Here's a quick, fun game with a cleverly simple premise. How many scoops of ice cream can you pile on top of one cone before they fall? Players use a special scooper and twelve different flavored scoops of plastic ice cream to find out. Place as many scoops on the cone on your turn as you can without any falling. The player who stacks the most, wins! In an alternate version, players take turns adding one scoop at a time. ...Read more

This enjoyable game has just the right amount of intricacy. It's a game that can be played very lightly, or with great intensity. The strategies are easy to understand and employ, and the stealing and defending, two main components of game play, are gratifying as all get out. Each of the five types of cards in the deck has a designated function or functions. Throughout five rounds of play, you'll use cards from your hand ...Read more

The earlier we start young people taking good care of their bodies, the better. One of the many great things about Shine Shampoo (and all Sparklehearts products) is that it is 99.6% natural and made from organic ingredients, with none of the chemicals and toxins used in the majority of shampoos on the market. It has a light, sweet, fragrance, leaves hair clean and lustrous, and comes in an attactive (it actually brightens...Read more

This is an Action product, with a capital A. The Shred Sled combines elements of skateboarding, snowboarding, and surfing. Inexperienced boarders may initially need time to get the hang of balancing, like riding a bike for the first time. But once you do, boy can that thing sing! It's fast and sleek, made with high quality components, and the flexible connector linking the fore and rear plates allows them to rotate both ...Read more

Like all Sparklehearts products, Soft Conditioner is 99.6% natural and made from organic ingredients, with none of the chemicals and toxins used in the majority of conditioners on the market today. Soft Conditioner leaves hair lustrous and manageable, with a sweet, light, natural scent. Given that 60% of everything put on your skin is absorbed into the body, it's important to start kids early with a focus on staying healt...Read more

This ginormous Airship Kite is much like a hot air balloon, only it's easy to use and doesn't require any pumps, gas, huffing or puffing. All you need is a still day (no winds), a wide open space, and sunshine. The airship uses the sun's energy to gain lift-off as the molecules inside move faster and faster as they heat up. Read the accompanying explanation of the science behind it to gain a deeper understanding of how a...Read more

Sounds Like a Plan is a great party game, with a flair for sparking silly connections and interactions between players. The basic premise is, given a specific goal (e.g. Pet a wild animal, Build a time machine, Start a cult), be the player whose advice best suits the goal and the type of advice that was sought. A rolled die determines the type of advice you're after - Best, Worst, Grandma, Kid, Wild, or Psychic - and a di...Read more

This special bat and ball set made a huge splash with our testing team. The soft foam ball soaks up water like a super-sponge, then unleashes a drenching spray of invigorating fun with each swing of the incredibly lightweight, durable foam bat. Great for the pool, the park, parties, and cooling off while working up a sweat, the Splash Bat brings the zing to warm weather fun!...Read more

These hand-sized critters from Italy are cute and squishy, but more importantly they go SPLAT when thrown against the window, door, or floor. Watch them stick, then magically regain shape as if taunting you to try again and give it your best shot. Squeeze them, toss them, bounce them in the palm of your hand, but watch out - playing with Splatterosi can be highly addictive!...Read more

Young ones will love this wooden stacking pull-around toy. The brightly colored designs and varied shapes of its smooth, wooden pieces make it a happiness-inducing magnet for hands and eyes. This finely made developmental toy will grab your young child's attention and keep their brain stimulated and delighted. Stack and rearrange the pieces every which way before proudly parading it through the house on its four bright bl...Read more

This fabulously entertaining toy creates exciting visual effects and animation at the flick of a switch. Just spin the Strobotop and aim your hand-held LightPhaser at it, adjusting the dial until the images spring into motion. The results are often dazzling, sometimes strange, but always fun! There are 18 different Strobodisks included, each with something different - ants crawl, pigs gallop, wildly colorful patterns jum...Read more

This has got to be one of the most wonderfully kooky conceptions we've ever seen in a game - Heavyweight Hamster Wrestling in which plastic, player-controlled hamsters go toe-to-toe in the ring! Play is quick-moving and takes no time at all to learn. A roll of the die on your turn determines whether you EAT (place plastic pellets in your hamster's mouth), TRAIN (try to knock unmanned hamsters back to their home spaces),...Read more

Who knew an elephant could pack this much fun? Place this ultra-cuddly toy within reach of a young child and watch their face light up and hands and eyes leap into exploration mode. Ample colors and patterns stimulate visual activity. Numerous textures and shapes paired with crinkly and squeaky sounds invite fingers to squeeze and probe. Multiple compartments housing delightful surprises of various shapes and sizes keep t...Read more

The natural ingredients used in all Sparklehearts products were particularly appreciated in their excellent body lotion. The reality that what we put on our skin is absorbed into our bodies seems more apparent than ever with body lotion, which gets spread over a large area and left on for long periods of time. And we use body lotion with the intention of caring for our body, not damaging it. Like all Sparklehearts product...Read more