TDmonthly's ToyFair 2006 Preview--Creative Activities Product Category

Interactive Story Book & Story Buddy by HALLMARK CARDS, INC.

Add excitement to story time with this new Interactive Story Buddy and book –cuddle up with your child and watch the fun begin as Jingle comes to life when you read his story aloud. Press the left ear on Jingle and begin reading—Jingle barks, whimpers, and even sings when certain corresponding lines are read.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $24.95)

Electra Doodle by CRA-Z-ART

Electra Doodle allows a child to create with light hundreds of designs. By using the stylus pen your child can doodle, draw, make kaleidoscope effects, animate, connect dots, play match games, and solve mazes. They can also make personalized signs and messages.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $29.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Superstructs Custom Kit by WABA FUN LLC

Create your own personalized building set with this new Superstructs™ Custom Kit system. Once on the custom kit website, simply drag and drop the models you would like to include in your custom kit. Choose from 8 different models that include a Motorcycle, Race Car, Jet, Dune Buggy, Forklift, Dragster, Boom Truck with Crane, and Funny Car.  Each model comes with its own illustrated, step-by-step construction guide. There are 8 models and 12 templates that can create over 4,000 possible toy designs.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products -2010; Parents’ Choice Recommended Award, Fall 2010 Toys. 10/11/2010 (Price: $10.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Light-Up Ferris Wheel by K'NEX BRANDS

Introducing the motorized Light-Up Ferris Wheel building set. Inside the wheel, multi-colored lights spin freely to create a dazzling light show. This set includes 525+ colorful K'NEX pieces, including a motor and an exclusive LED light bar with 6
pre-programmed light routines. Light-Up Ferris Wheel is appropriate for builders and thrill ride enthusiasts. Requires 2 AA and 3 AAA batteries.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $49.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

The Wikki Stix for Rainy Day Play Kit by WIKKI STIX

Make a tropical fish mobile, make dinosaur tracks, create a storybook about where you live, play games, make greeting cards, do word-finds, make a door hanger for your bedroom, create dinosaur scenes and ocean scenes. Wikki Stix adhere to virtually all smooth surfaces with just fingertip pressure, so there is no glue, no preparation and no cleanup.  Great for home or school.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $14.95) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Moon Dough Barnyard by SPIN MASTER TOYS

Moon Dough is hypoalergenic, soft, marshmallow-like, cleans up easily, and never dries out so you can use it again and again. Moon Dough is the latest and greatest new molding compound for kids to mold into fun creations they will love to create and play with.  Bale some hay, put it in the barn silo, and turn the crank to create fun 3D Moon Dough animals. Endless possibilities abound using your child’s imagination with this product.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Record a Story Guess How Much I Miss You by PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD.

Read a story to your little one even when you can’t be there. This unique storybook plays back your voice as the child turns each page. The beautiful, all-new illustrations with a classic feel and the dedication page make this book a keepsake to be treasured for years to come.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $19.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Shop'n Cart by INTERNATIONAL PLAYTHINGS LLC

This clever and complete shopping cart enhances pretend play with over 55 pieces that include play food, packages, and cans. The removable basket stores underneath. Shopping cart has a place for your child’s favorite doll or stuffed animal—and can be used with or without this feature. Also included is assorted play money to expand the play value. Caster wheels allow for easy turning. This cart is easy to assemble—no tools required. Will provide your young shopper with plenty of active pretend play and lots of assistance when you go grocery shopping.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $34.99)

Kidspiration 3 by INSPIRATION SOFTWARE INC.

Kidspiration Color Tiles™ is an excellent new software product that can be used to count, compare, and explore number properties and operations and develop computation strategies. Using the tiles, children solve area and perimeter problems and model number patterns and the four basic math operations.  With its expanded library of more than 3,000 symbols, children can use Kidspiration 3 to create graphic organizers including webs, concept maps, and diagrams to clarify thoughts, organize information, use new knowledge, and build critical-thinking skills. 
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $69.00)

HEXBUG Nano Habitat Set by INNOVATION FIRST LABS, INC.

