Monday, November 30, 2009

(Good) Times Tables


There's something about tables that just brings people together. Whether it's the dining table, a train table, a game table or a play table, kids and adults alike seem to gravitate towards them. And with good reason. Tables help to create community, whether that means a group of toddlers finger painting or a couple of grown-ups immersed in a game of one of my favorites, Scrabble. Game tables make fabulous holiday gifts and are a wonderful way to keep the family entertained during the winter break (and over the summer, too!) when the weather outside is frightful. It's also a wonderful time to bond with your kids. My daughter and I love to play round after round of air hockey together and we get a kick out of being silly and laughing the whole time. Oh, and if you're shopping for a deal, this air hockey table is only $59 TODAY ONLY (I've seen it for upwards of $300 on other sites). I hope Santa will be leaving one at our house this year!

Another great type of table is the Little Tikes Easy Adjust Play Table ($74.99). Perfect for trains, finger painting or working puzzles, it gives kids of several ages a flat surface for imaginative play and also has room for storage underneath to keep it all out of sight. The adjustable height option allows it to grow as your kids do, ensuring they have a table that's the right height for several years.

Win It
We're giving away one Little Tikes Easy Adjust Play Table ($74.99) from All Children's Furniture just in time for the holidays. To enter, just leave us a comment and tell us how your kids would use it. Please don't forget to leave your email address (we can't contact you unless you do). The deadline is Midnight, EST, December 5, 2009.


Editor's Note: Congratulations to our winner, dad, Tim H.!

120 comments:

Missybeez said...

I have three boys and they have a race car track and cars.This would be perfect for them to use.


honeybeez80@yahoo.com

Lacey said...

My kids would use this for everything...they love playing with cars, coloring, and building with their leggo's!!!

lacey.mcmanus@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

My daughter would use it to color on, her tea parties and playing with her dolls.

shellquest99@comcast.net

Veronica said...

I too also have three boys all under the age of 5 and they are huge train lovers. So I could see all of them using this to build a train track for them to play with. THanks for a great giveaway :)

grndbaygal said...

my daughter would love this for coloring or playing with her legos,it is the perfect size. grndbaygal@gmail.com

Heather said...

My daughter would use it for her building blocks and my son would use it for playing cars, coloring, playing games with his little friends, and crafts!

Sonya said...

I think mine would use it to color on. She loves to color. Thanks

O Boys Mommy said...

I have two boys who are crazy about trains and cars. Basically anything with wheels. I love how this table can be adjusted for them as they grow. Lindsay47@nc.rr.com

Erin said...

My daughter just loves driving anything with wheels along a table. This would be perfect!

peg42 said...

This would be perfect for my boys to set up their train tracks on. What a great table. Thanks so much.

No fools, no fun said...

My two boys would enjoy this table as a great place to work with their building sets.

lise said...

I know my daughter would love to draw/paint on it and use it to set up her "store".

Anonymous said...

I'm raising 3 grandsons at age 51 and could use all the help I could get! This toy would be perfect for them because it looks like it could weather anything they could set on it, run across it (little cars) ;-). Thanks!

lilliank2009@hotmail.com

Sue said...

My boys would love this for setting up their trains or building their legos where they won't get in trouble when mom steps on one. Thanks for the giveaway.

s.mickelson at gmail dot com

marcimorin said...

My kids would use this for everything... coloring, playing with GI Joes or princesses, Legos, Matchbox cars... possibly even eat on it!

Chelsea said...

My daughter would love this for her trains and to color on those rare times that she actually is willing to put the trains away

cheechee524@yahoo.com

Kimberly L said...

This would be great and used for just about anything, building blocks, cars you name it

brn2lisn(at)gmail(dot)com

Cora said...

My grandbaby will love this table.

tatertot374 said...

My kids would love to use this for building blocks, legos, hot wheels and for crafts
Thank you
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net

Dawn said...

My daughter would love to have this table to do all of her coloring and I like the storage areas since they could hold her massive crayon and collering book collection.

cdziuba said...

cdziuba@aol.com

Our little one would play with her Play-Doh and her fake food on it!

kendra22 said...

oh awesome!!! perfect for those legos ! thanks for this giveaway

Stephanie said...

