Good, cuz we’ve got little plastic lotion bottles. Empty that giant lotion bottle into these small, travel-size containers. Also great for small sinks at home. Transparent, and hold 8 oz each, standing a diminutive 5-1/4" tall x 2-1/4" dia with a locking pump dispenser and a feeder tube that goes all the way to the bottom to suck up every last dribble of your skin-smoothing stuff.

From science fairs to your better street demonstrations, if you’re making a poster, you should make it bright enough to shine. We recommend these washable water-color neon tempera poster paints in 2-fluid-ounce squeeze bottles. We’ll pick (3) different colors from the assortment of electric red, fuchsia pink, green apple, orange blast, cerulean blue and bright yellow.

In case you forgot to make one for your mother at camp, we’ll be happy to send you some of ours. Very slightly elastic and 17” long, with snap clips, a sliding keeper, and 1-3/4” loops at the whistle end. We’ll pick (4) from our assortment of black, blue, orange, yellow, aqua, red, purple and lavender. Your mom’s bound to have something to match all of them.

A Classic 6" x 8-1/2" x 3/8" Ant Farm. The ants will live between two parallel sheets of clear plastic and you will be able to watch them build their tunnels and chambers. Complete with sand and instruction booklet on the care, feeding watering and watching of your pet ants. Stands upright on its own base and includes an escape proof cover. Assuming you want live pets, you just order them online using the included code and weather permitting, the ant man will ship a small vial of the little critters straight to you. Comes with clear plastic tubing to create your own runways or buy multiples and connect them for your very own ant city. 

This wall-mount oval (OK, elliptical) clock, thermometer and hygrometer is from Timex® so it should take a lickin’ and keep on telling you why you’re sweating so much. Measures 11” x 8-1/4” in a classy-looking silver plastic frame, with analog dials for Fahrenheit in 2-degree increments, time in minute increments with hour/minute/second hands, and humidity from 10-100% in 2% increments. Mounts via a 3/16” keyed slot on the back. You add (1) “AA” battery.

Or pflöcke und stöcke maybe. Und strick (rope). These are tent pegs, sections of poles and rope from the East German military, which has been kaputt for some time. You’ll get (10) pole segments at 15-1/2" long x 15/16" dia that will interlock, plus (14) 9-7/8" long x 1-1/2" galvanized steel stakes, and (5) 48" x 3/16" dia lengths of pre-knotted rope, all in a camo pouch. Better go find some German canvas.

If a snow globe and a powered speaker had a baby it would be this tornado light show that whirls to the music, with Bluetooth technology. Makes us proud to know there are electronics engineers out there designing this sort of thing. This 8W unit has a rechargeable battery and USB charge cord, a 1-5/8" dia 70-18KHz speaker and an impeller. Inside the 3-1/2” dia globe is, yes, snow and red, green and blue LEDs that react to sound in a whirlwind effect. Has a micro SD card, a standard 1/8” jack, and 32-foot Bluetooth 2.0 capability. The whole shebang stands 7-1/4" tall on an approx 3-1/2" square base.

We think these started life in the Chinese military, but they won’t say. They’re small garment bags in a heavy rubberized fabric. Measure 24" x 15-1/2” x 5-1/2" but have a set of double-snap male closures with (3) alternate sets of female clips so you can keep it full length, fold it once, or roll it up to 1/3-size. Has zippers halfway down for loading ease, and the handle will detach and re-attach in another position when folded smaller. Also has a 2” x 1-1/2” ID-card slot.

Mental notes aren’t worth the synapses they’re stored in. Best get this set of (3) little, 3” x 4” hardbound notebooks with (100) blank pages in each. They’re cute, with covers that are genuine Monopoly® cards: Boardwalk, marked “shopping list”; Electric Company, marked “Bright Ideas”; and Reading Railroad, marked “Travel Journal.” Just ignore those, and write down whatever you want, because who are the Parker brothers to tell you what to do? 

