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WOODEN DA VINCI CATAPULT KIT
Based on drawings from Da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus, this Pathfinders catapult kit uses a pair of bent wooden arms as springs to launch clay balls (included) over (4) meters at enemy fortifications (not included, go make your own enemies). The assembled...$19.95$19.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$19.95Subtotal: -
36 DIFFERNT CARDED GEMSTONES WITH DESCRIPTIONS
Actually, it's a set of (36) different little polished gemstones and minerals from around the world, all identically sized (approx 1/2" x 3/8" x 1/8" thick), mounted and identified by name and origin on an 8" x 10" card. Super nice at a super price,...$12.95$12.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$12.95Subtotal: -
PREHISTORIC TRIOPS KIT AKA DINO SHRIMP
Triops: way cooler, bigger and more active than sea monkeys. They're dinosaur shrimp, leftovers from some 200 million years ago. Don't eat them; just grow them and enjoy this bizarre & ancient display of nature! In the kit you get a kidney-shaped...Starting at $13.95Starting at $13.95 -
UNDERSEA EXPLORER DIVING SUBMARINE
Back in the days when technology was a good guy, and cereal boxes came with real toys, kids got diving submarines that they charged with baking powder and played with in the bath tub. Now kids can have the same fun again. We have found a (gray!)...$4.95$4.95 -
FOSSIL, SHARK TOOTH, 1-1/2" TO 2"
Own a piece of prehistoric dental history! This genuine fossil shark tooth, roughly 1.5 inches of ancient chomper, comes from a time when sharks were basically underwater blimps shedding teeth by the thousands. Encased in a fancy plastic box, it's...$4.75$4.75 -
HATCHING GROWING DINOSAUR EGG
Maybe. Could also be a stegosaurus, triceratops or something else--that’s part of the fun of paleontological parenthood. Just submerge the 4-1/2” tall ersatz dinosaur egg into cool water and wait 48-72 hours while it cracks like a real egg...$7.95$7.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$7.95Subtotal: -
GIGANTIC TRIOPS TRIOPTICA KIT
We’d start with triops, lovely little crustacean-ettes with compound eyes that have been around since Triassic days. These are Gigantic Triops, the biggest of the triops which are gigantic among lesser beasts. You get eggs, baby and adult food, and...Starting at $6.95Starting at $6.95 -
SNAP CIRCUIT HOME LEARNING ELECTRONIC FUN W/CASE
It’s school without the school! This Snap Circuits® Home Learning Electronic Fun kit from Elenco® is a home-school version that lets kids do (30) hands-on projects, and includes both a student guide and an instructor guide for non-teachers...$24.50$24.50Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$24.50Subtotal: -
AWARD WINNING SNAP CIRCUIT JR KIT
With our best selling electronics kit. Build 100 or more electronic projects from a Reflection Detector to a Simple Salt Water Alarm with Snap Circuits Jr. The Elenco kit, a Dr. Toy Winner, has a grid base and a selection of conductors, resistors,...$38.95$38.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$38.95Subtotal: -
ELECTRONIC PLAYGROUND EDUCATIONAL KIT
Cool kit to introduce the beginner (age 10+) to the fabulous world of electronics. You will learn the basics of putting together circuits through over 50 projects building actual devices like an alarm, a radio, a metal detector and much more. The simple...$29.50$29.50Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$29.50Subtotal: -
MAGIC ROCK CRYSTAL GROWING SET
Geology for those with short attention spans? The original ®, of course! Mix the solution in a jar of water, drop in the pebbles, and watch them grow into a forest of multi-color stalagmites. Growth starts in 10 minutes, is impressive in 30 minutes,...$6.75$6.75 -
DABBLE LABS DIY KALEIDOSCOPE KIT
Picture yourself on a boat in a river: tangerine trees, marmalade skies, the whole deal. Sound good? Now give that view to a child with the Dabble Lab™ Rainbow Prism Kaleidoscope kit. Lucy wishes she had this STEAM kit with (3) markers, (1)...$4.95$4.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$4.95Subtotal: -
ENGINO Q-BOIDZ 8-IN-1 MODEL KIT
