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Creativity Kit by ARTTERRO
Creativity Kit by ARTTERRO

There's no limit to what you can make with this beautiful collection of materials! With simple tips and lots of examples for inspiration, cut, glue and sew ornaments, bookmarks, jewelry, cards, mobiles, gift tags, collages & more! Two bonus projects in every kit! Turn the box into a mailbox, birdhouse or special treasure box. The inner tray is perfect for framing your art. Ages 8 and up
— "I love these craft kits because the materials used are so incredible. Kids get to play with 100-percent wool felt, glass and wood beads, and beautiful handmade paper. It’s an added bonus that the company has skipped excessive packaging and uses 100-percent post-consumer waste recycled paper, reusable bags and vegetable-based inks," said Autumn Orndorff, gift buyer for Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Ariz., after discovering Artterro kits at ASTRA Marketplace 2009. 6/29/2009 (Price: $22.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Kellogg's Rice Krispies No Bake Deluxe Cooking Set by POOF-SLINKY INC.
Kellogg's Rice Krispies No Bake Deluxe Cooking Set by POOF-SLINKY INC.

Complete cooking sets for kids made with delicious Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies! No beaters, blenders or knives are required, making these products safe, simple, educational and above all, fun! The color-coded measuring cups, spoons and recipes take the difficulty of measuring and mixing out of cooking. For ages 5 and up. 6/25/2009 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Children's Picture Atlas Kid Kit by EDC
Children's Picture Atlas Kid Kit by EDC

Kids may use this product to discover the continents, countries and captials of the world utilizing dry erase cards. Each card comes with an answer overlay for easy reference. The United States and its state captials are included. "It is a fun kid kit with an educational bonus. Great for students who are trying to memorize states and capitals," Carolyn Pickup, marketing assistant at EDC Publishing, told TDmonthly. Launch date: June 2009.
— EDC Books were on the top-10 best-seller list at the Toy Shop of Concord in Concord, Mass., according to Owner David Hesel in late 2009. 4/28/2009 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Beginner Stitchery Deluxe Set-5 Piece by COLORBOK
Beginner Stitchery Deluxe Set-5 Piece by COLORBOK

Ideal for beginners! Children can learn three different stitches. Make a 6'''x6''' needlepoint picture, bookmark, and keychain, a 6'''x6''' crosstitch picture and sew a puppy bean bag. Includes all materials needed to complete kit 4/16/2009 (Price: $12.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Kids Memory Minis Mini Scrapbook Kit-My Vacation by COLORBOK
Kids Memory Minis Mini Scrapbook Kit-My Vacation by COLORBOK

Cool little albums for BIG TIME fun! Enough to make an entire mini scrapbook! Kits include mini scrapbook with 12 page protectors, 12 pattern sheets, sticker sheets, 3D embellished frames, embellished stickers, foam stickers, confetti, pom poms and rhinestones. 4/16/2009 (Price: $7.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Make Your Own Plush Kit - Puppy by COLORBOK
Make Your Own Plush Kit - Puppy by COLORBOK

Every teddy bear's got personality, but this one's got yours! With a little TLC and some careful stitching you can sew a puppy and made a friend all in one sitting. This kit includes pre-cut felt, polyfill, embroidery floss, needle, ribbon, and easy to follow instructions. Everything you need to complete one 9-1/2" puppy. 4/16/2009 (Price: $9.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Group Make A Plate by MAKIT PRODUCTS

The Make A Plate® Kits are a great way to capture the imagination of the young artist in a usable product that is dishwasher safe and break resistant. A classroom kit that has enough templates for your child’s classroom or parties, each kit contains 50 drawing templates, 2 packs of markers, one order form, one pre-addressed return envelope, one instruction sheet and one label to expedite your order. Have one plate made or have all 50 made at once. You decide which ones and when, after you’ve created the design. Pay only for processing the artwork that you send to the Magic Factory™. Processing is only $5.95 per plate (CAN $7.95 USD). After all, teachers and families have been making memories and we have been making them special since 1969!
— In an October 2011 survey about best selling personalized and keepsake items, Kim Emigh, manager of e-commerce at Growing Tree Toys in State College, Pa., told TDmonthly that their top selling item is "The Make a Plate kit - hands down!" 4/2/2009 (Price: $7.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Handstand Kids Chinese Cookbook Kit by HANDSTAND KIDS
Handstand Kids Chinese Cookbook Kit by HANDSTAND KIDS

