On-The-Moove Activity Bar is yet another great educational plaything from VTECH that combines physical manipulative learning features with highly engaging audio and electronic features. 'Twist, rock, and spin me and my friends,' says the irresistibly cute black-and-white cow that hangs at the center of the activity bar. Those friends happen to be a baby chick and a ladybug, each of which, like the cow, has unique physical...Read more

Children immediately gravitate to the playful imagery on display in this strikingly attractive space puzzle. Those various colors, shapes, contrasts, and nuances function like road maps that propel kids forward in assembling the 100 pieces into a whole. The tantalizing prospect of seeing the finished puzzle glow in the dark fuels an excitement that escalates with each completed planet, star, constellation, or other elemen...Read more

Young sports fans practically salivate when they see the amazing abundance of well-known sports minifigures available from OYO Sports. Kids can shop NFL, MLB, NHL, MLS players (plus over 60 colleges), and search by team or player name to collect all the minifigures they desire. Each building-block minifigure bears a distinct likeness to the real-life athlete on whom it is modeled and comes with its own unique set of team ...Read more

This creative painting kit is remarkably easy to use, and both the process and results put smiles on kids faces. The three included porcelain bowls are quite attractive and make inspired canvasses for children to adorn with their own designs - wild flashes of color, curlicues, anything goes! It's simple. Just paint, then oven bake for 30 minutes. The result is a glossy, permanent, food-safe product, with original artwork,...Read more

The depth and variety of things children can do with this set of brightly colored blocks is quite remarkable. The objects they create simply by stacking and intermingling the various shapes and letting their weight and position hold them in place vary from simple to complex. Many of them seem to defy gravity. In addition to 22 high quality wooden blocks, the set includes 20 pattern cards with 40 designs to replicate. The...Read more

Playing this 3D maze game is like entering a miniature world in which gravity is your friend and enemy. You don't actually enter that world (a clear plastic cube that contains a robot-like configuration of paths and ramps) so much as peer in from the outside as you twist, turn and manipulate the cube in an effort to guide a small marble from a starting point through a series of challenges. Its highly absorbing fun, made a...Read more

The eye-catching artwork and high quality of the cleverly designed components in this magnetic building and storytelling set are a large part of what makes it such a standout children's product. The bigger pieces (richly illustrated magnetic squares and triangles) come together in the blink of an eye to form walls, floors, and rooftops of 3-dimensional structures. These become the backdrop for endless imaginative play as ...Read more

PHONE PHEVER's 1,200 trivia questions and challenges call upon such a nicely varied mix of skills, knowledge, and silliness that each player or team tends to feel confident in their own ability to win, a very attractive quality in a party and family game. Players race around the board, drawing cards and keeping or gaining control of the die by answering correctly or being first to complete a challenge. Two of the three ca...Read more

From the very first glance, kids know they're in for something special with Pirate Train Set. The fine wooden craftsmanship, dazzling colors, and creativity on display in the set's design sparks children's imaginations to the fullest. Assembling the tracks is a play activity unto itself, one youngsters take deep pleasure in exploring. The train's carriages (two of which carry removable loads - a cannon and a treasure che...Read more

Pixit Pouch provides an unusually strong blend of usefulness with the creativity and self-expression school-age kids so adore. Pixit Pouch is a durable, attractive, zippered pouch for storing and carrying writing utensils and other small schoolwork paraphernalia. One side of the pouch is made of brightly colored silicon covered with a grid of raised circular nubs. These nubs act as the artistic canvas kids decorate and cu...Read more

PlushCraft 3D Bunny, like many products from The Orb Factory, is strikingly easy to use yet generates highly pleasing results. Kids as young as age 5 experience the rewards of crafting a cute, cuddly companion using their own two hands. That process consists predominantly of using a plastic, pencil-sized stylus to punch hundreds of small fabric pieces (480, to be exact) into a 3-dimensional base, an enjoyably repetitive p...Read more

The 3 separate PlushCraft Puppy projects in this kit make for extraordinary fun, both for the ease with which children execute the crafting activity and the pleasure they take in bonding with their new puppy pals once finished. Each puppy starts with a featureless 3D base into which kids pop a multitude of small pieces of colored fabric using a plastic stylus. An illustrated legend shows which pieces go where. The simple,...Read more

Popalotsy is tremendous, fast-moving fun in which players race to drop ring-shaped cards over individual die based on matches of color and/or number. A Popper sends 5 dice scattering around the table with a push of the finger, after which players leap into action without taking turns. The first player to drop all their cards (5 are dealt to each at the outset) wins the game. Multiple cards can be dropped on the same die b...Read more

Children love this multi-function megaphone for numerous reasons. It comes in three different styles - Outback Safari (green), Fire Fighter (red), and Police Officer (blue) - each of which is quite realistic in appearance, a fact that significantly enhances the play experience. As cool-looking as each of these models is, it is their functionality that dazzles. An official-sounding siren, triggered by the press of a button...Read more