Tiny tools for toddlers. Kall it a Kiddy Karpenter Kollection. (Sorry.) This 6-piece play-tool set has a wooden and plastic saw, pliers, screwdriver, hammer, box wrench and hatchet, all from 4” to 6-3/4” long, inside a nice, delightfully colorful 8” x 4” x 1-1/2” tin “Little Helper Tool Box” with a pair of snap closures and a handle on top.

This reincarnation of the classic View-Master® is called (wait for it) the View-Master Classic®. As much fun as ever, and still battery-free. Comes with (3) reels with (21) 3-D images, including Age of Dinosaurs, Safari Adventure and Marine Life. Includes a case and, yes, it will accept all of the original film reels. For ages 3+.

Thous? Thee? Yeez? Whatever the plural of thou is, when you pour hot coffee into this 8-oz black ceramic Super Nintendo mug, Mario and Luigi magically appear, along with Princess Peach, Donkey Kong and all their Super pals. If you want to keep seeing them, however, you’ll avoid microwave ovens and dishwashers because the magic of heat-sensitivity doesn’t like those new-fangled inventions.

Our each is 100 feet of 5/32” polyester survival/utility cord with seven inner nylon strands and a 220-lb tensile strength. The best part, though, is that we’re as sure as we can be that the color is Tropical Turquoise, last seen on our favorite ’57 Chevy Bel Air.

Fish got to swim, birds got to fly, and pigs got to snort. These are our finest snorters, measuring 7-1/2" long x 3-1/4" tall in squeezable rubber, emitting a lovely snort when squozen. As a bonus, they have porcine quips on their backs: “May the pork be with you,” “I (heart) you more than bacon,” etc. Your pig could be red, black, purple, green, turquoise, blue or one of two traditional piggish pinks, and you should be happy with whatever you get because there are people who have no rubber pigs at all.

Our very first pink camo sheet magnets. (Pink camo was originally made to hide things in butcher shops, but it didn’t sell well.) You’ll get (3) sheets at 12" x 9" in fridge-magnet thickness and strength which translates to intended for decoration, not holding up other items. Line your locker, get crafty and cut photo frames and shapes or make your own strange fridge magnets. Made in USA.

Chain down the deck furniture or tie up the pooch with this 7 x 7 strand galvanized steel PVC-coated aircraft cable (1/16" dia, 3/32" dia with the coating). Rated for a 95-lb workload, our each is a 500 foot, neatly spooled length. Buy it by the reel and you get the reel for nothing. Please Note:

Your entire order will ship standard ground when purchasing this item. Contact us for expedited shipping information. Thanks!

Or baton jaune. This telescoping combo worklight/traffic baton looks like a red or yellow baton, but pull the ends and it opens to reveal a 9-3/8” long, 1200-lumen COB light in the middle. Measures 2-5/16" hexagon and extends from 13" to 23" with swivel hooks recessed on both ends, and pair of magnets on the handle. Housing is translucent so when closed it will work like a traffic baton. Runs for (4) hours on the (8) included “AA” batteries, and can be seen for up 246 ft/75m.

Chocolate fountains are so over. Give best friends a nice gravy fountain for their wedding reception. Or just buy this 11-1/2” x 9-3/4” x 3” bogus box with “The Amazing Gravy Fountain” photos and text extolling its virtues, discussing the included ladle and recipe book and featuring a cute, gravy-spitting frog on the front. Feel free to put something equally stupid from our catalog inside, or give something they’ll really appreciate, like a chocolate fountain (they’re not over).

With a dancing frog. On a hook. It’s our first of the genre. The 1” ID iron hook has a 9” iron chain with a black, fold-able 23” umbrella below it, and below that is a 9-1/2” dia iron plate with scalloped edges, and under that hangs a grinning iron frog. We’re just proud to have found it, and you’ll be proud to have it, too.

No Led Zeppelin jokes, please. This is a very pretty and charming mobile with (10) 3” tall, tin hot air balloons in an array of colors, hanging on strings from a wire frame. So charming it would work equally well in a child’s room, a high-end chocolate boutique, or your very own breakfast nook. Bring the dreamy magic of ancient aviation into your life. When hanging, the whole shebang will be about 15” wide and 18” long. Made from recycled materials.

