I love the Target Toy sale because there are lots of toys that you don’t see all year round and the prices are so low. I’ve saved up to 50% off toys in the past and now with 4 children to buy for that’s important. I also lay-by as paying $10 or $20 a fortnight means when Christmas comes around it’s one less expense to worry about.
There is always such a wide range of toys available from outdoor swing sets and trampolines to wooden toys to books to dress up, Barbies, tea sets, Fisher Price baby toys and more. I always buy all the presents for the twin’s birthday and Christmas and especially love picking up the special toys that can be hard to find like the Barbie campervan and jet.
I also get a little bit stressed out (don’t laugh at me) that I might miss out or that the queues will be crazy – pregnant with the twins was another year that wasn’t good for me.
Here is how it works:
1. Make yourself a coffee and make sure the kids are not in the room. I say this because otherwise I have 3 jumping monkeys screaming out behind me to click on that page or they want this and that.
2. Go to target.com.au
3. Search the toys available.
4. Register your details and create your toy list.
5. Select your nearest Target store as your lay by location
6. Submit your list and you’ll then receive an email confirmation including PDF files.
7. Print the email confirmation and take to your nominated store to activate your lay-by (10% deposit required) on or before Wednesday 3 August 2011.
the Mr Potato heads, they have the pirate, cowboy and this year the bumblebee which one of my sons already has on his Santa list!
cherylah@iprimus.com.au
the vtech storio or the leap frog tag reading system. I haven’t decided between these two yet!
Star wars lego, skate shoes, kinect xbox 360
I am veteran of the Target Toy Sale. Even though my kids are now teens there are still plenty of products that interest them – especially the XBox and DS games.
I’ll be buying Lego. My kids love it!
My daughter wants everything from dolls to footballs. The first item on my list is the Lego Duplo XXL box.
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Oh Cheryl has stolen my idea, i mean gotten my fantastic idea out there first. Yay, we have the best collection of Potato Heads around, when they brought out Star Wars, say no more. I had Mr Potato as a child, when we got married we got a new one & we’d move him around the house, often holding notes (love notes of course, we were giddy in love). Now my youngest is 7, with 4 growing tweens in the house, we don’t really need more toys, BUT we still buy fun toys for us – THE PARENTS. Mr Potato Head & crew will always find room at our place.
As for the Target Toy Sale Layby Queue, you haven’t lived unless you’ve stood there breastfeeding without shame, anything to hold your place!! Oh add to that – with 3 toddlers, that was a fun day. Must say, a community does form around you, random mothers holding your children (they are the sensible ones who actioned babysitters or preschool days). Good luck, this new on line method is a dream, love Posie
As my kids are getting a DS this year some games would be great!
I’d buy lego. Lots of lego.
Great tips Corrie!
Oh there is an awesome playgym I want to get my kids with swings, monkey bars and a slide as well as a double story cubby house. The $100 would cover the 10% deposit. My kids love to play outside, so this would be perfect for them
I think Thomas the tank engine will be filling my online shopping basket!
littleharp@live.com.au
It seems some of us are all after the same things…. LEGO!!!! Great idea to be able to do it online. Those layby lines kill me every time.
We’ll be getting our little one a 3-1 trike.
The layby list is substantial but I’m excited to see our little ones on the Slip and Slide in summer, brings back some memories!!
Oh, one can never have too much lego can they?
The Dora laptop! My DD would love that
Lego this year for my little boy (and his dad) they love to build things together.
Other than handing the kids the toy catalogues to make collages out of I haven’t looked. I will admit it. This year isn’t a good one for us financially so we aren’t getting the kids much. So I haven’t looked so I don’t feel too guilty. So if we win this it would be pretty awesome, then we could get the kids a little more.
No 1 for this year is a trampoline for our kids. I love a Target Toy Sale!
Well, for the kidlets it is always about the Leapfrog and Tag items, have looked at a few of the larger lego kits recently too, but really don’t know if I want to be picking up all 1600 pieces every day! On my own wishlist I would like an ipad2! But might have to be a really good dirl to get this one x
My mr 5 has just started to get interested in Lego and little miss 3 loves to play Barbies in her doll’s house so they are definitely on my ‘to buy’ list.
My youngest will be 9 this Christmas, still a BIG believer! She wants Littlest Pet Shops as do my nieces, the boys love there Leggo and Mr and Mrs Potato Heads are popular here too, we have the Santa one and the Easter Bunny, all year round toy!
