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3-D Tangrams

Tangrams that interlock and stand upright! Four full tangram sets let kids race to solve a visual challenge; or great to investigative artistic unstructured play. Each set includes 28 tangram pieces, 40 connector clips and four bases plus spiral-bound book / easel, with 100 puzzles and solutions

Architecto

Use the 18 precision-cut blocks to construct 3-D structures illustrated in the challenge booklet: 50 illustrations, ranging from simple shapes, requiring only a few blocks to complex ones. As players develop stronger notions of perspective and geometric concepts, the challenges become more demanding...
 

Babylon by Fox Mind Games

Quick to learn, quick to play, but lots of room for strategy and challenge!  Stack the stones following simple rules, and force your opponent to run out of moves.  Even comes in it's own small carrying pouch - great to carry for travel and waiting rooms   
 

Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices (or from Amazon or MindWare UK)

Jump-start some healthy (and safe!) youthful experimentation around the laws of science, math and even thermodynamics with this step-by-step guide. Detailed diagrams and photos show how to build tennis ball mortars, potato cannons and more. A great way to get kids excited about engineering, physics and chemistry...
Also Whoosh, Boom, Splat: The Garage Warrior's Guide to Projectile Shooters (or from Amazon or MindWare UK)

 

Ball of Whacks A Creativity Tool for Innovators by Creative Whack Company

Based on the rhombic triacontahedron, this ball consists of 30 magnetic pyramid shaped pieces that act as building blocks for an unlimited number of uses -- the masterpiece of mathematics.  Stimulate your creative genius with this magnetic toy on your desktop. Playing with this puzzle engages your mind, stimulates creativity and is just plain fun.  Now available in blue, tri-color, and a special six-color edition...
 

Beastly Body Bits Jigsaw (or from Amazon or MindWare UK)

Take a tour of the human body with a little help from mad scientist Baron Frankenstein as you assemble this 300-piece jigsaw puzzle. Answer some torturous teasers and learn how the body works with the included Loony Leaflet...

 

Bedlam Cube 19,186 Solutions, and So Hard to Find Just One (or from MindWare UK)

Thirteen bright pieces fit together to form a 4x4 cube.  Looks so deceptively simple...  I've never met a cube puzzle I couldn't solve, until now!

 

Bloco Animals

	Bloco Dinosaurs (or from Amazon)
	Bloco Wildcats (or from Amazon or MindWare UK)
	Bloco Dragons & Reptiles (or from Amazon or MindWare UK)

Construction kits create adorable 3-D characters built with durable high-density foam and unique connectors appeal to boys and girls alike, 300+ peices...

Blue Man Group Percussion Tubes Music Station

Create the great percussion sounds of the Blue Men, at home!

 

Bubble Machine

Build it yourself, then run it for tons of fun!  Spinning bubble wands send forth thousands of bubbles, after you assemble, wire, and activate the bubble machine...

 

Bucket Blast

A bucket full of indoor or outdoor fun for families and friends, with it's own storage (back)pack

Candy Factory (or from MindWare UK)

The chemistry of cooking illuminates many important scientific concepts; kids will love the sweet success of making their own hard candies, plus learning about crystallized structures and the biology of taste and concocting luscious chocolate treats, experimenting with melting points and other solid/liquid properties along the way...

 

Carnivorous Creations

Get up close and personal with the carnivores of the plant world with this fantastic terrarium and the ten insect-eating varieties of plants housed within. Some plants have jaws that snap shut on prey; others trap insects with strategically placed spikes or by secreting poison. Kit comes with seeds, plus a bag of peat planting mix, water-retaining rocks, and instructions for successful germination...

Casio WK3200AD 76 Full-Size Key Performance Keyboard with Power Supply

More than a toy... but still a "toy" for many of our kids (and spouses!).  Gifted kids love Casio keyboards, with their professional style, full-size keys, extended octaves, plus additional capabilities...preset rhythms and voices plus user programmable options.  A great (less expensive) alternative to a "real" piano, or addition for those high-tech kids who want more (Bach's harpsichord pieces sound so much better when the instrument actually sounds like a harpsichord!).  Also the Casio Deluxe Keyboard Stand

 

Castle Logix by Educational Insights (ages 5+, 4+ gifted)

Construct the castles in each diagram out of beautiful hardwood pieces.  Challenges start easy, but quickly make you think "outside the box"...
 