This excellent new product, Hexbug Nano Habitat Set, gives the Hexbug Nano owners a chance to put their industrious little micro-robotic critters to the test by creating a customizable playground for them. Since not all Hexbug Nanos are the same, the Habitat Set contains two extremely rare nano mutations, four easy connect curved pieces, three easy connect straight pieces, and three easy connect hexagon pieces, which offer users a multitude of potential configurations.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $29.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Zip-ity Princess by GOLDBERGER DOLL MFG. CO. INC

Zip-ity Princess is a soft new 14” Play & Learn doll complete with six learning activities: Zip, Button, Snap, Buckle, Tie, Fasten, and Reading. She helps to teach young ones basic dressing skills, letter and word recognition, and also helps develop fine and gross motor skills, as well as eye-hand coordination. She stimulates baby’s senses of sight, hearing, and touch, while nurturing their feeling of security.  She is dressed in assorted Princess outfits for imaginative fun. This is an excellent preschool doll to help with skill building.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $12.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Fuzzoodles Fluffy Friends Large Kit by LICENSE-2-PLAY

A creative project allows your child to make many reusable Fuzzoodle combinations. Choose a Fuzzoodle, then pick some parts, twist it, bend it and build it.  The Fluffy Friends Large Kit includes 6 long Fuzzoodles, 4 short Fuzzoodles, 10 Fuzzoodle parts, and 1 idea booklet. Provides for fun and dexterity activity at the same time.
Awards: Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products - 2010 10/11/2010 (Price: $14.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Magic Orbeez Maker by TINY LOVE

Kids can grow up to 300 Orbeez at once, and 2,500 total, in this gizmo. While the Orbeez grow, children can shoot them through the hoops. Once grown, they cascade down the spiral ramp into the collection tray and can be used for play with ideas from the included activity booklet. 9/23/2010 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Big Art Set by XONEX

This portable art set features a plain brown paper exterior that allows users to personalize all sides. The set includes 18 colored pencils, 16 fine-point markers, 18 crayons, 14 pastels, eight watercolor cakes, two paintbrushes, two drawing pencils, a sharpener and an eraser. It measures 14.5" x 10.5" x 2.25" and has a rope handle and closure. "This art set allows ANYONE to personalize their own set!" Xonex Art Director Emily Meluch told TDmonthly. 9/13/2010 (Price: $30.00) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Halloween Cookie Cutter Set by CURIOUS CHEF INC.

These cookie cutters are designed for kids and feature Halloween-themed shapes including a cat, leaf, pumpkin and ghost. They offer a soft grip and are oversized for easy use. Curious Chef cookie cutters are made from BPA-free food safe plastic and are dishwasher safe. 9/9/2010 [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Roylco Poseable People Stencils by ROYLCO INC

Kids can learn anatomy, teach posture, do illustrations or recreate Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man with this articulated stencil. The stencil measures 13.5” tall, is see-through and easy-to-clean, and pivots at 15 different points. 9/7/2010 (Price: $9.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Roylco Straws and Connectors 400 Pack by ROYLCO INC

This simple to use, open-ended building set features five colors of 8" flexible straws that can be cut to accommodate different sizes. Users can construct cars, jets, castles and more. The set includes 400 pieces. 9/7/2010 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

My Chocolate Boutique Chocolate Workshop by FASHION ANGELS

Girls can become chocolatiers with the My Chocolate Boutique Chocolate Workshop. This kit has over 200 pieces for young ladies to design, mold and make their own chocolates for themselves and to share with friends and family. The workshop includes a battery operated melting machine that doesn’t overheat, so there’s no risk for kids to burn themselves or the chocolate. Girls can also use the foil wrappers, boxes and stickers to create customized packaging for their hand made treats. This kit does not include any chocolate or candy, so parents can control what ingredients their kids use. The kit includes a chocolate melting machine, a metal melting bowl, a mixing spoon, a decorating tool and brush, over 50 molds, 25 foil wrappers, 50 candy cups, 25 clear candy wrappers, two gift boxes, over 100 decorative labels, six decorative doilies, and an instruction and design guide. 9/3/2010 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Silk Screen Super Set by FASHION ANGELS

