littleBits Space Kit
littleBits brings you fun and powerful ways to explore Earth + Space science in the classroom and at home. Designed in collaboration with NASA scientists & engineers, this kit is the perfect tool for educators and parents focused on getting kids excited about space science. It's also perfect for space enthusiasts and science buffs. The kit's instruction book contains 5 NASA lesson plans and 10 STEAM activities, with many more available free at the littleBits website. Learn scientific principles like Electromagnetic, Kinetic, & Potential Energy. Make a Mars Rover or an ISS; transmit music wirelessly and more! Connect with the littleBits library to infinitely expand your discoveries.
littleBits in collaboration with NASA
To promote student interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM), littleBits and NASA have partnered on activities around the fundamentals of energy, robotics, wireless data transmission, physics, astronomy and more STEAM topics. Explorers can now learn how scientists communicate with a spacecraft billions of kilometers away, transmit electromagnetic energy, see sound energy and explore first-hand how the AURA satellite senses gases in our atmosphere – plus hundreds more lessons and projects available for free at littleBits website.
What’s in the kit?
12 modules that give you everything you need to conduct powerful scientific experiments: DC motor, Light sensor, Powers (2), Wires (2), Bright LED, Microphone, IR LED, Number, Remote Trigger, Speaker. Also includes, 9-volt battery+cable, motormate, screwdriver and 30 page booklet.
You can purchase this here for about $189.
It’s more fun when it’s wacky! Feel the difference with Kinetic Sand! Pack it, pull it, shape it and love it, Kinetic Sand is so incredible you can’t put it down. It’s kinetic—meaning it sticks to itself and not to you—so it oozes, moves and melts right before your eyes. It flows through your fingers like a slow-moving liquid, but leaves your hands completely dry. Shape anything you want and use it over and over again. Kinetic Sand never dries out and is gluten free. This soft and stretchy sand cleans up easily while delivering non-stop fun!
You can purchase this at Michaels Crafts for about $14.99.
Travel millions of miles without packing a bag, all with SmartGlobe™ Discovery, the first SmartGlobe™ with 3 activity panels! Packed with 19 exciting activities and hours of informative audio content, it gives you endless educational entertainment with amazing facts about planet Earth. You'll be amazed each time you spin the globe and point the interactive SmartPen.
Features
Hours of educational content
More than 250 countries to explore!
Base with 3 activity panels including a local map
Find and compare mode with 7 exciting activities
Touch mode to discover more about continents, capitals, population, geography and much more!
Up to date political map
Lots of quizzes in Ultimate Challenge mode
Designed for ages 5+
You can purchase this here for $59.99.
Build, Create and Animate! OGOBILD is a line of creative construction toys created to promote open-ended play and stimulate a child's imagination. This kit contains Animate It! Express software, which was developed with the Aardman Animations studio (the creators of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run) and is the premier UK education stop-motion animation software. Teaches the basics of stop motion animation. Allows kids to make their own animated movies with Animate It! Express. Takes advantage of the OGOBILD System's Versatility. Share finished films with family, friends, and the world!.
You can purchase this here for $60.25
Kaos has blown up the walls of the feared Cloudcracker Prison freeing the most notorious villains in Skylands. it's up to you and the Skylanders to find and capture them. using Traptanium, a magic material that can harness the power of the Elements, you have the amazing ability to trap the villains and return them to Skylands to fight for you! Begin the ultimate adventure as you explore Skylands in search of the escaped villains!
Starter Pack includes:
1-Video Game,
1-Traptanium Portal,
2-Skylanders Figures,
2-Traps,
1-Character Collector Poster,
2-Sticker Sheets with Secret Codes
2-Trading Cards.
Build the ultimate Trap Team - Over 60 Skylanders to collect and 40+ villains to capture. Sticker Sheets with Secret Codes – Enjoy stickers of your favorite Skylanders. Place the names and codes on the Character Collect Poster to track your collection. The secret codes can be used in the Skylanders Lost Islands and Skylanders Collection Vault Apps. Trading Cards – Learn more about each Skylander’s powers and abilities.