These are all 21” square cotton/poly blend factory-second bandanas. A few are unhemmed on one side, but generally we can’t see why they were seconded. Most are traditional paisley designs in assorted colors, but others are novelty versions in USA and Texas flag looks, camo, smiley faces, dog paw prints and others. It’ll be a nice change not to know exactly what you’re getting, won’t it? Buy ’em at the bulk price and resell them. Start your side hustle now!

Call it a MASK unit. This faux-military “Minor Surgery” kit from Voodoo Tactical® comes in a 7" x 5" x 2-1/2" OD canvas pouch containing: 6” wound probe; 3-1/2” stitch scissors; 3-1/2” tweezers; 5-1/2” bandage scissors; 5” straight and curved forceps; a #3 scalpel handle with disposable blade; pupil flashlight with mm gauge; alcohol pads; antiseptic towelettes; some 5/0 monofilament; and a gram of antibiotic ointment. And remember: reenacting actual combat surgery without a license is still not allowed.

They're back! Those of a certain age will remember being taught to crouch under their school desks in case of nuclear attack. Shortly thereafter, the United States gov't, in its infinite wisdom zoomed about the cityscape plastering yellow and black signs on buildings with basements to designate them as fallout shelters wherein it stored cans of water and radiation meters which were so insensitive that any reading could only mean the past tense of crispiness. We have a quantity of these signs, brand new in the sense that they have never been plastered, but antique in the sense that they are Cold War U.S. Civil Defense originals and may show slight wear from being stored. 10" x 14" , 25 ga. galvanized steel. They have a black base coat on the front over sprayed with orange/yellow reflective paint in the familiar design rendered nearby by our faithful artist. This is a true collector's item fetching $50 and up in antique stores! A tasteful addition to even the dullest basement hangout.

Magnificent magnifier lamp! Great for hobby work, stamp or coin collecting, needlepoint, sewing and crafts, even reading if your eyes are "mature". The plastic "head" assembly has a 3.5" dia, 2 diopter magnifying lens and a socket with switch for an incandescent lamp (60 Watt max.) This is mounted on the end of an arm the other end of which clamps to the table top. The arm has (2) roughly 15" long sections and swivels at the clamp to allow precise positioning over your work. Plugs into any wall socket. Basic black or white, it is a brand new good quality item that you will find so useful you will wonder how you got along without it!

The world has enough moist towelettes, if you ask us. Instead, try this dry and super-compressed reusable cotton towelette. Starts life as a pocket/purse-friendly 2-3/8” dia x 3/4” thick disk, but add water and the PopUp Towel grows to a jumbo 22” x 12”, large enough to scrub up a good-sized third grader.

There's optical science and high school physics, and then there's making pretty colors with this little 4-1/2" x about 1" acrylic prism. It makes the same rainbows that the beveled edges on the glass in the French doors to your grandmother's living room used to make on the floor in the afternoon while she was making supper. If you had a grandmother with French doors with beveled glass, who made you supper. If not, you'd better buy this prism or you won't have anything to remember after she's gone.

Call it pocket microscopy. Our teensiest tiniest double-lens microscope is just 1-1/2” long x 19/32” dia with a barrel that will pull out another 1/2” for coarse focus. Rated at 16X, and comes with a teensy tiny carrying pouch.

We know you need accent lights, and we know you hate paying electricians. So…grab this 7-3/8” long x 1-1/8” x 1/2” silver iZoom® light bar, peel the back off the magnetic strip it comes with and stick it up anywhere. Has (10) LEDs and is rated for 200 lumens behind a frosted white lens. Has a motion and light sensor, so it only accents stuff in low light when it senses movement, which saves on the (4) “AAA” batteries it comes with. Lights for a 3-minute duty cycle.

Might be the brightest nightlight in sight. From iZOOM, it’s a faux light switch, 4” x 3” x 3/4” thick, with two blindingly bright COB LED strips flanking a toggle switch. Comes with (4) “AAA”s, and mounts with included self-adhesive hook and loop fasteners, a pair of embedded disc magnets or the (2) keyed mounting slots.

