Jenny's Crayon Collection: Art Kit

The Best STEAM Toys for Easter

Who wants to waste their money on Easter gifts kids will look at once and forget about? Then become a pile on the floor to trip over clutter up the house? Not me! I love getting my kids toys they will actually use for more than an hour and that they will learn from.

I have gathered up some toys from my favorite companies to show some awesome STEM and art supplies for Easter baskets. These toys are so fun for kids to use and will entertain them not just for hours, but days. My kids saw me taking this picture and wanted to play with them all. All of these toys were donated by the respective companies, but I get to choose what companies to work with and I am so grateful to be able to show these toys.

I will go through each toy with links to find them.

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The first toy in the basket is the Pinxies unicorn ice cream truck. It provides modes of play. It is a building toy, easy to assemble and it is an interactive toy that lets kids use their imaginations in role play with the characters. There are extra accessories, interchangeable parts, a sticker sheet for decorating, the truck actually moves. Click here to find on Amazon. There are also many other cool sets from Pinxies.

The next toy is from Crayola. I love Crayola! This year they came out with Colors or the World Colored Pencils and Markers to go with their award winning crayons! Click here to find on Crayola.com.

Hand 2 Mind had some great art/STEM toys. The coding charms help teach coding concepts while making the charts and the craft stick creations include 10 different creations kids can make. The Fashion Parade from Educational Insights can be used with the crayons above.

Click here to find the coding charms.

Click here to find craft stick creations.

Click here to find Fashion Parade.

These books from Matthew Paul Turner are really good books for babies and toddlers that let them know how special and important they are! Click here to find on Amazon.

This brand new Design & Drill Bolt Buddies from Educational Insights is super fun for preschools to learn the basics of construction. Click here to find on Amazon.

Finally botley has arrived with the times and come out with some new masks. Check out our review for botley 2.0. He is a screen free coding robot. My daughter loves botley and his current "masks". He is one of our favorites in this house. It is a way for the toy to be like her during this time. She talks about botley wearing his masks. Click here to find at Staples.

Another great one I forgot to put in the picture above is SolarBots. We got this last year and my kids love it. And the sun is coming back out! This one is out of stock, but there is Solar-Powered Rovers from the same company available. Click here to find on Amazon.

I hope this list of toys for Easter was helpful. Many of these toys will provide lots of fun for kiddos and be great Easter basket additions. Or if reading this after Easter they would be great birthday or just because toys. Hope you have a good EASTER!!!

Make Abstract Art with Crayola Paint Pour Art Set

I first saw the Crayola Paint Pour Art Set at Toy Fair 2020. I was immediately interested. I love abstract art and the Paint Pour Art Set made some beautiful creations. This paint pour art set contains everything to makes some amazing works of art. Look at how cute they are!

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What's Inside the Box

Create a Custom Haunted House

One of my favorite parts of Toy Fair is connecting with toy companies. This year I was able to connect with Kids Made Modern. What drew me to their company was their crayons, go figure. But then I found lots of amazing crafting kits.

With my kids home three days a week now it is the perfect thing for us. When my kids were smaller we used to go to Michaels Camp Creativity during the summer. At the camp they would have all the crafting supplies to make specific crafts. I loved it because my kids got to be creative, but I did not have to gather all the supplies. This is exactly what Kids Made Modern has done. They have gathered all the themed supplies in a kit for kids to unleash their creativity. I like it again because I do not have to go and gather all the supplies. I buy the kit and it is all there. And anything that can save me money right now is worth it!

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Crayola Star Wars Millennium Falcon Art Kit: What's Inside the Kit

Crayola and Star Wars came out with a bunch of crayons and art sets to welcome the new movie, The Force Awakens. I picked up everything I could find because I am a major fan of Star Wars, I have been since I was a little girl. I found this Crayola Millennium Art Kit at Target. There are a bunch of coloring pages inside and origami directions to make the Millennium Falcon. I copied it on my printer and made a couple. The pages are very nice also. I am a little disappointed there were not any from the new movie, but they released the Art Kit before the movie was released so I can see why. I hope they come out with another or some updated pages because Rey is my favorite!

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