You can purchase it here for $74.99
See Kai Run has so many adorable shoes for both boys and girls! These "Adeline" are fashionable and fun, this tasteful Mary Jane will make her the life of the party. Playful pink leaf applique really pops against a stately grey patent leather upper. And the flexible rubber soles are designed for outdoor party and play.
"Cooper" for boys- See what’s so super about this rockin’ Cooper. Classic styling, incredible fit and outstanding performance, that’s what this awesome trainer brings to the table
You can purchase these 2 styles and MANY more here.
CAT PAWS are wildly fun and purrrfect for everyone! Creep out co-workers, amuse cat lovers and STUPEFY cats themselves with the amazing, bizarre, wonderful and super fun CAT PAW! Cat Paw features 4 different cat styles to choose from. Each Cat Paw includes 2 realistic sounds and an awesome clawing action! Simply pull the trigger on the handle to activate sound and movement. Once you see one, you have to have them all! Cat Paw is sure to be the life of any party, fill an ordinary day with extraordinary moments, strike up conversations with just about anyone, and guaranteed to deliver endless joy to everyone, even your beloved four-legged family members! Available at Kmart. Toys "R" Us and Amazon NOW. Ages 0-100, SRP $9.99 - Twitter - @mycatpaw - #CatPaw - Please LIKE us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/
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Wicked Cool Toys is rockin' and a rollin' with excitement to introduce VRÜM Ride-On Storage, their new licensed character based ride-on portable storage for kids and is pa ked with 3 in 1 features: Pack, Ride and Play for Fall 2014. The VRUM product line will feature today's top kids brands to inc lude Spiderman, Ironman, DC Comics Batman, Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Disney Princesses. Each ride-on storage character is 18"W X 8"D X 12"H, has a dual purpose pull/carrying strap, a handle-bar for comfort and support, is safe and fun to ride, and perfect for being on the go. Kids will love taking their favorite VRÜM Ride-On Storage friends with them everywhere they go, and parents will appreciate the entire package of convenience! Available NOW at Target.com, ToyRUs.com, Amazon.com, Ebags.com, Overstock.com, and Wayfair.com. Ages 3+, SRP $49.99 -
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Crashlings
For Spring 2014, Wicked Cool Toys is galaxtatic to bring Crashlings, a proprietary, TV promoted boys’ collectible product line of Mutant Meteors from Outer Space to Earth! Crashlings are one-inch collectible figures that are packed and travel inside a rubber-flex meteor. Each meteor has the power to blast over 5 feet into the air! Series 1 includes over 150Crashlings to collect with special rares, ultra rares and retired editions. Crashlings come in five different breeds (Aliens, Insects, Underwater, Dinosaurs, and Monsters), and kids will be skyrocketed into another dimension as they collect them all! The Crashlings comprehensive product line features a variety of figure packs (single packs, four packs, and ten packs), play sets, and a space ship. In addition, Crashlings includes National TV Campaigns which will run throughout 2014 where Crashlings are riding high and creating mischief in every new galaxy. Available at Toys "R" Us and Amazon.com. Ages 5+, SRP: $1.99 - $19.99
The Kid's Hale by Muck Boots, will keep them comfy and dry, no matter what they get into. Even if you can't keep up with them, their Muck Boots will.
The stretch-fit topline binding is snug around the calf to keep warm air in and cold air out
Fully insulated with 4mm NEOPRENE. This provides the optimal warmth, comfort, and waterproofing that you expect from a Muck Boot.
The PK Mesh lining allows for breathability
The Diamond tread self-cleaning outsole wraps the entire perimeter for maximum protection and stability that doesn't track mud!
You can purchase these here for $64.95.
This holiday season, give kids the gift of a private concert… in their mouth! Arm & Hammer Tooth Tunes is the perfect stocking stuffer that provides fun "music in your mouth" technology to gets kids excited about brushing for a full two minutes.
