
From the Tasteless & Dated Metaphor Department of our Gender-Insensitive Costume Division: your bridegroom's basic black-plastic ball and chain, complete with a non-chafing, snap-on fabric shackle. Lightweight 5" dia ball, 6" chain. If we swear we bought this only for a convict costume, will you promise not to write or call?
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94176 PLASTIC BALL& CHAIN |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Interesting wire contraption that we played with as a child. A series of (4) tiers of overlapping and intertwined brass wire semicircular hoops are anchored at the open end to a pair of full circles. The whole can be shaped into a tube, double balls, a flower petal, etc, depending upon what areas are opened, which closed. A variety of colored beads on the hoops add a decorative touch. Fun, intriguing and decorative all at the same time.
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89678 FLEXI-SPHERE |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
It's nice to know that some things don't change. One is the Jacob's Ladder. Still made with (6) slabs of wood, each about 2" x 2" x 1/2", each a bright combination of colors, and all connected by a contrasting ribbon. Hold one end up and let the string of slabs dangle. When you flop the top block end for end, each lower slab in turn will flop end for end. Fascinating. Particularly if you are about 5 to 9 years old.
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91654 JACOB'S LADDER |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Direct from the confluence of kooshy toys and elongated insects comes this absurdly stretchy, spiked caterpillar, the answer to a bored entomologist’s dream. Our stretchipillar is about 3” dia x 11” long, with big googley eyes, but he’ll stretch up to about 10 feet. Plus he’s cute as a bug and has that comforting kooshish feeling when fondled. We’ll select from assorted bright colors for you. Ages 8 and up, since eyeballs are easily swallowed.
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93476 STRETCHIPILLAR |
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Pocket kites! All the fun of the big guys but in a size made for small fingers. All the kites have approx 4" Mylar wingspans and come with 40 feet of 8-lb cord on a little 'ring-winder." We'll pick (3) different from our Mini Microlite® collection of a Disney Princess, Spiderman, Iron Man, Snow White, Tinker Bell, Buzz Lightyear, Transformers or Bakugan.
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41008 DISNEY 4" WINGSPAN MICROLITE KITES |
Magnet puzzle. This 9-piece plastic jigsaw puzzle is actually (9) separate fridge/locker magnets, so you have something to do when there's nothing to stick on the fridge. Pieces measure approx 1" square, except they're not, of course, square. In assorted colors, but we'll pick a couple of your favorites.
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40762 9-PIECE PUZZLE LOCKER MAGNET |
Cast a net over these 4" x 3-7/8" tropical fish. The fish-shaped wooden castanets are indispensable if you're a flamenco-dancing marine biologist or a Carmen Miranda fan with a taste for sand dabs. With elastic ties on their beveled tails, they open all by themselves after each great-sounding click, so piscatological flamencoing has never been easier. You get (6), painted in tropical-fishy colors.
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40522 TROPICAL FISH SHAPED WOODEN CASTANETS |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
"Sticky Starfish" is the latest entry in the wall-walker world. It's 4" across with a full dozen legs, so it creeps down walls, windows, fridges, any smooth surface, particularly well. We'll pick one in a neon color for you.
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94021 STICKY STARFISH |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
That's what they'll call you when you start passing out these pretty little light sticks. You get a package of (15) with the brand name Glow-Bangles, all 8" long x 3/16" dia in assorted colors, including white, yellow, orange and pink, along with (15) little bendable barrel connectors so you can make bracelets, necklaces or one really skinny glow-in-the-dark hula hoop. Cute.
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93897 15-PIECE GLOW IN THE DARK GLOW BANGLES |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Our prettiest slime starts out a lovely, perky pastel pink, blue or yellow and reacts in sunlight, turning a darker, more ominous shade, as do so many sun worshippers. Like them, however, it returns to its natural color when deprived of the sun. We'll pick a couple of 3-oz tubs for you in assorted colors.
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94386 SUNLIGHT SLIME |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Creativity tool or just plain geometric fun? Yes. From the ever-fertile mind of creativity guru Roger von Oech comeS the Ball of Whacks® perfect for anyone with a 3-dimensional mind, from a precocious child to a bored nonagenarian, including your favorite artist, mathematician, designer, engineer, or whatever. The little red Ball of Whacks, 3-1/4" dia, comprises (30) magnetized right golden rhombic pyramids that will fit together in endless shapes, from a rhombic triacontahedron, to stars, wreaths, animals, sunbursts, and more. It comes with a 96pp booklet of creativity exercises. Plenty of desktop noodling fun, but a lot more than just a toy.
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93333 BALL OF WHACKS |
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