Bought my little boy some Thomas train sets so perfect for that, and LEGOS and coloring, painting, puzzles and his chalk board. Very useful!
tvollowitz at aol dot com

Darcie said...

This would be perfect for my little artist!
dmkayes@gmail.com

texaslady22 said...

I love this!! I have a 3 year old who is very used to leaving his legos on the floor, but with a new baby coming in February this woudl be excellent to have!!

Lori said...

My 2 daughters would use it for a playdough table.

Anonymous said...

This would be perfect for my 2 year old, very active little boy! He loves to line up his hot wheels on tables to create "traffic jams"! Gotta love the imagination of little boys!

tinkr11@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

My son would use it as a coloring table and anything else his imagination will allow.
gemitan at aol dot com

jlmk said...

I see this as a great table for coloring and craft projects.

kal said...

My kids would use this for coloring, puzzles and board games. Thanks!

Snowflake07 said...

Wow, there would be a lot of uses for that. My little one would enjoy playing with her building blocks on it. Would also make a good place to do art projects where the cats wouldn't be in the middle of it!

Sue E said...

My little boy would use this table for all kinds of things like, Hot Wheels, Legos, and coloring. Thanks for the chance!

sueellison@hcecwildblue.com

Anonymous said...

This table would be awesome for them to do homework, play toys, paint,color,just about anything.

betty
btang80@hotmail.com

Mimilynn said...

My little grandson would play with his cars and his games on top and store toys in the baskets.

Blissful Bee Boutique said...

My sons would play with their cars and games on it! We also could work on my son's workbooks on it!
missblissfulbee@gmail.com

sweepmom said...

This would be great for my nephew's trains.

Tracey said...

Liz and Tristan would use it for coloring, using playdoh, building legos, tea parties. You name it, they could do it.
traymona[at]aol.com

souldolphindream said...

My daughter is a little artist so I am sure that she would use it to create works of art and my son would use it to bring his bakuman to life and to write stories. As mom I love that we could use it for all of the crafts that we do

souldolphindream@aol.com

clynsg said...

Although I have a grandson who would certainly be using it, the major use would be in the daycare home that my daughter has. She has children up to 6 years old and this would be a major help for her.

clynsg at yahoo.com

mscoffee77 said...

My little boys would color, play with sticker books, work puzzles, run their Hot Wheels on it, play Little People, and just have fun!

mscoffee77(AT)juno(DOT)com

samarcy said...

my autistic grandson would love to play with his hot wheels cars on this table!!!

Laura said...

My kids would love to use this for art projects, PlayDoh and their trains.

Jaime said...

We would use it so many ways from crafts to trains to homeschooling projects
copperllama at yahoo dot com

lizsmith418 said...

My daughter loves all the Little People toys and would love to set them up on the table to play.

aajacques said...

My son would love this and he would use it for all his trains.

Heidi Gail said...

My son would love this for his kids. They would use it for painting and coloring. They could keep the art supplies in the bins.

Linda said...

My grandson would use this for all his Thmas Trains!
lgrieser(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

mogrill said...

My daughter has a Thomas train she plays with on the ground...This would be PERFECT. Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net

jennielee226 said...

My girls would love to color on this.
jennielee226(at)gmail(dot)com

Bethany W. said...

I have 2 kids that love to draw and paint. This would be perfect for them!

ryanbeth_weeks@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

My little boy would love this he wants one every time we see them on display in the big toy stores. Great Christmas present thanks for an opportunity to win one.

Super Blogger Girl! said...

we would use it in our basement and set it up with a city and cars, now my son drives his cars on the rug in his room with roads on it!

jennifer.lleras@gmail.com

ellie said...

My two grandsons would use it to drive their cars and trains on. They'd probably use it to draw and color on, too.
Thanks for the giveaway.
eswright18 at gmail dot com

Leona P said...

my nephews would use it for drawing and cars

Traci said...

my foster kids would use it for trains, cars, and art.

