
I flung my bug into the air.
It fell to earth in sister’s hair.
Her look was cold, invectives rang.
I never should have flang that thang!
Reach out with one of these stretchy, sticky toys and touch someone, like your sister, or one of her squeamish friends. With practice, you can grab a paper from a desk several feet away. We don’t want to make extravagant claims, but even the snake’s little 1/2” long forked tongue stretches to 6” before it snaps back to its original shape. The blue snake is 15” long, and can cling to – and crawl down – a glass surface. The neon–yellow butterfly is about 2” long, and on a 10” string of the same stretchy goop, and have 3” plastic handles for better flinging. Our package of (2) ensures that you’ll have a spare after the first one is confiscated.
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33288 STICKY BUTTERFLY | |
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33287 STICKY SNAKE |
Yes, it would be a good name for a salad bar, but in this case it's a description of just (1) of our cute animal-head groaning sticks. The others have an elephant, zebra and tiger on top. They're 17-1/2" long (or tall, we suppose) x 7/8" dia and their little rubber heads are removable. We'll pick a pair of moaning beasts for you.
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37712 NOISEMAKER TOYS |
Laboratory fun in a re-sealable plastic cup, much like a sour cream container. You pick. The Patriotic Colors kit includes: (4) chemicals (1 oz each), and assorted supplies. Add minimal household items and perform (20) different experiments, including disappearing and reappearing crystals, disappearing ink, de-icing, pH tests, and more, many involving red/white/and blue possibilities. The Presto! Clock Reaction kit includes a starch solution; (4) chemicals (5 oz each); “ecofoam,” AKA packing peanuts; and assorted supplies. You can perform (14) different experiments, including the iodine clock, appearing and disappearing solutions, anti-oxidizing, and more. The Glowing Gel includes (3) different ingredients, plus assorted supplies. You can perform (15) different experiments, including glow-in-the-dark gel, gel balloons, goo-tube gel, and assorted oozes. Each comes with a 20 to 24pp manual and teacher’s notes. Made in the USA.
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93227 CLOCK REACTION | |
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93228 GLOWING GEL | |
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88954 PATRIOTIC COLORS |
You say you're a kick-butt, edgy nonconformist thumbing your nose at middle-class hypocrisy, but you've got a job interview on Tuesday? Try our "my mother won't let me be a rock star" selection of temporary tattoos to dress up your weekend. In packs of (8) to (12) assorted appliqués from scrollwork to emblems approx 1" or 2" high. Pick from the even-more-temporary than temporary henna designs from the subcontinent (and in henna color); the semi-gothic scroll patterns and cross with green circles; the Grateful Dead collection of skeletons and bears; the wizardish stars, hearts and crescent moons in red, gold and black; the black and white celtic knot group; or the tatts-a-palooza pack of (1) of each of the above.
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37957 TATT-O-RAMA | |
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37727 CELTIC TATTS | |
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37725 DEAD TATTS | |
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37722 HENNA TATTS | |
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37726 SEMI-GOTH TATTS | |
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37723 WIZARDISH TATTS |
You say you can't get your kids interested in nanotechnology? Try a little something closer to the cable box with Lark Books' "Crime Scene Science Fair Projects." It's a 112pp hardcover book with full-color illustrations and photos, along with step-by-step instructions for experiments with blood, DNA, lie detection, print casting, handwriting analysis, document recovery, and for gathering data from chemicals, soil, insect and fiber remains. Geared to middle-schoolers, and no, you don't need an actual crime scene. (Most of their bedroom floors will do nicely.)
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93356 CRIME SCENE |
A little light fun with chemicals for the middle-schooler in your midst. Order individual kits like Magic Crystals (call it chemistry experiments you can drink) with 1 oz of magic color crystals (sugar, red cabbage extract and artificial flavor), and instructions for (5) experiments; Disappearing Ink, which does what it says, and includes (1) oz of thymolphthalein solution and instructions for several activities; and Thermochromics, with a 3" piece of liquid crystal sheet, a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" thermochromic periodic table (both of which change color with temperature changes) and instructions for (6) experiments. Order the Chemistry Bits II combo and get all three. For ages 9 and up.
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93328 CHEMISTRY BITS II | |
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93325 DISAPPEARING INK | |
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93324 MAGIC CRYSTALS | |
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93326 THERMOCHROMICS |
Dinosaur skeleton. Not, sadly, actual size, but a cute little snap-together 3-D puzzle of a T-rex, triceratops, or wooly mammoth (we'll pick one) skeleton in flexible glow-in-the-dark plastic. All stand approx 13" tall. For ages 6+.
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38063 3-D FOSSIL PUZZLES |
Jewelry for the future, or to hypnotize cats. This 2-3/4" dia x 15/16" thick chromed plastic pendant has an array of blue, green and red LEDs inside that bounce off a back mirror and an front-surface mirror in (6) different deep-infinity, mesmerizing patterns, (1) of which will probably let you go back in time if used right. We're thinking Starship costumes. Has a 13" neck strap and includes (3) button-cell batteries.
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93375 FLASHY PENDANT |
But I did not stick the deputy. And you won't want to, either -- particularly if you have a toddler-sized sheriff. Fear not. Our six-pointed, bright chrome toy sheriff's badge, 2-1/2" point-to-point, has an ID-badge-type clip on the back instead of a pointy pin, because we hate to see a little lawman cry.
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93418 SHERIFF BADGE |
Good detail and easy snap-together construction makes these plastic dinosaur skeleton kits perfect for paleontologists aged 6 and up. The appendages and jaws move, too, for those dino-battles. We'll pick a mammoth, triceratops, velociraptor, pteranodon, stegosaurus, or T-rex. All are approx 9" long.
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93420 DINO FOSSILS |
A pocket-sized lab for the edification and amusement of junior chemists. Get the Cool Chem-Light, with 7 grams of luminal mixture, dropper/pipet, small measuring scoop, and instructions for (5) experiments; Chroma-Tricks, with (2) color-changing markers and (5) strips of chromatography paper, and instructions for (4) experiments; or the Jelly Things (Chemistry experiments you can eat!) that has 1 oz of sodium alginate mixture, a scoop and spoon, and instructions for (3) polymer and gel experiments. Order individual kits or get all three in the Chemistry Bits I combo. For ages 9 and up.
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93395 CHEMISTRY BITS I | |
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93322 CHROMA-TRICKS | |
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93321 COOL CHEM-LIGHT | |
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93323 JELLY THINGS |
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