Clay Fun Kit ages 4+

Handcrafted pottery, no kiln required.  Includes 4 pounds of clays, paints, brushes, sculpting tool, glue, and mosaic tiles and crystals for decorations

Colorforms by University Games

Remember these?  350 brightly colored Colorforms pieces in an elegant, spiral-bound book, limitless possibilities.  Or try Silly Faces Stick-Ons Game...
 

DaVinci's Secret: The Clue a series of 7 puzzles (ages 8+, difficult to expert) from FunAgain Games

Break the codes to uncover the secret scroll entombed deep within DaVinci's greatest mystery and reveal the clues to solving The Equation.  Arrange the puzzle pieces within the boundaries to establish the base. Then engage a piece of The DaVinci Secret to uncover the scientist's formulas and follow the signs to discover The Legend of the King. Then join the quest to free the legendary scroll and release the guide to explore The Enigmatic Temple. there is but one way to explore this sacred site. Sequestered within the ancient walls of the temple are the detailed blueprints needed to interpret the mystic Pillars of Atlantis.  Divide and align these fallen pillars for guidance towards Carta Blanca. Map your points carefully to expose Carta Blanca's mysterious hidden clues as these determining details will sustain you on your final approach to uncovering the greatest mystery of all, Secrets of the Pyramid...
 

Digital Photo Studio

Single-button, point-and-click camera is easy for kids to master, and doubles as a video and web cam. A great value with included software that lets kids edit and crop their photos, create books and make slide shows...

Dig It Up Mini Dino Excavation Kits (or from MindWare UK)

Sounds simple - fit the cars into the track without any cars touching... but powerful magnets in the cars and guardrail foil your attempt!

 

Explorer Globe by Leapfrog

Packed with hundreds of facts, trivia, and useful scholastic information about every aspect of the geographical world. It electronically verbalizes everything from area population, capitol city/country, state/province, large bodies of water, currencies, high points, distance, music, and more...

Eyeclops (or from Amazon or MindWare UK)

Enlarge anything to 200 times its size.  Plugs directly into the TV - no PC, no software...

 

Fandex Family Field Guides between a toy and a book, and lots of fun!  (Also from MindWare Online Fandex History, Fandex Nature, Fandex Social Studies)

With topics from history to nature and more, shaped cards include pictures and facts...  My kids love these!

Mythology, Shakespeare, Explorers, American Indians,

Presidents, Civil War, Composers, Painters: Masters of Western Art,

Mummies, Gods and Pharaohs,

Cats, Dogs, Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Wildflowers,

The Body, 50 States

 

Fashion Design Studio (or from Amazon)

Comes with everything you need to create your own line of designer originals, from start to finish—design tips, sketch book, 12" black velvet mannequin, white satin “starter” dress to embellish, fabric, glue, and sewing basics including scissors, tape measure, needles, thread and pins...

Fire Escape by Educational Insights (ages 8+, 6+ gifted)

Navigate the corridors on both sides of the hotel to find fire extinguishers and put out the fire; a 3-D maze puzzle.  48 rescue missions included...
 

FlashMaster by FlashMaster, Inc.

A toy, a learning tool... both.  FlashMaster replaces flash cards for +-*/ math facts.   Use it with or without the timer (or make it longer, for kids who need some limits, but a little more time), with or without sound effects, problems that are missed can be run separately in "missed problems."  Change the format of the problems, putting the "variable" in any position.  This is a great tool, that's great fun, even for our twice exceptional friends... PC Magazine review

 

Folkmanis Puppets Some of the best wildlife puppets around!

