Flying Pig Paper Animation kits are paper models you make that move. Each kit comes as an eight-page booklet. Pop the pieces out, fold, glue and assemble. Complete step-by-step instructions are provided. A super parent/child activity. Taking less than two hours to make and the Flying Pig will bring hours of smiles when shared with friends and family.

Unpack the I Grobot from its little red box, place its body on its legs, fill it with peat and seeds provided, water and watch it come alive. Its grass-head can be cut and will grow again just like a lawn. When the grass is finished growing, the 4" x 2.5" glazed ceramic novelty planter can be replanted or used as a container.

This ceramic boot planter comes with herb or flower seed packets and is available in red, yellow, blue and green.

The Forest Ant Ecoterrarium measures 5” x 3-1/2” x 1” and features a unique gel formula that allows both ants and plants to cohabitate.  Made in Europe, the kit includes a magnifying glass, a handbook and a free gel refill kit.  Launch date: Spring 2007.

The S-shaped Super Antquarium measures 5-1/2” x 7” x 1-1/4”, which is allows ants a tremendous amount of space to dig their amazing network of tunnels in the blue transparent gel that is both their home and food.  Made in Europe, the kit includes a magnifying glass, a handbook and a free gel refill kit.  Launch date: Spring 2007.

Instant Masterpiece is a gilded, old master-style picture frame that quickly inflates to make any art look great — just as those dusty gold frames do in the world’s most famous museums. Made of clear vinyl with printed graphics, the Instant Masterpiece puffs up to 11” x 16” with a crystal-clear pocket that holds an 8” x 10” picture. It includes tabs to hang as either landscape or portrait. The frame is packaged in an unusual triangular box that measures 3” x 10” and is suitable for display at any museum shop. Launch date: March 2007.

Designed to liberate players’ perception and challenge their creativity, Nueve’s set of handcrafted wooden blocks can be assembled in any combination to create billions of different patterns. It was created by newartifacts, a group of artists, designers and entrepreneurs from Uruguay who envision integrating art into daily life.

This precious little Eggling looks and feels like an extra large egg, but kids can crack its top to discover a garden ready for sowing. It is made of white porous ceramic and comes with a  terra-cotta tray and a seed pack of either herbs (basil, Italian parsley, mint or thyme) or flowers (chrysanthemum, lobelia, phlox or petunia). The plants grow for up to five months in the Eggling and can then be planted directly in soil.

While the “regular” Nyokki sell well all year round, these new Nyokki were created especially for popular gift-giving holidays. The Boo! Nyokki will scare up sales for Halloween. Nyokki are handmade in Japan from glazed ceramic, shaped like an egg (1.75” x 1.875”) and feature fabric legs. Their heads are filled with a growing medium and rye grass seed. Nyokki are easy to grow; seeds germinate and grass grows to full height in less than two weeks.

It's white, hooded and has dripping red veins. About the size of a greeting card, each Grow Your Own Plant Kit contains a seed pack and peat puck inside its mini-pot. Specific growing instructions are provided for each plant.

Antquariums were developed for the Space Shuttle to study animal life without gravity. Ants tunnel in the nontoxic blue gel creating an amazing network of tunnels. The gel also serves as their food. It is made to highest standards in Italy by Globus, the leader in gel technology. The Antquarium will intrigue earthbound scientists of all ages for hours. Simply a great gift!