With the Ogo Parker Activity Mat, OgoSport has created something fresh and irresistible. The mat's graphics (a colorful, concentrically ringed bull's eye divided into quadrants) are well-suited to a wide variety of games, and the four included ogo bolas (high-performance palm-sized beanbags) are ideal for targeting the mat or tossing, batting, and bouncing between players using just about any body part. The instructions i...Read more

The strange, fantastical, inter-connectable pieces in OgoBILD construction toys tend, in and of themselves, to inspire new heights of creativity. This kit not only contains 103 of those incredibly versatile building pieces, it also includes Animate It! Express, software that makes making your own stop-motion animation films as easy as 1-2-3. That is about as perfect a set of ingredients for unleashing creative fun as we c...Read more

OgoSport is a maker of great outdoor play products that just seem to keep getting better with time. Aero Zipp is a prime example, a hand-held ball launcher that propels specially designed balls great distances at often dazzling speeds. The launcher is a lightweight hinged instrument with a comfortable handle at one end, a claw that holds the ball at the other, and a hinge in the middle. That hinge is key, because the laun...Read more

This is a fine creative and educational kit, both in terms of what children can do and learn with it and its presentation. Its components are at such a high level of quality and arrive so lovingly arranged in their box that the kit seems like one-of-a-kind. Its goal, to introduce ancient oriental/Chinese history to children all over the world, is achieved through a series of remarkable creative activities, the results of ...Read more

Osmo is dazzling, mind-bending fun. Placing your iPad in the Osmo base allows you to play games that integrate your physical space into the digital realm of your iPad. Objects placed in front of your iPad are 'understood' by the three free Osmo game apps - Newton, Tangram, and Words, and become part of the game. In Newton, you'll direct tiny balls that drop from the top of the screen towards targets by drawing lines on a ...Read more

Any notion that camping out (or any other form of travel sleeping) means a rough night's sleep is dispelled by the Tuckaire Travel Bed. Its unique design is a major factor in its high level of comfort. The air mattress is really two connected mattresses. The outer air mattress (within which the inner mattress is nestled) extends an inch or two higher all around the edge, forming a soft, supportive layer surrounding the sl...Read more

Once you get your hands on Phantoms Thinking Putty, you may never want to put it down. Each tin contains a whopping handful with several exhilarating properties, some of which border on the magical. The niftiest of these is that any part of the putty exposed to UV light immediately changes color, a fact that opens a whole range of play possibilities. Sunlight is one way to do it, but there is no need to rely on the sun. E...Read more

Picked-On Poindexter is a cute, cuddly, 13-inch plush frog whose story is told in a companion app (available for 99 cents). On Poindexter's first day of school, he makes new friends, but is also confronted by bullies. The makers of Picked-on Poindexter are long-time educators with a focus on fostering emotional expression and self-confidence in children, and their experience and commitment is evident in the ways bullying ...Read more

While retaining the best qualities of traditional color by number, Pixel Pictures introduces features that make it a new and different experience. For one thing, each page consists of a cleverly designed grid containing 616 little numbered squares (pixels) to be filled in according to the color key. One of the side effects of this pixelated approach is that it does not become clear to the artist what he or she is drawing ...Read more

PlayTape lets kids build roads in the blink of an eye on any flat surface - floors, walls, concrete, even carpeting and upholstery. PlayTape comes in colored rolls of various widths and lengths, with a two-lane road printed along the length of one side and adhesive on the other. Regardless of your roll's size, the easy-tear nature of PlayTape means you can whip out one length of road after another from a single roll to su...Read more

Here's a craft kit everybody can do and love. The Owl Pal Pillow starts off adorable and becomes ever more so as kids use a plastic stylus to anchor one colored fabric piece after another, with just a gentle push for each. When finished, the Owl Pal Pillow appears so lively, with ruffled, colorful wings and body, it looks as it had been done by a professional. There are over 200 pieces of fabric included in five different...Read more

In Qetchup Card Game, players race to construct a set of 5 cards that, together, represent a healthy meal. After having been dealt 8 cards apiece, players can take a card from the draw pile and discard one and/or play cards from their hand in a number of ways. The 5 card types needed to form a healthy meal are Veggie, Meat, Fruit, Bread, and Juice. Placing a healthy meal on the table will not, by itself, win you the game ...Read more

The creative exhilaration unleashed by playing with Qvolution is akin to the giddiness one might feel upon suddenly developing superpowers. Qvolution's colored cubes and rails contain strong imbedded magnets that allow them to freely connect to one another, resulting in the ability to assemble a wide variety of 3-dimensional structures that act as a transportation system for marbles. The walls of each cube are open, with ...Read more

Fans of Zuru Inc's Robo Fish will be thrilled with this new, remote-controlled version. Using a fully functioning radio control with two joysticks, kids can vary Robo Fish's speed, change its direction at will, even do tricks. The tail fin moves in a life-like fashion, propelling Robo Fish to swim in up to five directions, including submerging and resurfacing. Vary the speed between slow, medium, or fast. Robo Fish swims ...Read more