It’s every kid’s dream, ain’t it, to build their own robot? Or gator, helicopter or owl? Whatever the tykes in your life dream of building, Engino® Qboidz™ has them covered. Each of these multi-award-winning 8-in-1 kits uses...$17.50$17.50 -
MR. POTATO HEAD TIN CASE COLORING KIT
Remember games that came in a tin? Remember coloring books? These are complete coloring kits packed nicely into portable travel tins—to keep your tykes occupied when you’re on the move. All (3) themed kits come in an...Starting at $9.50Starting at $9.50 -
SMARTIVITY KIDS PERISCOPE KIT
What do submarine commanders and kids spying on their parents have in common? That's right—periscopes!—like the one your kid will make with this excellent kit from Smartivity™. Made with sustainable materials, including wood and...$29.95$29.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$29.95Subtotal: -
UGEARS MARBLE RUN CHAIN HOIST
If so, and you're over 14, UGEARS®, the mad mechanical model maker, invites you to assemble this 400-piece chain-hoist marble run kit. If (okay, when) you succeed, the result will measure approx 10-1/2” x 12” x 10-1/2”. Box says it...$52.95$52.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$52.95Subtotal: -
SICK SCIENCE Tornado Tube Vortex Kit
This is your classic dual-threaded connector tube to link a pair of plastic bottles together, demonstrate tornado action and learn once and for all about the fluid dynamics concept of a vortex. In an homage to Dorothy in Kansas, this connector tube also...$3.95$3.95 -
GUMBALL MACHINE MAKER: STEM EXPERIMENT KIT
OK, it comes with gumballs, but they're food no matter what your mother says. You'll need them to fill this 17” tall gumball machine that you build from a (55)-piece kit. A Parents' Choice Silver Award winner, this kit teaches you physics while...$39.95$39.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$39.95Subtotal: -
THAMES & KOSMOS ALIEN SLIME LAB SCIENCE KIT
Don't take it the wrong way—slimeball is the official designation for scientific types who specialize in slithery goop. You could ask anyone. You'll love this Alien Slime Lab, a kit that lets you mix color-changing slime, slime bubbles, glowing...$29.95$29.95 -
MOTORS & GENERATORS KINETIC ENERGY KIT
Or at least understandable. Motors & Generators is a Parents' Choice Silver Award winner kit from Thames & Kosmos that teaches how kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy and back again—and why. Includes (12) pieces, (25) experiments,...$24.95$24.95 -
UGEARS ARITHMETIC DEVICES
Leave the glue in the drawer because these UGears® STEM laser-cut plywood mechanical model kits don’t need any. They’re fun to build, and they’ll teach you something when you’re done. You pick: the...Starting at $25.95Starting at $25.95 -
12" TALL POLYRESIN ZEBRA BUST
Admit it, you’ve been searching for a really nice zebra head. Our polyresin bust is 12" tall overall, with a 9-3/4” x 9-1/2” head on a black stand that is 4-1/2” dia x 1-1/2” high. The zebra has a black nose, and stripes in...$19.50$19.50 -
GLOW IN THE DARK SHARK FOSSIL KIT
Let your kids time-travel at the kitchen table as they moisten and dig into an egg to discover a shark hidden inside. This kit, from the aptly named Discovery Kit, features a plastic glow-in-the-dark shark approx 3-1/4" x 2" and while it's not an actual...$3.95$3.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$3.95Subtotal: -
CANDY CHEMISTRY EDIBLE EXPERIMENTS KIT
Candy Chemistry, from Thames & Kosmos®, is a serious kit for kids 10+ outlining (25) experiments that demonstrate how cooking is chemistry. They can learn about science while making sweet treats. Includes a (48)-page booklet, plus gummy candy and...$36.95$36.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$36.95Subtotal: -
WILD REPUBLIC MARINE ANIMAL COLLECTION
This collection from Wild Republic® has (10) mini whales (a contradiction, but still fun) and small sharks all at approx 3” long. We think the presence of a dolphin and a ray is just the sort of aquatic carelessness that makes this surplus.$3.95$3.95 -
WILDFLOWER SEED GROWING KIT
If you’d like to, too, we have multiple ways for you: our Go Wild Special is a canister with 1 oz of wildflower seeds in approx (25) varieties chosen to appeal to pollinators and to fill about 150 square feet in USDA zones 3-11, which is pretty...Starting at $9.85Starting at $9.85 -
