Welcome!

To the fifth edition of Hot Toys for the Holidays, presented by the Canadian ToyAssociation in conjunction with Sun Media Corporation. The toys featured in this supplement are the ones our member companies believe will be hot sellers this coming holiday season. Please use this guide as your family shopping “Wish List.” For more details, each toy’s website is listed, or go to www.cdntoyassn.com. Happy Holidays from the Canadian ToyAssociation!

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What’s Inside

THIS SEASON’S HOTTOYS....................... 3 ARTS &CRAFTS .......................................... 4 ACTIVITYTOYS ........................................... 6 CONSTRUCTIONTOYS ............................. 8 DOLLS &PLUSH.......................................... 9 GAMES &PUZZLES .................................. 10 PRESCHOOLTOYS.................................... 13 ELECTRONICTOYS .................................. 14

SelectingSafeToys

AboutToySelection and SafePlay

Chrissy Cianflone,program manager at SafeKidsWorldwide encourages carewhen selecting what toys come into your home: “Parents and caregivers play critical roles in the safety equation, when it comes to toys and their children.Selection and supervision areessential components of safeplay.” Cianflone offers these important tips forselecting atoy this season that will help ensurefun and safeplay: Choose toys suitable to your child’sage, abilities and skill level.Toys that arenot appropriate for your child’s age group may pose safety hazards. Avoid toys with small removable parts, which could pose achoking hazardtochildren under age three. Look for high-quality design and con- struction. Makesurestuffed animals’ eyes, noses and other small parts aretightly secured. Avoid sharp points or edges on toys forkids under eight. Avoid electrical toys with heating elements (batteries or electrical plugs) for children under eight.These toys are apotential burn hazard. Avoid toys that produce loud noises and choose toys that have avolume control mechanism. Avoid toys with strings,straps or cords longer than seveninches.These can pose a potential strangulation hazard. Be suretoread the labels on all toys.Be awareofage and safety recommendations and takethem seriously. SUN MEDIA CORPORATION 333 KING STREET EAST, TORONTO,ONTARIO M5A 3X5 ● SR. VICE-PRESIDENT, CORPORATESALES Shannon McPeak ● SUN MEDIA PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR, SUPPLEMENTS Suky Nagra ● MANAGER, SPECIAL SECTIONS&CREATIVE SERVICES Penelope Wild ● EDITOR Diane Janes ● GRAPHIC ARTIST Megan Bechtel Published by Sun Media Corporation in conjunction with McMarketing Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form prohibited without the written consent of the publisher. Printed in Canada.Open Link www.cdntoyassn.com
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