Mighty Mind
MightyMind shows children how to solve and build complex jigsaw puzzles, even if they have never constructed a puzzle before. Starting with the simple concept of manipulating two wood or plastic half circles, the child builds a full circle. Then by following a logical numerically programmed sequence of patterns, the child learns how to manipulate 32 geometric shapes to build pictures of increasing complexity. Many children who had never completed a jigsaw, were able to construct 64 piece puzzles after playing with MightyMind. It keeps a child busy for more than a half hour, has universal appeal (no language required), and teaches any child everything they need to know in order to solve & build very complex jigsaw puzzles. Best of all... it's great fun! Awards: Parents Choice WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD- Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Age: 3,4,5,6,7,8 Manufacturer: Leisure Learning
Mini Tea Set Craft Kit by Creativity For Kids
It’s tea time. Invite your stuffed animals and dolls to a tea party, and serve them using a tea set you design. This 17 piece ceramic tea set comes with four cups, four saucers, four plates, a teapot, a creamer, and a sugar bowl. Paint your tea set with any pattern or design you like using ceramic paint. A tea party is a timeless activity enjoyed by both children and adults. Older girls will enjoy painting this miniature set as a collectable for their room or as an accessory for their doll collection. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2002. Age: 7,8,9,10,11,12 Manufacturer: Creativity for Kids
Munchkin White Hot Safety Bath Ducky
More than just an adorable bath-time companion -- Munchkin's Bath Ducky can tell you if the water is too hot for baby. The color change disc on the bottom of the duck will reveal the word "HOT" if baby's bath water is too hot to be safe. Don't give your child a bath without one! Awards: Dr. Toy Best Vacation Products 2002. Age: Birth - 3 years Manufacturer: Em-bry-on-ics
Musical Jewelry Box
Decorate your own musical jewelry box complete with a dancing ballerina! Contains sequin patch, rhinestones, puff flowers, sequin strips, adhesive dots and easy instructions. Awards: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award Age: 6,7,8,9,10 Manufacturer: Alex
Make It Fun! French Knitting Flower
This classic craft activity of French Knitting will provide hours of creative play. Includes simple to use colorful flower, seven different colors of yarn, and plastic child-safe knitting needle. Comes complete with instructions for creating countless knitted creatures to play with or give as gifts. Awards: Parents' Choice Award--Recommended (Fall 2000). Age: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Manufacturer: International Playthings
Math Shark by Kidology
A fun, fast and easy way to practice and learn hundreds of math facts. The Math Shark teaches all the major math skills: subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and percents. Eight levels of difficulty for each operation. Skill building math practice plus a calculator all in one that really makes math easy and fun. Awards: Dr. Toy: 100 Best Children's Products--1998. Age: 6,7,8,9,10 Manufacturer: Educational Insights
I Play Dolphins Go Round
Dolphins spin as top cup pours water into water wheel. Awards: Oppenheim Gold Award. Age: 1,2,3,4,5 Manufacturer: International Playthings
Fun with Your Dog
Filled with activities and experiments, this kit will lead you to new discoveries about man’s best friend. Gain insight into the canine world by finding out what colors dogs see and how they communicate their thoughts and feelings. Lots of fun! Awards: Parent's Choice Award. Age: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,Adult Manufacturer: Scientific Explorer
GeoSafari® CD-ROM: History by Kidology
Journey through time to learn about great civilizations, the first Americans, historic disasters, wars, and more! With the GeoSafari® History CD-ROM, kids can explore history through 15 learning games that include corresponding printable worksheets, answer keys, and displayable certificates of achievement. Features three game modes and variable response times to challenge players of every skill level. Compatible with both Windows and Macintosh platforms. Awards include: Newsweek Magazine's Editor's Choice Top 50 CD-ROM Award and Learning Magazine's Teachers' Choice Award. Age: 8,9,10,11,12 Manufacturer: Kidology
