the kidalog

Eiffel Redux

There is nothing more serene than a drive through Amish country. Endless miles of grass, cows, windmill wells and not an effete Frenchman in sight.

$17.95

Wheel of Misfortune

A kind of "I'll cut and you pick" egalitarian way to divide the less than sweet childcare chores. The Wheel of Responsibility with Real Spinner Action makes misery almost like a fun game! But in order to be really useful at 2 a.m., this thing ought to glow in the dark .

$11.00

Stitches for EVERYONE!!!

Who didn't have a SEW PERFECT sewing machine in the 70's? It was clunky and had that cheesy drop-in bobbin and thread cartridge so you couldn't hurt yourself. Not this vintage replica toy SINGER sewing machine. No M'am, you can for sure sew your fingers together with this beauty.

$25.00

High Art

                          When he is wee tiny, its a ZOLO mobile that can hang above his crib. When he grows into a big boy, its a ZOLO mobile that can hang above his bed. When he is all grown up, its still a ZOLO mobile---but he'll be able to pull it apart and reconfigure it a zillion different ways and hang it above his conference table. (A zillion is roughly equal to or less than a Brazilian billion, depending upon current exchange rates.)

$48.00

Ride, Sally Ride

                          She won't settle for any old generic Astronaut costume from Mega Lo-Mart if she is a true science and space freak. With this realistic NASA costume she can blast through the stratosphere in style. Try that in a tutu.

$49.99

Barbie has left the building.

When your son surprises and delights you by asking for a doll house for Christmas, don't freak him out with a Purple Princess Palace. Instead, offer him this design conscious dream house. He may have to suffer with a girly pink Easy Bake oven until Emeril hips it up, but throw the kid a bone. Its not like he's asking for a boa.

$120.00

Hurry Robin, the Bats Mobile!

Holy Hanging Rodents, Batman! When you promised him you'd get him his very own Bat Mobile if he'd forgo the matchy Batman poly sheet set from Mega Lo-Mart, you weren't lying.

$21.50

Draw For Your Supper

They can either enjoy what you were nice enough to spend three hours and two Band-Aids cooking, or draw their fantasy meal on these cool chalkboard place mats . And eat chalk.

$32.95

Vive la Boredom

When your whiny adolescent claims to have nothing to do, after he alphabetizes your pantry, set him to work on expanding your knick knack collection. This Eiffel Tower ERECTOR SET will entrance him for hours and produce a kid craft you can actually showcase. Sit-abouts never had such panache.

$54.95

No Helmet Required. Yet.

Its big. Its red. Its back. The somewhat ORIGINAL BIG WHEEL of your childhood has come roaring out of the 70's in a feeble attempt to whisk your kids into that ethereal realm of bliss achieved only with fast pedals and a dangerously effective handbrake. The Safety Nazis took the handbreak, but they couldn't steal the fun.

$29.99