This is one of the most delightful science kits (one of three new Crayola STEAM lab kits) we have encountered to date and one that children relish exploring. That appeal stems, in part, from the almost startling beauty of the paper flowers kids make, colorful, delicate-looking blossoms so vivid they might have sprung from a real garden. The process is simple enough that youngsters can do it without supervision and get gre...Read more

Kids have a blast making their own paper with the Crayola Paper Maker, a wonderfully easy-to-use kit that contains everything needed to produce up to 20 customized sheets! The process is fun and exciting, a simple matter of mixing pulp and water in the included beaker (adding variously colored inks to create the perfect hue), then pouring it onto the tray and running it through the hand-powered press. The newly formed she...Read more

This motorized PAW Patrol vehicle (the first of its kind) inspired a massive amount of pretend play during which youngsters had the time of their lives improvising exhilarating storylines and exciting rescue scenarios! The rugged eight-wheeler comes with a Chase figure that fits perfectly in the two-seater cabin up front (with room for another pup by his side) and also includes a towering T-Rex dino figure. The sizable re...Read more

Kids responded enthusiastically to these sweet and charming collectible babies that arrive packed as peas in a pod! Every Pea Pod holds three capsules, each with a different treasure awaiting discovery inside. The mystery as to exactly what (or who) each capsule holds triggers holiday-like anticipation as kids excitedly free the capsules from their Pea Pod and unseal them one at a time for the big reveals. Within each Pea...Read more

The hugely enjoyable and wide-ranging play activities this STEAM toy places at children's fingertips inspire constant investigation, exploration and learning. The hands-on fun kicks off with kids interconnecting the set's magnetized blocks with track pieces that click firmly and easily into place. Enormously entertaining and rewarding in its own right, the construction play is greatly enhanced by the pieces' variance in c...Read more

Excitement erupted the moment children laid eyes on this magnetic building block racing set. Without need for instructions, kids leapt in and began assembling the pieces into one dazzlingly colorful race track configuration after another, each time unleashing upon their latest creation one or both of the set's two battery-powered LED race cars. At the heart of the ceaselessly creative hands-on fun is the speed with which ...Read more

Youngsters take great delight in the skills they acquire and the impressive range of things they are able to create using the PLAYmake 4 in 1 Workshop. The PLAYmake kit comes with everything needed in order to quickly and easily assemble four different fully functioning, child-friendly woodworking machines - drill press, woodturning lathe, jigsaw and sanding machine - as well as easy-to-follow illustrated instructions, pl...Read more

This outstanding, family-friendly board game teaches kids the money- and planet-saving benefits of adopting energy-efficient habits and the disastrous downsides of perpetuating energy-wasting ones! In PowerHaus, players assume the roles of friends who have purchased a heat-leaking, budget-busting house together. After being bankrolled 1,500 Adventcoin each, they take turns moving around the board, reading and acquiring ca...Read more

The five packs of cards included in the Think Tank Scholar Preschool Flash Cards Learning Bundle provide a wealth of creative educational activities that set youngsters on a happy path of fun and learning. The bundle's 180 flash cards are organized into five key categories that help kids rapidly acquire abilities with regard to phonetics, counting, colors, shapes, word recognition and a marked increase in verbal communica...Read more

Children respond hungrily and happily to the richly varied creative play options offered up by PUZZLE + DRAW Diggersaurs. The set comes in a keepsake tin carrying case that also functions as a magnet-responsive canvas to adorn with any and all of the more than 60 magnetic puzzle pieces that are included. Those 60+ pieces contain the makings of six different colorful Diggersaurs, each a quirkily appealing hybrid of dinosau...Read more

Recycle Rally is an enormously fun way for kids to gain a genuine appreciation for the benefits of recycling as well as an understanding how, and why, it works. A visually-stunning board game with easy-to-learn rules and an abundance of playfully crafted, high-quality components, Recycle Rally transforms players into master recyclers who drive trucks around town, picking up recyclable waste and transporting it to the appr...Read more

Rummage is an exciting, winner-take-all race to the finish line in which players traverse the game board on rolls of the die, earning an extra turn each time they achieve one of the constantly-evolving card combinations required to roll and move again. There are 45 different combinations to encounter in Rummage, widely varying definitions of sets and runs in which the challenge of the moment is dictated by the space just ...Read more

The ultimate measure of any board game is whether or not it is fun, and we are happy to say that Safe Choice proved to be immensely entertaining. This outcome was particularly desirable given that the benefits of playing Safe Choice - savvier, more safety-conscious kids with the knowledge and skills with which to make smart choices in the risky situations they will almost certainly encounter - cannot be overstated. One of...Read more

The sheer abundance and variety of high-quality supplies included with this excellent STEM learning toy (enough to complete 50 fascinating scientific experiments detailed in the set's learning manual) is nothing short of astonishing. Even more impressive is the care that clearly went into organizing the items for easy usage, with props and materials individually wrapped and labeled with the name of the experiment to which...Read more