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ThinkFun Games Sale – Great Games for Kids – $5 and up

High quality, educational games by ThinkFun on sale @ amazon starting at $4.99.  Free Super Saver Shipping or Free with student or caregiver amazon prime.

15 Puzzle - $4.99

Parents' Choice Holiday Guide - Stocking Stuffers - 2003
Washington Times Holiday Guide - 2002
Parent’s Guide Children’s Media Award - 2001
Parents' Choice: Silver Honor Award - 2001

What's Gnu - $9.99

What’s GNU?™ - National Parenting Center Seal of Approval - 2010
What’s GNU?™ - Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award - 2010
What’s GNU?™ - Parent’s Choice Approved Award - 2010

Block By Block - $7.49

Great American Toy Test-1995
WRTV Toy Chest-1993
Games Magazine: Games 100 List-1992, 1993

Shape By Shape - $8.99

The National Parenting Center’s Seal of Approval - 2004
Learning Magazine: Teachers’ Choice Award-1997
Games Magazine: Games 100 List-1997

Hoppers - $7.99

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio: Gold Award-2001
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio: Gold Award-2000
Parents’ Choice: Silver Honor Award-1999
Dr. Toy: 100 Best Children’s Products-1999
Dr. Toy: 10 Best Games-1999
Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media: Children’s Media Program Award-1999

Chocolate Fix - $7.99

Chocolate Fix™ - Learning Magazine - Teachers' Choice Awards -2009
Chocolate Fix™ - Learning® Magazine 2009 Teachers' Choice Award for the Family
Chocolate Fix™ - iParenting Media 2008 Greatest Products Award
Chocolate Fix™ - TDmonthly Top Toy Award - 2008
Chocolate Fix™ - NAPPA Honors Award - 2008
Chocolate Fix™ - ASTRA Best Toys for Kids List - 2008
Chocolate Fix™ - Kaboose.com 2008 Amazing Toy Award: Toys for Grade-schoolers
Chocolate Fix™ - Parents' Choice Gold Award - 2008

Spending time with children is an incredible thing, and these educational, yet extremely fun games and puzzles are a fantastic way to spend that time - learning and laughing.

ThinkFun was founded in 1985 by husband and wife team Bill Ritchie and Andrea Barthello.  Bill was a born puzzler, so defining his dream company was no challenge, but the 80's were a tough time for toy companies. Retailers were moving away from games, and the Rubik's Cube, which had broken through in the mass market, was losing popularity.

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Here's some more info on the game Shape by Shape: Based on the ancient game of tangrams, Shape by Shape is the quietly absorbing game of fitting 14 pieces inside a puzzle frame. Not as simple as it sounds, players are challenged to match the image on each of 60 cards using six red pieces to form the card's subject and eight yellow pieces to form its background. If needed, hints on the back of each card will aid the player. In addition to the 60 puzzles provided there are 27,268 ways to arrange the pieces inside the puzzle frame. Children who can draw up a master list will be well on their way to brilliant careers in math or engineering. This compact, nicely designed game includes a plastic drawer below the puzzle frame to hold the cards.