There's a brief pause right after you pull the cord on the handheld SkyScraper launcher, before the plastic disc goes sailing up into the sky. That tiny moment between action and reaction somehow adds to the thrill, perhaps by creating the impression that nothing much is going to happen here. Then suddenly - whoosh - the level of lift and thrust, often greater than 100 feet, far exceeds your expectations. Another surprisi...Read more

Belly Banter is an ingeniously simple, affordable way to share your pregnancy and your baby's special moments with friends and family. Each Belly Banter set includes 15 different 4-inch stickers, enabling you to easily and fashionably communicate a unique moment in your child's development. Just peel-and-stick one on a shirt or onesie and snap a photo. The text makes clear what was being celebrated at the time, and each s...Read more

Every once in a while a children's product comes along that takes things to a whole new level of fun and excitement. SmartMax Stunt is one of those products. This collection of brightly colored magnetized bars, metal balls, ramps, wheels, and panels enables kids to create a stunning array of designs and shapes in a matter of seconds. And this truly is an all ages product. The simple instruction guide contains examples and...Read more

Snuggle Buddy is an outstanding companion and playtoy for babies - a soft, irresistably cute plush toy and security blanket all in one. The fabric and satin are soft and soothing to the touch, while the internal rattle rewards baby's actions with intriguing sound stimulation. Each different Snuggle Buddy character is quite unique, with its own enchanting qualities. Though intended for babies up to 2 years old, more than a...Read more

Ever try to sound like a whale? How about nails on a chalkboard? Everyone laughed so hard playing this game! And the biggest laughs came in response to the often ridiculous and outrageous sounds made by the Sounder, the player whose job it was on that turn to communicate what he or she saw pictured on a card, using nothing but sounds. Meanwhile, the rest of the players race to locate that item's picture somewhere on the s...Read more

Which would you rather play, regular old checkers, or Space Checkers - a new game in which alien invaders battle for control of the planet Earth? Yeah, that's pretty much what we thought. With 2 to 4 players, directional movement, flying saucer pieces in four different colors, and the ability to 'warp' your pawns from one edge of the board to another, Space Checkers is light years away from the classic game your ancestors...Read more

An outstanding use of brain-power, fueled by fun! Space It! allows you to dazzle your friends with displays of mental acuity as you gleefully place tiles on the table - creating, and adding to, sequences. Each tile has a number on it (except jokers, which are wild), and each player starts with 12 tiles. Players open the game by each creating an independent sequence of 3 or more tiles, such that the value between adjacent...Read more

Spectrix is a quick-moving, easy-to-learn game that gets your mind working in new and different ways. The Spectrix deck contains 96 cards, each of which is a single color on the playing side, with 12 different colors in the deck. Everyone is dealt a hand, and the goal is to be the first player to get rid of all your cards. On your turn, you can place combinations face up on the table consisting of 3 or more cards of the s...Read more

Speedeebee! keeps players immersed in nimble-minded word fun, with all players happily engaged every step of the way. There's no turn-taking. Just read a challenge from one of the cards, roll the alphabet dice and go. Any player can answer, and the first one who correctly does so wins the card. Get it wrong and you have to give up a card previously won. The player with the most cards at the end of each 20-card game is the...Read more

In Spell Trek, players traverse the board based on their ability to complete words using vowel tiles drawn throughout the game. What elevates Spell Trek to extraordinary heights of fun is its combination of unusually attractive, high-quality components, and nuanced game play that makes every step of the way a pleasure to play. Each Word Card, with its missing vowels, has a delightful illustration of a noun, leaving no dou...Read more

The Spooner Board is instant fun for anyone who enjoys getting physical. It's a board for balancing, riding, and doing tricks - like a snow board or skate board (without wheels) - except that it works on any surface, indoors or outdoors. Many of the tricks for which instructions came with the Freestyle Board (The Flipper, 180-degree Spin, The Cave Man, The Shuv-It, to name a few) could be performed fairly well on the fi...Read more

You'll get a lot of fun - and variety - out of this great travel and party game. You get six great games in one ingenious deck of cards, packed in a compact, colorful tin. Every card in the 55-card deck contains 8 different symbols (things you might see while driving down the road), with a total of 50 unique symbols in the deck. There's a version of the classic road game in which players simultaneously flip cards, looking...Read more

It can be difficult to find games well-suited to younger kids, one of many regards in which Spuzzle is a boon to parents and children alike. It's an excellent game, highly entertaining and with a design and challenge level perfect for its targeted age group. The board contains 4 identical projects, each of which consists of 5 different 4-piece animal puzzles (tiger, panda, elephant, parrot, kangaroo). Each player starts w...Read more

Young ones will enjoy this classic stacking toy for its visual, tactile, and auditory (clack clack) cues, as they stack and reorder the colored circular pieces. Parents will love it for its safety, longevity, and the care PlanToys takes in making products that contribute to a sustainable world. Smooth, cool, solid and strong, these sectional pieces can be flipped and sorted according to color and size, helping your youngs...Read more