December 2015 Notable Toys — All

This is one sidekick who definitely comes in handy! Your R2-D2 Interactive Astromech Droid figure is packed with all kinds of features to help you fight the dark side—or just have fun throughout your day. This exciting little friend rolls, spins “dances” and plays music, “remembers” and reacts to famous Star Wars characters, guards your room, plays multiple games and can even find and follow you! And with awesome features like an illuminating light beam, infrared location sensors, an adaptable droid mood status indicator, a rotating dome, motorized indoor-terrain treads, a beverage holder and manipulator arm and special “secret” features, this figure is sure to keep the fun going for “light years”!

The exciting Pie Face game is filled with fun and suspense, and somebody’s bound to get splatted! Just put some delicious whipped cream from home or the wet sponge on the “hand” of this hilarious game unit and start turning the handles. It could go off at any time, so keep your fingers crossed and hope you’re not the one who gets a splat in the face! You score a point for every time you turn the handle without getting pie-faced, and the one who scores 25 points wins. Take some risks and hope for the best in this hilarious Pie Face game! Pie Face, Rocket Games and logo are trademarks of Rocket Games. 2014 Rocket Games. Hasbro and all related terms are trademarks of Hasbro.

Create your very own treetop hideaway with the 3-in-1 LEGO Creator Tree house. Open the secret trapdoor and climb up the fold-down ladder. Use the gray bucket to lift supplies up with the winch. Fill the red bucket with water and tow it up to keep unwanted guests away. This detailed playhouse includes a yellow wagon for transporting all your favorite things to your treetop hideaway, a hollow tree for storing your secret treasure map and a dog. Remove the roof for easy access to the storage area and sleeping bag, or detach the entire Tree house. Rebuild into a cute lakeside hut with a jetty and pizza oven or a 2-story farmyard barn with a garden and wheelbarrow using the supplied alternate building instructions. Includes a child minifigure.

Playing music is powerful! This beginning guitar is designed and sized especially for young players. The guitar is adorned with sisters Anna and Elsa from Disney's Frozen, and it features great tone, comfort and playability. Low string action means easy playing for beginners. Patented string post covers protect little fingers, with stickers to show string names. Learn-A-Chord cards let you start playing right away.

The pet of any girl's dreams is here: the StarLily, My Magical Unicorn toy! StarLily is a beautiful young unicorn who's come from her home in an enchanted forest to become a very best friend. She responds to voice and touch with more than 100 sound and motion combinations! When interacting with her, she moves her head and hoof, makes special sounds, and lights up her horn.

The Disney Ice Castle Dollhouse by KidKraft is perfect for children who want to re-live the exciting scenes from Frozen with Ana, Elsa, Olaf, and the rest of their favorite characters. Is there more than one princess in the family? The Disney Ice Castle Dollhouse is large enough for multiple children to share in the fun and let their imaginations run wild. Everyone has plenty of space to recreate their favorite scenes with four rooms of play, all crafted with beautifully themed artwork from their favorite movie. This dollhouse has more than beautifully designed rooms of magic, the Ice Castle includes 11 pieces of custom furniture that fit perfectly into this magical world of make-believe! All furniture is crafted with beautiful, regal detail taken right from the magical kingdom!

Our B. Critter Clinic features a hospital with 6 private rooms, 2 cute plush patients, color match keys and 5 tools. The stethoscope, mirror, syringe, tweezers and thermometer give you everything you need to make your "critter" all well.

It's Race Day at the Monster Dome and crafty Crusher will stop at nothing to beat Blaze... even if that means building a chomping Sharkbot! Will Blaze race past the shark's mighty bite and speed on to win the race or will Crusher finally cross the finish line first? This track set can be configured into multiple layouts so race fans can recreate all the action and adventure of Blaze and the Monster Machines! Create side-by-side races between Blaze and Crusher or customize your set into champion courses of your choice! Two launchers will give the Monster Machines the speed and momentum they need to race around the track and perform spectacular stunts! Launch the trucks up a ramp and into a 360 Degree loop or speed through the ring of fire! The Monster Dome Playset includes Blaze and Crusher vehicles.

Your child can rock out and learn with the VTech KidiBeats Drum Set. This drum set for kids comes with a pair of drumsticks that can be used to tap the four different electronic learning drums. Your child can drum freestyle or play along to nine pre-set melodies in a variety of musical styles. Or for more structured play, they can follow the lights on the drums as they learn about letters and numbers. With four ways to play and a variety of fun sounds, your child will love learning to the music with this educational toy.

Colorful cling creations in minutes! the Crayola cling creator lets kids create their own repositionable icons that stick to, and peel from windows, mirrors and other flat, smooth surfaces.

The Programmable Rover is a toy, a robot, and a tool for learning. A child programs ReCon 6.0 to navigate specified courses that can deliver a treat to a pet, surprise a family member with a personalized message, carry a soda, guard a bedroom, or just dance. NO COMPUTER REQUIRED! Batteries: 3 C, not included. Ages: 8+.
Awards: 2011 Parents Magazine Best Toy Award, 2011 Great Schools Golden Apple Award, 2011 Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products Award, 2011 Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award, 2011 Best Electronic Toy Award from Bestcovery

The Master of the Arts brand focuses on fine motor skills, color theory, sensory play and art education. This set includes everything a child needs to create his or her own fine arts painting in one easy to store and easy to carry box! This kit includes a watercolor paint strip, 3 paint brushes, 2 wacky brushes, 2 stencils, 2 sponge rollers, 3 tempera paints, a 25 ft. blank coloring roll and easy-to-follow instructions, as well as tips and tricks for color mixing on the package!

