(Ann Williams $14.99) Pull this out on your next long drive, flight, waiting room time. It's a sticker book with more than 750 reusable stickers. Kids can use the stickers to design the 8 pre-made scene pages. Its a no- mess activity for travel with reposition-able static-cling stickers. Kids often like to play their own pretend "stories as they create their scenes. It's also a fun way to expand vocabulary, think naming and knowing at the next level up. This is something adul

(Ann Williams $19.62) Sewing their own very cutemouse doll is pretty simple with this precut doll. With prepunched holes and kid-friendly plastic needle, the crafty part is soon completed. Mouse friend has her own magic wand, and five garments plus a cross-body teeny-tiny mouse bag. putting it all together involves using their fine motor skills, "reading" and following directions and some adult assistance. Next comes another kind of creativity—story telling, as imagination b

(Mudpuppy $12.99 each) Mudpuppy has a clever new series of Can You Spot? Puzzles, each with 12 big pieces. Choose the theme that will most interest you preschooler—Dino Park, Jungle, or Dog Days. Once the big pieces are put together there’s another dimension hidden in the bigger picture—puzzlers must search their puzzle for five small but related images embedded in the colorful graphics. 12-piece puzzle; 18” x 13.75” when complete These are marked 2 and up, but we suggest the

(Mudpuppy $9.99) You and your future art lover will enjoy the magic as these iconic Warhol images in black and white outline come to life in full pop art colors when they hit the water! Take them out and they dry back to black and white, ready to change again in the next bath. Ages:infants, Toddlers Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2021 Click here to purchase the product from Amazon.com

(Faber-Castell $6.49) We've written about the World Color crayons and now a clay set with 9 vibrant colors plus 6 bendable skin-toned. colors that reflect the diversity of the children of our world. THE kit includes 3 plastic tools. and 20 sticks of clay. This is non drying clay that is easy to squish, roll, stretch and shape. Ages: Preschool, Early School Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2021 Click here to purchase on Amazon

(Faber-Castell $8.99) A small but useful intro to drawing that comes with instructions for basic sketching skills such as cross-hatching, blending and more. It comes with a 20 page sketchbook, 4 graphite pencils in 6b,2b,hb,2h, a white latex free eraser, pencil sharpener and 4 page instructions. A nice stocking stuffer -sort of an invitation to try some thing new. Ages: Early School. Tweens and Teens Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award 2021 Click here to purchase the prod

(Creativity for Kids $19.99) This cleverly designed terrarium is designed to look like a UFO. BY simply adding hot water to the crystal growing chemicals, the liquid. grows and turns in to a solid in just 24 hours. Once the crystals are grown kids carefully add them to the UFO along with other decorative stickers and moon rocks and alien passenger. Load the lid with two triple AAA batteries. Once in place, press the rounded lid to light up the terrarium and make the crystals

(Creativity for Kids $15) Keeping a diary or journal begins earlier these days then in the past. This Deer Diary plays on puns with many of prompts laced through the pages. Most of the pages are entirely open-ended, where kids can write stories, memories, and wishes. The kit is designed to be decorated with comes. with 5 neon highlighter markers, a glittery pom-pom pen, 80 glitter stickers, 100+ assorted pearls, craft glue, and crafting instructions. A fun way to inspire ki

(Creativity for Kids $19.99) As beach and sandbox hours diminish with the changing seasons, Creativity for Kids has come up with a collection of sand bins that will give kids some of the same pleasures on a smaller scale. In fact, they have developed scaled down play pieces to match the themes. We'd suggest put down a big sheet or towel under the bin as all the sand is not likely to stay in the bin. That said, the sand is not totally granular as in a sand box, it sticks toget

(Mudpuppy $12.99 each) Just right for early school kids, Campfire Friends with marshmallow, cocoa, and cinnamon shaped and scented pieces..(Happily, No Skunk to scratch or sniff!) This is part of a new series. Also look for, Cosmic Fruits with orange, banana and strawberry shaped and scented pieces...zany space image with fruits in spaceships and other extraterrestrial objects Ages: Early School Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2021 Click here to purchase the Campfire