This fun, sprawling floor puzzle (2 Feet X 3 Feet) has large, rugged pieces made from 98% recycled materials. Like all Innovative Kids' Green Start series products, this puzzle is not only good for the earth, it also helps kids see their connection to it, in this case with a wonderfully illustrated garden scene showing kids busily working and playing in and around the garden. Once assembled, the puzzle becomes a hunt-and-...Read more

More word fun from the folks who brought you Bananagrams, PAIRSinPAIRS consists of two fast, action-packed games - PAIRSinPAIRS and PAIRPOINTS. In PAIRSinPEARS, players race to be the first to construct a given number of pairs of words, with each word at least 3 letters long. All letters in a given pair must display the same pattern (solid, lines, dots, outline). Words within a pair are allowed to intersect, thus sharing...Read more

One comment we heard from people who tried Sparklehearts products, including the Peace Out hair detangler, is that you can actually feel the difference made by the organic ingredients. There is a light, refreshing feel immediately noticeable on your skin after years of using typical chemical-laden skin and hair-care products, and even the scent has a pure, sweet, natural quality to it. Which makes sense if you think about...Read more

This two-player game from Mindtwister is great fun. Start playing after eyeballing the instructions for just 30 seconds or so, then gain a deeper understanding as you go. The concept is simple, and very clever. Be the first player to get five same-colored marbles in a row. The twist is, in this case, literally a twist: Each move consists of placing a marble (one player is black, the other white) on one of the four quadr...Read more

The technology at the heart of this deluxe learning experience is nothing short of amazing. Touch any word or image on the abundance of materials provided (books, sounds sheets, word sheets, stickers, flash cards) with the CROCOPen and hear that word sounded out or spoken aloud. Touching various icons activates different features, enabling the Pen to spell words, read aloud sentences and paragraphs, rhyme, sing songs, and...Read more

Even the pizza-box style packaging on this wonderful family game makes players laugh. Pizza Night comes with 150 pizza-slice shaped game cards separated according to six different colors that match the colored die players roll to determine which card to play next. Each card has super-simple instructions to a lightning quick game (e. g., Everyone take a big sip of their drink and see who has the biggest drink mustache). Ta...Read more

Make an air rocket out of potato chip bags, fingerprint powder out of potato chips, a potato battery that powers a clock, and much, much more! That this enormously fun kit comes packaged as what appears to be a bag of potato chips gives you some idea of the sly humor and cleverness of its contents. Inside, you'll find a book of 29 potato chip experiments along with numerous items used in their execution (a spud-powered so...Read more

Puzzle Blocks brings a new dimension of fun to puzzle play. Each of the nine blocks is illustrated on all six sides, meaning one set of blocks creates six different puzzles! Kids twist and turn the playfully illustrated cubes, searching for the side that fits the puzzle on which they're currently working. This highly tactile aspect of solving the smooth, light-weight block puzzles adds an element of fun not found in stand...Read more

This game is fast, there's no turn-taking, and a keen eye and agile mind will get you everywhere! Visual dexterity plays a big part in Q-bitz, as players race one another to recreate a pattern shown on a card drawn from a deck, using wooden cubes with images on their sides. Each player works with his own set of 16 cubes (each side contains a different image), filling in a wooden tray until the pattern is complete. Some pl...Read more

This game has it all - a handsome wooden board, playing pieces, and lid, a simple game-play concept that lets you get moving in the blink of an eye, and a depth and intricacy that increases both during the course of every game and as you gain experience as a player. Players alternate taking turns sliding a playing piece (one player is white, the other black) onto vertical poles on the board. The first player to get four i...Read more

This toy racer has the timeless feel of a classic. Built of basic wooden shapes, threaded nuts, and pegs, it can be disassembled in a matter of seconds. The individual shapes can then be used as the imagination's building blocks for all variety of things. The cool, smooth sensation of the quality hardwood pieces invites the hands-on experience so vital to learning - everything from shapes, stacking, sorting, and free-form...Read more

This two-and-a-half foot long radio-controlled rattlesnake will slither and turn at your command, moving just like the real thing! The tongue flicks, the tail rattles, and the scaly body moves forward with S-shaped serpentine precision. The controls are easy to use, and this realistic critter, modeled after the very dangerous Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake, will be your faithful servant. Batteries not included....Read more

Some games just seem to have it all, and this is one of those games. For starters, the components are of the highest quality, in terms of both design and execution. Take the beautifully detailed 6 and 1/2 foot long board (three panels that quickly and easily interconnect like giant puzzle pieces), which in and of itself provides ample entertainment value. Throw in the marvelous playing pieces, the Goldbug cards, the magni...Read more

This set contains 9 squishy, velvety-soft blocks, each of which is brightly colored, durable, and very fun to touch. The blocks come with equally squishy cylindrical connecters that fit snugly into openings in each of the blocks' sides. This design allows a variety of sturdy formations to be quickly created, disassembled, and repeatedly varied. Both the blocks and connectors are soft and bouncy enough that they make for a...Read more