March 2010 New Specialty Toys — Stickers

These lenticular stickers flip from one colorful image to another, designed to add fun to any notebook, binder or folder. Each design includes one sheet of six stickers. Launch date: December 2009.

Girls can create four fabulous butterflies by following the numbered pattern. The kit includes four shaped templates, four plastic hangers, and more than 1,900 foam and jewel pieces. Launch date: March 15, 2010.
— Sticky Mosaics have been consistent best sellers at Jillie Beans Toys & More in Westminster, Colo., since the store started carrying them in fall 2009. “These are just fun,” said Owner Valerie Elsea in April 2010. “Parents say that their kids are so engaged when they are doing this craft. Any and all are great!”

With this groovy craft kit, girls follow the numbered pattern, and use stunning foam tiles and jewels to create four fantastic images to hang on their wall. Launch date: March 15, 2010.

Mrs. Grossman’s Play Sets are a tactile way for children to create and tell picture stories. There are eight different play set designs that come with a simple, colorful background card and a sheet of animated, coordinating stickers. All the stickers included are part of Mrs. Grossman’s Chubby and Fantasy Girls collection and have been exclusively designed to work together in each play set. The assortment includes Undersea, Barnyard, Jungle, Car Town, Fairyland, Mermaids, Pegasus and Unicorns. "We are a company with a 30-year history and parents have come to trust our products, our philosophy and the way their children respond to our designs. We design and manufacture our stickers in the USA in our plant, have been green for more than a year and have a keen relationship with the adults who grew up with our stickers," Barbara Marino, PR manager for Mrs. Grossmans, told TDmonthly. Launch date: Jan. 25, 2010.