March 2011 New Specialty Toys — Arts & Crafts

Build your own customized game of Memory Match and Tic Tac Toe that can change as often as a child's imagination. Add your favorite pictures into all 18 game pieces to play a memory matching game. The pieces are in black and white, allowing for a game of Tic Tac Toe as well. You can use photos, stickers, cut outs from magazines, or colorful crayons, glitter and glue. A sample coloring sheet is included so you can quick start your game by coloring in the matching pairs of ocean themed pictures and adding them into your game. More coloring sheets are available as free downloads on the I Built It Games website. Every game comes with 18 mixed black and white game pieces and a 20" game board. Each game piece is 2 3/4 inches around.

This new edition of Face Painting was completely refreshed, revised, and revitalized for a new generation. Klutz added more detailed directions for simple sponge and brush techniques and created tear-out cheat sheets to make painting birthday parties easier than ever. But the biggest change is the Wolfe Brothers face paints. They go on smoothly, dry quickly, last longer, and wash off easily, with bold, bright colors. The book comes with a six-color palette of face paints, a brush, a sponge, and 12 tear-out take-along design cards.
— Her Halloween 2010 crowd liked the Klutz face painting book, reported Gwen Bowden, manager of Doodlehopper for Kids in Springfield, Va.
— In a December 2011 survey about best selling Halloween products, 3 retailers said face painting kits were among their best sellers.
— Syd Clarke, owner of Ali-Cat in Carrboro, N.C., told TDmonthly in a December 2014 interview that Face Paint from Klutz is one of their best-selling Halloween toys.

Box Creations cardboard play huts are durable recycled cardboard pieces, made in the USA, designed to be easy assemble clubhouse styles that are big enough to accommodate three small children, and come with detailed line artwork guidance and four colored non-toxic washable markers for a Do-It-Yourself personalized style.

Your budding artist can paint anytime with our Ultimate Art Smock. Long sleeves give complete coverage with a soft, comfortable interior. For home or school, this versatile smock closes with velcro in the back, for easy on and off. Fits most sized 3 - 7. "Our art smock is made from a soft cotton laminate that can be machine washed and dried," Jill Chuckas, Owner and Designer of Crafty Baby, told TDmonthly.