July 2010 Notable Toys — Kits

Sticky Mosaics bring the fun and excitement of mosaic art home. This individually packaged design includes more than 400 peel and stick tiles in 12 assorted colors and styles for a Fire Engine mosaic.

Sticky Mosaics bring the fun and excitement of mosaic art home. This individually packaged design includes more than 400 peel and stick tiles in 12 assorted colors and styles for a T-Rex mosaic.

Sticky Mosaics bring the fun and excitement of mosaic art home. This individually packaged design of a Clown Fish includes more than 400 peel and stick tiles in 12 assorted colors and styles for mosaic creation.

Sticky Mosaics bring the fun and excitement of mosaic art home. Package includes black and white numbered templates for preschoolers to create any of 20 fun designs with the 600 half-inch magnetic foam cubes. The cubes are easy to handle and the large easel can be flipped into either portrait or landscape orientations.

Features:

•  600 Magnetic Foam Cubes
•  20 Reusable Templates
•  12” x 17” Easel
•  Convenient Easel Stand

Awards: 2008, Learning Express Best Preschool Toy Award

Kids can design sparkling mosaics using the metallic foam magnets of Magnetic Mosaics Metal. The package includes peel and stick tile sheets in seven assorted colors and styles. The tiles are reusable and easy to store with the provided bags.

Features:
    * 2100 metallic foam magnets
    * 12” square playing surface
    * Four reusable templates
    * Seven zip-lock storage bags
    * Colorful creative ideas poster

From ancient Greece and Rome to modern times, artists have been using simple tile sets to create beautiful and intriguing patterns. Using only 64 square tiles, Mosaica unlocks hidden creativity and inspires the creation of colorful works of art.
Features:
    * 64 colorful 3/4” square tiles
    * Insert with suggested patterns
    * Magnetically receptive play surface

Designed for young mosaic artists, My First Picture Maker allows children to create sparkling mosaics through following numbers or colored symbols.
Features:
    * 300 magnetic 5/8” square tiles
    * 12” square playing surface
    * 10 reusable templates

Magnetic Color Cubes is a pocket-sized set of half-inch wooden cubes in lustrous colors allow the creative edge to flourish.
Features:
    * 100 colorful magnetic hardwood cubes
    * Travel tin and suggested patterns
    * No assembly required

Sticky Mosaics bring the fun and excitement of mosaic art home. The Fairy Tales package includes peel and stick tile sheets in 14 assorted colors and styles, used to create four designs featuring Humpty Dumpty, the Tortoise and the Hare, Little Red Riding Hood, and the Ugly Duckling.

Sticky Mosaics bring the fun and excitement of mosaic art home. The Fairies package includes peel and stick tile sheets in 12 assorted colors and styles, used to create four projects featuring fairies.

Sticky Mosaics bring the fun and excitement of mosaic art home. The Unicorns & Ponies kit includes 11 sheets of peel and stick tiles in assorted colors, used to create four projects featuring beautiful ponies and sparkling unicorns.

My First Sticky Mosaics bring the fun and excitement of mosaic art to preschoolers. Package includes seven sheets of peel and stick tiles in assorted colors to create up to five circus-themed projects: Trapeze Monkey, Circus Clown, Ferris Wheel, Big Tent, and Carousel Horse.

My First Sticky Mosaics bring the fun and excitement of mosaic art to preschoolers. Package includes seven sheets of peel and stick tiles in assorted colors to create five mosaic projects.

Recommended for up to 30 individuals, Tee Juice Fabric Art Marker Class Packs are designed to bring students and teachers all of the fun and unlimited creativity of Tee Juice Fabric Art Markers in affordably-priced quantities suitable for group projects. These versatile markers can be used to create designs on clothing, shoes, linens, canvas bags and more. Simply draw, let dry and heat set with an iron. The PEN1KIT contains broad tip fabric art markers in yellow, red, blue, black, purple, green and brown.

The art of marbling paper has been historically associated with the craft of bookbinding. The technique of marbling involves creating a multi-colored pattern of paint that floats on the surface of a gel-like medium. Paper or fabric is then laid on the surface to pick up the floating paint and transfer the design. This pack allows students to create elegant patterns on fabric or paper. The pack comes with: eight (2 oz.) bottles of Jacquard Marbling Colors, alum for treating the paper or fabric), methocel, cotton fabric (two yards of 61" cotton sheeting), eight droppers for applying paint and easy-to-follow instructions.

Dye-Na-Flow is a highly-concentrated, free-flowing, non-toxic fabric paint that simulates dye; it is designed for use both natural and synthetic fabrics. The colors remain soft and colorfast after heat setting with an iron. This flexible Class Pack contains all the supplies needed to do hundreds of fabric painting projects; it comes with: 30 ( 2.25 oz.) bottles of fabric paint, water-based resist, silk salt, 24 0.6" bamboo brushes, six resist applicator bottles with #7 applicator tips, five plastic droppers and easy-to-follow instructions.

The Silk Painting Class Pack is an all-in-one, project-based kit to introduce up to 30 students to the beauty of painting on silk with dyes. This Class Pack includes: 30 pre-stretched (9.5" diameter) silk hoops, five (2 oz.) bottles of silk dye (yellow, red, blue, black, and brown sienna), water-based resist, silk salt, six resist applicator bottles with #7 applicator tips and 30 0.6" bamboo brushes, easy-to-follow instructions. These hoops make excellent wall art or sun catchers to hang in windows.

This craft activity kit enables kids and adults to create handmade bag tags, key chains and more. Shrinky Dinks is a shrinking plastic that users can draw on, color in, cut out, and bake in an oven to create all kinds of crafty items such as jewelry, bag tags, charms, magnets and ornaments.

The Girl Gourmet Cake Designer Kit lets kids create and design custom cake patterns. This kit includes a square shape mold, a lacing wheel cutter, two wheel cutters, a plastic display box, six shaped fondant cutters and an instruction sheet.

Girl Gourmet lets girls create their own edible fashions with this Candy Bead Studio. It includes everything needed to make candy jewelry.

With this American-made kit, children can make potholders with 100-percent cotton loops custom made to fit sturdy metal Harrisville looms. The kit comes complete with materials in fresh, bright and vivid colors, and instructions for making six different potholders. Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Product Gold Award; Oppenheim Best Toy Award; ASTRA Best Toy Award Finalist

Made of heavy-duty plastic with snap-together tubes and chutes, this kit includes plenty of marbles for hours of building and rolling.

The Mehndi Glitter Kit allows users to create unique body art designs with three colors of glitter. The cosmetic grade adhesive and glitter are long-lasting but easily removable. Each kit includes three jars of glitter (silver, lavender and turquoise), adhesive in a fine applicator bottle, a special applicator tip, five self-adhesive stencils, cotton swabs, instructions and design ideas.

Towering over four feet high and featuring motorized lift and three exciting ball runs, the Motorized Madness is a builders dream. This set includes 2,004 colorful K'NEX pieces, new track system and five multi-colored balls. Users follow the color-coded instructions to build this exciting ball machine step-by-step, then switch the motor on to bring the model to life. The motorized ball lift continuously carries balls to the top of the tower, where they alternate down one of three different ball runs. The downward spiral sends balls down a dizzying ride to the bottom, whereas the hammer drop transports the balls off the track and onto 2 swiveling elevators, and the funnel drop sends balls on an express ride straight to the bottom. Requires two AA batteries.

Features:

• Includes 2,004 pieces
• Builds over 4 feet high
• Motorized ball lift
• 5 balls & 3 ball runs