Mommy, hold my calls!
Fisher-Price just dropped the My Home Office set, a collection of timely toys for kids who want to imitate their parents as they work from home, which many have done since the dawn of the coronavirus pandemic in March.
Part of the brand’s mini-me line, the work-from-home set is made up of eight pieces perfect for baby bosses to show off their skills, and costs $24.99.
There’s a wooden smart phone and headset, a to-go coffee cup, and a plastic red laptop, which comes with stick-on “apps” that depict a calendar, a bar graph, a chart and a kitty wearing glasses.
One parent and toy reviewer from Fishers, Indiana, said the toys are a hit with her 5-year-old and inspire creativity. “We’ve had it for almost two weeks and she carries it everywhere around the house like she’s working. She loves wearing the headset and pretending like she’s making important phone calls.
Another mom from Eastland, Ohio, said the headset is the star of the set: “When you talk into the microphone, your voice echos into the earpiece so it sounds like a real call,” she writes.
Other adorable pandemic-perfect toys from the mini-me line include a work out-from-home set, called Baby Biceps ($14.99), which comes with a tot-sized barbell, kettlebell and a plastic smoothie cup, so your kid can join in on all those online sweat sessions you’re doing.
And if your tot has been obsessed with the bread you’ve baked and dishes you’ve whipped up during lockdown, there’s the Cutest Chef set ($14.99), complete with a pint-sized potholder for your aspiring cook.
Last year, the brand also made a toy cheese plate and charcuterie board for budding foodies that sparked outrage for being elitist.
