(Faber-Castell $18.00) This is less instantaneous than many craft kits—a good thing. Kids actually have to wait and let things dry before...

(eeBoo $11.99) Not a toy, but a set of 25 postcards to get tweens and teens a voice in voicing their opinion! Getting older children...

(Laser Pegs $42.99) There are a dozen ways to build this light-up space ship. You can follow the construction plans or do-it-your-way....

(Strictly Briks $29.99) What a great way to build an original setting for plastic bricks! Kids can use this set with six 10”square...

(Mayka $8 and up) Add a new dimension to LEGO and other plastic building bricks with strips of pliable self-adhesive tape. Kids can build...

(Silverlit $79.99) Drone Mission is basically an RC truck with a drone on top...an extra doo-dad that is appealing but touchy. It has a...

(Crayola $19.99) Another app driven toy. It’s basically a fashion coloring book that girls can color in with the 24 colored pencils and...

(Thinkfun $14.99) So many products this year claim to teach coding, although what they are teaching is not too different from the old...

(Sphero $179.99) You drive and control this very special little R2D2 with your smart device that will also give "holographic simulations"...

(Sphero $49.99) For the money, you can’t beat this amusing little spinning robot that will do almost everything last year’s Platinum...