There are very few games to which we say 'Brilliant!' 20 Express is one of them. And by brilliant, we don't mean complicated. The game-play is easy to understand and simple to follow. It's the smoothness with which 20 Express works, the quick pace at which it moves, the perfection of how it's executed and scored, and the extreme gratification (translation: FUN) one gets from playing it that make the game ingenious. Each p...Read more

Spring is always in the air with 3D Flowers Kit at your disposal. 3D Wonder Paint dries in colors unbelievably bright and vibrant, perfect for making 3-dimensional floral works of art. It's very easy. Just outline your choice of pattern on one of the pattern sheets provided. Allow the outline to dry, then fill it in with 3D Wonder Paint, mixing, blending, inventing new colors as you go. Add a variety of colored rhinestone...Read more

Talk about packing a lot of fun and learning into one very portable box! The Bingo games and play variations included here cover a good deal of educational ground while providing top-notch entertainment. There are three distinct sets of wipe-off Bingo cards in the box, each with its own focus. The first uses the 26 letters of the alphabet (each square displays an upper and lower case letter). The second set of cards cover...Read more

Anomia is a fantastic party and family game - quick moving, easy to learn, and it plays well across a broad range of ages. Most important of all, it's great fun, with players moving frenetically, laughing out loud, and shouting out answers. Players take turns rapidly flipping cards from the tops of draw piles, placing them face up on their own play pile. Whenever two different players' card symbols match one another or ma...Read more

Arrazzles is both a game and a creative medium that allows the creator to build a surprising array of shapes and structures quickly and easily. That ease, rooted in the simplicity and variety of how the pieces interconnect, unleashes the imagination. Every Arrazzles outcome has a certain beauty, freeing the mind from the kind of negative self-criticism that can hinder creative thought and expression. The building blocks o...Read more

Each Baby Talk set from Aurora World consists of a playfully designed, soft, colorful carrier with a handle, the contents of which are four plush toys ranging in size from 6 to 8 inches. For example, the My Forest Friends set takes the form of a little woodland cabin, the roof of which opens up to reveal four plush animals inside - a chipmunk, fox, moose, and bear, all of which are removable and can be played with one at ...Read more

A playful, competitive game that works your memory while working out your body, Bakari exposes players to a broad range of exercises and activities. 52 Flip2BFit cards are placed face down on the Memory Mat. The majority of cards detail an exercise, some traditional (jumping jacks, sit-ups, running in place), some a bit less so (crab crawls, cobra pose, spiderman crawls). Players take turns flipping 2 cards at a time. If ...Read more

Billy Beats, with his smiling face, fun dance moves, and octave-range Mega Bloks piano keyboard, is like having a music-instructing playmate for your child. He's a feast for the eyes and ears, and a great way to get youngsters thinking and playing musically while having the time of their lives. Several modes provide ample opportunity for fun and learning. In Dance Along mode, choose from 8 classic kids' songs and watch Bi...Read more

Black Light Message Board makes your messages and artwork come to life. Just flip the switch, dim the lights, and watch an amazing degree of vividness suddenly infuse your creations. Draw or write, then use a dry cloth or paper towel to wipe clean and start over again. The double-sided message board looks like a clear window in a hip, colored frame that's red on one side, green on the other. Both sides of the message boar...Read more

One of the many excellent facets of this set is that the process of using the loom to weave fun, beautiful, beaded bracelets entails a degree of thought, focus, and care. There's a needle involved, and repeatedly threading and properly positioning the beads requires and develops a certain amount of coordination and skill. And that's a good thing. After all, putting hands and mind to use in service of an exciting, pride-in...Read more

This 3D brain-twisting puzzle takes the excitement, challenge, and skill required to solve it even further than the original Brainstring. With more sides, rubber tips, and colored strings to untangle, there's no end to the fun to be had. Brainstring Advanced is a clear, hollow, geometric shape with 14 sides and elastic colored strings stretching across its interior. The puzzle starts off with the strings scrambled, knotte...Read more

