The game comes with 60 challenges that range from beginner to expert so it will hold their interest as they work their way up to the trickier ones.

Promising review: " What a great combination of construction, puzzles, and games! My 5-year-old and 8-year-old niece were able to challenge themselves to some of the levels the 8-year-old was was more capable of solving them on her own.

The adults also found themselves fixated on playing the different levels as well! It was challenging and fun! We love marble runs and games so this was a perfect fit. This is one of the few games that everyone asks to play and it's perfect when we have guests of kiddos over and keeps everyone busy and engaged for hours!

Promising review: "Whoever thought of this design is genius. My 5-year-old loves these and it's his favorite gift among all the other much more expensive ones we got for him. The no tangle design is genius. I can't count how many of the standard string-type ones we have gotten tangled before finding these.

Promising review: "My son had received a parachute guy at a parade over the summer and loved it. I wanted to get him some as a stocking stuffer and I found these. These are AWESOME!!! He loves throwing the over the railing at the top of the steps!! Pass out all the cards to the players and keep all the stacks face down.

Everyone takes a turn putting a card down in the middle, while saying "taco," "cat," "goat," "cheese," and "pizza," in that order. If the picture on your card matches the word that's said, everyone races against each other to slap their hand on the central pile of cards.

Whoever is last must take the pile of cards and add them to their stack, and the person who runs out of cards first wins! Promising review: "The title says it all!

My children sat for hours, five to be exact, just playing this and laughing. It was a lot of fun for my husband and I to hear them not fighting and doing something together. Loads of fun!! We even loved playing with them!! Promising review: "Scissors skills are important both in and of themselves and because it strengthens the hand muscles to be used for learning to write.

My 4-year-old LOVES this book. We received it this week and she has used it for a couple of hours each day. Many of the pages are cutting things out and putting them together four-scoop ice cream cone, pizza with pepperonis, the components to build a house or a car, puzzles.

We've used tape or glue to put the components together. This book is interesting enough to have caught the attention of my older children as well, although I make them let her do the cutting.

The art center comes with a dry-erase marker, drawing compass, five colored chalk sticks, eraser, foot-long paper roll 12 inches wide , 10 activity sheets, 12 wooden pup and vehicle magnets, and a pup header card.

PS: I personally vouch for this awesome easel. It doesn't take up as much space as a floor standing one also folds flat for easy storage BTW and fits nicely on our kids' table.

Both my 4-year-old and month-old are absolutely enthralled with it and have been doodling nonstop since it arrived. Promising review: " We just received our slide and it took less than five minutes to get it out of the box and set it up.

Super easy and convenient with two little girls waiting to see what was inside the box! My girls 3. I was surprised at how nice and how sturdy the slide was considering it's made of cardboard. The girls had a blast playing on it and when it was time to go to bed it took about 15 seconds to fold it up to store until tomorrow.

I love that it folds flat for easy storage so if you want it out of the way it can be. Very happy with our purchase! Promising review: "My year-old and 6-year-old sit and play with it for hours at a time. It lights up. Not too big fits on a desk perfectly. The kit comes with sample slides, cover slips, tweezers, scalpel, specimen vials, adjustable lenses, collecting lamps, and a sturdy storage case.

Promising review: " My 9-year-old niece was asking for a microscope for her birthday and I decided to buy it and I am so happy that I did. This kit has everything that your young scientist needs! I mean it has everything, there are blank slides and labels, tweezers and 'scapulas,' small vials, and so much more.

It even includes shrimp eggs to hatch. How cool is that?!? My niece was so excited about this present that at her birthday party she had all the kids taking turns looking at slides of onionskins and dragonfly wings and leaves.

This is a great starter microscope for a little scientist and it is educational fun for the whole family. This makes a great way to get kids and adults off the electronics and learning about the world around them.

Promising review: "Gift for year son. He loves science! This is a GREAT microscope, especially for the pricing. Love that it comes with a carrying case and everything fits really well into it.

Thanks is his first experience with a microscope and definitely needs adult supervision in the beginning. Promising review: "My boys love this toy! The Air Hogs Super Soft Jump Fury remote control is easy to drive and full of surprises! The first time it jumped I screamed! The kids love it!