This exciting line of toothbrushes features hit songs that kids will love, including chart-topping singles from:
One Direction
Rihanna
Selena Gomez
Cody Simpson and more!
Click here to learn more about the entire line of Arm & Hammer Tooth Tunes brushes. New to the collection is Arm & Hammer Tooth Tunes Jr. for younger kids (ages 3+) to help them learn proper oral care habits from the start!
You can purchase these at Walmart for about $7.97
Reality Shock! is the 2015 edition of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! bestselling annual series. This incredible collection is loaded with unbelievable facts, amazing stories, and incredible animals. With amazing photography, zany stories and unbelievable facts and figures, this book is sure to be a favorite with adults and children alike.
Reality Shock! Is filled with more of the amazing facts, unbelievable stories and extraordinary photography that makes Ripley’s Believe It or Not! so popular. Read all about the amazing things that people all over the world have done- from insane stunts to crazy traditions. Take a closer look at the extraordinary images nature produces, such as mutated animals and amazingly impossible vistas. Crystal clear photography paired with zany stories, amazing facts and figures that are undeniably true but incredibly hard to believe will make this book a must have for every household.
You can purchase this book here for about $15.00
From Silver Dolphin Books! Create a colorful world with this new Crayola drawing workshop! Packed with more than 15 fun projects that encourage kids to get creative, Crayola Color Workshop: Drawing makes drawing fun and easy! This delightful new kit comes with everything kids need to get started: a 32-page book, a 16-page sketchpad, 16 Crayola Metallic Crayons, 8 Crayola Regular Crayons, and ruler. Add details to turn a simple drawing into a cute animal, draw funny faces, design a colorful night sky, get some monkeys ready for a party, and much more! Ideal for ages 5 and up, Crayola Color Workshop: Drawing provides hours of fun and a foundation for understanding art.
You can purchase this book here for $16.95.
From Silver Dolphin Books! Tap into your creativity and paint a colorful world with Crayola Color Workshop: Painting! Kids can get creative with more than 15 fun projects, including exploring ways of using color by painting a flying carpet or creating a cool or warm ocean by painting it different shades of blue. With a 32-page book, 16-page sketchpad, 18-ct Washable Crayola Kids' Paint, 1 Crayola Paintbrush, paint-mixing tray, and 2 sponges, Crayola Color Workshop: Painting provides hours of fun and great foundation for young Picassos in your life.
You can purchase this book here for $16.95.
This was the HIT of a crafting party we had recently with some other kids, older and young, all enjoyed it!
From Silver Dolphin Books! Turn any rock into a one-of-a-kind creation by painting, coloring, and embellishing pieces of nature to make something fun! Easy-to-follow instructions teach kids how to make all kinds of cool creations, including animals like frogs and ladybugs, or colorful rock displays using the letters of their name. But the fun doesn’t have to stop there! Thanks to their imaginations, there’s no limit to what kids can create. With a 48-page book, 18-ct Washable Crayola Kids’ Paint, 5 Crayola Glitter Glue Tubes, 1 Crayola Paintbrush, 10 Pom-Poms, and 1 Paint Palette, this fun kit comes with all the art supplies kids need to get started, and with more than 15 cool rock projects, Crayola Artist Studio: Rock Painting will provide hours of fun and a foundation for artistic expression.
You can purchase this book here for $21.95.
A perfect stocking stuffer!
It's Christmas time in Tickety Town, and Tommy & Tallulah are determined to make every merry second count! In this all-new collection of adventures including the Christmas Present Time Special the twins find a new way to make snow, build a giant igloo, roll the biggest snowball ever, and even help Santa fix his sleigh in time for Christmas Eve! But when their escapades get out of hand, friends like McCoggins, Pufferty, Madame Au Lait and Tooteroo will help them make things right. It's time to chime in these exciting winter-themed episodes from the Nick Jr. preschool hit!
