Playful

Marc Boutavant is a French children's illustrator whose adorable drawings are found in books and all kinds of other cute doodads such as these sweet wooden toys. The toys are made by Djeco and can be found at toy stores or on Amazon.

Holy bejeebus. I mean, wow. Just wow. Su Ami is a crafter from Vietman who crochets adorable teeny tiny "micro" animals for use in dollhouses or just for admiring. You can buy her work on Etsy and see more of her work on her blog.

Good news: If you have fond memories of the Fisher Price record player you played with as a kid, they've re-issued it!

Slightly-less-good news: While it's still super cute, instead of of it being an "actual" record player that plays special plastic records, it has an electronic music box inside. Boo.

But have no fear, if you all of a sudden want to get your hands on the real deal, good 'ol eBay to the rescue. Try this search link for vintage fisher price record player.

Make way for all 2" of fuzzy eight-legged octopus karate fury. (Umm, err, six-legged actually but who's counting.) Made by DeviantArt member Mimi-Mushroom.

I can't wait to buy this adorable japanese-kawaii-style virtual tea party iPad app! For my niece! Yeah... that's right. For my niece! Oh the sacrifices you make as the Auntie.

Jess Rollar of "Milky Robot" makes utterly adorable and original amigurumi plush toys. I can't seem to get over my love of these pill shaped toys. So weird and awesome! Might have to pop over to her Etsy shop and see if they are for sale!

This USB-powered owl toy just hangs out near your computer or laptop while you work looking cute, blinking and coyly turning it's head every once in a while. My kinda office mate. You can find it at ThinkGeek or at Japan Trend Shop.

This Etsy shop was a reader submission and let me just say... DARN! It was hard to choose which of the many awesome little creatures to feature here!

Etsy seller MillieFern makes super sweet crocheted critters. And according to her shop description she loves custom orders. So, if you have a friend with a unique animal obsession, you now know where to go to get a custom gift made!

P.S. The tooth has a little pocket in the back so it is Officially Tooth Fairy Compliant!

(Thanks kaybi03 for this submission!)

It's nice to see people tearing themselves away from those darned video games and playing with real toys again...

Created by Chiukeung. (Via Craftzine)

I'm simultaneously delighted and frightened that if I wanted to, I could buy 100 polyclay croissants that are smaller than the tip of my finger. For a mere $18.00 at that. Mostly I'm delighted. Find these at the Lovely-Tiny shop on eBay.