• Monthly Archive:: December 2016

    If you’ve been putting off trying to find a gift for the tween/teen in your life, we feel your pain. Gone are the days of cuddly stuffed animals,  fashion dolls and action figures…now it seems like all your kid cares about is his phone! If you refuse to resort to a token gift card (good for you!), but don’t exactly want to go to the end’s of the earth either, consider this creative choice that just begs to be played with. Seedling’s Design Your Own Marble Maze gets big points in our book. First, it takes the puzzle concept to another level (literally) by letting kids construct and design their own tabletop-sized maze. They can position walls, add traps and designate stop and start points to [&hellip

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    The clock is ticking, and you still haven’t found that perfect gift for the kid in your life. (Yes, it’s officially time to give up on those Hatchimals arriving any time soon.) If you’re looking for something unconventional, that doesn’t involve batteries and that you don’t even have to wrap, we’ve got the gift for you. Introducing Little Passports Science Expeditions, the all-in-one curiosity kit that will intrigue and fascinate budding scientists on a regular basis. Available as a monthly subscription, this series provides all the tools necessary for kids ages 9 and up to perform themed experiments right in their own home. For starters, they will receive a science case and lab notebook to keep tabs on their experiments in progress. Then, each month, [&hellip

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    The clock is ticking and if you’re like me, you’ve put off your holiday shopping for as long as humanly possible. (I’m usually not a procrastinator, but the annual Christmas rush can bring out the worst in even the best of us ). If you caught that emoji, then you’ll appreciate the latest crafting craze that truly lets kids speak their own language. Creativity for Kids Emoji Bracelets is a fun, inexpensive gift for the hard-to-please tween or tween-to-be. This kit comes with colorful gel cord that’s perfectly stretchy to show off the 70 emoji-faced beads: enough to make five unique bracelets to suit your kid’s mood du jour. It works just as well as a sleepover party crowd pleaser as it does for a [&hellip

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