King, Queen, Princess, Prince, Puppet Theater with Prince and Princess

Dragon, Three Headed Dragon, Sea Serpent

Unicorn, Pegasus, Snowy Owl, Emperor Penguin

Elephant, Lion, Horse, Black Labrador Puppy, Ladybug

 

Fractiles-7 magnetic symmetry tiles by Fractiles (or from Amazon)

Make butterflies, snowflakes, optical illusions and more. Young minds will love learning about the different kinds of symmetry. Just start placing the tiles on the magnetic board.  Neat travel toy, too! Fractiles-7 Travel (or from Amazon) and Fridge Fractiles

 

Gamepuzzles for the joy of thinking, by Kadon Enterprises

Wonderful acrylic (and some wood) puzzles for kids and adults  - my kids loved them since 2 and 3, my husband and I still love them!

Roundominoes, Super Roundominoes and Grand Roundominoes 

Rombix Jr. and Rombix

Deka-Star and Kite Mosaik

Hexnut and Hexnut II

Quintachex the most beguiling checkerboard ever!

Dezign-8

 

Hoberman Designs

The famous Hoberman Sphere, and more!

Brain Twist - a puzzling new Hoberman Design

Sonic FX Sphere, Big Bang Mega Sphere, Dark Sphere Fire Fly

 

Hugg-A-Planet (or from Amazon)

One of the "Best 25 Toys of the Past 25 Years."  Hugg the Earth, Moon, Mars, Stars, and now Hugg-America...
 

Human Body 4D Puzzles (or from Amazon)

One of the "Best 25 Toys of the Past 25 Years."  Hugg the Earth, Moon, Mars, Stars, and now Hugg-America...
 

iQuesti by LeapFrog

iQuesti (new version) is the hip handheld that prepares students for tests in math, science, and social studies with study questions based on their textbooks. Small enough to fit in the front of a backpack, the iQuesti also keeps students organized with a scheduler, address book, dictionary, and calculator

iQuest 4.0 Math Science & Social Studies 3 Cartridges 
iQuest Interactive Talking Handheld - Value Pack (last year's iQuest, with all the cartridges)

 

Jungle Smart by Fox Mind Games

Use the set of commands (smaller set for more advanced play) to rearrange the animals from the start to end position, drawn from cards.  Can you figure out the series of commands in your head, before your opponent?  Or play solitaire...
 

Kippit by Fox Mind Games

Two players compete to get rid of their cubes by balancing them on a seesaw.. but don't let it tip! 
 

Leather Stamping Kit (or from Amazon)

can get creative with metal stamps in three designs, then stain pieces to make a wallet, coin purse, bracelet, bookmark and key chain. Includes illustrated instructions, 10"-long wood mallet, pre-punched leather pieces, non-toxic leather dye, sponge applicator, buffer, lacing cord and needle

LiveCube

The never ending puzzle game... three-dimensional pentaminoes puzzle, with tons of puzzle cards to solve, plus games, puzzles, and playcard of the week on the website...

 

Magnetic Bumper Cars (or from Amazon or MindWare UK)

Sounds simple - fit the cars into the track without any cars touching... but powerful magnets in the cars and guardrail foil your attempt!

 

Magnetic Mosaics (squares), Magnetic Dreamings (round) and Magnetic Design Set (or from MindWare UK)

More than 2000 (or 4000 in the combined Design Set) colorful magnets, to create mosaic drawings

 

Marble Run or Glow-in-the-Dark Marble Run (ages 4-10) (or from MindWare UK)
Skyrail Suspension Marble Run with Elevator or Space Odyssey Marble Run (ages 9+)
or from Amazon, Super Marble Run Vortex or Marble Run Vortex or Marble Run with Motorized Elevator (ages 5+)

Marble Run is 105 pieces, Glow-in-the-Dark Marble Run is 45 pieces, both include spinners, vortex, and more...
Skyrail marble run is over 5 feet wide and 3 feet tall, with adjustable suspension cables to easily raise or lower the tracks; Space Odyssey marble run is more compact, but just as wild!  Check them all!

 

Math Art Fun Creative combinations of math, art & fun!

Tessellations, Polyhedra, Fractals, M.C. Escher, Tangrams & dissections, Kaleidoscopes & symmetry, Paper folding and more... Buy your Tessellations products here, or visit the Gallery of mathematical arts!