BROBO provides a very comforting approach to solving the age-old problem of a child's fear of the dark. Parents and children alike can come to dread bedtime, the anxiety, the stalling, the multitude of unwanted and failed compromises (door open, door ajar, lights on all night). When it comes to calming that anxiety, BROBO pulls double duty by providing an immensely cute and huggable plush character with a built-in nightli...Read more

This is an exceptional children's product in every way. Its high quality construction is evident at a glance. More importantly, the game play is perfectly suited to younger children's abilities while doing an unparalleled job of engaging, challenging, and developing their minds. It's also tremendous fun. The premise is simple. Choose a challenge card and build what's shown on the card using one or more blocks and the wood...Read more

BUNZI takes the balance bike concept to a new level, one that makes the transition from 4- or 3-wheeled bikes to two wheels gradual, and therefore as smooth and easy for your child as possible. BUNZI's unique design allows it to be ridden either as a tricycle or as a 2-wheeled balance bike. This means your child can start off with BUNZI as early as age one, then have the comfort and pleasure of a familiar bike he has come...Read more

Bypass is a stunning game. The premise is simple - build a road from one side of the board to the other using tiles that display various road patterns (curves, crossroads, etc.) Each turn consists simply of placing a tile on the board. But because of the very clever ways in which the tiles are designed and interconnect, and because every tile on the board is available to be part of any player's route, the offensive and de...Read more

Centsible Kids helps children learn and think about money in a very real-world way. Players keep a running balance in a check register while making debit and credit entries based on presumed paychecks and cards drawn from a special deck. Each card displays an item or activity that either costs money (ice cream, giving to charity) or earns money (raking leaves, lemonade stand). Each card is dry erase, with its price sectio...Read more

Every once in a while you come across a game that, before you've even played it, you know with absolute certainty is going to phenomenal fun. Chain Letters is one of those games. It's played using 100 lightweight plastic pieces, each of which has a hook at both ends and bears a prominently displayed letter. The goal is to form words by creating chains, hooking one letter after another, on your turn, from a pile on the tab...Read more

Moonjar is an easy-to-use, masterfully designed tool that helps children achieve goals and establish beneficial patterns of using and thinking about money that will last a lifetime. Its appearance is bright, playful, and fun, yet mature and attractive enough in tone that it looks at home in any room, be it adult or child's. Moonjar Classic Moneybox consists of three retro-tin moneyboxes - one for spending, one for saving,...Read more

The Clifford Science Series does a fabulous job of arousing kids' interest in the ongoing exploration of science. It consists of several distinct kits, each with a unique focus. Throughout the series, Clifford the Big Red Dog provides an encouraging and familiar presence while his owner, Emily Elizabeth, narrates the story line of each experiment. The experiments are fun and exciting, often incorporating common household ...Read more

Clubs joins the ranks of easy-to-learn, fast-moving card games that have long been a staple of household fun. It also plays extremely well across a broad range of ages and can include quite a few players, making it a great game for the entire family to enjoy. The goal is to get rid of your cards as quickly as possible and to score points by winning clubs cards. Play moves along rapidly, with players placing cards face up ...Read more

This game is all about action and stealing. After receiving seven cards apiece from the dealer, players make money stacks by placing, face-up on the table, pairs of cards whose sum is $100.00. Other players steal stacks using cards from their hand, either a Money card whose value, when paired with the stack's top card, creates a sum of $100.00, or a Thief card. Just place the card on top of the stack you're stealing and ...Read more

This is a wonderful craft kit for many reasons, chief among them being that the end result is very attractive, fashionable, and looks like something you would buy pre-made at a store. The kit features bright neon and rainbow colored cords, each of which represents a specific mood, and colorful bracelet buckles that allow them to snap easily on and off wrists. The process, which primarily involves making a series of identi...Read more