Craft & Science Kits
Chemistry Set Kids 1st
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Toys
$67.50
Reader Reward Price: $60.75
Kick off a chain reaction of fun-filled experiments with this introductory chemistry set designed specifically for young kids. Junior chemists can safely explore simple chemistry using the tools in this kit and common household substances from the kitchen and bathroom. Learn how to use basic chemistry equipment such as filters, test tubes, pipettes, and measuring spoons, and beakers. Make your own test tube racks out of plaster and learn about the chemical reaction that forms them. Conduct experiments to identify different chemicals using reactions, heat, evaporation, and crystallization. Examine the composition of inks and dyes with chromatography experiments, where colors magically separate from one another on a filter paper disk. Explore the properties of water, soaps, and oils. Experiment with acids and bases using indicators (pH strips and cabbage juice) to identify them. Make fizzy reactions with acids and bases to dissolve shells and extinguish candles. Discover the invisible gas carbon dioxide and its very visible effects. The full-color, 48-page manual guides inquisitive young chemists and their adult supervisors through safely conducting each of the 27 experiments. Ages 8+
Enchanted Fairy House
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Children's hardcover
$29.99
Reader Reward Price: $26.99
Let your imagination fly free with this playable fairy kit.
Make a little mini magic! Bring three whimsical fairy dolls to life. Mix and match colorful glitter skirts, wooden beads, flowing yarn hair, and faux flowers to design and dress the fairies with twisted wire and glue. Build their home and decorate it with teeny furniture, enchanted flowers, and faux moss. Finally, cut and bind an illustrated, fairy-sized storybook featuring your three fairies on a rhyming adventure.
Forensic Investigation Kit Spy Labs
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Toys
$52.50
Reader Reward Price: $47.25
Can you identify an unknown liquid or powder? What secrets become visible under a UV light? How do you analyze fingerprints, soil, ink, and handwriting samples? Assume the role of a forensic scientist to find out! Perform experiments on evidence in this large laboratory station using chemical and physical techniques. Analyze solids and liquids, make a fluorescent solution, inspect invisible ink, lift fingerprints, look for counterfeit bills, and examine ink using chromatography. The experiments are accompanied by exciting stories of make-believe mysteries and crimes to solve. oExamine evidence in the laboratory oConduct fascinating experiments oDiscover hidden secrets with the UV flashlight, fingerprint powder, pH test strips, and more oUse the tools and equipment to analyze evidence and solve the case Play the role of a forensic scientist with this detective toy and science kit oPerform experiments on evidence using chemical and physical processes oAnalyze evidence to solve make-believe mysteries and crimes oPlastic clips hold equipment or notes for hands-free access Ages: 8+
Glow In The Dark Sci Lab
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Toys
$30.00
Reader Reward Price: $27.00
Conduct fun and illuminating experiments with glowing substances and neon pigments! Cast your own glowing neon sidewalk chalk in fun shapes like stars, crystals, and frogs. Make flowers that glow in the dark. Mix up a glowing solution to make your own glow sticks. Observe your glowing creations under a UV flashlight (a blacklight). Learn about light, phosphosporecence, and glowing materials. Includes two glowing pigments, UV flashlight, glow-in-the-dark star stickers, plaster for chalk, and tools and instructions. The box doubles as a blacklight showcase.
Intro To Engin Sci Kit
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Toys
$45.00
Reader Reward Price: $40.50
field of engineering with 21 experiments and building projects in five sections. By engaging in hands-on activities, children will learn how engineers apply their scientific and technical knowledge to design machines and devices. Start by learning some engineering basics with experiments on levers, forces, and pulleys. Build simple devices using these basic components. Move on to explore engineering on land by building vehicles with wheels, such as a race car and a wind-up car. Next, investigate engineering with air (and in the air) by building a helicopter, a parachute, a glider, and an air-powered carousel. Then, build a diving bell, a sailboat, and a paddle boat to experiment with engineering in water. Finally, find engineering in your own home with experiments modeling the telephone and television. Make a funny robot model. With a 48-page guidebook, Intro to Engineering teaches engineering fundamentals with step-by-step, hands-on experiments and building projects. 2010 Parents' Choice Recommended Award. Ages: 5+
Jumpsies
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Children's hardcover
$16.99
Reader Reward Price: $15.29
Learn how to play a classic playground game filled with activities for jumping, skipping, and hopping with stretchy rope.
Jumpsies is not your ordinary jump rope game! This classic playground activity combines the joy of hopscotch, jump rope, and string games all in one. Played all around the world, Jumpsies has the timeless appeal of Cat's Cradle. A safety-tested stretchy rope plus a complete instructional book on games can get you jumping in no time. Jumpsies is a fun activity for boys, girls, and jumpers of all skill levels.
LEGO Minifigure Photography
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Children's hardcover
$34.99
Reader Reward Price: $31.49
Learn how to take great photos with LEGO minifigures!