Ooh $100 to spend at the target toys sale!! how fun! I would love to buy a bunch of things for my friends who are moving back to Ethiopia with 4, 2, ad 6 week old kids. the have to be lightweight, and versatile so duplo, a mr potato head (great for bath or dry play), a doll for the the big sister with some necessary accessories! and a few things for the baby to use as she grows – fisher price make some fabulous kids toys!
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I am absolutely going for the Leapster Explorer consoles and a couple of extra games as I can see the great potential for them to transform those long car trips we make from Melbourne to Sydney with our 4 year old twins. Fingers crossed!
Probably something like Lego….it never dates, encourages kids imaginations and fine motor skills and most importantly doesn’t need batteries!!!
Wii games and DVDs
I’ll be buying Lego. My kids love it!
As Leila will be 1 in december, Fisher Price things are a must! so much to choose from
oh n maybe a wooden kitchen for later on..
Barbie Barbie Barbie!! Many times have I stood in that line!!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Transformers, lego, barbie and dolls at this house!
Two things are on top of the list this year Lego and an Ipod touch. The kids love to build lego together. They have sooooo much fun. My daughter wants the ipod touch. taradale2@optusnet.com.au
This will be my second year doing the Target Toy Sale!!!! I LOVE IT. My 2 year old has pointed out the Vtech Kidizoom Video Camera a hundred times to me already!
My six year old is Lego
Star Wars mad so it would have to some more of that set. Thanks for sharing.
I have never done lay-bus before so I am not sure how it works. I usually just go in and buy it and then stash it somewhere!
I know Lego and Nerf guns are highly sought after in this household so that’s what they’d be getting.
Definitely Lego here too – and given my son’s obsession with Cars, the Cars Lego is looking like the perfect gift for him this Christmas!
P.S We love the catalogues in this house too – the Target one even went to kinder for show and tell earlier this week!! Not sure who he gets the shopping-bug from… hmmm…!!
My son just spent an afternoon circling his favourites in a toy catalogue! Brilliant activity for him that didn’t cost me a dime. Cough, cough, I mean, didn’t cost me a dime today! I love buying up early and would love to get the Cars 2 Finn Missile, he’s my son’s favourite Cars character now – despite the fact my son has not even seen the new movie!
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For us a big trampoline tops our list. My little guy loves when he is at his cousins and get to play on theirs. His face just lights up
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3 kids in tow has never been good for the nerves !!! DOLLS DOLLS for the girls! for the boys …well Lego for the oldest and for the baby he will be just old enough for his first birthday. the oldest Birthday is a few days after christmas which makes the toy sale even. more useful. MAde a commitment this year no ds or Wii games !!!
Don’t you wish they did the online thing when you were expecting the twins way back when! Our “virtual shopping cart” will be filled with . . . . . . oh . . . . .I can’t decide yet there’s too much to choose from! : )
Oooh hard one!! I think I’ll spend it on a range of board games for us to play together. Or perhaps some star wars lego for Alex.
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Definitely lego – my little boy has just ‘discovered’ it, and is spending hours making all types of creations.
jmdowns@optusnet.com.au
We will be buying lego and duplo, I love the duplo hospital and am sure it will go in my layby cart.
Definitely Harry Potter Lego for my Harry Potter reading Lego loving seven year old
I would love a dolls house. I had one when little but it was lost so I would love to get a nice new one for Possum to play with. Happy memories!!
Dolls for my little girl and Lego for my big boy.
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lego is still a bit hit in my house, even with my eldest Jake at 14! Fallon has requested a barbie jet this year, so both will be on the list for us
These are the sweetest pics of your beautiful little ones Corrie. Love the pic of your gorgeous twins in their stripey onesies! Adorable! :o) xo
With a little girl in the mix this year, we need some girly toys… Dolls, dolls, dolls.
I can’t go past the first page – I’d get the Lalaloopsy twins! Too cute! I think I am obsessed. Oh… was it supposed to be something for me or my kids?!
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With 7 kids aged 6mths to 15yrs pretty much everything on sale is on my list!!! Cheers Sue tatooeddragon12@hotmail.com
very cute,have a good day from Tenerife!!!
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A Lala Loopsy craze seems to have hit our house, would see me having to get my 3 girls the Lala Lopsy dolls. I must say, they do look awfully cute, and i just LOVE how my 3yr old says WALA WOOPSIES……i can be heard asking her to repeat it often throughtout hte day..i just love the way she says it..
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My kids would love the Base Kids digital camera. It’s a good price and looks very cute!
We would love to leap like a frog around the globe with the “LeapFrog Interactive Globe”.
Good luck to us >_< Regards,
Lesley
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Such cute pictures!!
I’d choose the Barbie 6v Vespa Scooter for my little girl.