GeoSafari® AntZone by Kidology
So much like a real ant hill that ants behave as if they weren't even confined! AntZone features a unique rounded-lip design to allow kids to watch their pet ants roam the open-air expanse of this container without worry that they'll escape. Getting started is easy. Children simply fill the AntZone with sand, use the tunnel starting tools to create canals for ants to travel, fortify the sand with the special Sugar Cement nutrient formula, and watch Harvester Ants forage and explore! Includes dual magnifier, tweezers, water dropper, and an ant-sized watering hole. Also comes with a 17" x 22" full-color "All About Ants" poster that describes the ant reproductive cycle, five types of ants, and ant behavior. Instructions for setting up the AntZone habitat are on the back of the poster. Ants are shipped separately in 2-4 weeks with the mail-in coupon provided (nominal additional fee required for shipping, handling, and insurance). Awards: Parents' Choice Silver Honor (1999). Age: 6,7,8,9 Manufacture
GeoSafari® Laptop by Kidology
Uncover fascinating facts about sports, nature, history, science, and trivia! This compact, battery-powered, go-anywhere laptop can be played alone or against competing teams or pairs. Razzle-dazzle LED lights and wild sounds keep track of scores and announce winners. Questions are selected from data cards either sequentially or randomly each time a game is played. Includes 63 illustrated, two-sided data cards. Requires 4 AA batteries, not included. Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products-2001, Dr. Toy Best Classic Toys-2001 Age: 8,9,10,11,12 Manufacturer: Kidology
ExploraBook: A Kids' Science Museum in a Book
A hands-on science museum, squeezed between the covers of a book. Tons of experiments are featured, and nearly all of them can be done right on the spot, using the magnifying lens, magnet, agar and other bound-in apparatus. 100 pages. Full color. Awards: Parents' Choice Gold Award. Age: 8,9,10,11,12 Manufacturer: Klutz
Foxtail Sonic
A Foxtail that breaks the sound barrier every time you throw it. Whistles lodged in the leather-covered soft sponge ball shriek as it whizzes through the air. Awards: Lion & Lamb Project Top 20 Toy List Age: 8,9,10,11,12,Adult Manufacturer: Klutz
Friendship Bracelets
Super-clear directions for ten different kinds of bracelets, with all the colorful floss and beads you need to make all of them. A built-in clipboard provides the ideal work surface for this coolest of crafts. Written by Laura Torres. Awards: National Parenting Publications Gold Award Age: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 Manufacturer: Klutz
Crayola Window FX Washable Markers
Crayola Window FX Washable markers add dimension to coloring! The special marker formula works on windows, mirrors, frames and more. 8 colors in a reusable package. Awards: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award, Parents' Choice Foundation Approved Award. Age: 4,5,6,7,8,9 Manufacturer: Crayola
Crayola Window FX Window Cling Kit
Be the first in your neighborhood to jump on the window decorating trend with the new Crayola Window FX Window Cling Kit. This product contains everything needed to create decorations for your windows! Includes 8 Window Paint Pens (2 for outlining, 6 for filling in), 2 plastic sheets, designs and instructions. Awards: Parents' Choice--Approved Award. Age: 4,5,6,7,8,9 Manufacturer: Crayola
Crayola® Kids' First Washable Crayons - 8 Count
Crayola Kids' First Large Washable Crayons are the perfect coloring book crayons for little hands. Let kids' imaginations run wild with these easy-to-grip, washable crayons. The Crayola Washable formula was designed to wipe off of most walls and non-porous household surfaces with just warm water and a sponge. This package contains 8 different colors: red, blue, green, brown, blue violet, yellow, carnation pink and blue green. Awards: Dr. Toy Best Classic Toys--1997. Age: 2,3,4,5,6 Manufacturer: Crayola Dimensions: Each crayon is 4" long and 7/16" in diameter.