Michelle AKA blabla3269 said...

my son is a car nut and would go nuts

Mamushi Love said...

My God-daughter would be able to use it as her own table (homework, snacks, coloring) and be able to store supplies.

John said...

For kids, 10+, take a look at Birkball. Check the video link on the web site: www.birkball.com

cariboucake said...

For homework!


jkalstrup@unomaha.edu

dolphee said...

I need it for play during the day with playdoh, perler beads, cars, etc., and then afternoon for homework.

mickeyfan said...

My niece could spread the Legos out, then use it for a table to serve people at her special "cooking Parties". The storage would be great for her small room too.

Amanda said...

Would definately use it for doing arts and crafts.

Anonymous said...

My Daughter would do all sorts of arts and crafts, and probably climb on it too... :)
Amy Salisbury
xtwilightrunx@yahoo.com

jsc123 said...

My children would use this for their building blocks ,Legos , train set and so much more.
This is the perfect addition to any playroom.

Thank you so much for the chance to win.

jweezie43[at]aol[dot]com

Jeni said...

my boys would love this for leggos and their army guys

~ Cee ~ said...

I could see my daughter using it for most everything. She's actually into cars right now, so that would be great for playing with cars. I could even see her using it for snack time and art time ;)
Thanks for this opportunity!
ceevegnashville [at] gmail [dot] com

kdkdkd said...

My boys would use this for art and crafts as well as for driving their cars or Thomas the tank engine trains on.

Heather said...

My son could use this to play with toys, cars and trains, as well as for art projects.

rsbryswrrl at gmail dot com

tatum810 said...

I klnow all three of our kids would get great use out of it. I think there are several uses for this table such as drawing, games, puzzles and action guys.
tatum810@yahoo.com

mookiej said...

My son would love this for his legos! Thanks for the awesome giveaway! Happy Holidays!

mom2gabnnat said...

My daughters like to play "vet clinic" and are usually using my kitchen table for their examining table. This would be perfect.

Marcia said...

I can't begin to count the ways my granddaughters would use this great table while visiting Grandma and Grandpa. So often so many toys are underfoot, that the adults get a little grouchy. I will set up the table in a corner and they can play right near us.

saphyress said...

We are always looking for room for crafts, not to mention no more racecars on my kitchen table :)

oldmanoldlady said...

My kids would use it for art projects, like crafts, painting, coloring and more.

oldmanoldlady(AT)hotmail.com

maxfate said...

They are very into coloring,and starting to do simple crafts, this would be great for those. But the number one use would be their cars, they are crazy for them!

supe61@hotmail.com

camper223 said...

I have a grandson who lives 1200 miles away, now that he walks and wants to play with cars and other toys this would be a great table for him and because my son is going to be getting surgery on both ankles over the next 8 months this would be great for him to have so my grandson can eat at this table since my son won't be able to lift him into the high chair. It would come in handy for so many activities.

Thank you so much for giving me a chance to be a winner

camper223[at]live[dot]com

Dave said...

My two little nephews would use this table for everything from coloring and drawing to building with Legos and sculpting with Play-Doh. The sides will prevent crayons and other small objects from rolling away. And the drawers are perfect for storing everything away. Thank you for the chance to win.

Carol said...

My 6 grandchildren love to play with the FP Little People sets. This table would be perfect.

fidget said...

Crafting, eating, trains, legos- prettymuch everything!


fidgetblogs at gmail dot com

Anonymous said...

My grandson would love this to eat on and color on.

gjsrjs@sbcglobal.net

dddiva said...

Without a doubt, Ian would use it for his Thomas stuff- he uses every available surface to play on, this would be wonderful.

AEKZ2 said...

My children would use this for their train set.

amy said...

my daughter would use this to color on.that is on her christmas list.thanks
amy16323(at)gmail(dot)com

Sher said...

This table would really come in handy! Very nice!

septemberbaby10(at)gmail(dot)com

Brooke said...

Depending on it I let my son have it or if I make it a living room table... If son gets it CASTLES will be built upon it... If to goes into the living room ,aka the kids playroom we sometimes get to watch tv in, it would have little people farms and zoos on it

sweetsue said...

