' rock and roll," created original tunes and involved musicians like Dave Koz and Clarence Clemons for top-notch family entertainment. Both CDs include fold-out family activity sheets and are available at a special price of $9.99 each until December 10 at www.craignco.com, or call 800-6-CRAIG-8.

Storytelling:
Mordechai Mouse and Other Tails for the Jewish Holidays -- Mordechai Mouse and a cast of delightful characters star in a sprightly, interactive collection of tales on audiocassette from popular storyteller Naomi Leithold. She encourages children to participate in each story by making sounds, motions and repeating phrases. Children will love the Hanukkah tale "The Stubborn Onion," about the very important ingredient used in the traditional holiday food -- latkes -- and meet a spinning dreidel in The Treasure Box." To order the cassette for $9.99, call 1-877-417-8679 or visit www.simplystorytelling.com.

Colorful Video:
Lets Talk With puppy Dog -- All About colors -- This new video from Wonderscape Entertainment introduces the friendliest dot in town...Puppy Dog! And Puppy Dog sings and dances his way into childrens hearts teaching preschoolers basic colors through games, song and dance. Its all part of the Creative Learning Method that reinforces basic concepts, increases vocabulary, and gets children talking with confidence. Available for $9.98. All About Colors is part of the Lets Talk With Puppy Dog series of educational videos. Available at Wal-Mart or visit www.letstalkpuppydog.com.

A Healthfully Artful Stocking Stuffer:
Boo-Boo Doodles -- Bumps and scrapes are all part of growing up, but when a kid can be distracted from an injury, it's half-way healed. Boo-Boo Doodles kits turn bandages into works of art - all with the help of award-winning author/artist Ed Emberley. Emberley's simple and humorous drawing techniques allow anyone to be a "Rembrandt." Each Boo-Boo Doodles kit contains 36 brightly colored bandages, 4 skin-safe, non-toxic washable markers and a design book filled with drawing examples and instructions. Choose from "Animals," "Trucks and Trains" and "Funny Faces" designs. With minimal adult help, kids ages 3 and up can draw these easy-to-imitate designs, which easily wash off at bath time. Boo-Boo Doodles are available at Right Start and Zany Brainy stores for $7.99.

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