You can purchase this DVD here for $12.73
Such a great stocking stuffer for the kids!
Who is the strongest and most dependable construction crew in Chuggington? The Chuggineers! In this special collection of hard-working adventures plus train loads of free bonus features! Brewster joins Chuggineers Zack, Fletch and Tyne to build tracks, bridges and tunnels, make repairs, haul heavy loads and more! Featuring new wagons and machines -- like the huge yellow Mega Chug Crane -- and new friends -- including Payce, the tunnel runner from Tootington, and Cormac, the cheeky forklift engine -- Wilson, Brewster, Koko, and your own little trainee will discover important lessons about safety, responsibility and teamwork!
You can purchase this DVD here for $12.73
The All Terrain Buggy Racer.
This is the pedal racer that gives young drivers a taste of off-roading while on neighborhood excursions. Made by Kettler, Germany’s premier maker of ride-on vehicles, the buggy’s durable powder-coated tubular steel frame and 9 1/2" Diam. x 4" W rubber-clad plastic tires let racers pedal up and down mild grades or across a lawn or beach. The buggy places a driver only 12" off the ground, providing a low center of gravity that offers superior stability and enables hairpin turns. The sporty steering wheel provides responsive control, and a dual-wheel rear brake operated with a hand lever quickly brings the vehicle to a sure stop. A freewheel lever disengages the drive train for coasting or a helpful push. The chain is fully enclosed, keeping clothes free from grease or dirt, and a molded seat adjusts without tools to three positions for optimal comfort. Supports up to 150 lbs. Assembly required. Ages 5-9. 24" H x 25" W x 47" L. (38 lbs.)
You can purchase this here for $269.95.
Rilakkuma (meaning relaxed bear) is a Japanese lifestyle brand consisting of 3 characters- Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma and Kiiroitori. This brand has been a staple item in Japan for the past 10 years. Part of what made it so successful is that so much is left up to interpretation. Some people believe it’s a bear, while others believe it’s a person in a costume. It’s left up to the imagination. These lovable characters come in plush, accessories and kigurumis (onesies).
Age: No age restriction
MSRP: $8.99 to $199.99
You can purchase this here for $27.40
Tech 4 Kids- Rumble Fists and Spar Bag. Enter the ring and get ready to dominate with the new WWE Rumble Fists & Spar Bag! The oversized soft play John Cena, Dolph Ziggler and the Rock fists come with motion activated sound effects for realistic action and fun. Prepare for the fight with your very own Spar Bag. Complete with a full size John Cena graphic and a water filled base, kids can train with the best to become the wrestler! Each sold separately.
You can purchase the Spar Bag here and the Rumble Fists here.
Zuru- My Magical Mermaid
With the latest aquatic and micro-robotic technology, simply drop your Mermaid into water and watch her burst to life, she’ll spiral and dance with beauty and grace! Watch as she swims in multiple directions while the colour changing LED light illuminates her enchanting environment. Collect all four amazing Mermaids and begin the underwater adventure together!
You can purchase this here for $9.99
The ABCs of Yoga for Kids Calendar contains 12 child-friendly yoga postures to practice each month of the year. Using the alphabet, rhyming vignettes and colorful illustrations, each pose delightfully promotes flexibility and coordination, while encouraging children to incorporate a healthy activity into their daily lives. The health benefits of yoga are unquestionable, a few of which include: improved mental focus, enhanced discipline, physical fitness, better circulation, improved breathing, improved posture and reduced physical and mental stress. Yoga for kids nourishes the mind, body, and spirit and paves the way for a life-long tradition of health and fitness. You can purchase is here for $14.75.
This book has done WONDERS for our stretching and relaxing! I use it every morning after breakfast and it's great!