The Handstand Kids Chinese Cookbook kit features easy-to-learn recipes, such as The Great Wall of Chicken Lettuce Wraps, while teaching about the Great Wall of China; and Kung Pow! (Kung Pao Tofu), which shows characters doing karate. The Handstand Kids Chinese Cookbook introduces readers to the Mandarin language and comes in an adorable takeout box with a pair of child-friendly chopsticks. "The Chinese Cookbook introduces kids to the language, culture, and food of China in a delicious and healthy way! Children learn about new countries while gaining cooking skills that will assist them in being healthy and interested in the world around them," Yvette Garfield, creator of Handstand Kids, told TDmonthly. Launch date: May 2009. (Watch the Handstand Kids Chinese Cookbook Kit Video Watch Video) 3/23/2009 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Kids Color Tissue Box® - Happy Birthday by VANTISS CREATIONS LLC
Kids Color Tissue Box® - Happy Birthday by VANTISS CREATIONS LLC

This birthday-themed Kids Color Tissue Box® kit features birthday party-related illustrations such as confetti, balloons, and presents for a child to color in. Each Kids Color Tissue Box® kit includes 2 Coloring boxes, 4 Crayola® Crayons, and 2 packs of Hankeez Brand facial tissues, each with 80 SuperSoft 2-ply tissues in each pack. The tissue box size measues 4 3/8" x 4 3/8" at the base, and 4 3/4" tall. (Watch the Kids Color Tissue Box® - Happy Birthday Video Watch Video) 3/17/2009 (Price: $7.99)

Kids Color Tissue Box® - Educational by VANTISS CREATIONS LLC
Kids Color Tissue Box® - Educational by VANTISS CREATIONS LLC

This educational-themed Kids Color Tissue Box® kit features educational items such as alphabets and shapes for the child to color in. Each Kids Color Tissue Box® kit includes 2 Coloring boxes, 4 Crayola® Crayons, and 2 packs of Hankeez Brand facial tissues, each with 80 SuperSoft 2-ply tissues in each pack. The tissue box size measues 4 3/8" x 4 3/8" at the base, and 4 3/4" tall. (Watch the Kids Color Tissue Box® - Educational Video Watch Video) 3/17/2009 (Price: $7.99)

Kids Color Tissue Box® - Fun Vehicles by VANTISS CREATIONS LLC
Kids Color Tissue Box® - Fun Vehicles by VANTISS CREATIONS LLC

This vehicles-themed Kids Color Tissue Box® kit features illustrations of different modern day vehicles such as cars, boats, and even helicopters for the child to color in. Each Kids Color Tissue Box® kit includes 2 Coloring boxes, 4 Crayola® Crayons, and 2 packs of Hankeez Brand facial tissues, each with 80 SuperSoft 2-ply tissues in each pack. The tissue box size measues 4 3/8" x 4 3/8" at the base, and 4 3/4" tall. (Watch the Kids Color Tissue Box® - Fun Vehicles Video Watch Video) 3/17/2009 (Price: $7.99)

6 in 1 Educational Solar Kit by OWI INC.
6 in 1 Educational Solar Kit by OWI INC.

