Creative Corner: 20 Toys & Activity Kits for Budding Artists

Kids can decorate two dragon eggs as they spin in the dragon-themed decorator. Once the eggs are customized, kids can open them to find a collectible, 3D-printed dragon.

Young designers choose their charm shapes, fillings, gems, letters, or photos, then press the studio buttons to reveal wearable custom accessories.

Assemble characters using more than 750 micro puzzle pieces with templates and display stands. Builds feature Rumi, Zoey, and Mira.

This set gives kids everything they need to build colorful cones, sundaes, and swirls, offering tons of possible combinations and repeated creative play.

Kids can mix cake-shaped layers of slime and clay, uncover mystery surprises, and collect creator-led compounds from Chillin’ with Rachel.

This table features rounded edges, a reversible tabletop, and internal storage space. One side of the tabletop has built-in tracks for trains, while the other side can function as a crafting surface.

Infused with calming, child-safe scents like lavender, chamomile, and vanilla, this safe and nontoxic compound creates a relaxing, sensory playtime.

This sensory craft kit includes eight reusable dough mats, six scented doughs, a reusable container, and a booklet that guides kids through different emotions and expressions while they mold the compounds.

Kids can mold and drop pretend donuts, decorate them with icing and sprinkles, and build imaginative bakery scenes using the included molds, tools, and accessories.

A secret-button castle reveals 10 jewelry boxes filled with charms and beads, giving young designers bracelets, necklaces, and display-ready storage.

Kids can create kawaii-style charms and pins with this shrink art kit. It includes more than 65 punch-out designs, tracing sheets, coloring supplies, a hole punch, jump rings, brads, pin backs, and charm straps.

Kids can mold and sculpt the air-dry compound to look and feel like real stone, then paint and decorate it with the included water-based acrylics and decals. Some of the paints also glow in the dark.

This game encourages logical and spatial reasoning skills, as kids stack wooden blocks to create houses that match the included picture clues.

Pretend play gets squishably sweet with Kinetic Sand, candy molds, rollers, a roll tray, and a spatula for sensory dessert creations.

Piece together this puzzle to create a collage of collectible enamel pins inspired by Peanuts characters, such as Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Woodstock, Lucy, Linus, and more.

This 1000-piece puzzle is double-sided, showing either the exterior of the Death Star or its blueprint schematics. The set also includes 25 trivia cards detailing the two times the Galactic Empire attempted to build the massive planet-destroyer.

Stretch, squish, and decorate Strawberry Shortcake-inspired scented slime with character charmers and bingsu beads for a collectible sensory play experience.

Kids can customize scented, stretchy, and fashionable bracelet bands with more than 200 charms and beads.

Budding explorers can build and decorate an 18-piece wooden compass, then use the included notebook and pencils to document outdoor discoveries.