I am sure you have put a puzzle together to only discover you are missing the last piece.

Or your Mr. Potato head is missing a few appendages. Keeping track of toys can be a bit overwhelming at times.

And with the influx of toys at Christmas it is easy for toy pieces to go everywhere.

If the toy has too many pieces or looks hard to keep the pieces together,  I would suggest not buying it. 

So when you are Christmas shopping, consider the child and the household you are giving the gift to.  Will the family be able to keep all the pieces together to be able to play with the game over a period of time? 

A solution to the toy dilemma is to purchase items that naturally stay together.  Or are made in a such a way that it is easy to keep the items together.

Christmas Toy Suggestion for Newborn to 2 Year Old 

The Busy Zoo Activity Center is a great Christmas gift for a newborn to toddler age child. This activity center has everything attached which is great to keep the toy together. With the attached toys, you limit the risk of the child putting things in his/her mouth while playing with the toy.

The Parents Magazine Battat Busy Zoo activity cube is a fun-filled learning experience. The activities are simple enough for one-year-olds to understand and large enough for them to manipulate with ease. On top, they can move animals along tracks or twirl wooden shapes along looping wire. Choices around the four sides include rotating picture blocks until they form a picture of a variety of animals; turning any one of interconnecting gears to make them all spin; opening and closing a door and window. For the future, reversible alphabet blocks show a picture and its initial letter on one side, and the upper and lower case letter on the reverse. The various finger and hand manipulations will develop the muscles later used in learning to write.

Christmas Toy Suggestion for Kids Ages 3 to 7 

A kitchen set is a great way to provide lots of creative family fun. This set offers a stool with a drop leaf table as a place to prepare or eat the creations. The stove has flashing lights and makes sounds for a more realistic experience.

The kitchen set is a great gift to allow children the opportunity to be creative and interact with other chidren and adults. All the food accessories, pots and pans can be stored within the kitchen set making it an even better choice for a Christmas gift.

Christmas Toy Suggestion for Kids Ages 5-11 

This easel makes a great Christmas gift.  The kids can either draw on the chalkboard, draw on the dry-erase board, or draw on the paper. 

This easel has an extra large tray to nicely store everything in one place and also folds up for easy storage. 

Which ever Christmas gift you decide to purchase for those special little ones in your life, consider the amount of pieces.  The parents of the child will for sure thank you.

Merry Christmas!