nicknack toys and craft kits: the whole booth, prize by prize
We make the small stuff. The craft kit that eats a rainy afternoon, the thousand-piece prize assortment that refills a classroom treasure box, the pastel spinner that fits inside a plastic egg. This is every nicknack line in one place, with what each one actually holds and what it costs today.
What the booth does differently
Six things printed on the card before you reach the checkout.
| On every card | What it means | Example from the booth |
|---|---|---|
| Piece count | A counted number, with the padding left out | 185 pieces in the fabric flower bouquet kit |
| Age band | The band the toy was designed around, awkward ones included | Craft kits mostly 3 to 12, band printed per kit |
| Price | Read off the live listing, dated in the footer | Every price on the booth, checked the day it was rebuilt |
| Batteries | Named before checkout when they are not in the box | Airbrush sprayers and most musical toys need them |
| Mess | Glue-free and water-free kits flagged as travel-friendly | Plush charms, sticky balloons and refill kits |
| Bulk size | Counted out in dozens and hundreds for parties and classrooms | 200 to 1000 pieces per assortment, 60 spinners to a bag |
Pick by age
Four age bands, three toys from each. The age on every line is the one printed on that toy's own card.
Under 3
- Animal Light-Up Baby PianoFrom about 10 months · $39.99
- 5-in-1 Musical Baby DrumInfants through toddlers · $29.50
- Crawling Musical Plush CrabFrom the crawling stage through toddlerhood · $25.99
Ages 3 to 6
- Mini Puppy Dog House PlaysetAges 3 to 6 · $58.99
- Unicorn Marker Airbrush Art KitAges 3 and up · $24.99
- Plush Charms Craft Kit, 3 PackAges 3 and up, with company at the younger end · $19.99
Ages 3 to 12
- 185-Piece Fabric Flower Bouquet KitAges 3 to 12 · $45.99
- Princess Pink Balloon Animals KitAges 3 to 12 · $26.99
- 2-Player Magnetic Snake GameAges 3 to 12 · $44.99
School age and parties
- 1000-Piece Party Favor AssortmentClassroom and party age — small parts throughout · $43.99
- 200-Piece Party Prize AssortmentRoughly ages 4 to 8 — small parts throughout · $28.99
- 60 Christmas Mini Fidget SpinnersSchool age and up — small parts · $14.99
Walk the booth
Seven shelves. Start wherever the next birthday is coming from.
Airbrush & Craft Kits
Marker airbrush sets, plush charms and fabric bouquets for a long rainy afternoon.
5 productsParty Favors & Goodie Bags
Bulk prize mixes and craft bits that split neatly between a dozen treat bags for a table of kids.
4 products
Fidget Spinners in Bulk
Mini nicknack spinner toys by the carton — classroom boxes, egg hunts and party lines, counted by hand before the bag is sealed.
4 productsBalloon Animal Kits
Sticky balloon craft kits for kids — pumps, refill packs and a table of twisting hands.
4 products
Baby & Toddler Toys
Musical, light-up and sensory nicknack toys for the crawling-and-first-steps stretch.
4 products
Active Play & Games
The nicknack toys that want the middle of the room — hoops, goals, playsets and games two children can race.
3 products
Moving & Hauling
The grown-up corner of a booth full of nicknack toys — a dolly built for the heavy end of a move.
1 productWhat people keep reaching for
The eight that get bought, gifted and bought again.
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2-Player Magnetic Snake Game
★★★★★5 from 1 ratingsTwo radio-controlled snake heads, sixteen magnetic blocks and a floor that turns into an arena for about twenty minutes at a stretch.
Ages 3 to 12USB rechargeable, cable in the box$44.99$49.9910% off -
16 Prefilled Easter Eggs with Pull-Back Cars
★★★★½4.7 from 88 ratingsSixteen eggs, already filled, each one with a little animal car that drives when you pull it back.
Ages 3 to 10$29.99 -
Animal Light-Up Baby Piano
★★★★½4.7 from 27 ratingsA keyboard with five instrument voices, animals that spin to the music and a star that lights the whole thing up.
From about 10 months3 AA batteries, required and not included$39.99 -
Heavy Duty Furniture Dolly, 3900 lb
★★★★½4.7 out of 5Four platforms, twenty wheels and a lever, rated to thirty-nine hundred pounds across the set.
Adults$59.99 -
4-in-1 Toddler Basketball Hoop & Soccer Goal
★★★★½4.6 from 72 ratingsOne lion-faced stand that plays four ways, sings in two languages and grows a little taller every few months.
Ages 1 and up$44.99 -
185-Piece Fabric Flower Bouquet Kit
★★★★½4.6 from 63 ratingsA little machine, ninety fabric petals and enough stems to build a bouquet worth handing to somebody.
