Get those kids outside with this Science on a Nature Walk kit. Find animal tracks and fossilize them. Find treasures on a scavenger hunt. Make your own compass.

This kit includes all the necessary tools such as binoculars, butterfly net, magnifying glass, whistle, data entry book, plaster, waist belt pouch  and more.

This country needs more scientists. Who knows; maybe you have a budding Carl Sagan or Marie Curie in your midst.

Why do onions make you cry? What makes popcorn pop?

As anyone who has done any baking knows, there is a lot of chemistry involved in cooking. Get one thing wrong and that cake turns into a volcano and you end up with a big mess to clean up.

The Science Chef helps children learn science through cooking projects. 101 fun recipes where you get to eat your experiments! For ages 8 and up.

Kids driving you nuts? This Science in the Kitchen Kit should help. Take them outside and make bubbles within bubbles with this amazing bubble wand; create sponge art with natural food colors from fruits and vegetables found in your kitchen; or use the blindfold in the kit for doing scientific taste and smell experiments. 

Great for rainy days, too.

I'm not quite sure what the 3 marbles are for...

What do you do with all of the pennies we have been talking about this week?

Just feed a coin into the dino's mouth and watch it zig-zag into its belly. Each Coinasaurus Big Belly Dinosaur Bank is hand-made in the US. To open bank's Dino belly, simply unscrew the center bolt.

Tip: You might want to include a roll of pennies with this gift, just so the parents don't have to scrounge up the change for their little one to "feed the dino."

Kids love cool gadgets for the summer vacation, just like us adults.  If you know a budding future photographer that has to snap pictures wherever they are then this Underwater Digital Camera from Leaps and Bounds is just what they need.  You need to be prepared to get the perfect picture no matter if you are on land or sea.  You just might be able to snap a picture of a whale flying through the air.  Yes, a whale if you have seen the movie trailer for the new superhero movie Hancock or the Best Buy commercial for waterproof electronics then you know come July 2nd you may fall in love with a not-so perfect superhero.  Here is the Hancock movie trailer if you want to check it out...... www.sonypictures.com/movies/hancock/

Woooooo Wooooo! Here comes the train!

All small children love trains. This Animated Train Chime Clock has a small train that circles the built-in track at the top of every hour. A switch controls the train whistle, and a light sensor deactivates sounds at night.

Great gift for that little engineer!

Let's face it, if you give your kids different foods when they are young, they won't be so picky when they get older.  Made from soft silicone rubber, this set of Chopstick Boy and Chopstick Girl come with melamine chopsticks or you can substitute your own.

These soft, dishwasher-safe chopsticks can really make eating fun, even if it is spaghetti night!

We always stocked up on "rainy day projects" when I was a kid. My mother still says that she doesn't know what she would have done without glitter and glue. This kit is way more fun than that! This Color Your Own Umbrella kit comes in two styles with either permanent markers or glitter paint pots and a paintbrush so your little ones can color their very own child-sized umbrella! (While you're at it, check out their cool Wellies.)

The kids are back!  Home for the summer!!!!  What will they do?  What will you do????  You could consider this as a gift to them and to yourself at the same time.   Now that would be being double gifty.  From Hammacher Schlemmer for $369.95.  It's a little pricey, but remember it is a gift for two!