Kids can have fun personalizing the look of this pair of Bobble Head Dogs from Creativity for Kids. The paints come in realistic colors, and can be used along with a dog tag to give each of the toys a name. Launch Date: Spring 2003.
— "Creativity for Kids is very popular," is the experience of Priscilla More, owner of Fub’s Party/Toys and More in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
— "All from Creativity — paint your own alarm clock, butterfly, paint by number, bobble heads, etc.," said Debbie Wurzburger, owner of the Toy Chest in Pikesville, Md., when naming her top-selling painting toys.
— “This kit started our Bobble Head series, which now includes Poodles, Kool Kats and Dinos,” Lisa Ritchey of Faber-Castell told TDmonthly.

Embellish a wood framed mirror with sequin trims and pre-strung beads. Mirror measures 9" by 9" and includes an easel back, ribbon and hanging hooks for display. Reverse the mirror and use it to frame your favorite photograph.
— “Creativity for Kids art kits” were the top seller for little girls at Ambassador Toys in San Francisco, said one long-term employee.
— Creativity for Kids arts and crafts kits do well, agreed Rob Slye, owner of Toys Ahoy in Barrington, R.I.
— Arts and crafts are almost always cited as a strong category for girls of all ages among the retailers that TDmonthly surveys.

Great for parties, the Nail Art Fun Party Pack Craft comes in a cake-shaped box that opens to reveal all the accessories for six at-home manicures and pedicures. The kit includes 6 colors of nail polish, 6 sets of fake nails with adhesive, 6 sheets of adhesive-backed glittery nail art, 6 foam toe separators, 6 flower-shaped nail files/buffers, and 6 drawstring tulle bags for taking supplies home. It comes complete with 6 thank you cards for the guests.
— Little girls like tea parties, but big girls prefer craft parties, agreed retailers.
— “This is fun done by groups of girls,” said Elaine Hackney, owner of J.P. Boing!’s Toy Shop in Jamaica Plain, Mass.
— Craft activities for birthday parties do well for girls 8 and up at Teri’s Toy Box in Seattle, said owner Teri Soelter.

Girls can keep their special memories in scrapbooks they design. This spiral-bound scrapbook with a hard cover comes with decorative paper, vellum stickers and mini envelopes, scalloped-edge scissors, stencil, glue stick and marker.
— Scrapbooking was one of the top-3 most popular sharing craft kits for girls, according to retailers surveyed.
— “We've done very well with this. We’ve had it all year," commented Kelly Smith, owner of The Learning Express in Carlsbad, Calif.
— “I got one for my niece last Christmas and she loved it,” noted Robin Hillier, manager of The Learning Express in Carlsbad, Calif.

Girls can make one set of jewelry for themselves and another for a friend with this all-inclusive kit. Contained are 8 silver fashion charms, including sunglasses, ring, purse, comb, mirror, flip flops and shoe. The kit also includes 2 premium enameled charms with rhinestones, 2 charm bracelets, 2 silver jewelry chain necklaces, gel cord, jump rings and a sparkling bead assortment.
— Friendship bracelets were the top-selling tween sharing toy at four of the retailers surveyed.
— They’re a big deal with little kids at the Village Toy Shop in Castro Valley, Calif., said owner Jonathan Berman.
— Girls like bracelets they can “make together,” remarked Carolyn Smolski, manager of Fire Fly’s Toy & Book Shop in Valencia, Calif.

The wooden dragon, inspired by traditional Chinese design, is first assembled from pieces of slotted wood. Paint, glitter and feathers can adorn the finished product from the Creativity for Kids Puzz-A-Model line.

This room décor kit results in a sparkling canopy — and what little girl can resist a canopy over her bed? The kit includes tulle, sparkle paint, mini butterflies and flowers in tulle, and rhinestones.

Users can hand bead this ceramic heart box with matching mirror and picture frame.
--This company’s mission is to provide children with experiences that stimulate and encourage natural creativity.
--Renee Lamb of Creativity for Kids says that retailers have responded positively and have placed enough orders to push this product into the top seller realm.
--Creativity for Kids gives kids a new way to bead, by applying the beads to the surface of the mirror, frame and box.