Ages 3 to 12$45.99 -
60 Easter Mini Fidget Spinners
★★★★½4.6 from 43 ratingsSixty spinners in pastel colours, small enough to drop into a plastic egg and close it.
School age and up — small parts$28.99 -
28 Fidget Spinners with Gift Cards
★★★★½4.6 from 43 ratingsTwenty-eight spinners, twenty-eight cards with a space for names, and twenty-eight bags to put them in.
School age and up — small parts$28.99
How many pieces per guest
Plain division: the piece count printed on the card, shared between the guests. Round down.
| Set | Pieces | 10 guests | 20 guests | 30 guests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000-Piece Party Favor Assortment | 1000 | 100 | 50 | 33 |
| 250-Piece Goodie Bag Filler Mix | 250 | 25 | 12 | 8 |
| 200-Piece Party Prize Assortment | 200 | 20 | 10 | 6 |
| 60 Christmas Mini Fidget Spinners | 60 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 28 Fidget Spinners with Gift Cards | 28 | 2 | 1 | under 1 |
| 16 Prefilled Easter Eggs with Pull-Back Cars | 16 | 1 | under 1 | under 1 |
For spinners and eggs, read the Pieces column as the number of guests the set covers at one each.
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Craft kits for kids, party favors and the rest of what we make
A craft kit should survive contact with an actual child. That is the whole brief we work to. Our craft kits for kids arrive with every piece counted and nothing left to buy: the fabric flower bouquet kit brings 185 pieces and a flower maker, the airbrush art kit brings twelve washable markers and thirteen reusable stencils, the plush charms kit brings three bodies and six swappable faces. No glue, no sewing, no trip back out for batteries you did not know you needed, except where we say so on the card.
Ages matter more than theme. A three year old wants to press something and watch it light up. A seven year old wants a design that looks like the picture on the box. A ten year old wants to make something good enough to give away. We print the age band on every card because a kit aimed at the wrong year is the kit that ends up under the bed, and because the question we get asked most is simply which one is right for this kid.
Then there is the bulk half of the booth. Party favors, goodie bag stuffers, carnival prizes, classroom rewards: the same small toys, counted out in dozens and hundreds so a teacher or a parent can stop hunting. Our party favor assortments run from 200 pieces to 1000, sorted into twenty or thirty kinds, and our mini fidget spinners come sixty to a bag in pastel, in red and green, in Halloween colors. They fill eggs. They fill a prize box. They fill the gap between the cake and the parents arriving.
Making things together is the point of most of this. An art kit on a kitchen table buys an hour nobody is looking at a screen, and the sticker sheets and the stencils are there so a kid who cannot draw yet still ends up with something worth taping to a wall. The possibilities in a box of this kind are not infinite, but they are far wider than the picture on the lid suggests, and discovering that is most of the fun.
Let's be plain about what this collection is. It is a small world of cheap, real things: a magic sticky balloon, a prize box refill, a craft kit that costs less than a cinema ticket. Safety testing and honest piece counts are the two places we spend money. The joy and the love are yours to supply, and most people manage without instructions.
Asked at the booth
What ages are nicknack craft kits for?
Most of our craft kits are built for ages 3 to 12, and each card prints the band for that specific kit. The airbrush art kits and the sticky balloon kits start at 3 with a grown-up nearby; the fabric flower bouquet kit and the plush charms kit are easier from about 6, when small fingers can manage the fiddly bits alone.
Do your activity kits include everything needed?
Every kit includes the parts to finish the project it shows on the box. The two exceptions we flag on the card are batteries, which the airbrush sprayers and most of the musical toys need and do not include, and the obvious one: paper, a table and somewhere to put the finished thing.
Are these good for travel and parties?
The mess-free ones are. Plush charms, sticky balloons and the refill kits need no glue and no water, so they travel. The airbrush kits spray washable ink, which is fine at a kitchen table and less fine in the back of a car. For parties, the bulk party favor assortments and the mini fidget spinners are what we actually designed for the job.
How do craft kits for kids promote learning and creativity?
The useful part is not the finished object, it is the sequence. Sorting the pieces, following a step, getting it wrong, trying the next idea. Fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination come along for free. The imaginative jump happens later, when a kid stops following the guidebook and starts making designs it does not contain.
What is the difference between your party favor assortments?
Count and variety. The 200-piece box holds 21 kinds, the 250-piece goodie bag mix is sorted for filling bags rather than a prize box, and the 1000-piece assortment holds 31 kinds and is sized for a full school year of classroom rewards.
Where do I actually buy one?
Every card here carries a stamp that opens our listing on the partner store that handles our orders. Payment, delivery, tracking and returns all happen there. We keep the catalog and the piece counts; they keep the warehouse.