The ABCs of Yoga for Kids uses the alphabet, rhyming vignettes, and colorful illustrations to introduce children to yoga in a kid-friendly way. Each of the fifty-six different poses featured in the book delightfully promote flexibility, strength, and coordination while encouraging children to incorporate healthy activity into their daily lives. Yoga is a noncompetitive form of exercise, suitable for children (and adults) of all ages and athletic abilities. Any activity for young children is important because the nation, including our youth, is under siege by obesity, stress, and diseases like diabetes, which stem from poor diet and lack of exercise. Yoga for young kids will create good habits and a foundation for well-being. Children have a lot of fun learning new positions, new letters, and new ideas. This book will delight and bring joy to the early yoga practitioner. You can purchase it here for $14.75.
Just imagine, create and play! Building your our creations takes a new dimension with this Starter Set assortment of Snapo building blocks that SNAP together in all directions for fun, fast, creative building! More than80 pieces in Red, Green, Black, Pink, Yellow and Blue color combination. Snapo blocks give you endless possibilities to build sideways, and you can change design on the go because they rotate and slide. Did you ever want constructions that extend in different levels? Do you like to build round top shapes? Do you like to change direction placing your blocks upside-down? With Snapo blocks now you can! Imagine it... and just play! To make it lot more fun, there are plenty of different shape pieces: wheels, propellers, axles, ball-connectors, flat top pieces, a Snapo-boy or Snapo-girl with various accessories to change their look. Each set includes pictures with suggestions of some creations that can be made with the content. From racing cars, to animals, airplanes, robots, buildings, space shuttles.... and plenty more when you mix various sets.
You can purchase many different Snapo sets at Amazon or here.
I love this idea for toddlers! So many parents don't want toy gifts, and this is a great idea!
okiedog’s latest edition to our diaper bag portfolio are children bags. With innovative ideas and new bag styles we want to more bring fun into kids’ lives. We cater for ages 2-6 years old and have children’s different needs in mind. Our design language ranges from cute animal characters for the very young ones to bold and bright colours for older kids.
okiedog children bags are designed with love. They comply with all safety standards, have high quality and are made from very durable materials. As all our okiedog bags, our children bags are PVC-, Phthalate- AZO- and BPA-free.
- See more at: http://okiedog.us/trolley/299-wildpack-trolley-dragon-4897024084903.html#sthash.W4tcZIuX.dpuf
Wildpack rolling luggage - DRAGON The Wildpack rolling luggage is a loveable 3D bag with an adorable face and plush wings designed to delight and entertain toddlers aged 2-4 years old. Match backpack, trolley, lunch bag and suitcase for a fun, family look. Wildpack bags are water repellent easy to clean and very light weight. Due to their soft shell and their 3D shape they are truly a new breed amongst all other animal bags. The Wildpack bags are PVC-, Phthalate- AZO- and BPA-free.
Wildpack are 6 loveable animals with adorable faces and plush ears designed to delight and entertain toddlers aged 2-4 years old. Match backpack, trolley, lunch bag and suitcase fora fun, family look. Wildpack bags are water resistant, easy to clean and very light weight. Due to their soft shell and their 3D shape they are truly a new breed amongst all other animal bags.
You can purchase this and other styles for boys and girls here, for $34.99 and if you use code "7kids20" you will save 20% on your order! Code is good through 12/31/14.
Great gift for a mom with a new baby!
