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Star Wars ABC
Teach your padawan the ABC’s with Star Wars ABC board book ($10). This large-format board book is an alphabetical adventure through the intergalactic world of Star Wars, featuring the most popular characters, droids, spaceships, and creatures from a galaxy far, far away. With [More]
Color Me Caterpillar
“In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.” Now the very hungry caterpillar comes to life with Color Me Caterpillar ($16) – 15 inches of blank canvas in the shape of a familiar caterpillar. Let your kids use their imagination and the enclosed washable markers [More]
Volcano Island Lab
Now you can create a miniature Mount Vesuvius in your backyard with Volcano Island Lab ($12). Volcano Island glows, rumbles and quakes just like a real volcano, and can spew lava up to six feet high. Includes paint-it-yourself accessories, miniature trees and red “lava” dye. [More]
Mythbusters Weird World of Water
Finally, something from TV that you can try at home! Mythbusters Weird World of Water ($14) lets your child safely explore wacky water myths with some cool experiments. This kit includes everything needed to explore the myths of the Pantry Projectile, the Deadly Vortex and the Man Who [More]
Fashion Design Studio
Let your future Vera Wang design her very own fashion line with the Fashion Design Studio ($35). The step-by-step guide to fashion illustration, sketchbook and swatch book are great for brainstorming designs, and the 3-D dressmaker form lets her fit fabrics just like top designers. [More]
Encyclopedia Prehistorica
Encyclopedia Prehistorica Sharks and Other Sea Monsters ($21) is the second entry in the Encyclopedia Prehistorica series of pop-up books, which began with Dinosaurs. Covering the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras, and their changing environments and inhabitants, Sharks and Sea [More]
Star Wars: A Scanimation Book
Star Wars: A Scanimation Book ($11) brings to life some of the most memorable scenes from the epic movies: Obi-Wan battling Darth Maul, The Millennium Falcon zooming away from an exploding Death Star, Luke riding a galloping Tauntaun, Yoda twirling his green lightsaber. And of course red [More]
Insect Lore Earthworm Nursery
Hey kids – you’ve never seen a nursery like this before! Watch baby earthworms hatch from real earthworm cocoons, dig and grow in the Insect Lore Earthworm Nursery ($18). This educational and ecological kit is available year-round, and includes approximately 50 Vermipod [More]
Wreck This Journal
Finally, a journal perfect for kids! Wreck This Journal ($10) allows readers to unleash their creativity to fill (and destroy) its pages. Acclaimed illustrator Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in “destructive” acts, such as poking holes through pages, adding photos [More]
Handy Dad
Looking for a great way to spend quality time with the mini-me’s? Check out Handy Dad ($17), a book of 25 awesome projects, ranging from simple (5 minutes) to challenging (a full weekend), for dads to build with their kids. The book includes directions to make a sweet BMX ramp, [More]
Ollo Bug Robotic Kit
Do you have a budding entomologist in your house? The Ollo Bug Robotic Kit ($100) allows you to encourage your child’s creepy crawly interests without actually allowing any of the creepy crawlies in your house. This reconfigurable construction kit introduces robotics concepts with a [More]
Tickle Monster
Kids love being tickled. Now they can turn the tables with Tickle Monster ($32), the laugh-out-loud story of a sweet monster with big puffy hands who tickles everyone he meets. The super-soft Tickle Mitts will transform your child into the Tickle Monster, leaving their fingers free to [More]
Dinosaur Soup Recipe Book
Tired of having mud pie every night for dinner? Try the Dinosaur Soup Recipe Book ($16), an illustrated collection of fifty hilarious (and dubious) recipes written by children. The book is divided into sections: Breakfast, Soups & Salads, Pasta & Pizzas, Dinner, Dessert, and of [More]
Live Butterfly Garden
Witness one of nature’s most amazing transformations up close with the Live Butterfly Garden ($16). The kit includes a fine, transparent mesh observation chamber, easy-to-use feeder and instruction guide with interesting butterfly facts (painted lady butterflies taste with their [More]
Handheld Inspection Video Camera
Take your videos and/or surveillance to the next level with the Handheld Inspection Video Camera ($100) – the video camera you don’t know you need, yet. Ever wonder what your child is doing in the bedroom closet? Now you can find out, and have leverage for the teen years. This [More]
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