Hape Gingerbread Set Highly Recommended by the Petite Peachy Panelists of Whom You Know! Hape Makes Us Happy!
My son enjoyed playing with the Hape Gingerbread set! A 3-year-old loves to pretend and he had loads of fun baking gingerbread cookies. Playing together with this set also gave me as a parent an opportunity to discuss the holidays and giving to people in need. We pretended to wrap them and discuss whom we would like to bring them to and why. It was a wonderful way to play and learn. He was able to use the rolling pin and cutters with ease. I found it age appropriate and matching the cutters to the cookies made for a nice challenge for him. We rolled and baked the gingerbread man, tree, and the hearts. He wanted to make sure all were cooked and ready to give to the few people he chose. We played for about an hour and he stayed engaged in the activity which is impressive to have his attention for such a period of time. This set would make a great addition to a play kitchen.
Hape Gingerbread set is here right in time for the holidays. Get ready for your children to be bakers in the kitchen with you. This adorable set is so cute. I love how your children can make gingerbread cookies without the mess. Use the rolling pin to flatten the dough. Then use the cookie cutters to cut out different shapes. Put them on the tray and then voila! It's time to decorate! This is so much fun to use as a gift for kids who want to be a helper in the kitchen. This is a great product and simply a must have!
My son has always loved baking. For his second birthday his Aunt gave him a kitchen set and three years later he still loves to "play kitchen." "Let me make ya a cuppa Joe," he says. I attribute his love of baking to the fact that he has grown up watching his Daddy make a big Sunday breakfast every week and he loves to assist his Aunt and me with baking cookies, brownies, pies, etc.! He was so excited when I showed him the Hape Toys Gingerbread Baking Set. "Well, mom, I guess I'm going to have to make a couple batches here, so I'd better get started," said my sweet boy. He started out setting everything up on our kitchen table. He rolled out the "dough," used the cookie cutters to cut out the cookies and gently placed them on the cookie sheet. Then, "Follow me, mom." Into his room we went to his kitchen set. He very carefully placed the cookie sheet in his oven. While his cookies were baking, he set up some stuffed animals in a chair. When his cookies were done, he gave his stuffed animals a cuppa his famous joe and some gingerbread. It was just adorable! I got so much enjoyment out of watching him play and be imaginative! Hape Toys Gingerbread Baking Set would make a wonderful gift for any child as it is not only fun, but is educational too!
I always loved baking when I was little. My favorite thing to bake was gingerbread men. I still love to bake when I can now. When I saw this Gingerbread Baking Set, I knew it would be a big hit with the girls in my class for a Fun Friday activity. With the holidays fast approaching, I always try to get a few gifts for the class to let them open when we come back from break. I plan on using this as one of those gifts. Our game cabinet is getting a bit bare because most of our games are missing pieces or becoming worn because of being used so much. I can't wait to see the looks on the girls faces when they open this. Since most of them know I love gingerbread cookies, I know they will want to "bake" these for me to try them out. I know I'm going to have to look into purchasing more!
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Celebrating 26 years as a toy manufacturer, Hape continues to draw on quality and design as hallmarks of their brand. Uniquely positioned to manufacture its own products, Hape guarantees safety and quality front and center.
“We begin 2012 with an outlook that promises continued growth for our specialty market retailers and consumers,” offers Maggie Qiu, managing director of Hape Intl., Inc. “Our strategy is to continue to provide them with toys of high play value,” she adds.
The Hape roundup includes Hape signature bamboo toys, the Hape Collection and Beleduc. Toy Fair Suggested retail prices are listed in parentheses.
Hape signature products are made of highly sustainable bamboo and colored with water based paint. This combined with a modern, minimalist design make it a toy for all ages.
The Italian-design vehicle range is sleek and sporty and includes three new styles: e-chopper, e-superbike and the e-drifter ($24.99 each).
Quattro ($49.99), a strategy game, and Super Moose, a game of balance are fun additions to the popular bamboo game category. With Quattro you take turns planting by putting the colored bamboo rings on the shoots to connect four rings of the same color. Super Moose is a building and balancing game that requires a steady hand. It can be played solo, by a group, or one-on-one.
Magnetic Animals and Magetic Vehicles ($49.99 each) are two different sets of themed mosaic pieces with a lap-sized magnetic board.
Hape Collection includes 33 remarkable additions with new packaging, color palette and branding including:
Five new baby products, all part of the new Happy Baby range. Introduce baby to the Baby Gym ($59.99) for some brain and sensory building activities. Two Little Friend Rattles ($9.99)in pink or blue and At the Farm and At the Zoo ($9.95) first wooden books.
Early Melodies Little Drummer ($19.99) for a child to march to the beat of his or her own drum.
Rainbow and Lawnmover ($24.99) push and pull toys that will keep tiny feet in motion and imaginations churning.
Three new bead and wire mazes – Countdown ($39.99), Moon Walker (29.99) and Ring-Around-a-Rosy ($49.99) – with new paths to explore. Perfect for playroom or day care room.
Eleven new Early Explorer toys including Farm and Zoo themed Mix and Match games ($19.95) and Animals Memory Game ($14.99). Stacking is so much fun with Stacking Jack ($14.99), Stacking Jill ($14.99) and a Balance Boat ($24.99) with Jack and Jill together.
Little builders with big ideas can work on this professional-looking Master Workbench ($119.99) with adjustable height. New colors and components brighten the Fix-It Tool box ($19.99), too.
Two Wood Block Puzzles ($14.99) in farm and zoo themes plus an eye-catching Alphabet Puzzle ($19.99) with chunky stand up letters.
Family Car ($24.99) with elasticized door hinges and sporty look easily accommodates four passengers. Happy Family – Asian ($19.99) includes grandpa, grandma, mom, dad, sister and brother.
Three additions to a hard-to-resist food range include a stack of Pancakes ($24.99) with pure maple syrup, a Gingerbread Baking Set ($24.99) with a rolling pin, cookie cutters and felt “dough,” and Hamburgers and Hot Dogs, ($24.99) enough to serve four hungry BBQ fans.
Durable 15.75-inch Mighty Shovels ($2.99) offered in striking lime green, blue and yellow for lots of fun-in-the-sun. Two new Beleduc games, Cloud Matchmaker and Topsy Towers ($19.99 each) round out the collection of preschool games and five new hand Glove Puppets ($9.99 each) boost the Hape offering to over 60 puppet styles.
All packaging uses recycled paper and soy ink.
Company BackgroundHape International Inc., (Hape pronounced “hah-pay”), founded by Peter Handstein, was established in in Switzerland 26 years ago. Hape is able to produce the highest standards of quality through stringent control systems and a world class production facility. Hape brands including Hape®, Hape Collection and Beleduc are sold through specialty retail, museum gift stores, school supply stores and select catalog and internet accounts in over 50 countries. They have won numerous awards from prestigious independent toy testing groups for toy design, quality and safety. Learn more at http://www.hapetoys.com.
