There may be no better way for kids to express their limitless imaginations than with arts & crafts toys that allow them to create their own masterpieces. Toy Insider Mom Laurie Schacht stopped by ABC World New Now to show off some of her favorite arts & crafts toys. For more on the products featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and be sure to check out our complete holiday gift guide.
- With the new 3Doodler Start your creative kids can finally bring all of their
- wonderful and imaginative ideas to life in 3D.
- The 3Doodler Start 3D printing pen extrudes an ecofriendly plastic that cools and hardens rapidly, allowing kids to literally draw in the air!
- The 3Doodler Start is specially designed to be clean & safe for kids aged 8+, with no hot
- parts or messy resins or glues to contend with.
- The 3Doodler Start is seriously easy to use too, there’s only one speed and one
- temperature and no software or technical knowledge required – just turn it on,
- insert a strand and start Doodling in 3D.
- Ages: 8-13
- MSRP: $49.99
Sqand - Create and display awesome underwater scenes with specially formulated sand that holds its shape!
- Squeeze out the compound and it becomes the ultimate molding fun!
- Make different figures—build up, build out, squish it, squirt it.
- There’s no mess and it never dries out, until it comes out of the water and becomes magically dry.
- Ages: 6+
- MSRP: $19.99
- Available: Toys “R” Us
- Gemmies are the next evolution of the popular 3D beading craft.
- Following a simple process, kids clip Gemmies crystals to elastic rings then join completed rings to create a 3D sparkling creation! Design templates are intuitive and use a repetitive pattern that lets kids develop their cognitive abilities and progress to designing their own creations.
- You can make anything out of Gemmies crystals.
- Starting series include animals, flowers and more!
- Store all your Gemmies crystals and accessories in the Gemmies Design Studio and display your favorite creation on the light up pedestal.
- Age: 6+
- MSRP: $24.99
- Create your own custom color emoji stampers with the Crayola Emoji Maker!
- Simply mix, measure and click.
- The Emoji Maker comes with everything you need to make 16 custom color markers for creating and sharing your unique emoji messages with friends.
- Ages: 6+
- MSRP: $19.99
ALEX Toys Lil Lockitz Memory Studio (ALEX Brands)
- Lil’ Lockitz Memory Studio by ALEX Toys lets you express yourself like never before to create something truly personal, for yourself or a loved one.
- Lil’ Lockitz supplies you with beads, sparkles and charms of your favorite things to design a wearable collage that tells a story.
- Memory Maker is your super deluxe design studio for creating Lockitz. With 11 covered compartments there’s room to organize and store all of your charms and locket pieces.
- Choose the locket you want to make, fill it with the perfect colors and pieces, lock it and with a turn of the knob, the lights and music infuse the locket with your personal story.
- Ages: 5+
- MRSP: $29.99
Spirograph Shapes Set (Kahootz)
- This classic toy gets an update for the first time in a generation!
- This kit features 12 wheels in ALL-NEW unique shapes, as well as three new Spirograph rings to create a whole new, never-before-seen assortment of Spirograph designs.
- The sturdy storage box comes with handy organizer tray, three colorful design markers, two 24-page drawing pads, detailed instruction guide and complete set of new shaped wheels and rings—which are compatible with all other Original Spirograph sets.
- Parents can share their childhood memories with kids as they work together to create beautiful designs.
- Ages: 8+
- MSRP: $24.99
