When my brother and I were kids, we played endlessly with our Smurf figures. It didn’t matter that each character had a given name; we liked to assign individual ones ourselves. Brainy Smurf became Bookie (because he was book-smart, naturally), Smurfette was Girly and Papa Smurf was Santa (the red suit is a dead-giveaway). We had a blast because we were able to name and take our Smurfs on our own adventures…kind of like how I feel today as a mom with my kids. Not exactly, but I still enjoy making up silly names for my kids and taking them places. I recently noticed that my 7-year-old may have inherited this crazy (let’s call it “unique”) gene herself. She has taken to giving code names to some of her gal pals for when they chase a boy from class mercilessly around the playground at recess. For those of you with like-minded, equally nutty kids, we give you Gogo’s Crazy Bones. You may already be familiar with this line of collectible characters, no bigger than your thumbnail, with one-of-a-kind monikers and unusual personalities of their own. Now there’s a brand-new assortment—Series 3–with 80 additional Gogo’s Explorers. Any kid with an active fantasy life will relish these tiny creatures that are big on imagination. He may see himself in one of their traits (Giro, who leaves footprints wherever he goes), or he may secretly wish to be what that character embodies (Jowa, who is popular with everyone). I identify with Oibel (shown here), a stickler for being on time. No matter what characteristic your child possesses or how he plays with Gogo’s, he can let his imagination run wild. Catch him if you can.
In a Nutshell: Let your kid unleash his creativity with these collectible characters that go wherever he–and his imagination–wants to take them.
