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she'll love to wear ... always.
Diamondsrine Jewelry
Orchard Mall • Orchard Lake Road at Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
248-932-7700 • 1-800-337-GIFT
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International Playthings, 1-800-631-
tires. Pre-assembled except for one
1272.)
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consumer-added bolt.
Dress Up Dolls features three 7-
Its German-made quality will last
inch, stuffed-felt, multicultural dolls;
for years of use by many children.
precut felt outfits to be sewn; assorted
(Ages 4 and up, $130, Kettler, avail-
trimmings; and excellent sewing
able from Play Fair Toys catalog, 1-
instructions. The child who finishes
800-824-7255.)
has dolls to play with, as well as the
Traxx 54-Piece Deluxe Train Set
ability to add to their wardrobes.
features an engine and five cars with
(Ages 7 and up, $20, Alex, 1-800-
magnetic couplers and enough track
666-2539.)
for meandering layouts. Accessories
Make & Bake Fake Clay Snakes
include viaducts, a bridge, a tunnel, a
uses a special clay that remains flexible
station, cross-tracks, curved switching
after baking, so repositioned snakes
tracks, buffer stops, track signals and
will always spring back to their origi-
the piece de resistance, a mechanical
nal shapes. Colored pictures give ideas
turntable with handle that smoothly:,
for snake poses and colors. Paints and
rotates the train to any of seven track
brush are included, as well as fake
positions. Yes, the tracks are plastic,
grass for making a snake habitat. (Ages
but they look and perform like wood
7 and up, $15, Creativity for Kids, 1-
and cost about one-third as much. At
800-642-2288.)
$50, this is indeed a Best Buy. (Ages 3
QUADS is a strategy game played
and up, Battat, 1-800-247-6144.)
on
a 6x6 board with 36 geometrically
Children's Playground adds memo-
ries of summer fun to any play-
set scene. There are a dinosaur-
shaped slide, sandbox with
sand toys, doll and carriage, toy
tractor, tree, bench, three chil-
dren and a watchful adult.
(Ages 4 and up, $28,
Playmobil, 908-274-0101.)
Top Dog lets children expe-
rience bona "fido" canine
adventures through board and
card games. They form a pack,
lead it to safety, collect sets of
the same breed, rescue dogs
from the pound and learn
Teens will adore these sports-theme bracelets from
much about dogs in an easygo-
Gabriala's in Plymouth.
ing way. (Ages 6-10, $20,
Aristoplay, 1-800-634-7738.)
patterned tiles. Players take turns plac-
Ultra Turn is a construction toy, a
ing a tile next to another whose edge
movable sculpture and a creative art
matches. Win by forcing the opponent
experience. Glorious-colored wood
into a position from which no move is
dowels (both straight and right-
possible. (Ages 8 to adult, $25, Great
angled) and balls snap together into
American Trading Co., 1-800-225-
assemblies that can be rotated into
7449.)
ever-changing configurations. Connect
You're A Special Effects Movie
the pieces in graduated color sequence
Artist! allows youngsters to build clas-
for a subtle look, or juxtapose wild
sic optical illusions (zoetrope, thau-
combinations. (Ages 6 and up, $50,
motrope, and stereopticon), plus
Pappa Geppetto's Toys, 1-800-667-
newer ones like the morphing
5407.)
machine (to make one image turn into
Treasure Quest, a visual strategy
another), a bead-vanishing illusion
game played with treasure cards that
and distorting room (that makes a
have slotted openings to see through,
child look larger than an adult).
challenges players to win points by
There's a fine history of special effects,
positioning each subsequent card to
but no actual movie-making involved.
show the most gems or coins from
(Ages 8 and up, $20, Curiosity Kits,
lower levels. (For two players ages 7
1-800-584-5487.) ❑
and up, $16, Ravensburger/