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Pushing Car

Pushing Car

Toddlers learn by imitating. Let your toddler imitate you – and practice walking safely – with a Pushing Car ($172). Your little one can have fun pushing around a favorite stuffed animal or doll with this car-shaped push cart. Includes great car features like cutout windows, [More]

FUSHIGI

FUSHIGI

It floats! It spins! It’s FUSHIGI ($20)! This dynamically designed ball is used in the mysterious art of contact juggling. By exploiting the sphere’s reflective properties you can create the illusion that its defying gravity or even moving on its own. Contact juggling has been [More]

52 Activities Cards

52 Activities Cards

Rainy days. Long trips. Family get-togethers. Any time you’re cooped up with kids, you need a defense against the dreaded “I’m bored!” Enter 52 Activities Cards ($7), fun little card sets with all sorts of creative ideas – make a flip book, create a time [More]

MoMA Modern House and Family

MoMA Modern House and Family

Do you have an aspiring architect or designer in your family? Does your child like to rearrange the furniture in your house? Keep your furniture (and your sanity) in place and turn your kid loose on the MoMA Modern House ($14). With this innovative set of modular nesting boxes, your [More]

Calafant Farm

Calafant Farm

Come on down to the farm with Calafant Farm ($21) – a sturdy, functional cardboard farm designed after old-fashioned farms in Germany and Holland. Measuring approximately 20 × 12 × 20 inches unfolded, this large farm has working doors, 2 rooms in the back and porches on [More]

Motorized Walking AT-AT

Motorized Walking AT-AT

Join forces with the Empire to crush the Rebel Alliance with the ultimate LEGO Motorized Walking AT-AT ($130). Thanks to the Power Functions System, the mighty All-Terrain Armored Transport really walks forward or backward into battle and its head moves up and down. Cockpit opens and [More]

Rhapsody Indoor Playsets

Rhapsody Indoor Playsets

Sure, it’s summer right now, with great weather for the kids to play outside. But rainy days and cold winter weather will be here before you know it. With a Rhapsody Indoor Playset, your kids can happily play inside all day. Designed with the optimal materials, finish and scale for [More]

Joebot

Joebot

Got a robot-loving kid at your house? Take robot play to the next level with Joebot ($70) – a walking, talking interactive robot pal who’s full of fun and features. Joebot has infrared vision, responds to voice commands and can be set in a number of modes. Set him to dance [More]

Thinking Putty

Thinking Putty

Love your kids Silly Putty, but feel, kind of, well, silly playing with it? Try Thinking Putty ($10-$12). Choose from fun primary colors, electric colors, metallics, glow-in-the-dark, color shifting, heat sensitive, magnetic and even liquid glass. With a generous 3 ounces of putty in a [More]

Spy Laser Chase

Spy Laser Chase

Now you and your kids can play tag with a high-tech twist. Spy Laser Chase ($15) are kid-safe infrared “lasers” that strap to your wrist and fire quickly and accurately – even on the run. Aim at your opponent and flex your finger to trigger a blast. Electronic sound effects [More]

Fortamajig

Fortamajig

Fortamajig ($50) is brain-building, fort-making fun far superior to the bedsheets and blankets we used as kids. Not only do kids get to work with a huge expanse of strong, lightweight, 100% polyester fabric (8 feet square to be precise), they can exercise their creativity designing the [More]

High Tech Money Jar Bank

High Tech Money Jar Bank

Help your little “techie” save money with the High Tech Money Jar Bank ($8) – a digital “piggy” bank that instantly recognizes and registers the amount of all deposited U.S. coin currency. The easy-to-read LCD displays a running total on the lid, so you and your [More]

The String Doll Gang

The String Doll Gang

Meet The String Doll Gang® ($10), a band of kooky characters that has been growing steadily since the initial 16 members made their debut in 2005. Handmade in Thailand, each String Doll has a double-sided fabric tag, lobster claw keyring, and a special power to help you. From Cupcake, [More]

Junior Entrepreneur Lemonade Stand

Junior Entrepreneur Lemonade Stand

Nothing says summer like kids selling lemonade from a lemonade stand. Now you can teach your little tycoon the basics of being in business with the Junior Entrepreneur Lemonade Stand ($99). Rule #1 – location, location, location. Sturdy, oversized wheels and a large, easy-to-pull [More]

Starter House Perfect for First Time Owners

Starter House Perfect for First Time Owners

Starter House Perfect for First Time Owners ($99). Charming house complete with window boxes, gingham curtains, checkerboard kitchen floor, staircase and a welcome mat. Spacious master bedroom located on second floor, sunny eat-in kitchen, and lots of windows. New construction, move-in [More]