Two included minifigures are ready to strike a pose, with 30 LEGO props and accessories, including wigs, sports equipment, food, and other odds and ends. Six oversized backgrounds will help you frame your photos so you get great-looking results right away.
Chock-full of step-by-step photos, LEGO fans can make the most out of their own LEGO collections and imagine creative scenarios for their minifigures, whether they're playing a game of ice hockey in the refrigerator, exploring their backyard, or going on an international adventure.
Lessons in the book are broad enough so to not depend on a particular technology. These are fun tricks and illusions you can create with any camera, including forced perspective to make your LEGO minifigures look life-sized.
Location Tracker Spy Labs
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Toys
$67.50
Reader Reward Price: $60.75
Find hidden treasures, track your suspects, mark secret meeting points, and create your own scavenger hunts. The transmitter emits silent, ultrasonic sound waves, which you can detect and track using the handheld detector. Hide the transmitter with a valuable object, an important case document, or a suspect, and then use the detector to search for its whereabouts. When you get close to the transmitter, the LED display on the detector lights up, leading you to the transmitter. Hone your tracking skills to become a super sleuth! Locate the transmitter using the ultrasonic sensors on the detector Light-up display tells you when you are getting closer Mark secret hiding places, objects, and suspects Use the tracker when playing hide-and-seek or a scavenger hunt game oAges: 8+ oExperiments: 3
Make Your Own Glow in the Dark Puffy Stickers
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Children's hardcover
$26.99
Reader Reward Price: $24.29
Create 60 puffed-up stickers with an easy-squeeze sticker press and glow-in-the-dark effects!
A new twist on the bestselling Klutz MAKE YOUR OWN PUFFY STICKERS--now with neon and glow-in-the-dark stickers! Simply layer the pieces, line them up between the plastic plates, and squeeze! The tool presses the layers of sticker backer, puffy pieces, and artwork together--just like a real puffy sticker. With a funky new illustration for square-shaped stickers, this kit allows kids to make 60 one-of-a-kind stickers.
Mini Shake Shop
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Children's hardcover
$29.99
Reader Reward Price: $26.99
Use air-dry clay to make mini shakes, boba tea, and other adorable treats!
Shake things up! From trendy boba tea to over-the-top milkshakes, this kit includes everything you need to make non-edible versions of your favorite slurpable drinks. Custom molded cups, clay, stickers, straws, and realistic-looking squeezable "whipped cream clay" help you craft cute food with faces.
Misting Volcano
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Children's hardcover
$32.99
Reader Reward Price: $29.69
Use electronics to build a functional misting volcano diorama.
A new take on the classic volcano science project. Connect together the electronics which use ultrasonic technology to turn water vapor into misty clouds that billow from a glowing volcano model. Learn about Volcanology as well at circuitry and ultrasonic sound waves.
Molecule Beads Kit
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Toys
$15.00
Reader Reward Price: $13.50
Make plump and squishy polymer gel beads to demonstrate the molecular structure of plastics. Form the gelatinous globules by dripping sodium alginate into a solution containing calcium ions. Learn how massive chains of polymers make these fun squishy orbs possible. Ages: 8+
Motion Detector Alarm Spy Labs
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$27.00
Reader Reward Price: $24.30
Spy Labs: Motion Detector Alarm Spies can't be everywhere at once, but you can rest assured that your valuables are safeguarded with this compact alarm system. With two modes, it can detect nearby movements and it can also sense vibrations. When triggered, a three-second alarm will sound so you can catch burglars and rival agents in the act. Even if the device itself is moved, the siren wails and the flashing red light goes off. * Protect your room, desk drawers, or secrets with this motion sensor alarm * Two types of sensors: light and vibration * Small and inconspicuous size is easy to transport and hide Ages: 8+ Experiments: 2 Piece Count: 1 Manual Pages: 1 page Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 8.7 x 1.6 in. Product Weight: 0.4 lbs Manual Dimensions: 8.3 x 11.7 in. Batteries Required: AAA (2) Country of Origin: China Year Released: 2023
My Fairy Wish Kit
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Hardcover
$26.99
Reader Reward Price: $24.29
Promotes imaginary play and a healthy sleep routine.
Kids will love greeting their tiny magical friends with this fairy welcoming kit. Complete with ten projects and special instructions on how to summon a visit from their favorite fairy while they're sleeping, this kit is essential to giving your child a boost of confidence. Whether they're looking for a tooth fairy to help them when they've lost a tooth or a brave fairy to give them courage when they're afraid, this kit will make all of their wishes come true. Kids can decorate a fairy door, dress up a special fairy doll, craft a wand, and more, to turn the experience into the perfect fairy tale. Comes With: Wooden fairy doll, Fair door, Mini fairy wand, Fairy tutu, Chenille trim and pom-poms, Craft floss, 2 garland stands, 70+ punch-out pieces, Sticky dots, Foiled jewel stickers.
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