For Baby: Wash & Shampoo, 8 fl. oz. (236mL), Daily moisture lotion, 8 fl. oz. (226g), Calming Comfort Bath, 8 fl. oz. (236mL). For Mommy: Stress Relief Body Wash, 12 fl. oz. (354mL), Free Reusable Canvas Box. The Aveeno Baby Solutions Gift Set includes key products for helping take care of your new baby's skin with special bonus for you! These Aveeno Baby products contain natural oat and are formulated to naturally nourish your baby's skin. Your Gift Includes: Aveeno Baby Wash & Shampoo This tear free, hypoallergenic wash and shampoo cleanses your baby's skin without drying. Gentle enough to use every day, your baby will be squeaky clean and ready for playtime, bedtime and everything in between. Aveeno Baby Daily Moisture Lotion. This nourishing moisturizer soothes and helps relieve your baby's delicate, dry skin. Clinically proven to moisturizer for 24 hours, this hypoallergenic and fragrance free lotion can be used daily to help keep baby's sensitive skin soft, smooth and healthy looking. Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Bath This tear free cleanser contains scents of lavender and vanilla to help calm baby before bedtime. Combine with a warm bath to naturally relax your baby so that she can sleep more restful. Aveeno Stress Relief Body Wash This unique formula, which combines natural colloidal oatmeal with scents of lavender, essential chamomile and ylang ylang oils, helps moisturize and soothes skin. It's soap free and dye free so it's gentle enough to use on sensitive skin.
You can purchase this gift basket here for $25.38.
The ABCs of Yoga for Kids Learning Cards are the perfect companion to The ABCs of Yoga for Kids book by Teresa Anne Power. These fifty-six flashcards contain the colorful illustrations from the book, along with the corresponding letters of the alphabet and the yoga postures they represent. It's perfect for not only learning yoga, but the alphabet as well. Each pose delightfully promotes flexibility and coordination while encouraging kids to incorporate healthy activity into their daily lives. You can purchase it here for $17.95.
TipSee is a balancing robot friend loaded with games and activities for kids. Drive him around with his remote controller, or place him on his included cylinder and watch him balance as he cruises around. Also, inside the cylinder are multiple robotic parts! Stack these on his arms and watch him not only balance on his cylinder, but also balance the pieces you place on his arms!
You can purchase this here for $49.99.
The Juggle Bubble kit includes a bubble blower, bubble tray, unique bubble solution and a pair of magic gloves to juggle and pass each bubble. Simple to use, the activity kit requires you to dip wide end of the Bubble Blower into the special solution, blow into the blower to create the bubble and then toss the bubble around or let it bounce off of your or your child’s hands with the Juggle Bubbles magic gloves. The bubble solution will provide hours of entertainment for your children, inside or out.
You can purchase this here for about $10.99.
From the award-winning author of the Starlet Series, comes Starlet's Man, a story about a boy becoming a man amidst the mixed-messages in Hollywood culture. Similar to Nicholas Sparks' A Walk to Remember, discover why the Starlet Series took Gold and Silver medals in the Readers' Favorite 2014 International Book Awards.
Lights. Cameras. Lies. High school student athlete, Manny Biro, is caught between the boy he should be and the man he wants to become.
Everyone around him accepts the Hollywood life. He doesn't. Manny wants no part of acting. On the surface, his childhood best friends seem to have it all: money, power, success. Between the lines, they are all confused. Alan is a messed up want-to-be director focused on pushing scenes to their sexy potential. Beth is an athlete driven to escape from a dark past. Janet is Manny's kid sister caught up in fashion and trends. And Marie is a lonely actress exhausted by the culture that makes everyone's favorite stories.
What is the price of fame for all the characters? Conflicts and truths will unfold in this thought-provoking installment of Carla Hanna's young adult Starlet Series, Starlet's Man.
You can purchase Starlet's Man here.
Shark Skinz Disposable Flasks appeal to a wide variety of people with different intended purposes for the flask. Just about any kind of cold liquid can go into these flasks. Great for sporting events, concerts, tailgating, beach, camping, boating, hunting, golf, and many more activities.
Shark skinz is reusable
Shark skinz is durable
Collapsible
Completely undetectable no metal parts
Lightweight
You can purchase these on Amazon here for $12.99 for a set of 3.
The Marshmallow Snap Dragon is a new twist on an old favorite. It may be small but it packs a big launch. Simply load a single mini marshmallow into the Snap Dragon pouch, pull back, aim, and Launch marshmallows thirty plus feet. The Marshmallow Snap Dragon also contains storage inside the handle, so you can store your mini marshmallow ammo when you are on the move.
You can purchase this here for $9.95.
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