Including six different snap-together models, this kit provides children with examples of many uses for solar panel technology. A car, robot dog, hover boat, and other models spring to life when their solar panels are hit by direct sunlight, or the illumination of a 50 watt halogen bulb. Models are compact and light weight, making them easy to take outside and watch as the sun's rays are converted into clean electrical energy.
— Kate Tanner, owner of Kidstop Toys, informed TDmonthly that this was one of her favorite products at Toy Fair 2010.
— Lisa LeStrange, owner of Lucky Duck Toys in Wayne, Pa., told TDmonthly that this solar kit is a bestselling science toy. It's "not expensive. We just got it and it's selling well. It's a good product — you shine a flashlight on it and it goes," she said. 2/19/2009 (Price: $19.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Lid Poppin' Planting Kit by A JACK SPROUT INC.
Lid Poppin' Planting Kit by A JACK SPROUT INC.

Each Lid Popping kit has just the right soil for its approximately 300 seeds. It's covered with a write-on label that starts the lesson, map of Jack's meadow, and a custom grid for practice charting growth over time. 2/13/2009 (Price: $4.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Grow more sunflower sprouts: Soil and Seeds Refill Kit by A JACK SPROUT INC.
Grow more sunflower sprouts: Soil and Seeds Refill Kit by A JACK SPROUT INC.

Now that you know how to grow the delicious sunflower sprouts, you can order more crops and watch the "pop-up tray" pop up again. Included: new label, soil and seeds for one crop in your existing tray. 2/13/2009 (Price: $1.25) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Little Labs: Intro to Engineering by THAMES & KOSMOS

Intro to Engineering is part of the Little Labs line, which is intended to be the portal through which children ages five to seven first begin to explore and appreciate science. Intro the Engineering introduces young children to the field of engineering with 25 experiments in five sections. Children learn engineering basics with experiments on levers, forces, and pulleys. They explore engineering on land by building vehicles with wheels; engineering in the air with a helicopter, a parachute, and a glider; and engineering in the water with a diving bell, a sailboat, and a paddleboat. They even find engineering at home, with experiments modeling the telephone and television (without breaking them, of course). This kit has a 48-page, full-color experiment manual, and a retail price of $34.95. Available summer 2009. (Watch the Little Labs: Intro to Engineering Video Watch Video) 2/6/2009 (Price: $34.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

The Dangerous Book for Boys: Classic Chemistry by THAMES & KOSMOS

The Dangerous Book for Boys: Electronics presents information on electronics every child should know through fun, engaging, and impressive experiments and activities. Children ages eight and up learn how to construct simple electronic toys, such as a joy buzzer and insect. It comes with a 32-page, full-color experiment manual and retails for $35.95. Awards: Parent's Choice Award 2010. Launch date: Fall 2009. (Watch the The Dangerous Book for Boys: Classic Chemistry Video Watch Video) 2/6/2009 (Price: $35.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Fuel Cell 10: 10th Anniversary Car & Experiment Kit by THAMES & KOSMOS

Targeted for ages ten and up, this edition enables a younger audience to experience one of the most significant technologies of the early 21st Century — especially appropriate in the midst of our auto industry crisis and global energy situation. By constructing and operating a unique reversible hydrogen fuel cell, powered by water and sunlight, children build a model car that actually runs on water! And in so doing, they join auto manufacturers in experimenting with a technology that will power not only automobiles, but electronic devices such as laptops and cell phones. This new edition has a beautifully redesigned car body with a display stand and a rewritten 64-page, full-color experiment manual, and retails for $169.95. Available fall 2009. 2/6/2009 (Price: $169.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Power House Green Essentials Edition by THAMES & KOSMOS

As a follow-up to the bestselling Power House kit comes Power House Green Essentials Edition, targeted towards a younger audience of ages 10 and up. This kit teaches children about the timely issues of alternative energy and sustainable living, by conducting 30 experiments and building ten energy-related models: the power house itself, a greenhouse, a solar cell array, a passive solar collector, a solar oven, an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a hydrometer, a lemon battery, and a wind power generator. They can even sow seeds in the greenhouse! The kit comes with a 64-page, full-color experiment manual and retails for $89.95. Available now.
— “Most anything from Thames & Kosmos, like the Power House, Wind Power [and] Creative Cosmetics,” sells well for education, according to Patti Tepper Rasmussen, owner of Learning Tree Toys, Games & Books in Oklahoma City, Okla.
— Three of 40 retailers mentioned science kits by Thames & Kosmos when discussing best-selling educational items in fall 2009. (Watch the Power House Green Essentials Edition Video Watch Video) 2/6/2009 (Price: $89.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Clear Rubber Stamp Starter Kit by Bigfoot & Pickle Face™ Creations, LLC
Clear Rubber Stamp Starter Kit by Bigfoot & Pickle Face™ Creations, LLC

