At least you’ll be in control and your mind won’t be playing tricks on you. That’s at least 20 years away—or fewer if you’ve eaten poorly and neglected your sleep. For now, trick your eyes and still-reliable gray matter with this (50)-pack of Optical Illusions. With some, you’ll see things move or disappear. With others, you’ll wonder how the thing you’re looking at is even possible. Cards measure approx 3” x 5”. Ages 8+. 3 yrs.

And pop-nose, and pop-ears. Everything pops when you squeeze this guy’s head. It’s true of most of us, actually. This one, however, is a classic, sometimes seen as the Martian Popper but in this incarnation he’s Panic Pete. Don’t let your children grow up without having one to take their frustrations out on.

They could be finger puppets, but they could be hands in search of a mini manikin. Wherever they came from, they're 2-5/8" long in both light and darker toned flexible rubber, and remarkably life-like in a ready-to-shake pose. You'll get (5) total: (2) right; (2) left: and one of one or the other, we'll randomly select the skin tones. Some of us think they'd be an interior decorating breakthrough if you lined up (15) or (20) of them on the mantel.

Nothing says compact fun like rubber finger puppets. We recommend these for adding a touch of whimsy to parental or grandparental reading of bedtime stories. You pick a quartet of rubber cats or squirrels, in four different colors/breeds, all approx 2” tall and all cute as the dickens.