(LEGO $14.99 & up) We love the open-endedness of these classic kits that have a pleasing array of colors. Our favorites are the sets that...

Remember the joy of getting a new box of crayons or a pack of colored pencils. To kids, art supplies are a delightful invitation to...

(eeBoo $13) Just in time for spring a garden full of bright tulips being picked by bear and bunny while others plant a garden, fly kites,...

(International Playthings $19.99) Platinum Award With 240 colorful pegs of varying sizes and a built-in pegboard, this is an engrossing...

(Light Stax $39.99) Platinum Award All the plastic bricks are the same square size, though in many colors. They come with a base to...

(Mattel $19.99) A play setting complete with eye chart, examining chair and patient comes with Eye Doctor Barbie (who also wears...

(Crayola $7.00) Platinum Award A collector's item for under ten dollars. Save these for prize stocking stuffers; a set of 64 crayons in...

(Crayola $12.99) Platinum Award A long lasting collector's tin with a Star Wars Stormtrooper graphic with a box of crayons with a...

(eeBoo $19.99) Gold Seal Award Here’s a new look to a classic matching game, 12 pairs of gaily colored butterflies with faces and busy...

(eeBoo $12.99) Kids love putting on shows of all kinds. This clever pack of props give them signs for putting on a circus, a ballet, a...