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Everyone has their favorites and our enthusiastic staff have a lot to say about theirs! I love Stikbots for awakening that elusive creative streak and introducing kids to animation! StikBot is a posable stick fugure that allows you to create your own stop-motion films with the use of a smartphone and the free StikBot app. The figurines are desinged to make stop-motion simple. Make StikBot the star of your show: they can run, climb, jump, sing, dance and stick to almost anything! It's all up to your imagination! 
Professor Noggins Trivia GamesI am a huge fan of trivia games and educational games alike, so when I discovered these simple education and knowledge based card games I was on Cloud 9. The game is easy to understand and is a quick-play, so perfect for waiting for the ferry, your flight, or even as a way to pass the time on a road trip. The cards feature two levels: easy and hard, so if the players are in the younger age-range, there are easier questions for them to answer. Even for myself I found some of the hard questions particularly difficult, which makes it all the more enjoyable to play! They also have many different subjects to choose from; including Dinosaurs, Space, Geography, Hockey and many more, and they even feature beautiful water colour illustrations on each card. They’re affordable and incredibly educational; an excellent way to gain some knowledge. In fact, we have Social Studies teachers coming in form the Noggin's games that feature countries of the world and Canada. There's something to be said for learning while having fun.
Klutz Make Your Own Bath Bombs
There's something so satisfying about making something you can then use! You can make up to 12 bath bombs in five different shapes - right in your own kitchen! The hard part is waiting a few days for the bath bombs to harden before using them. The strawberry-kiwi scent is awesome as well!
Will's Picks: Thames & Kosmos Catapults & Crossbows
The Catapults & Crossbows kit is one of my favourites! While kids are busy building the ten various catapults and crossbows in this kit, they are also learning about physics, including lessons in force, energy, motion and projectiles.
Klutz Book Of Knots
You can triumph in 99% of life's challenges knowing how to tie 6 basic knots -- which is probably four more knots than you currently know.
The thing about knots is that a few will do if you really know how to tie them. Forget about those 300 ingenious knots sailors use, and lear the few versatile knots taught in this cleverly engineered book! A unique gift, intriguing puzzle, practical tool and entertaining book . . . all tied up together.
Amazing Labyrinth Game
Ana's Picks:Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty - Unicorn
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