The appeal of a make-believe environment, designed as storefront selling sweets and other goodies, was just too much for kids who couldn’t wait to set up shop. Parents loved watching how their children went about their business organizing both the snacks and the money. They were also impressed at how quickly the kids demonstrated an […]
Lego has established themselves as leaders in so many categories of creativity and ingenuity that it really is no surprise that they are now clearly THE company when it comes to introducing the science of robotics to children. The eyes of our testers lit up when they caught sight of the newest Mindstorm offering and
Everyone loves getting mail. Not the flyers and bills that normally fill our mailboxes, but the sweet handwritten kind that arrive all to infrequently these days. Klutz is bringing back the lost art of letter writing and out testers couldn’t be more delighted. Parents reported that their mailboxes were filled with love letters that made
The joy of flight in a book? That’s right, inside this book is a virtual squadron of foam gliders just waiting to be assembled and flung into the great beyond. There are five unique gliders here and each one is pretty cool. There’s the Hammerhead, the Jetliner, Triple Wing, you get the idea. A sheet
This book, like so many books in the Klutz line, is thought provoking and executed with such a unique flair that our testers ran out of words of praise. Users are given the tools to craft their own line of paper clothing and then encouraged to let their imaginations take over. The book is full
Gone are the days of a single bracelet adorning a girl’s wrist. Today if you don’t have an assortment of bangles reaching almost to your elbow you just aren’t trying, which is surely one of the main reasons why this craft kit was such a hit. Moms and kids had a blast designing and creating
Over the years we have struggled to explain the marvelously wacky collection of shapes and colors that have made Curious Toys famous. To say that we are tongue tied again would be an understatement. Inside the plastic case is yet another assortment of bizarre, unidentifiable, bizarre, shiny pieces, that can be combined together to create
When it comes to race cars certain names conjure up the very essence of cool. For decades the name Ferrari has been a chart topper. Lego knew what they were doing when they teamed up with the legendary automaker. The sizzle in the testing centers was immediate when our testers set their eyes on this
Whether you knew it as lanyard, gimp or any other name in the past, get ready for a new version of the plastic strands that children have been braiding for years. Scoubiloop is a set of hollow, tubular, plastic strands that come in a pack filled with mutiple colors. There are instructions in the package
There is something so incredibly appealing about tape to kids of any age. Is it the stickiness, the dispenser, the power to attach two things together? Who knows, and really who cares, its fun let’s leave it at that. This book indulges your child’s tape fascination with pages and pages of black and white pictures
