Lite Brite FX Flash Art (Hasbro) Ages 3-8, $19.99
We LOVE this craft project! My kids, who just love spin art, begged me to let them test this, and boy did they have fun. My husband also joined in the mix. The colors are great, the music is fun (and you can turn it off too!). There's a black light in the background that makes the neon colors really pop -- especially if you turn off the lights. The artwork is fun, and the kids were really thrilled with their finished products. Cleanup was easy; it doesn't make a mess when it's spinning. All in all, it's a really family-friendly (mom-friendly) craft project. Includes 4 C batteries. Make sure you also purchase the Lite Brite FX Flash Art: Paint the Picture Refill at $6.99; it's really worth it to have extra supplies. 

Fashion Angels Design Sketch Book (The Bead Shop) Ages 8+, $14.99 
Our 8-year-old tester, a sewer, knitter, potter, and budding artist just loved this set.  Since she's already creating fashion items for her dolls on her grandmother's sewing machine she just loved this kit.  She had a blast creating designs for the Fashion Angels.  The book contains a pad of Fashion Angel templates, markers, mini color pencils, a sharpener, and an eraser. When your done designing you can save all your drawings in the inside pocket. This is a great, creative gift!

Paint the Wild Four Frog Friends Kit (Balitono) Ages 6+, $16.99
Our testers aged 7 and up had fun creating their four frogs.  According to their mother she just handed them the box, some newspaper, water and they were ready to go.  The girls had a great time creating their wooden pets and according to their mothers have them displayed in their rooms.  The kit includes 4 hand carved frogs, 5 paint pots, varnish, two paintbrushes, 4 suction cups for windows, gift cards and frog facts.

Sparkle Beads New Vintage Pins Kit (The Bead Shop) Ages 6+, $16. 00
Our 6 and 8-year-old testers had fun gluing the microbeads onto the plastic shapes to make cool pins.  They needed a little help from their mom, but for the most part they were able to do it themselves.  There's enough in the kit to make 15 pins.  

Monster Art Center (Alex Toys) Ages 4+ $59.99
If you have a budding artist in the family, or just want to inspire creativity this is a great gift!  This big, sturdy case is packed with 132 pieces of art supplies.  It includes: 12 watercolor paints with palette,
28 colored pencils, 24 oil pastels, 26 crayons, 30 fine tip markers, water bottle, 2 brushes, sponge, 2 drawing pencils, pencil sharpener,
eraser, clear and white glue.  Our testers, a group of kids in an aftercare program thought that this was just the best!  Since they were always using old supplies donated by families they were thrilled to receive something so complete!  The teachers thought it was a great gift not only for them, but for any child to inspire creativity!

Doodle Bear Magic Glow Doodle Bear (Play Along) Ages 3+, $34.99
Our 6-year-old tester just loved the Magic Glow Doodle Bear.  According to her mother, she had been asking for one for a while, so she was thrilled when she was given this to test.  She loved the fact that she could create her own designs on her bear - especially using the glow-in-the-dark pen.  "She's already washed it one and it came out perfect, ready to design again" commented her mother. 

Aquadoodle Travel Doodle (Spin Master) Ages 2+, $15.99
If your grandchildren have experienced the fun of Aquadoodle then they will just love this travel set.  Parents love it because it's mess free, and kids love it because it's creative and they can change their designs over and over.  Another plus is that this one is double sided, so after your grandchild is done designing, they can turn it over and start a new project!  The set includes the double-sided Doodle Board, a Magic Water Pen and is equipped with the 1 2 3 Draw With Me feature that teaches children how to draw step-by-step. 

Color Explosion (Crayola) (Ages 6+) $7.99  Our testers (and parents) just LOVE this product.  First it's really cool and secondly there's no mess!  Our testers, who loved scratch art, really love this because it's easy and fun.  They could make a variety of designs or use the enclosed stencils.  Each pack comes with tons of paper and three markers so you won't run out.  Just be careful not to touch the paper with wet hands it will ruin the paper.  The sets should be stored in the enclosed ziploc bag.  It's a really great, creative gift -- that will of course will keep giving since we're sure that Grandparents will receive more refrigerator art as a result!