My granddaughter would set up her little barn and farm animals.
smchester at gmail dot com

jnmacdonald said...

My daughter would use it to color pictures and my son would use as a racetrack.

Kathy said...

My granddaughters would use this table in different ways. The older one would definitely claim it (or try to) as her personal art table, and the younger would want to set out all of her Little People characters and houses and things on it. Either way, they'd get a lot of use out of it!
kateswen(at)gmail(dot)com

Jammie said...

KNowing my daughter she will use it as a yard for all her littlest pets. And she would have some cars and such.

doodlegirl said...

art work, puzzles, coloring

Anonymous said...

My daughter would love this table. The one she uses now was my mothers when she was a kid so it is over 70yrs old and covered with plastic. this would be great!

jcristig@hotmail.com

ParaJunkee said...

My daughter would love this. She just likes getting into things.

parajunkee at gmail.com

Sahm Lee said...

It would become the best lego building spot in the house! thanks for the contest!
airalynn@gmail.com

Molly C. said...

My boys would use this for legos & cars.

Edyta said...

My daughter would love this table. She could draw, build with blocks, play with her animal figurines and so much more. I also like the extra storage space it provides.
edyta_c01@yahoo.com

Bartsgirl said...

My son would use it as a train table!

alisonhollowell at hotmail dot com

mail4rosey said...

I'm sure there are a lot of uses my son would get out of this, but building up his blocks, leggos, etc. comes to mind first. Thank you.
msurosey@yahoo.com

Granny1949 said...

My great-grandkids would use this for a varity of uses, art & crafts, trains, cars, etc

tmh said...

My 2 girls would play with this daily. They would do their leggos and other projects they love to do. They are 2 and 6.

tmh29141 at hotmail dot com

mom2anutball said...

My son and my daughter would use their train track and race cars on it! They would love this!
Thanks for the chance!
hawkgirl_16 {at} hotmail {dot} com

Leslie S. said...

I could not list all the ways this would be used.I have 4 kids so I am sure each would want to do something different.I could see it used for playing with cars,tea parties, coloring,and school work.Thanks!

Angela G said...

My boys would set their train set up on it or play with their collection of matchbox cars!

ag1414@hotmail.com

Becca Ann said...

My son would use it for his cars..thats what the coffee table is used for now and my daughter would use it to set up all her lps houses and pets...

dhunt said...

Would love to win this!

Stephanie said...

I think my son would use it as his building table for his blocks and leggos.
thegrants(at)live(dot)com

Maja said...

my son would put hid trains upvaberspa

Maja said...

follwer

Maja said...

subscriber

crystalf said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
crystalf said...

My girls would love this. My youngest would play tea on it and the oldest would maybe use it for her art. thank you!

crystalfaulkner2000 at yahoo dot com

packerfantimmy said...

I would love this for my kids to do their puzzles and legos on.
titletowntreasures(AT)yahoo(DOT)com

paula michele said...

My son would use it to build on or to put his trains on. My daughter would use it to do her art work on.

hafner611{AT}gmail{DOT}com

sherri419 said...

This would be great for the kids to use to play their games on or for their art projects! thanks for the chance to win an amazing prize!

sherri419 at gmail dot com

~*~lilshuga2001~*~ said...

OMG~ Awesome the kidsI babysit would lovE THIS!!!

Thanks for the chance!

bev said...

My grandchildren would love doing craft projects on this cute table. Thanks for having the contest!

Ardy22 said...

I am sure they would find lots of uses for it. Probably doing their little crafts and doing puzzles


ardy22 at earthlink dot net

mchavez718 said...

This is perfect! My kids could color, build, and play cars on it. Great giveaway.
mchavez718(at)gmail(dot)com

Jinxy and Me said...

This would be great for setting up the train track and race track. It would also be great for art projects.

Gianna said...

Legos, Megablocks, Trains and Cars to start off with :)

Rul3zZ said...

hi guys.......i am happy to see you here..... U want buy Dining Table ? I Has New Product On Cheap Price & Free Shipping For U . Please Let Go >>>> Dining Tables Modern