Top 20 Toys of the Season
Thursday, October 28, 2010 
We hope you enjoyed our Top Toys for under $25 posted earlier in the week! Now we're back for another installment of holiday gift ideas. It was hard to narrow it down, but with a lot of agonizing (because we truly love all of our toys!), we have our Top 20 Toys of the Season.
1. Sustainable Earth Lab
This comprehensive science kit by Thames & Kosmos contains 40 different earth-friendly experiments. Construct your own miniature water treatment plant, make recycled paper and plastic and explore the causes and consequences of greenhouse effect with carbon dioxide tests.
2. Strobotop
Strobotop light-phase animator by Eye-Think is one of the coolest new products on the market. Use the flashing LED light and the animation wheel to see the pictures move. You can also make your own animations by using the blank templates that are included with each Strobotop.
3. Magna-Tiles Working Trucks
Your child will love Working Trucks. They are assembled using magnetic connections, so they are easy to connect and rearrange. Kids are able to build traditional style trucks or something from their imagination.
4. My Friendship Bracelet Maker
My Friendship Bracelet Maker simplifies bracelet weaving for any crafty kid. Just clip your thread onto the board and separate the strings. This way you never lose track of what string gets knotted next.
5. Scruble Cube
This brand new word game is interesting mix between Scrabble and a Rubix cube. Align the letters in the cube to create words and earn points based on your letter combinations.
6. HEXBUG Nano Habitat Set
Your kids will love this kit! HEXBUG is a mechanical creature that behaves just like a real bug. It feels its way around sensing objects and responding to loud noises. With this set, you have everything you need to build your own HEXBUG Nano Habitat!
7. Quercetti Fantacolor Junior
Fantacolor Junior by Quercetti is great for building finger strength and dexterity while practicing color recognition and sequencing. Little ones are delighted for hours building the colorful pictures or creating their own unique designs.
8. Terra Kids Microscope
Any serious explorer needs a Terra Kids Microscope set. Its portable design is great for collecting samples in the wilderness so you can analyze them on the spot. Great for any budding field research scientist...
9. Ubertropolis
Uberstix dynamic building sets are the perfect challenge for any seasoned builder. The complex pieces are able to snap into one another in a multitude of different ways, and the pieces can be used in tandem with other mainstream building sets.
10. Wheely Bugs
Prince Lionheart's classic ride-on toy, the Wheely Bug will quickly become your child's best friend. We love them because they're adorable, durable and super fun. Their 360 degree desk chair wheels on the bottom allow your child to scoot around any which way.
Haba's Treasure, Ready, GO! is a fast-paced game that truly is great for the whole family. Complete a series of tasks ranging from charades, to 3-D building to quick memory matching to earn points.
12. Automoblox Minis
These Italian-designed mini wooden cars have interchangable parts. They are a modern-day classic.
13. Block Crayons
Color and stack! Block Crayons can be used as finger crayons or as colorful blocks.
These wooden magnetic blocks are like Magformers meets Haba. All of Tegu's unique products are manufactured responsibly in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
This classic marble run is made of dyed bamboo and is infinitely expandable. Marble runs have been delighting people of all ages for the past century.
16. Building Blocks Technics
One of Haba's newest items, Building Blocks Technics is a block set with clips and wheels. As always, Haba's wooden toys are Made in Germany of solid beech wood and dyed with water-based vegetable dye. Building Block Technics is open-ended play at its finest.
Some people say, "it's just a shape sorter," but in our opinion, it's the best and most beautiful one there is. Each shaped block is crafted from solid beech wood, dyed with a water-based vegetable dye and is adorned with fantastic sensory stimulating embellishments such as prisms, bells and beautiful patterns.
18. Magformer XL Cruiser
If you ever want to take an awesome toy and make it even more awesome - just add wheels. That's exactly what Magformers did with the XL Cruiser. They took a top-notch magnetic buildling set and turned it into a cruiser.
19. Water Blocks
Water Blocks are so new on the market that we don't even have a picture of them yet. They are a super unique pool or tub toy. Magically, they stick to smooth surfaces when wet so you can have a tub time marble run! They're already a huge hit, so stop by either aMuse location to check out what the buzz is about.
20. Melissa & Doug Shopping Cart
This one's a classic. Melissa & Doug's metal shopping cart is a must for any pretend-play store.
