Chemiluminescence Kit The Cool Blue Light Experiment Kit, $15.95
This super cool experiment will give your child a taste of what it’d be like be a CSI. How does it work? The chemical reaction from copper sulfate, perborate, and luminol makes a chemical blue light.
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Tunnels, $8.88
This is a great book for reluctant readers. Kids will love delving into this mystery that follows a curious outcast, his eccentric dad, and the scary (but awesome) underground world and subterranean society they uncover. This page-turner is the first in a trilogy, FYI!
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3-D Home Kit, $24.87
Calling all architects-in-training! The 3-D Home Kit lets is a fantastic way for kids to get a taste of what it’d be like to be an architect. With all the necessary poster-board materials — from bricks to roofing and decking — kids can design, construct, and create a detailed, three-dimensional model of their very own design.
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The Encyclopedia of Immaturity, $18.95
This book, filled with all sorts of interesting and funny facts, practical jokes, and activities, will be such a big hit, your 11-year-old will want to buy copies for all their friends!
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The Girl Game, $15.49
This is a fun choice for your daughter’s next slumber party. It’s a great way for girls to shed their layers and let friends know who they really are. Oh, and it’s hilarious too, thanks to lots of silly challenges and personality cards that make up each girl’s “storyboard” which they will eventually read aloud to the group.
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Double Ditto, $19.95
This is a fun new family game that 11-year-olds will love. Players must pick a card, read it out loud, and then channel the other players by quickly jotting down answers they think other players would write.
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