It’s October and that means: Pumpkin Spice Lattes Apple Picking Photos on Instagram Less than 50 days to Xmas/Hanukkah (Ahh!!) Ravensburger has some easy-to-purchase, fun suggestions to help get your short-lead gift guides in order before the holiday crazy kicks-in. (SAMPLES ARE AVAILABLE.) For kids who like to build stuff: GraviTrax and Accessories (by Ravensburger) GraviTrax® (a 2019 Toy of the Year finalist) is an interactive marble track system that provides endless activities and challenges for the budding engineer or STEM enthusiast.  Experiment with physics to design and build a track that propels your ball to the finish line. Add flair and speed to your tracks with new action accessories flip, tip tube, volcano, trampoline and more.  (MSRP: $9.99 – $59.99 / For ages 8+ / Available at Target) Minecraft: Builders and Biomes (by Ravensburger) ​Experience the Minecraft world as a tabletop game – explore the Overworld, mine rare resources, build fabulous structures and collect weapons to defeat the mobs lurking around every corner. (MSRP: $39.99 / For ages 10+ / Available at Amazon) For families who love to ask questions: kNOW! (by Ravensburger) kNOW! is the first board game that is powered by the Google Assistant, which means that you can play a multi-activity, 1,500 question quiz game that is always fresh and new depending on when and where you play. (MSRP: $24.99/ For ages 10+ / Available at WalMart)  For kids who like to solve problems (and pretend to fly UFOs): Invasion of the Cow Snatchers (by ThinkFun) Maneuver your flying saucer around various farm obstacles and put your problem-solving skills to the test to magnetically beam up all the cows in this out-of-this-world logic game! (MSRP: $14.99 / For ages 6+ / Available at Amazon) For the Frozen fans: Frozen 2 Puzzles (by Ravensburger) Enjoy piecing together seven new puzzles from Frozen 2 – including a 3D puzzle of Anna & Elsa’s castle as well as everyone’s favorite snowman Olaf. Choose from a collection of traditional puzzles including one with glitter (MSRP: $9.99 – $20.99 / For ages 4+ / Available at Amazon) For the littlest animal lovers: BRIO My First Farm (by BRIO) Moo! Oink! Meow! Your preschooler can round up their favorite animal friends for a fun train ride through their first farm with this creative, open-ended playset from BRIO.  (MSRP: $59.99 / For ages 18 mo.+ / Available at Amazon) For Escape Roomers that are looking for a new ‘puzzle’ to solve: Escape Puzzles (by Ravensburger) This first-of-its-kind Escape Puzzle series combines the fun of puzzling and thrill of an “escape the room”-style game, with tricky themes such as Space Observatory and Witch’s Kitchen. (MRSP: $19.99 / For ages 12+  / Available at Amazon) Information on additional toys/games/puzzles from Ravensburger, ThinkFun, Wonder Forge and BRIO can be found here.

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