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Play-Doh Burger Builder

Play-Doh Burger Builder

Would you like fries with that? No problem with the Play-Doh Burger Builder ($15) from Hasbro. With 5 cans of Play-Doh included in this set, you can shape, press, and mold every kind of burger topping you could want. Start off by stamping out a patty and bun, and then let your creative [More]

Let’s Play Mail Mailbox Play Set

Let’s Play Mail Mailbox Play Set

Foster inter-household communications with the Let’s Play Mail Mailbox Play Set ($45). Kids love to get mail, and they’ll love sending and receiving messages with this creative set. It comes with everything you need, including envelopes, postcards, stamps, address labels, messages, [More]

Volcano Making Kit

Volcano Making Kit

Art and science unite in this Volcano Making Kit ($8). Pour the included fast-drying plaster into the mold and before you know it, you have your very own reusable volcano. The kit comes with several colors of paint, so you can decorate your masterpiece any way you want. When it’s [More]

Paper Bouquets

Paper Bouquets

These Paper Bouquets ($9) look so sweet you’ll have to resist the urge to lean down and take a sniff. Made of colorful tissue paper, with wire stems, you get 42-48 flowers in each bouquet. Add a special touch to arts and crafts, make your little princess a flowery crown, or just put [More]

Make Your Own Sock Puppets

Make Your Own Sock Puppets

This is one arts and crafts project that won’t get stuck in a box when it’s done! Make Your Own Sock Puppets ($15) provides hours of artistic fun in creating unique, fuzzy characters with the included felt shapes and wiggly eyes. Once they’re decorated, the party is just starting [More]

Retro Dot Crayon Holder

Retro Dot Crayon Holder

Roll out the fun with the Retro Dot Crayon Holder ($12)! The 16 included crayons are kept safe and snug inside individual pockets, which keep them where they belong, and also make it far easier for little fingers to grab one than wresting a crayon from a crowded cardboard box. When [More]

Maker SHED Howtoons

Maker SHED Howtoons

Finally a comic book you’ll be thrilled to find your kids perusing. Maker SHED Howtoons ($16) sneak science and engineering into a cartoon format that will keep them turning the pages. The fifteen kid-friendly projects contained in the story include such tantalizing topics as [More]