 

MegaChopper

Perfect for first-time pilots, this no-assembly-required chopper uses precision-balanced twin rotors for maximum stability. Dual function transmitter provides turbo and hover control functions up to 100 feet overhead, with navigational lights for flights day or night...

Meta-Forms Logic in Shapes (ages 4-adult) by Fox Mind Games

An introduction to logic.  Follow the clues to place the 9 wooden shapes on the grid.  Clues start simple, becoming more complex as you move through the challenges, until the highest levels, which often challenge adults!  Also available in travel form in Logix I.  When you get through Meta-Forms or Logix I, try Logix II - these start at a challenging adult level!
 

Music Blocks by Neurosmith

Great musical and sequencing fun for the youngest children (and some of the older ones, too!).  Includes Mozart, but don't miss the additional tunes, including Bach, Sounds of the Orchestra and Jumping Jive Jazz.  For more advanced play, there's Music Blocks Composer.  For the youngest child, Together Tunes and Jumbo Music Block.  Both use the same cartridges, plus some of it's own, and does even more...

Musini - MagicSensor by Neurosmith

For the active toddler, provides a constructive way for children to channel their physical and creative energy. While kids step, jump, turn, and tap, the Musini’s patented MusicSensor detects their every move and translates it into a totally unique musical response, teaching cause and effect.  Add the Musini Quintet cartridge, includes The Chase, Fire Walk, King Tut, Soothing Strings and Space Odyssey...

Origami to Astonish and Amuse

If you were an original origami model which would you rather be, a sad stationary model that has to sit idle on a display shelf getting dusty and neglected, or a happy action model that frequently gets to frolic in the hands of a folder and give moving performances that astonish and amuse?

 

Paper Animation Kits

Animated paper models - a fun and educational way to learn about mechanical principles. Great for first-time model builders and lazy bones.  Easy to make, just pop the pieces out, fold, glue and assemble

	Cat Walk
	Cow
	Robot
	Ewe Boat

 

Paper Making Kit

Recycle old papers (homework!) and junk mail into handsome papers for invitations and artwork.  Includes  handmold, screens, pulp plus petals and leaves to get started...

 

Pieceless Puzzle

This one has to be seen to be believed - watch the Video at YouTube... it's a one-piece jigsaw puzzle?!

 

Photomosaics by Buffalo Games

Jigsaw puzzles, made up entirely of tiny scenes. Gifted kids (of all ages) often love jigsaw puzzles, and these puzzles add another dimension to the picture

Simpson's Family (1026 pieces) The tiny scenes from The Simpsons bring back memories of favorite episodes

Starry Night, Earth, Dolphin, Grey Wolf, Lighthouse, Elvis Presley (each 1026 pieces)

Disney's Jungle Book, Disney Eyeore, Disney's Winnie the Pooh, Disney's Tigger, Disney's Mickey and the Broom, Disney's The Lion King (each 1026 pieces)

American Flag (each 500 pieces)

All About Puzzles, also by Buffalo Games

All About Puzzles are divided into scenes, each an illustrated part of a story. As you complete one scene, the puzzle tells you what pieces to look for next. Takes you on a fascinating journey into the history and legend of...

All About Coffee, All About Chocolate

World's Most Difficult Puzzles, also by Buffalo Games

What makes them so hard?  The same artwork is on both sides, but rotated 90°.  And they're even die cut once from each side, to make the front and back virtually indistinguishable!

Mickey Mouse

 

Physics Workshop

It's just like a chemistry set, except instead of using vials and solutions, kids get a hands-on demonstration of physics principles using pulleys, gears, levels, wheels and axels. This thorough physics kit includes everything needed to build 36 models including a windmill and a robot, plus offers 73 experiments that teach the fundamental laws of mechanical action...

Pixel, Mini Pixel, Maxi Pixel, by Quercetti Intelligent Toys

The marbles represent "pixels," the little color dots that form pictures on computer screens. Use the keyboard and other controls to guide the marbles to the desired position on the "screen"...

 

Pottery Wheel

Motorized wheel with foot pedal for speed control, tools, clay...