Make gorgeous bracelets with intricate knots anywhere, anytime with the Just My Style Mystic Knots On-the-Go Jewelry Case! Carry everything you need in this convenient carry case and use the peg board on top to master perfect knot making! This kit includes an on the go bracelet jewelry case, a bracelet peg board, 2 embroidery thread skeins, 10 pegs, 5 e-hook clips, 50 metallic accent beads, 5 satin cord skeins, 5 paracords and easy-to-follow instructions.

Provide an adorable, vibrant shelter for the butterflies in your garden with the Creative Roots Butterfly House! Add some whimsy to the front porch or your garden and attract gorgeous butterflies at the same time. For children and adults alike, this is a hit for any garden lover! This kit includes a wooden butterfly hours, 4 paint pots and a paint brush.

Create a beautiful handmade scrapbook to catalog all of your fondest memories with the Your Décor Scrapbook & Cards kit! The trendy patterned scrapbook paper and fun, vibrant stickers are sure to appeal to any tween. Create separate pages to put together into a book or fill the included blank book with pages of memories. This kit includes a convenient storage case, a 30 page scrapbook, 5 cards and envelopes, a glue stick, a stencil, sticker sheets, punch-outs, gemstones, a CD rom with over 10,000 digital scrapbooking accessories, printed pages, wooden stamps, craft scissors, designer markers and easy-to-follow instructions!

Illuminate your child’s knowledge by combining simple chemistry with glowing power. Let them create their own glow-in-the-dark toys and science experiments from molding bouncing balls to watching the pressure build in erupting colors! Explore the basics of chemical compounds and reactions with this hands-on Glowing Science Lab! This kit includes a ball mold, glow-in-the-dark power ball crystals, zinc sulfate, baking soda, citric acid, guar gum, sodium tetra borate, resealable bags, glow-in-the-dark paint, a mixing stick and a fun poster with instructions!

The Just My Style Lip Balm Lab is perfect for the aspiring makeup artist! Create 5 shimmering lip balms in 3 different flavors. Stack the different flavors within one lip balm or use the different flavors to create layered colors. This kit includes a wax base, a bag of wax beads, a measuring cup, mixing spoon.

Personalize your very own tea set with the Creatify Tea Party kit! Inspire creativity and imaginary play with this fun, all-inclusive ceramic set. From afternoon tea parties with imaginary friends and stuffed animals, to displaying this beautiful ceramic set on the shelf as a keepsake, the Creatify Tea Party personalized activity kit is sure to bring tons of smiles and memories! This kit includes 2 ceramic tea cups, 2 ceramic tea saucers, a ceramic teapot, a paintable cling sheet, a paint brush and 6 ceramic paint pots.

Build, paint and decorate an awesome monster truck with real moving wheels! The Boy Craft Monster Truck offers the perfect mix of creativity and open ended play, to make it a great value. Winner of the Parent’s Choice Fun Stuff Award, it’s clear to see why parent’s love this kit! This kit includes a wooden monster truck (40 pieces), 4 plastic wheels, 10 paint pots, glue, a paint brush, a sticker sheet and easy-to-follow instructions.

Making pottery at home has never been easier with the “My Very Own Pottery Wheel” from Made By Me! Create the perfect pot with the bonus tool or mold your own bowls, jewelry plates, vases and more! With 2 pounds of air dry clay, you can make a number of different projects! This kit includes a motorized potty wheel (requires D batteries, not included), an adjustable tool arm, a foot pedal, 2 pounds of clay, 3 pottery making tools, 2 clay tools, a paint brush, a sponge, a ceramic paint strip, a cutting cord and easy to follow instructions.

Make better bracelets faster with the new Just My Style™ Paracord Loom! Create 8 trendy bracelets from authentic paracord. The Paracord Loom is designed for all kinds of clips & cords. This kit includes 1 Paracord Loom, 3 8 ft. paracord skeins, 4 8 in. paracord skeins, 3 2 ft. paracord skeins, 3 skeins wax beading string, 3 friendship thread skeins, 1 colorful ball chain, 5 e-hook clips, 8 buckles, tape, fabric glue and easy-to-follow instructions!

Read the funny story of two inquisitive kids and build simple models of the vehicles they encounter on their comical trip to the supermarket with their dad. Along this roundabout journey, the kids build various vehicles to help the people in their town solve problems and complete tasks. As you follow the story, you can build models of the 10 vehicles in the story. Large, colorful plastic building pieces make it easy for small hands to put the models together.

Noelle has a fresh peppermint scent. From our award winning Groovy Girls collection. Soft 13" doll features embroidered facial features and hands. Outfit is removable and attaches with a Velcro-like closure on back. Scent Technology by Celessence - an innovative micro-encapsulation delivery system. Gently hug doll to release scent.

Welcome aboard the Seaside Cruiser, a fun house boat perfect for holidays or a weekend away! The house boat has lots of fun features including paddling pool, water slide, deckchair and parasol. Inside there are kitchen units, a table & chairs and bunk beds which can be transformed into a shower cubicle Includes Freya Chocolate rabbit dressed for ocean adventures. This set includes a mini boat to help your sylvanians get to shore without getting their paws wet, as well as their very own secluded island to visit. The side of the boat folds down to create more space, and you can slide right into the ocean.