Ahoy Matey!  I wave my hook in yer general direction!  Yer mother was a hamster... Oh, wait - wrong movie. Anyhoo, if you can't dress like a pirate on Talk Like a Pirate Day, then you can bring along your little friend and let him do the talking. This Pirate Puppet has a working mouth and a hand-operating rod for extra fun.

 Guess the Pirate texting: WWLJSPD?

Pirate texting answer to: YHHABOR - Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

This extraterrestial turquoise glows all night long with the Glow in the Dark Ion Thinking Putty. You'll swear you can see the electrons buzzing around this cool tin of goo. Crazy Aaaron sells nothing but these wacky putties. Great gift for the geek in your life or any kid that likes glowing stuff.

Also comes in Krypton (green), Amber (yellow), and Aura (blue).

Do you hate having all those little nubs of crayons haning around? Now you can remelt all those little bits of colored wax into brand new crayons. The Crayola Crayon Maker uses a low-wattage light bulb to melt the old crayon bits into 3 new crayons, and you can watch the whole process through the see-through dome that locks in place. Adhesive labels let you give your new colors their own names.

Show your kids how fun it can be to be thrify and recycle those old crayons into new ones.

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award winner!

Being from the Gulf Coast, most of the snow I saw was on TV. People were making snow angels and guys were, ahem, "writing their names" in the snow. Now girls can get in on the snow decorating fun with the Sno-Paint Sno-Art Kit.

Use the fun molds to imprint the shapes into the snow and then color them in with your Sno-Crayons. Good clean fun!

Need a gift for that geeky-tween girl that loves robots?  Femisapien is a female robot that will dance to her favorite tunes, and will be her back-up singer.  What girl doesn't like being in control and this Femisapien can control other robots including the Robosapien talk about Girl Power!

This cute robot can also be a companion for that guy that just can't get a date, she can dance with you, keep you company, and even give you kisses.  Being a geek is very cool these days, and there are a ton of cute geeky guys out there.  If you haven't went geeky then here are a few reasons why you should give a geek guy a chance...

• Most nerdy guys are very attentive, and they will remember your birthday, anniversary, etc.
• They can actually carry on a conversation about many subjects, so talking is never a problem.
• Most geeky guys are caring, nice and so are their friends.

It's National Punch Day. Unfortunately it isn't clear if we are to celebrate the beverage, tool or actually punching someone or something. If you feel like punching someone a better option would be Rock'em Sock'em Robots. Then you can punch away and nobody gets hurt.

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...

They're finger puppets. They're magnets. And they're all together in this clever set from Design Warehouse. Condi, Cheney, Bush and Rumsfeld, the true Axis of Evil III! But wait, wasn't "W" in the original set? Does that make him the axis of the Axis? Woah!

For those times when you really need to take your frustrations out on something (like when you go to the gas station), they also triple as pincushions . Puppets approx. 4" tall.

fyi - Did you know that Condi had an oil tanker named after her?

With this Lighted Kite you can fly your kite in the day and don't have to stop when the sun goes down.  A unique light system encircles the kite's nylon body, shining brightly in the evening sky.

Great summer fun!