Don’t you like having a thousand of something? Yeah, same here. We recommend this bag of 1,000 (we did the math, that's only 2.4 cents per marble) glass cat’s eye marbles in a rainbow of colors. Called Peewees in the marble world, they’re 12mm dia, which is 0.47”, which is like a really big pea, or a really small garbanzo bean. Play mini-marbles, or make clay cats and use the marbles for eyes, or just keep them in a big bowl for their prettiness factor.

These amber glass bottles hold 2 oz and measure 1-1/2” dia x 3-7/8” tall counting the yellow plastic safety screw cap with helpful opening instructions on it. Bottle has a 5/8” ID mouth. Great for aromatherapy concoctions, and don’t forget that amber provides excellent UV protection for your precious oils.

That’s a seldom-heard auto and woodshop taunt. Also true of this, our largest ratcheting long-nose plier clamp. Measures 9-1/2” long with 3-3/4” long serrated jaws that have pivoting end pads. Opens to a yawning 3-1/8” and has a quick-release trigger.

Save a hip with this roll of gritty black tape that’s ready to put on steps and ramps to stop slips and falls. You’ll get (15) feet of 1” wide tape. Could also give you some serious extra gripping power on bats or hammers during rainy day baseball or construction projects.

Selfie sticks are for dweebs. And you won’t need one if you have a remote shutter for your Bluetooth smartphone, tablet or MP3 camera. Range is (30) feet and it’s compatible with IOS or Android. The housing measures 1-7/8" x 1-5/16" x 7/16" and it comes with a button-cell battery for power. You pick black or dark fuchsia, although our social-media chieftain Billy insists it’s “man-pink.”

Most likely. Luckily we have just the Brain Teaser to take care of that for you. This 2-1/2" green (or black) and natural wooden puzzle looks like a Rubikish cube but is actually more like a snake made from 3/4” wooden cubes and held together by a pretty elastic elastic cord. Unfolds to a zig-zag snake approx 14’ long and ready for you to reconfigure back into a cube. We’d show you how, but our brain has to remain unteased for copywriting purposes.

This 6” long micro-USB to USB charge and data cable is fabric-covered and has rubber flanges and collars at both ends to protect it from fraying or breaking. Sound like a cable you already have? Probably not. But even if it does, you can never have too many: in the car, office and sock drawer, and on the bike, boat, kayak and scooter. You need charger cables. We all do.

The smart money is on plastic folders. They last forever and they come in translucent colors. You pick green or burgundy, measuring a standard 9-1/4” x 11-1/2" with 5" deep internal pockets on both sides.

Dandy set of (5) double-ended ratcheting box wrenches with reverse levers. Measure from 4-1/2” to 8-1/4” long with sizes 7/32”, 9/32”, 5/16”, 1/4”, 3/8”, 7/16”, 1/2”, 9/16”, 5/8” and 3/4”. All in chromed carbon steel with a red plastic strip around the outside presumably to prevent scratches on chrome fittings.

Call it the Heart of a Doll, because that’s what it was, once upon a toy store. Today it’s a red, heart-shaped plastic thingy, 2-1/2" wide x 7/8" thick, with a smaller heart-shaped button on top. And yeah, it’s a little creepy. Hold the button and it emits a soothing electronic heartbeat at a tad under 60bpm. Runs on (2) button cell batteries, included.

Don’t stick cotton swabs in anyone’s ears, even your elephant’s, although the largest of these will be tempting. Our each is a giant 325-piece pack of single-tip cotton swabs on wooden sticks and in (6) different sizes. The smallest is about what you’ve got in your medicine cabinet, and the rest range on up to the elephantine, 8-1/2” long with 3/4” dia swabs on the end. Were thinking artists, art restorers, auto detailers, electronics techs, gunsmiths and fussbudgets of all sorts will love them.

Is that a set of socket drivers in your pocket or did you just forget your toolbox? Imagine a set of (7) drivers mounted together and folding to a compact 4-3/8” x 2-1/8” x 1”. You pick the metric drivers at 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 11mm and 12mm; or the SAE set at 3/16", 1/4", 5/16", 11/32, 3/8", 7/16" and 1/2".

Polyester, that is. Our each is a 55-meter (60+ yards) of white polyester tape, 18mm (0.71”) wide x 0.17mm (real thin) thick on a 3” core. Tough stuff, with excellent tensile strength.