 

Q-Ba-Maze 50-pack

MOdern marble run is "visibly cool."  Transparent blue and green cubes interlock for amazing cascades of marbles... also smaller Q-Ba-Maze 20-pack
 

Quadrilla Marble Railways
or from Amazon, Quadrilla Marble Railway, Basic Set, Quadrilla Twist and Rail or Quadrilla Twist

Wooden marble runs, with track pieces, accelerators, and fancy pieces, for tons of fun.  I remember these from my childhood!  And don't miss the Twist set - curved track, and a funnel!

 

Quercetti Marble Run

Build grand and complex structures, including the double-entry Funnels and Spirals, double-length bridges, Multiple marble launchers, paddle-wheels, short bridges and rails, and bell-shaped bases to make the structures steadier...

 

Roboraptor from Discovery Store

Advanced artificial intelligence personality, Realistic biomorphic motions, 3 motions: walking, running and predatory gait, 3 moods: hunter, cautious and playful, Responds with mood specific behavior and sounds, Responds to touch and sounds, Infrared vision system detects objects in his path...

Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Snake, Rubik's UFO (or from Amazon), Rubik's 4x4 and Rubik's 5x5

The classic puzzle, and modern variations...  Try Rubik's Revolution!

 

Screen Painting Kit

Learn paper stencil, block-out, photographic emulsion and screen filler methods.  Includes three colors of screen ink, screen filler, drawing fluid, diazo photo emulsion and sensitizer, plus paint brush, mixing sticks and squeegee...

 

Silly Snapshots and All About Me, Scrapbook Kits by Kodak

What makes them so hard?  The same artwork is on both sides, but rotated 90°.  And they're even die cut once from each side, to make the front and back virtually indistinguishable!

Simon Trickster Challenge your recall!

The next generation of the classic electronic sequencing game.  Play the traditional Simon challenges against the machine or turn the unit over for head-to-head play with a human opponent. All seven games are variations on the ingenious original: an ever-increasing sequence of signals, denoted by the flashing and beeping colored buttons, must be repeated... Or try Simon Handheld

Snafooz the foam puzzle that forms a cube! (or from MindWare UK)

Snafooz 6-packs contain 6 different colors and 6 challenge levels. Build all 6 cubes, or combine different colors to form lots of interesting shapes...
 

Speed Stacks StackPack Red (with stack mat and timer)

Contains everything you need to be "competition ready" in this competitive sport of coordination, action, and speed.  Also in Blue, Yellow, Pink, Green (all with stack mat and timer), or Metallic Blue with Blue Bag, Lime Green with Lime Green Bag, Purple with Purple Bag, Pearlized White with Black Bag, Pink with Pink Bag (extra cups, for use with stack mat and timer sold above)

 

Squzzles (or from MindWare UK)

Arrange the puzzle cards until all the objects match—it’s tougher than it looks!
 

Tangoes Jr. (ages 3+)

Tanagram puzzles, plus extra decks of puzzles.  Play solitaire or head-to-head. Big pieces and neat storage container built right in...

 

Tangramino by Fox Mind Games

Construct pictures from 18 shapes; each new picture contains additional challenge...
 

Tantrix Colorful game of strategy and luck!

The object is to play all your tiles to form the longest line of your color. The challenge is to block your opponents at the same time. Or try building one of 25 solitaire puzzles. With nylon bag and zipper, Tantrix is perfect for school or travel.  I used to love this when I was young...

 

Tarata Balancing Animals

From kiwis to jungle animals, koalas to whales, kids and adults alike can spend hours balancing these intricate wooden creatures...

 

Tavern Puzzles 

Great manipulative puzzles made from iron, originally used in olden days taverns... from easy to impossible, lots of levels, lots of fun.  Check out the latest and most difficult: Freedom's Ring!  Or from Amazon:

	(easy) Iron Heart, Conestoga Playmate, Painted Lady, Self Restraint, Black Jack, Old Shackles
	(medium) Tinkers Bell, Blackbeard's Revenge, Wise Guy, Dirty Dog, Lyon's Loops,
	(hard) U-turn, Big Kahuna, Tri Again, Big Shot, Odd Ball
	(extreme) Long Island Catch, Sneaky Pete, Matched Set, Freedoms Ring, Patience, Doozie, Double Trouble
	Don't forget a Display Stand - Tavern Puzzles are works of art!