The poor thing has a big brother, so she gets all of the hand me downs.
She’d be so pleased to have her own scooter – and make the boys jealous!!
Thomas the tank engine double pack with the Knapford station and Turnstable which is awesome as Oliver loves trains at the moment! :)& with moving out and such things it’s a little hard to afford it.
Lego, Lego, Lego. It is always a winner in our house, for both girls & boys, and being so expensive, I only buy it when it is on sale. I am particulary interested in the Lego games (especially Creationary). We have some of the smaller ones & they are heaps of fun to play as a family, as even the younger kids can understand the rules & play. This will be my 10th Target toy sale. Although I am not able to buy as much in advance as I used to, I still try to pick up a few things. Lego, books & games are our favourites & come 21st July (which is also my birthday!), I will be there to grab a bargain with the best of them.
Oh My goodness this would have to be your best giveaway ever.
My kids are right into Playdough at the moment. We are all having so much fun making animals and shapes.
I wouldn’t buy $100 worth of it though, I would throw in some Lego too.
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I think this year will be an outdoor activities Christmas. Both kids need new bikes and scooters and I love the styles Target have in the catalogue!
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Although I have two kids who would love any of the toys from the Target Toy sale I have fallen in love with the Lego Lighthouse (3-in-1) which I’d have to buy for myself!! Sad, I know!
That is an easy answer for us – we are Lego maniacs in this house. Including the biggest member of the household! Thanks for the opportunity to win, Corrie.
I’d have to have the Fisher Price Kid Tough Camera – Eloise is filling up my iphone with pictures of her My Little Ponys!
What a great giveaway!! Couldn’t of come at a more perfect time.
I would like to get a doll house for my girls. Every girl needs a doll house right??
I am thinking about putting a a Trampoline on layby, otherwise I would buy lego.
My 3 cherubs require bikes this year and as springs have started flinging off our geriatric trampoline it appears we may need to upgrade that as well! Kirsty @ MyHomeTruths myhometruths@gmail.com
We have lots of Lego, Cars 2 toys and Leapster Explorer games on our list…must say i love the whole shop from home thing!
Ipod touch for my daughter so I can have my iphone back!!!!
Lego, lego, lego! The plan is to upgrade from the ole’ Duplo. Which is bittersweet as it means my babies are growing up! Is this their first graduation?!?
Cars 2 Lego for my son and little Blythe dolls for my daughter. We my need to also get a new trampoline as the mat has started to give way.
I’m new to Toys and the Target Toy Sale being heavily pregnant with my first baby at the moment, olny 7 weeks left OMG!!
I’m eyeing off the little Disney rocking horses – I think Dumbo is my fave — SO CUTE!!
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Can’t believe it is that time again!! We thought we were past toy sales but it seems you never are especially when you introduce a new baby into the household. Thinking a trampoline for the older kids would be great and the 16 year old always likes the star wars lego. Mostly though I think we would like one of those bikes with the handles for the adults to push for bub, the red one mostly!!
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Arrr me hearties!
A water pirate table for us.
melisa@codefox.com.au
We are lala at our house for lalaloopsi dolls…so we would have to get the treehouse…and more little ones for me…sorry I mean for the girls to play with!
thouraya13@hotmail.com
Lego and Barbie! Can’t go past a classic
claireebianchi@yahoo.com .au
we seriously need some Lego in our lives :), and I’m 9 months pregnant, so LOOOVE the idea of laybying online. Awesome!
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I desperately want to get my 1yr old son one of the ‘Big Backyard’ wooden outdoor play sets. We’ve just done up our backyard and he now loves it out there but at $700-$900 we’d need that $100 to have any chance of affording one of the play sets!
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Corrie, I’m sure your FInn is the same as my twins its all about CARS 2!
Cars 2 DS game, Fin McMissile RC Fin Mc Missile die cast car, Professor P die cast car, Cars 2 on Wii Cars 2 Mater Rocket…CARS CARS CARS CARS CARS!!!
and the most saddest thing is..we already own so much of CARS 1 I cant see how we can fit any more in!
Lego Lego and more Lego – both of the kids are enjoying it and we are at the stage of moving on from Duplo.
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The airport play set would be perfect for my little one. His Dad is an avid pilot, and this set would remind our son of his Dad, as he works away from home for weeks on end.
russellcathryn@yahoo.com.au
Oh well, where does my wish list start…Three kids, boys and girls … dolls and dolls and dolls, then for the boys lego and kinex, the oldest just started getting into mechano as well, the baby is into anything that makes a noise!!! The pledge this year no Wii or DS – do you think we’ll stick to that. Michelle
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