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M a n y n e w b o r n s r e c e i v e t - s h i r t s a s g i f t s a n d a l t h o u g h t h e y m a y n o t a p p r e c i a t e t h e h u m o r , t h e i r p a r e n t a n d f r i e n d s a n d f a m i l y m e m b e r s o f t e n d o . S a y i n g s u c h a s D o s t t h o u d e s i r e t h o f p i e c e o f m e ? o r a p i c t u r e o f a k n i g h t i n a r m o r o n a s h i r t w i t h t h e s t a t e m e n t J u s t a n o t h e r d a y l i v i n g t h e l i f e o f a h e r o i s s u r e t o b r i n g a f e w c h u c k l e s f r o m t h o s e w h o s e e t h e s e m e d i e v a l b a b y g i f t s . A l t h o u g h C h i c k s d i g c h i v a l r y a l s o h a s s p a r k e d a f e w l a u g h s , p i c t u r e s o f c a s t l e s a n d d r a g o n s a l s o i n v i t e h u m o r o u s c o m m e n t s .
T o y s s u c h a d r a g o n s o r c a s t l e s c a n a d d t o t h e e d u c a t i o n a l p a y o f m o s t i n f a n t s a n d t h e s e t y p e s o f m e d i e v a l b a b y g i f t s w i l l b e a p p r e c i a t e d b y p a r e n t s w h o e m b r a c e t h e h i s t o r y o f m e d i e v a l t i m e s . W o o d e n t o y s a r e p o p u l a r a m o n g m a n y l e a r n i n g t o y s a n d a t o y c a t a p u l t c a n h e l p t h e c h i l d s e n d m o d e r n t o y s b a c k i n t o h i s t o r y a n d o v e r t h e w a l l s o f t h e i r o w n c a s t l e .
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F o r t h e c o u p l e w h o d o p a r t i c i p a t e i n m e d i e v a l a d v e n t u r e s , w e a r i n g s l o g a n s s u c h a s I d r e s s u p o n w e e k e n d s a n d b e a t p e o p l e w i t h s t i c k s , m a y b e h i g h p o i n t o f o p e n i n g m e d i e v a l b a b y g i f t s . T o y l a n c e s a n d s w o r d s c a n a l s o b e c o n s i d e r e d f o r t h e b a b y , b u t i t m a y b e b e t t e r t o w a i t u n t i l t h e y g r o w a l i t t l e o l d e r t o g i v e t h i s t y p e o f p r e s e n t .
S i m i l a r t o t h e s o f t b o o k s f o r i n f a n t s , t h e n e w b o r n ' s p a r e n t s m a y a l s o a p p r e c i a t e a s o f t m e d i e v a l c a s t l e o n a f l o o r d e s i g n c o m p l e t e w i t h p i c t u r e d m o a t w i t h d r a g o n s a n d k n i g h t s . T h e p l a y a c t i v i t y c a n m a k e f u n m e d i e v a l b a b y g i f t s a n d i s s o m e t h i n g t h e b a b y c a n u s e a s t h e y g r o w o l d e r . P a r e n t s c a n a l s o u s e i t t o i n t r o d u c e t h e i r h o b b y t o t h e c h i l d w i t h o u t t h e d a n g e r s o f t h e i r o w n t o y s m a d e f o r a d u l t s .
J i g s a w p u z z l e s a l w a y s k e e p c h i l d r e n b u s y a n d g i v i n g o n e a s m e d i e v a l b a b y g i f t s w i l l g i v e t h e c h i l d s o m e t h i n g t h e y c a n u s e a s t h e y g r o w i n t o t h e i r t o d d l e r y e a r s . M o s t o f t h e p u z z l e s a r e d e s i g n e d a s t y p i c a l o n e w i t h c a r t o o n i s h c a s t l e s a n d d r a g o n s f o r g r a p h i c s , b u t a s t h e y g r o w e v e n o l d e r , 3 - D m e d i e v a l p u z z l e s c a n b e c h a l l e n g i n g .
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