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Dramatic Play

( Made By Hands, Inc $$17.95$ ) Kids will enjoy making their own original stick puppets with this refreshingingly open-ended kit that comes with 12 unique puppets, 12 puppetsticks, 12 stands, and over 600 precut paper shapes (the company calls them Pop-Outs™). While this looks like a preschool kit, it will also be enjoyed by the next age group (5-7) as well. Great kit for playdates and rainy days. The well designed box also makes this a good take along craft. This new company also makes wonderful card, frame and make your own game kits. Age: Preschool, Early School Years. Phone: 800 839 7369. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award 2005

( Balitono $$25$ ) We weren't prepared for the amount of excitement when we took this craft kit out of the box. Our testers, admittedly all big horse fans, were eager to have their own stable and corral to decorate. The kit comes with a wooden double door barn with a three part sectioned corral, a 4" wooden horse, paint, brush, and painting guide. You can buy additional wooden horses from Balitono or you can use Beyer's 4" horses with the set as well. Age: Early School Years, Late School Years, Tweens. Phone: 609-936-8807. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award 2004

( Klutz $$16.95$ ) Kids will make discoveries about aerodynamics as they transform flat pieces of paper into a fleet of handmade airplanes. Comes with directions for making 10 different planes with 40 sheets of full color paper. Fun to fold and fly. Takes visual skill as well as dexterity and following direction. Sometimes it’s easier to get kids to read directions when the outcome has a fun pay off. Use planes for distance races to discover which fly longer distances or greater heights. Age: Early School Years, Late School Years, Tweens. Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award 2004