Could be a really flexible ear of sweet corn, but it’s not. Here’s what it is: a super-bright, 30-element COB light in a 3-3/4" hex x 1-1/2” housing mounted on a tension-locking ball and socket joint that’s attached to 2-1/2” hex base with a 2.5-lb pull magnet. Ready for hanging on to any ferrous surface, like a fender during a nocturnal tire change, for instance. Throws a hefty 250 lumens, has a rubberized on/off switch on the side and comes with (3) “AA”s.

Can you say orrery kit? That’s what this is to an astronomer. (Named for Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery in County Cork.) Your orrery has the sun and planets out to Neptune on a gear-driven 6” x 4” base. You’ll get all the parts, plus (8) paint pots and a brush. The finished model will be approx 12” wide x 4-1/4” tall. For ages 8+.

Or want to teach kiddies to write books? Start with blank, staple-bound 28-page paperbacks with bright white, 80-lb paper stock pages and card-stock blank covers. You pick: the 7” x 8-1/2” books with 3/4” double rules (think primary-grades printing guides) on the bottom half of each page; or the 8-1/2” x 11” book with un-ruled pages.

It’s cute, it’s clever, and it’s a cyber reptile. This kit uses its box as its body, plus (50) plastic piece and parts to make a walking cardboard reptile or crocodile. Has a DC motor assembly on its back, an on-off switch and a battery holder. Measures approx 12" x 9" x 3-1/2" overall when assembled. At our price these are incredible for scouts, classrooms, birthdays or any large migration of kids. Made for ages 8+ with simple instructions. You add a pair of “AA” batteries.

Might want to get some of this assorted cloth gaffers’ tape in red, yellow, brown and silver because it leaves no residue and has a non-reflective matte finish, on account of theaters and movie stages don’t like either. Ours is 1-7/8” wide on 60-yard rolls with 3” cores.

Pucker up and blow air into these inflatable faux-electric guitars, which will end up being 23” long. You’ll get (3) each in hot pink, lime green, yellow, red, electric blue, and black, complete with a picture of a genuine whammy bar on them. You’ll be able to start an air-guitar orchestra, add a nice touch to a theme party or spiff up your swimming pool.

A whole bunch of tips, actually. These are white plastic tips, 5/8" long x 3/8” ID, in packs of (4), so you’ll get a total of (40) of them in each order. Want more tips? Buy low, sell high, eat more fiber, and never invade Russia in the winter.

And you can’t lose. Really. Five bucks buys you (4) good quality artists’ paint brushes, 5” to 12” in length, from an extremely assorted collection. You’ll get sable, nylon, ox hair or camel hair, long or short, very fine to very wide, round to flat, in sizes from very fine to very wide, all from Duro Art Industries in Chicago. Gives you something to look forward to.

Sounds crazy, but stay with us here. This 7-LED bulb runs on its internal 700mA rechargeable battery or on AC power when you screw it into a standard outlet. It charges when in an outlet, with a 5-hour charge for a 3-hour use cycle. LEDs are a cool white temp inside a 3” dia x 4” bulb, rated for 250 lumens. Bonus! Works great as a handheld flashlight. Double Bonus! Comes with a wireless remote control. 

Stainless steel mortar and pestle set. Mortar measures 5-1/4” dia x 3” on a 4” dia attached saucer-like base. Holds approx 250ml. Pestle is 6-3/4” long with 1-1/4” and 2” dia heads. Nice for the lab, or for folks who want everything in their stainless steel kitchen to be stainless steel. You know who you are. And we salute you.

Ten electrical leads with an alligator clip on each end. Each lead is about 20" long, not counting the 'gators. Vinyl coated 20-22 ga. wire with a vinyl cover over each clip. They come in an assortment of five colors with two leads in each color. The manufacturer calls them heavy duty but we would restrict them to the light currents and low voltages you will be using in your home experiments. Our each is a set of (10).

First and foremost, it’s an iZoom® lantern--a really handy, collapsible, dual-mode, battery-operated lantern. But it’s also a magic trick because to turn it on, you pull it open, like a pirate’s spy glass. Open it once and its 80-lumen LEDs glow bright-white, constant-on. Close it and pull it open again, and the light is an amber 25-lumen, flame-mimicking flicker. Open it again and it’s back to white. At 3-1/2” dia, it stands approx 5” tall when closed, and a max of approx 7-1/2” when open. Has (2) handles that fold down for storage or up for hanging and carrying. Comes in black or gun-metal gray, and we’ll pick because that’s how we roll. Adding to the magic, the whole shebang runs on (3) “AA” batteries. (Not Included)

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.

We're liking this little plated N45 neodymium magnet because it will stand on end and stick out very prettily on the ice box. Measures 1" tall x 1/4" square with a hefty, for its size, 3-1/2 lb pull, 13,800 gauss. (Will also lie down on its side, of course, because everybody does.)