For smaller hands, try out Metal Puzzles and Finger Twist Puzzles

Tessellations Creative combinations of math, art & fun!

Inexpensive foam puzzles the fit together, from Colorful Connectables for the youngest kids, Tanagrams for all ages (and in large set!) to the Penrose Kites and Darts for older children (showing the Golden ratio) and lots of mathematical history and information... Check out favorites, Beetles, Moths & Bumblebees, Solar System, or In the Garden

TetraTrax (or from Amazon or MindWare UK)

A cross between Collect Four and Tetris.  Drop your tiles in, trying to touch as many of your opponent's tiles as you can.  But be careful not to leave holes!

 

ThinkFun (was Binary Arts) great logic puzzles and games for all ages (mostly labeled 8 years and up, but great for gifted kids much younger)

River Crossing Use tree stumps and planks, and try to cross the river

River Crossing 2 - more puzzles for your River Crossing
River Crossing Jr. larger, easier to handle pieces, easier to solve challenges

Pete's Pike Conquer the mountain! Help the magic goats help Pete safely conquer the mountain by finding the right sequence of moves...

FlipSide line up the numbered tiles from 0 to 9. Sound simple? Think again!

Gordian's Knot just 6 interlocking pieces, but takes a whopping 69 moves to take the knot apart!

Charoodles fast-acting game where players act out a person, place or thing using just four simple props...

Hot Spot Hop your Red Rover over obstacles to reach the Red Hot Spot on the game board...

What's Gnu? Smart Mouth for the younger set, ages 4-8, how many words can be crafted when you only know two out of three letters?

Zingo fast-paced picture-version of Bingo, for our younger kids

Sudoku 5x5 and Sudoku Jr. 4x4 hands-on Sudoku puzzles for the younger set... (or from MindWare)

GRIDWorks place the pieces by visual logic clues...

TipOver Topple a path from here to there... or Spiderman TipOver
Subtrax a new twist on classic peg solitaire...

Marvel City Crossing help Spiderman escape danger by positioning skyscrapers, buildings and magnetic webs...

Smart Mouth Stretch your vocabulary and quick thinking skills - great new addition! (or from Amazon.com)

Izzi use all 64 black & white tiles to build a pattern... not as easy as it sounds.  Also Izzi 2 in 4 colors...

Brick by Brick, Block by Block, Shape by Shape, Square by Square 2D and 3D construction challenges

Cover Your Tracks cover your tracks on a journey through mud, sand, snow and cement...

Raging Rapids Fit the interlocking paddlers back into their raft, all facing in the same direction. It looks easy, but...

Oodles of Doodles takes the art of doodling to a new level as players race against time to sketch out eight items in a specific category

Prairie Dog Town  chase the 13 prairie dogs back into their burrows.  It looks easy, but...

Amaze Game a hand held maze that changes as you play, with 16 different challenges... (or from MindWare)

City Puzzle Classic metal puzzle blocks, fit back into the weighted metal frame...

Rush Hour (or from Amazon.com)

Rush Hour Card Set 2, Set 3, Set 4 (or from Amazon, Set 2, Set 3, Set 4)
Rush Hour Jr. 40 junior challenges

Safari Rush Hour with animals - all new puzzles

Railroad Rush Hour 2 exit choices, and blocks that move in two directions!

Treasure Chest a new Rush Hour variation...

Roadside Rescue a new twist on Rush Hour!

Serpentiles combine selected tiles to form a continuous snake-like path... (or from MindWare)

Top This Players create identical shapes using different game pieces. Seemingly simple game is not only loads of fun, but can also be surprisingly tricky!

Word Sense take turns flipping letter tiles and racing to think up words that contain those letters. Be the first to correctly call out a word, and keep the tiles. Tiles and dice fit neatly into the travel case...

Tangram

seven-piece Tangram puzzle is the world's oldest and most well known silhouette puzzle, pieces crafted in metal and filled with vivid blue enamel

Scrambled Egg classic has been mystifying puzzle-lovers for over a century, nine colorful metal and enamel pieces carefully crafted to fit into a black frame...