Complete and fully equipped starter kit for the little stamper/crafter in the family. Using the clear stamps and clear blocks makes stamping easy and fun because you can see how to line them up perfectly. The Clear Rubber Stamp Starter Kit comes in 3 different themes for creative stamping and artwork: “Circus Act”, “Farm Friends” and “Fun with Fish”. The Clear Rubber Stamp Starter Kit includes (1) Plastic storage case (1) Clear stamp set (1) Childsafe/washable dye ink pad (4) Clear acrylic blocks. (Watch the Clear Rubber Stamp Starter Kit Video Watch Video) 1/22/2009 (Price: $24.99)

Tea Party Kit by PAPER POSIE
Tea Party Kit by PAPER POSIE

Designed as a fun activity for children at a birthday party or just for play at home, this kit includes tea party supplies for four: invitations to color and mail, plates, tea cups, favor bags, sets of teatime stickers, teatime fortune tellers, teacup temporary tattoos, fans to color and make, a tea party recipe book, five napkins (one to use as a tablecloth), and five sets of non-toxic crayons. (Watch the Tea Party Kit Video Watch Video) 1/21/2009 (Price: $16.95)

Kids Color Tissue Box® - Animals by VANTISS CREATIONS LLC
Kids Color Tissue Box® - Animals by VANTISS CREATIONS LLC

This animals-themed Kids Color Tissue Box® kit features illustrations of popular animals such as a tiger and a panda for a child to color in. Each animal occupies a different face of the tissue box. Each Kids Color Tissue Box® kit includes 2 Coloring boxes, 4 Crayola® Crayons, and 2 packs of Hankeez Brand facial tissues, each with 80 SuperSoft 2-ply tissues in each pack. The tissue box size measues 4 3/8" x 4 3/8" at the base, and 4 3/4" tall. (Watch the Kids Color Tissue Box® - Animals Video Watch Video) 1/7/2009 (Price: $7.99)

Electronic Playground by ELENCO

Build exciting projects with the Electronic Playground (EP-50) such as Voltmeter, Alarm, Radio Announcer and many more. 12/9/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Cola Clock by ELENCO

Power a clock with the Cola Clock Kit. Learn how batteries work when you use cola to make a chemical reaction that powers a clock. 12/9/2008 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

IlluStory - Christian Edition by Creations by You, Inc.
IlluStory - Christian Edition by Creations by You, Inc.

This kit includes everything a young author needs to write and illustrate an inspirational book. It comes with two cover pages, 18 book pages, 10 washable markers, Internet Production drawing tools, and a story planner that references Christian topics and stories from the Bible. Production of the 7" x 9" hardcover book takes three to four weeks. 12/8/2008 (Price: $21.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Wai Lana's Little Yogis™ Fun Exercise Kit by WAI LANA
Wai Lana's Little Yogis™ Fun Exercise Kit by WAI LANA

A bundle of playful exercise to set kids on the path to health and happiness! Kit includes the Fun Exercise Book, which is a colorful, imaginative, and richly detailed book that entertains kids with animals, games, jokes, and illustrations. Also included is the Little Yogis DVD volumes 1 and 2, where Wai Lana makes yoga a treat with two fun-filled workouts, which include all kinds of fun exercises for strong bodies and sound minds, colorful cartoons, catchy songs, cute animals, and fun learning games. 12/1/2008 (Price: $39.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

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