Big glass lens, measures 109mm (4.29”) dia, with a 255mm (approx 10”) focal length. No use for a lens? It makes a lovely desktop magnifier, plus it’s convex on both sides which makes it very satisfying to spin during introspective moments.

All you add is sunlight to use this 50-foot long solar balloon to prove that Bernoulli was right. Pascal, too. Demonstrate buoyancy, convection, thermodynamics and the power of the sun. Measures 29" dia and comes with 400 feet of string, and instructions.

About 30-40 highly polished stones, all shiny, translucent, or brightly colored, ranging from 3/4" long to 1/8" long. Great for mosaics, jewelry, or aquariums.

So you don't have a gas jet in the garage? You don't think Margie and Ted are old enough to handle the high temperatures of a Bunsen burner? Our alcohol lamp is the answer. It burns alcohol (available at the hardware store), and is hot enough to boil water, to soften glass tubing for bending, and to generate the chemical reactions generally called for in science projects. The lamp is shaped like a long-necked ink well, 3-1/2" tall x 3" dia at its widest point and comes with a wick assembly and a handy little glass lid/extinguisher.

When is a toy not a toy? When you can have fun with a kid, and build a digital voice recorder at the same time. If the young Tom Edison had had one of these kits, your grandparents' lives would have been a lot easier. Elenco's Pro Model SC-750 is a Dr. Toy winner, from their Snap-Circuits" series. Has over (80) parts to snap (no soldering) into a grid and learn electronics while building an AM or FM radio, digital voice recorder, burglar alarm, doorbell, and electronic games, among over 750 experiments, including solar, electromagnetism, and computer-interfaced applications. For ages 8 up to adult, it includes a well-written, graphically illustrated instruction manual. AWARDS: The National Parenting Center-Seal of Approval, Dr. Toy 100 Best Children's Products, Dr Toy Best Educational Products.

Behold the first attractively designed electric pencil sharpener since Edward C. Hoffman’s 1943 art deco Electro-Pointer. (You could look it up.) The Spira from X-ACTO® is a rotated rectangular column, 5-3/4” tall x 2-3/4” square, in lipstick red plastic. Plugs in via a wall adapter, and has a hardened steel cutter inside plus a one-touch release on the bottom for emptying the shavings. We see a future classic.

Tube tents are tubes in the sense that they're one piece, with floors, and can be used as shelters, ground cover or or blankets in emergencies or disasters. This one is bright orange nylon with an aluminized coating on the inside for insulation. Measures 82" x 36". Includes 23 feet of nylon rope for hanging between trees or posts and (4) 9" zinc-plated steel stakes.

but violets are purple. And so are these 32-Ohm earbuds with a purple inline mic on a purple 40” lead with a standard 1/8” headphone purple plug. Include (3) assorted purple covers in a super handy dandy plastic case. Get a pair for grads of NYU (home of the Fighting Violets!) or for fans of Northwestern, LSU, TCU, KSU, WIU, ECU or Furman, plus any we forgot. Purple reigns.

Heloise and Abelard? Wallace and Gromit? No, the two cords you put together in this 5-1/2" long cord-lock device. Works with 16- or 18-gauge cords, giving you a secure daisy chain of extension cords that won’t get pulled apart every time someone trips on a cord. Snap the cord-lock over your cords and a threading screw on each end pushes them into a locked setting. Set it and forget it.

Keep your beads under control with this set of 3-1/8" x 15/32" transparent plastic bead tubes with caps. Our each is (24) tubes in a handy little clear bucket with a snap-on top and a small carrying handle. Equally suitable for traveling with glitter, sand or sprinkles, and each tube has a 6g capacity.

It’s a classy chassis, but it’s not from Tallahassee. Made to start your own mini sumo robot, and includes a 2-1/2” x 3” x 3/4” DIY battery compartment for “AA”s, a piece of perf board the same size, a pair of rubber treads 3-3/4” x 1/2” with striations on one side and treads on the other, (4) spoked wheels 1-3/8" dia x 1/8" ID with flattened bores, mounting hardware and battery springs. You add a pair of motors and batteries.