Hoppers a new look for classic peg solitaire...

Spin Out can you spin and slide the pieces, to release the slide?

4 Cube Puzzle 4 cubes, 12 puzzles, lots of challenge!

GoGetter connect-the-maze solitaire in beginner, intermediate and difficult (also from Amazon, Level 2 and Level 3)

Aha Brainteasers Missing T, Double Square, All Uphill, Pyramid Twins, The Fifth Chair, Wing It, Loop Trap, Double Rings, Pack It In classic challenges, great little puzzles! Or buy the whole set Brainteaser Classics

 

Tie Dye Kit

Instructions, dyes and fixative for up to 15 natural fiber T-shirts...

 

Timberkits build musicians that really rock! (or from MindWare UK)

Cranks, gears, levers and more are precision-cut from finished wood, so all you need do is peg and glue each piece together to create functioning mechanical marvels...

Toss Up! (ages 8 and up, or as soon the child can sum to 100)

A pocket- or purse-size game of chance in it's own case, great for those unexpected delays... toss the dice, try to get as many greens as you can... but don't get stopped by a red!

Triazzles deceptively simple... (or from MindWare UK)

Vivid sea life, sparkling dragonflies, arresting arachnids, and swirling salamanders adorn these triangular puzzles.  Also on Amazon, Triazzle Poison Arrow Frogs, plus Travel Triazzles Winged Wonders and Wild West - fewer pieces, but just as challenging - on a magnetic board, so pieces don't get lost!

Tricky Two-Way Puzzles

Turn a square into a triangle?  How about a square into a pentagram?  Each of these tricky two-way puzzles...  Or try Tricky Two-Way Star Puzzles each square becomes a different star, or Tricky Tangrams four different traditional, or not-so-traditional tangrams.  All Tricky Puzzles are magnetic backed, for lots of frig fun...

Tumba (or from Amazon or MindWare UK)

exciting game of strategy and balance, players build a tower by stacking multi-colored wood blocks. The catch? The part of each new block that touches must match the color below it!  Don't make the tower tumble...

Tumble Jumble Puzzles more deceptively simple puzzles, from the makers of Triazzles

Each glossy block has 4 images, each puzzle has 4 solutions, but each set has only 1 visual theme...  Also on Amazon, Tumble Jumble Pond Life

Tunnelz by Educational Insights

2-player tunnel maze game - tilt the cube, and plan your route...

Window Mosaic Butterfly and Window Mosaic Dolphin

Self-adhesive (cling) transparent tiles, turn your window into brilliant artwork!

 

Whole Brain Teasers

Five great teasers for your left and right brains! Can you remove the brass ring from the rope on the puzzle... WITHOUT using an ax?
 

X7 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Car build musicians that really rock!

Assemble a working fuel cell car that runs on the ultimate fuel – hydrogen and oxygen gas! Discover how fuel cells work.  Learn about the potential alternative energies for automobiles.  Watch in amazement as water separates into hydrogen and oxygen, then use the stored gases to power your vehicle across the floor...

Yomega Yo Yo by Yomega

The old fashioned yo yo has undergone a miraculous rebirth!  Try more than one... BrainPower XP, Fireball, Metallic Missile Blue (gift box), Xodus II Peg Pack, Saber Raider, and more.  Don't forget the Official Yo-Yo Trick Book!

Zookeeper's Nightmare by Educational Insights (ages 6+, 5+ gifted)

Slide the runaway animals home, but watch out!  Don't let the leopards lunch on the rhino, or let the lion wave it's tail in front of the tigers, or...  A sliding puzzle with a twist!  18 challenges included, plus instructions to create your own
 

Zoo Logic (ages 4-adult) by Fox Mind Games

An animal gridlock of cats, dogs, mice and their favorite foods: fish, bones and cheese lies before you. Can you arrange them while keeping each animal away from its rival and away from its favorite food? If that was too easy, hungry ants, angry bulls and fierce dogs are also introduced as the puzzle difficulty gradually progresses in this captivating and amusing logic puzzle. ZooLogic allows children from 4 to adult challenge their logical thinking skills!