93 PROJECT ELENCO SNAP CIRCUIT STEM KIT
Snap Circuits® kits are perennial faves here at the home office, and this 47-piece kit is an electronic honey. The most fun you can have without a soldering gun, and it’ll teach you about electricity and magnetism. You’ll learn how the...$55.95$55.95 -
WOODEN UGEARS HURDY GURDY KIT
The UGears Hurdy Gurdy is an instrument quite unlike any other. It comes as a kit with everything needed for assembly. Since the parts fully interlock, no glue is required, so simply follow the instruction manual to remove the pre-cut pieces from their...$76.50$76.50 -
CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING SET
This is an excellent starter kit for learning the rudiments of Chinese brush painting. Includes a lavishly illustrated 47-page instruction booklet, an 11-1/8" x 8-1/8" pad with (36) practice sheets and a few sheets of xuan, the vellum-like paper that...$26.75$26.75 -
HASBRO LITE-BRITE LED TOY
Gen Xers will remember hours of fun spent with the original Like-Brite before the Millennials ruined everything. Well, it’s back and like the cereals you used to eat, it’s New and Improved, with LEDs behind the 8-3/4” x 1-1/2”...$29.95$29.95 -
JUMBO BOX MAGIC SET WITH 77 TRICKS
You can’t start fooling people too early. This box of tricks is for budding magicians, and includes the props and instructions for (77) tricks. Includes a magic wand, without which you can’t be a magician, plus assorted cups, balls, cards and...$24.95$24.95 -
ROLLER COASTER CONSTRUCTION KIT
This 79-piece Roller Coaster construction kit features (40) challenges with (4) degrees of difficulty, and has, the manufacturer says, “more than 100,000 unique building possibilities,” which ought to tie up the little buggers for a while...$31.95$31.95 -
BEGINNER SOLDERING INSTRUCTIONAL KIT
Little solder girls also welcome, of course. Teach a kid to solder with this AmeriKit® Learn to Solder Kit from Elenco®. The kit will result in a working two-tone and flashing Euro siren, and comes with a 25W soldering iron, a speaker, dual...$24.95$24.95 -
5" TO 8" LONG SELENITE SPECIMEN WAND
These here selenite wands are quite the specimens. You know selenite? It’s a variety of gypsum, and it’s mighty purdy and crystal-ish. You’ll get a wand of it, somewhere in the 5” to 8” long range, and maybe about a...$3.50$3.50 -
KIT, VAN GOGH STARRY NIGHT PAINT BY #s ART
No need to limit the numbers you paint by. These kits all include 8” x 6” canvases, (6) acrylic paint pots, a #2 brush, color key and guide, plus tips for blending colors--a major improvement in the paint-by-numbers game. Packaging is also an...Starting at $8.95Starting at $8.95 -
METAL EARTH BLUE TARDIS MODEL KIT
Who’s Metal Model From Metal Earth®, the people who make shiny metal 3D models, now comes the Doctor Who® T.A.R.D.I.S.™, Star Wars® Imperial Star Destroyer™, an Ghost Busters® Ecto I™ metal models. All punch-outs...$15.95$15.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$15.95Subtotal: -
12" SQUARE COLORED CELLOPHANE SHEETS
Sort of like kleenex, because cellophane used to be trademarked but isn’t any longer so you can now say cellophane all you like. Cellophane, cellophane, cellophane. You’ll get (48) sheets of 12” square cellophane, a dozen each in red,...$8.95$8.95 -
STIRLING ENGINE/GENERATOR
This excellent and beautiful Stirling engine would make Robbie Stirling himself proud. Has a 1/2" piston stroke and sits on a 7" x 3-1/2" wooden base. Comes with a small alcohol lamp to fire it, and is connected via a belt to a DC generator that fires...$95.75$95.75Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$95.75Subtotal: -
CHEMISTRY 60 SET WITH 60 EXPERIMENTS
Forget good and evil, this Tree of Knowledge® kit is the Chemistry 60 set with, yes, (60) experiments ranging from acidity tests, volcanic reactions, crystal, magnetism, optics, liquids and solids to the ever-popular slimes and photosynthesis...$26.95$26.95Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:$26.95Subtotal: -
ATOMIC MODEL SET FOR STUDENTS
Make a nice start at constructing your very own universe with this excellent molecule model set. You get (24) 3/4" and (25) 1" plastic balls in assorted blue, black, yellow and orange colors with varying numbers of holes for connectors; (26) white...$29.95$29.95