Crayola® Model Magic® Color Variety Pack
Lets young artists mold anything they can imagine! Crayola® Model Magic® is a soft, spongy modeling material that shapes and re-shapes until you get what you want, then dries on its own in twenty-four hours. Best of all, Model Magic won't make a crumbly mess! Pack includes six bags of colors: red, yellow, blue, green, black, and white. Colors can be blended; instructions included. Awards: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio--Gold Seal (2000). Age: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 Manufacturer: Crayola
Creamy Gel Color Case
This creamy color pen kit is perfect for young artists on the go! The compact nylon zippered traveling case has a storage pouch for ten creamy gel pens, a 6"x9" black pad, and a key chain. Awards: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award Age: 8,9,10,11,12 Manufacturer: Alex
Chinese Jump Rope
Complete rules to nine classic games, spiral-bound for playground referral, along with two Chinese jump ropes in brilliant colors. Plus instructions for making your own rope out of rubber bands. Written by Anne Akers Johnson. Awards: National Parenting Publications Gold Award. Age: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12 Manufacturer: Klutz
Chomp Card Game
Plunge into a fast-paced undersea world where life is survival of the quickest. Identify the lowest creature in the food chain then slap it before other players scarf it down. Big fish chomp little fish and everyone chomps plankton. Watch out for the ink-squirting octopus and if you spot an electric eel, get ready for an all-out feeding frenzy! Collect all the cards and you're ruler of the deep blue sea! Chomp! is a great tool to help teach children about the food chain. Players learn about the hierarchy of ocean species through employing skills such as visual discrimination and sequencing. It also helps to sharpen reflexes and teaches quick thinking and analysis while playing a fast-moving game. For 2 - 5 players. Awards: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award, Dr. Toy's Best Children's Vacation Products, Canadian Toy Testing Council ***, Nick Jr. Magazine Best Toys Selection. Age: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,Adult Manufacturer: Gamewright
Boondoggle: A Book of Lanyard & Lacing
Great things to make with that plastic lacing everyone remembers from summer camp. Each project is described and illustrated in Klutz-clear detail, and all the supplies are included. 46 pages. Full color. Awards: National Parenting Publications Award. Age: 6,7,8,9,10 Manufacturer: Klutz
CPS Rollercoaster
C...COLORS P...PATTERNS S...SMILES A contemporary look for a classic and traditional toy. Awards: Parents' Choice. 12" X 15" X 20" Age: 2,3,4,5,6,7 Manufacturer: Anatex
Back to the Beat - Sugar Beats (CD)
These fresh versions of '60s & '70s tunes for kids will have both children and adults singing and dancing! Songs include: Locomotion, You Really Got Me, Celebration, Shower the People, Do You Love Me, Mocking Bird, Bad Boy, I Like It Like That, Iko Iko, La Bamba, Mony Mony, I'm a Believer, and I Can See Clearly Now. Awards: Dr. Toy Best Vacation Products--1998. Manufacturer: New Sound Music
A Book of Artrageous Projects
Imagine you could squeeze the Metropolitan Museum of Art between the covers of a book...and then open up all the display cases and unhook the velvet ropes. Introducing A Book of Artrageous Projects, an extraordinary collaboration with the venerable Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It's all about art, and it is designed not only to be read, but also to be stickered, painted, pounded, rubbed, woven, soaked and poked. Artrageous comes complete with all the supplies essential to the hands-on experience, including light-sensitive paper, color pigments, a paintbrush, rice paper, copper foil and a whole gallery of stickers. 66 pages. Full color. Awards: DiscoverySchool.com Award of Excellence, Lion & Lamb Project Top 20 Toy of the Year, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, Parents' Choice Gold Award. Age: 8,9,10,11,12,13,14 Manufacturer: Klutz
Bling Bling Bracelets and Rings
This special metal bead assortment will dazzle your wrist. Combine the metal and the glass beads to make the same bracelets you would find in the coolest boutiques. But don't stop there, you can also make the most adorable matching rings. This kit makes 24 bracelets and 12 rings. Awards: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award 2003. Age: 8,9,10,11,12,Adult Manufacturer: The Bead Shop
40 Piece Cardboard
Block Set
Kids will have hours of fun building fortresses, hideouts, towers, and more! These cardboard bricks are strong enough to support 250 pounds, yet are extremely lightweight. This set includes 40 blocks of various colors and sizes. Imagibricks are laminated to resist damage from spills. Awards: Parents' Choice Classic Award (Spring 2000), Dr. Toy Best Classic Toys-2001. Sorry, gift wrapping not available. ***An additional shipping charge may apply. This charge will NOT be reflected in your total cost, but will be outlined in an email that you will receive after placing your order. You MUST approve this shipping charge before your order is sent.*** Age: 2,3,4,5,6 Manufacturer: Imagiplay