The Fashion Angels Silk Screen Super Set is lets girls personalize their t-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, and more. The silk screen machine make it easy to re-create a wardrobe. This kit includes a silk screen machine and frame, silk screens, five fabric paints, 10 stencil cards, a squeegee, sequins, design planning sketch sheets, and an  instructional design guide. 9/3/2010 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Jewelry Design Super Set by FASHION ANGELS

The Fashion Angels Jewelry Design Super Set is packed with tons of beading goodies to make over 200 pieces of jewelry. This kit contains over 4,000 transparent and iridescent plastic beads, string, embroidery floss, charms, a friendship bracelet wheel, a storage case, instructions and more.
— In fall 2010, five percent of 44 retailers surveyed told TDmonthly that Fashion Angels kits are a jewelry and accessory top seller. 9/3/2010 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Sticker & Badge Factory Super Set by FASHION ANGELS

The Fashion Angels Sticker and Badge Factory Super Set is two creative projects in one box. Girls can use the sticker making machine to make hundreds of stickers, then collect them in the included sticker journal. They can then also make trendy button badges for themselves and their friends. Badge and sticker templates are included. 9/3/2010 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Fashion Design Light Box Super Set by FASHION ANGELS

This set is packed with two activities and 200+ pieces for fashion designing fun. Girls can trace an outfit using the fashion films and light box onto the Fashion Angels model sketch sheets for a basic outline, then use the design guide for tips on how to shade, embellish and add details to make the outfit worthy of any runway. They can also create a fabulous wardrobe for the two Fashion Angels paper dolls using the clothing patterns, colored pencils, glitter glue and sequins. The dolls can be dressed again and again with one-of-a-kind creations as a modern twist on paper dolls. The kit includes a portable fashion design light box, fashion films, Tree Free colored pencils, glitter glue, sequins, clothing patterns, two Fashion Angels paper dolls and sketch sheets. 9/3/2010 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

4 in 1 Fashion Design Super Set by FASHION ANGELS

This set features four activities for girls to take their designing skills to their own clothing and accessories. Girls can choose between airbrushing, tie dying, glitter paint and stamping, and gem and stud setting for taking their t-shirts from drab to fab. Awards: Creative Child 2010 Preferred Choice Award 9/3/2010 (Price: $24.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

READ: Step In, Gr. K–1 by CREATIVE TEACHING PRESS

The innovative READ workbook series is expertly designed for beginning readers. Each READ grade level offers a Step In workbook with shorter stories and simpler sentences and a Step Up workbook with stories and sentences that are a bit longer. Both options are specifically written to support beginning readers as they read, explore, and discover early reading success. "The Step Up, Gr. K–1 workbook features an exciting combination of learn-to-read stories, engaging questions to build vocabulary and spark discussion, and dynamic story-based activities," Creative Teaching Press Marketing Specialist Lauren Tuculescu told TDmonthly. 9/1/2010 (Price: $7.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]

Sandtastik Plaster Molds by SANDTASTIK PRODUCTS, INC.

An enjoyable craft project/activity for children and adults. Recommended for use with Sandtastik PlasterMix. 18 unique and reusable Molds per pack. Simply choose the preferred color of plaster, mix the colored plaster with water, pour the mixture into Sandtastik Plaster Molds, wait 30 minutes, and then paint and decorate. Plaster Molds can be re-used over and over again. 9/1/2010 (Price: $9.99) [Add to my Inquiry Basket][?]