If you want to buy your kid the latest plastic, blinking, electronic noisemaker, I imagine you can find it at Toys R Us. If you want to find a normal toy that will last a while (in terms of both durability and interest), check out Kazoo & Co.

One of the very few remaining places worth going to in Cherry Creek, Kazoo & Company has toys, games, books, puzzles, dolls, trains, science kits, you name it, for kids of any age. It's perfect one-stop shopping for any kid's birthday, Christmas, or a baby shower, and you simultaneously support localness and coolness in Cherry Creek -- which you can further support by walking a block north to visit the Wizard's Chest, which will complement your toy shopping nicely.