Everyone who tried a hand at SmartGames Pirates Crossfire found this single player puzzle game to be deliciously addictive fun. The goal is to fit all 8 playing pieces (Pirate Ships, Navy Ships and obstacles) on the game board in such a way that the orientation of the ships' cannons fulfills the objective for that particular challenge, which will either be Peace, Pirates Win, Navy Ships Win, or Total War. Because the ship...Read more

Not only does this premium quality soft doll have the sort of timeless appeal one would hope for in a doll suitable for kids as young as 12 months, she comes with features and accessories that add considerably to her play value and versatility. Sofia's jointed design allows for mobility of her arms and legs, enlivening her already animated appearance. Youngsters enjoy how soft and snuggly she is from head to toe, a tender...Read more

It's difficult to say who was more delighted by this product, the youngsters who spent countless hours immersing themselves in creative exploration, or their parents, who took great pleasure in watching kids self-pilot themselves through one hands-on, artistic adventure after another - with minimal mess and cleanup! Central to these deeply engaging experiences are the ways in which Crayola's Spill Proof Washable Paint pro...Read more

Spudsters is a delightful new collection of plush animals featuring a distinctive body style reminiscent of a potato's round, elongated shape. That endearing plumpness not only elevates Spudsters' visual appeal to next-level adorableness, it also serves to makes them ultra huggable, irresistibly squeezable and, lo and behold, stackable! Available in a variety of animal companions from the domestic and farm life categories...Read more

Stack the Scoops is an enormously fun, easy-to-learn card game in which players earn points by building sets from ice cream treats shown on the cards. Kids find the ever-changing visual feast of scoops, toppings and bases to be powerfully entertaining, while parents are more than a little happy about the game's educational features. After being dealt 7 cards apiece, players take turns adding a matching-color card to any o...Read more

The Crayola STEAM Paper Butterflies Science Kit proved to be an enormously enjoyable way for children to learn about capillary action, the process by which water moves through porous materials and the means by which youngsters are able to craft a variety of strikingly gorgeous paper butterflies. The kit's creative aspect pulls kids deeply into a series of hands-on activities during which they observe colored inks climbing...Read more

Step-a-Trail is an exceptionally well-conceived and executed product that kids not only find to be loads of fun but that also helps them acquire a host of physical skills. The set consists of colorful, visually-appealing stumps and logs (3 of each) made of durable molded plastic that are strong enough to support an adult. The stumps function as stepping stones, while walking the length of any of the logs is akin to traver...Read more

This solo-play Sudoku game uses visual clues to help youngsters solve a total of 90 thoroughly enjoyable and progressively more challenging puzzles. Each of the puzzle cards is numbered as to its relative place in the progression. The simplest consist of 2 x 2 grids with few choices to be made and gradually build to 3 X 3 grids in which clever clues guide kids through numerous logic-based decisions. Playing tokens disting...Read more

This multi-player Sudoku board game proved to be a wonderful way for kids to sharpen their logical thinking and problem-solving skills. The beautifully-illustrated board is laid out in a classic 9 X 9 Sudoku grid. Players alternately place colorful numeric gemstone pieces on the board in a competitive bid to properly fill all the open spaces, scoring points by completing rows, columns and sub-grids along the way. The acco...Read more

Sudoku Monster provides a fun and exciting way for kids to build Sudoku skills and the logical thinking that is an essential part of the puzzle-solving process. A total of 90 solo-play puzzles are numbered and ordered according to progressive challenge levels. The simplest of these consist of 4 x 4 grids in which cute little different-colored monster tokens are used to fill out the cells rather than numbers, a nicely acce...Read more

Sudoku Sea is a wonderful single-player Sudoku variant that, by making alterations to grid size and/or imbedding clues in the puzzle setup, lets kids gradually build logical thinking and problem-solving skills amid entertaining game play. The set's 90 puzzles are numbered and ordered according to challenge level and start with a 6 x 6 grid with variously-shaped blocks of cells outlined to indicate that they, too, must ful...Read more

It is a rare game that gets players laughing before it's out of the box, something Taco vs. Burrito achieved easily on the merits of its supremely playful title, tagline and packaging. Amazingly, this fast-moving gem of a card game, created by 7-year-old Alex Butler, more than delivers on that implied promise of good, socially-interactive fun! The goal, according to the rules, is "To build the weirdest, wildest, most valu...Read more

This fun, fast-moving team storytelling game got players' creative and competitive juices flowing in ways that inspired frequent moments of hilarity! In each round, a designated storyteller from each team tells a tale based on a situation described on a randomly selected card. While that same situation must be used by all storytellers, each team differs in the items they must incorporate into their story. Let's say the si...Read more

These adorable, collectible plushies are fully reversible, though you'd never know it to look at them, so soft, full and complete is their appearance regardless of which side is showing. It takes only a second to flip them inside out, instantly changing their vivid colors and facial expressions from happy to grumpy or vice versa, a feature kids find not only captivating but enjoy using as a mood-ring-like indicator of the...Read more