You get (8) fine point Sharpie® markers: black, blue, green, red, yellow, orange, purple and brown. Great for posters, labels and just general notes around the house. No charge for the pocket clips on the caps.

Or on your pack, or wherever. This single-walled stainless steel mug holds approx 8 oz (not the 10 on the package) and has a 3/4” ID x a 3” long working red carabiner for a handle. Measures 3-1/8” tall x 2-7/8” including the carabiner. Safe for use over an open flame, but watch your fingers.

Never seemed fair to nail the "lazy" tag so permanently on the "Susans" but that probably has no "bearing" on the issue. Also called turntable bearings, they are the square or circular flat ball bearing devices YOU bolt between two flat objects to achieve rotation. Like that spinning center section of a Chinese restaurant table. We had these in surplus once and they were quite popular. To our chagrin, we discovered they could be bought commercially for the same price. So we did. The 4" version is rated for a 300lb. load and the 12" (round) for 1000lbs.

The boys in the back room called this IZoom Pro™ flashlight ludicrously bright, and they’re usually right. Rated at 300, 1200, and 2500 lumens with a strobe setting, light is through a reticular COB LED element with an adjustable focus lens. Takes (6) “AA” batteries, and they’re included. Measures 7” long x 1-1/2” dia in black aluminum alloy body. Has up to a 4-hour life, depending on the beam strength you use.

This take-out solenoid valve is a simple open/closed solenoid valve that is normally closed. It draws 100mA at 12VDC. Has 3/16" OD inlet and outlet at right angles to each other. Housing measures 1-3/16" long x 15/16" dia with terminals at the back end.

Billy says that there’s nothing worse than a hot pillow, and nothing better than a soothing fan to lull you to sleep. So of course you will want our Breezy Buddy pillow, which stays cool because it has a built-in fan! Approx 15” x 5” x 5”, roughly log-shaped and canvas-wrapped with a mesh-covered foam cushion in the middle, the pillow has a fan on each end, gently blowing soothing air across your neck. Use the pillow in a chair, on the beach, in a tent, at the pool or in your own cozy bed at home. Has an adjustable handle for carrying, and the canvas cover is removable and washable. You add (4) “C” batteries. In Red, Blue or Tan. Our choice but if you email us we won't object to picking you out a special color. 

Like the smartest kid in class, this little PC board is crazy bright with (8) 1/8” dia warm white LED COBs. Clearly marked pads for power inputs. The whole shebang is just 7/8” dia with 3/32” mounting divots. Requires a heat sink and a current-limiting resistor.

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You can't start investigating crime scenes too early. This kids fingerprint kit comes with a 1" magnifier, ink pad, print-lift tape, a dozen fingerprint cards and the ever-popular dusting powder, plus instructions. For ages 7+. Dieting parent alert: nothing takes prints like a stainless steel fridge door.!

The FolkArt® company calls these Dye Brushes for, yes, applying dye or creating blended or ombre effects (think shading). Feel free to use them for whatever, because it’s a free country. One is 8” long with 7/8” wide bristles and the other is 7-1/2” long with approx 1-1/4” wide bristles--both nylon. Includes a pair a thin plastic gloves, so you don’t dye your fingers.

Remember those old school vibration football games, or those fantastic days-of-yore vibrating beds in roadside motels? This is like that, a small vibration motor (10mm dia x 2.5mm) that’s touch-sensitive and produces a pleasant buzzy response. Motor has 1-1/4" power leads, draws approx 60mA at 3VDC. Has 0.75g vibe amplitude. Self-adhesive pad on one face. No shaft.

These mysteriously appealing ball-point pens have black ink and a rubber grip at the business end, and a 5/8” dia rare earth magnet embedded in the end of a 1-3/4” long flexible rubber tail at the other end. Yep, you read that right--a magnet. So when they’re not in use they’ll just dangle from any steel surface--like fridges, file cabinets and belt buckles. We’ll pick a pair in red, aqua or black, because they’re all cute as the dickens.

Wethinks this is a glass, mirrored halogen lamp reflector, but it could also serve as the shade for a pendant lamp. It’s a honey in any case. Measures 4-1/2” across x 3-1/4” deep in a parabolic shape with hundreds of small mirrored sections inside and out. Has a 1” ID hole where a lamp neck could go, with a 1-1/2” OD x 3/8” neck. Bottom edge also has a 3/8” lip around it. Could also be the most formal funnel ever made, or a candle holder if you put a blob of putty under it. Or a sparkly princess skirt if you stuck the top half of a Barbara doll into it.