While we couldn't get it to jump on slopes, it worked great on gravel and concrete, plus it's safe for indoors. We had ages 3—10 try it and everyone had an easy time with it. Lots of fun! Promising review: "I can not give these enough stars! These are the best thing ever, they keep my 5-year-old entertained for hours!

Promising review: "Simply said — amazing. We bought one of these for each of our four children, 8 years old through 16 years old. I have flown drones for years; but I will not let my kids near my expensive drones, but they've always asked.

So my wife and I bought these for our kids for Christmas. I still cannot believe how good they are. The seller could charge two to three times more for this product. Promising review: "Great for the kids. The kids have been playing with this for hours.

One of them even asked if they could sleep in it. I highly recommend this product. Promising review: "You know how you want to give gifts that are educational and fun?

Gifts that encourage kids to explore and figure things out for themselves through play? Gifts that do not involve screens or videos or batteries, that do not flash or make annoying noises or 'talk' in a squeaky voice that sets the dog to barking?

This is the gift you want to give. Easy to assemble, fun for adults to play with before wrapping, perfect for little kids upon opening. A little challenging for the 2-year-old to always keep the cars on the tracks and to line up the car with the helicopter for pickup, but something to learn and grow into.

The 4-year-old declares it his favorite toy. This grandma loves it because it's kid-powered, appealing, and sturdy, and who doesn't love to push buttons, turn cranks, and close up a drawbridge. Very pleased I found this and broke my rule about no plastic gifts!

Promising review: "I purchased this as one of my stepson's birthday presents this past fall. He just turned 8, and I was trying to get some more outside toys to play with. I thought that he'd enjoy it, but I had no clue how popular this freakin' toy would be.

All of our kids, ages 2—8, LOVE this thing and so do all of the neighbor kids. It is played with every single time the kids are outside, sometimes for hours. I have never seen my kids play with ANYTHING for hours, but they sure do with this.

Taking it out guarantees that every kid under the age of 12 will appear in our yard. The best part? It recirculates water stored in a tank under the sink so they can play for hours without wasting water.

Promising review: " My 3-year-old daughter absolutely loves this sink. She got this for her 3rd birthday and it was the best present she received. She puts all her play food and dishes in this sink and scrubs and scrubs away.

She also loves to wash her hands in this sink with her pretend soap. This sink works perfectly, and easy to assemble. The key is to make sure you fill up the sink with as much water as asked or it will not come out of the spout.

We love it so much I plan to buy three more for my nieces and nephew. Promising review: "I purchased this as a gift for an 8-year old boy. He loves to build, loves robotics, dinosaurs, and Godzilla. He sits for hours on end, which is an amazing accomplishment for any 8-year-old , playing with and building all the different robot toys.

And, this isn't just for little boys. A friends 8-year-old daughter loves them, the year-old parent loves them, and the year-old grandpa loves them. Fun for the whole family!

My preschooler is OBSESSED with making these necklaces and I love that it keeps her off the screen. She totes her creations around in the adorable carry case and enjoys making mommy and daddy!

wear them. Promising review: "My 4-year-old daughter and I just opened this up and made EVERY necklace, with plenty of beads to spare. May I just say how wonderful of a surprise this was. This is a great activity to have that special mommy-daughter time.

Promising review: " This tablet has entertained my 4-year-old grandson for hours at a time. He loves that he can erase at will and that the drawings are multicolored. I highly recommend this item for 18 months old and up.

I bought a pink one for our month-old granddaughter, and she too is just enthralled with it and the 'power' she has to erase, create, erase, create!

They loved them so much, that we bought another set of two different colors so that they would have them at home as well as at 'Grammy's. Promising review: "I was happily astonished upon receipt of this pogo stick.

It kept my 4-year-old grandson busy for hours at a time during the bitter-cold days of this holiday season. It is well made and adjustable as children grow in height.

It encourages developing a fine sense of balance. The material is tough enough to withstand use outdoors, but gentle enough to be used on hardwood floors or rugs. Each year, thousands of letters are sent to Santa from children around the country through the US Postal Service.

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