Dropsy is the fumbling bumbling balancing card game!

Players take turns drawing cards until someone gets THREE of the same color. But there’s a twist…instead of discarding the cards you don’t want, you must hold ALL your cards, and you must hold them in the manner directed on the card! UNDER YOUR CHIN; ON YOUR HAND; ON YOUR HEAD; UNDER YOUR ARM; INSIDE YOUR ELBOW; or BETWEEN YOUR FINGERS. But don’t commit a Dropsy and drop your cards…or you’ll have to start over!

Available online at: www.amazon.com

Card Sharks is the home version of the on the edge-of-your-seat TV game show hosted by Joel McHale. Like on the show, contestants will answer census questions to gain control of the cards. From there, it’s a game of High-Low where a player must determine whether the next card turned over is higher or lower than the previous.

The NEW 2020 version of the game celebrates the 40-year history of the game show, with all new art, questions and game play.

Available online at: www.amazon.com

Discover the thrill of commanding your own Rocket Landing! In Rocket Lander™ you control a group of bold rockets exploring the vast world and outer space. Embark on an epic mission to settle and build the greatest rocket station. Fly the atmosphere, coordinate your rockets, and overtake your opponents while defending your home turf. Rocket Lander is set in a 3D space, hosting coordinates that explore data literacy at any age.

Available online at: www.griddlygames.com – amazon.com

Wise Alec™ is the hilarious, family trivia game with a witty twist! Multiple ages can play as the cards have two levels of play. School curriculum trivia questions in various subject, plus Wise Alec™ cards that engage players in brain teasers to reinforce good manners and have activities to get your body moving!

Available online at: www.griddlygames.com

Exercise your mind and outwit your opponents with a game of Oversight™ Two to four players compete to be the first with 4 tokens in a row. Players can place a token on the board, or shift an entire row or column of squares by one space. The rules are simple but the game becomes more complex as players learn from their mistakes, pay close attention to the colour distraction, and begin to predict their opponents’ moves.

Available online at: www.griddlygames.com – amazon.com

Just Add Egg is the egg-citing new kit that is an egg-cellent way for science to be egg-ceptionally fun. Like all of the Just Add kits, this product comes with everything you need except for the adding ingredient. This time, add egg for multiple bio-organic experiments and art activities. Just Add Egg is the eco-friendly kit that will inspire any artist or scientist. Enjoy making up to five different egg-speriments and seven different art egg-tivities including making your own dinosaur egg, egg shell geode, or even make an egg totally disappear!

Available online at: www.griddlygames.com – amazon.com

What do you do with all your old fruits and veggies – no need to throw them out! This cool STEAM kit will deliver hours of exploration, creativity, learning and enjoyment. With more than 20 science and art activities, Just Add Fruits & Veggies will bring hours of fun and enjoyment while learning chemical reactions, osmosis, germination and study of electricity!

Available online at: www.griddlygames.com

So, what’s all the buzz about? A rotating letter word game with a coffee theme, JABUKA ($19.95 for 2-4 players ages 8+). Any word game requires you to use your bean, but the way to win JABUKA is to use the most beans in a creative way. The “TWIST” to JABUKA is that the coffee bean-shaped pieces can be twisted and turned to form different letters, magically transforming J’s into R’s; M’s into E’s and many more! Learn to speak Jabuka by using these alphabet chameleons to form new words or to hijack and transform existing words made by another player or team.

Available online at: https://www.amazon.com/Jabuka-Word-Game-Spontaneous-Fast-Paced/dp/B07TZJTLYX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Jabuka&qid=1601487787&sr=8-1

HUE Animation Studio is a starter kit for budding movie makers aged 7-13. It includes HUE Animation, easy-to-use stop-motion software, HUE HD USB camera (with built-in microphone) and a 60 page book full of tips and ideas.

This fantastic value, highly creative and educational toy will bring hours of pleasure to young film directors who with the click of a button can animate anything from a favourite toy, LEGO figures, clay creations or 2D drawings.

HUE Animation Studio has been designed by teachers for children aged 7-13. The kit includes everything that you need to create your own stop motion animation and time-lapse videos:

– The HUE HD camera, a flexible plug and play USB camera with built-in microphone.
– A single user license of the fully-featured HUE Animation software for Windows and macOS with its intuitive and easy to use customer interface.
– The HUE Book of Animation with step-by-step instructions for creating 20 hilarious stop motion videos and ideas for even more.
– Online resources such as sound effects and backdrops.

Making movies is a creative, educational and fun-filled activity that everyone can participate in, whether it is for use at home or for school projects. Simply plug the camera into your laptop, install the software and you’re ready to go.

Simple icons and navigation make it easy for kids to film scenes and edit videos. They can slow down or speed up delivery of frames, duplicate frames to lengthen scenes and add music or audio recordings to their video.

By having children construct, explain and create videos, they become authors and producers of their own knowledge and they develop communication, organisational and team-work skills through play.

Stop motion animation is a gender-neutral activity equally enjoyed by both boys and girls and it’s great for spending time together and developing different skills without even realising it.

Even the youngest of animators can have fun making and moving their characters. Older children will enjoy imagining the storyline, writing the script and recording the voice-overs, whilst the ‘professionals’ can excel at deciding on camera angles, positioning the characters and creating or importing sound effects. Any actors in the group will love getting into character for the voiceovers and everyone can enjoy watching the finished film again and again.

Kids catch on very quickly and can become competent animators in no time at all. They’ll soon be producing their own films and moving onto the more advanced features of the software such as using chroma key, adding credits and changing backgrounds. As with any skill, practice makes perfect and each new production will improve on the last.

Customer testimonials: https://huehd.com/customer-testimonials/

Video of Amanda Gummer from Fundamentally Children introducing HUE Animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN828c5lqaQ

Video from InspirEd workshops on using HUE Animation in a classroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeqGJneHSng

For more information please visit the product page: https://huehd.com/products/hue-animation-studio/

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Master the art of letting go…

Buddha Board is inspired by the Zen idea of living in the moment. You simply paint on the surface with water and your creation will come to life in bold design. Then, as the water slowly evaporates, your art will magically disappear leaving you with a clean slate and a clear mind, ready to create a whole new masterpiece.

Buddha Board is environmentally friendly – no ink, no paint, no chemicals – and will last for years with proper care. Live for the moment, and enjoy!

Available online at: Amazon.com