We believe our creative curiosity, ingenuity, experience & high-energy approach, has helped us carve out a unique cross-category offer. Our vision is to be the creative consumer products partner retailers and brands choose to work with and talented individuals want to work for. Our playground? As much as we like to play, we only play to our strengths. So it’s Toys & Activities, Stationery & Creative Play and Accessories & Lifestyle products which firmly have our hearts and focus! With the ever-changing consumer retail landscape (and just like the kids we develop products for) – we rarely sit still! Always evolving and always learning, with a relentless drive to do better at everything we do! Our Playhouse is full of exclusive, emerging and established own-brands; and a roster of global icons of the licensing world, we’re proud of our thriving portfolio. Through creative collaborations with our retailers and brand partners, we develop innovative and award-winning consumer brands and products, from concept to commercial success. From pocket money toy crazes to viral arts & crafts; on-trend hair accessories to statement shopper bags, we’re committed to creativity in in our core categories.
Hot Focus, Inc.
Hot Focus is a dynamic brand dedicated to creating fun, trendy, and essential products that kids love most. We specialize in delivering the latest must-have styles and playful items designed to spark creativity, joy, and everyday excitement.
HeyDoodle
HeyDoodle is where creativity meets reusability—turning doodles into endless fun (literally). Founded by architect-turned-toy-innovator Bea, our award-winning, reusable silicone mats let kids color, wipe, and repeat without the mess or waste. Designed with stealthy educational elements (think letters, numbers, and speech therapy sound-loaded scenes), our mats make learning feel like play. But we didn’t stop there—our Tales collection reimagines classic stories as foldable, interactive silicone books that can be read, colored, and reused, again and again. Crafted from premium, food-grade silicone, HeyDoodle products are eco-conscious, durable, and parent-approved, perfect for keeping kids engaged at home, on-the-go, or in therapy sessions. We’re big on quality, sustainability, and fun, with a growing global footprint across 27+ countries and a stack of shiny awards, including ‘Best Kids Product of the Year’. As we expand into the US, teaming up with museums, therapists, and educators, we remain focused on making learning interactive and fun. So whether you’re looking for a boredom buster, a screen-free solution, or a genius gift, you’ve just found it. HeyDoodle: Draw. Erase. Repeat. (Forever.)
HandMoto
HandMoto® – Screen-Free Hand Motor Skills Development for Kids As technology continues to dominate early-grade education, Moto Sign and Media Corporation introduces HandMoto®, an innovative, screen-free alternative designed to help children build essential math, writing, and fine-motor skills. With classrooms and homes relying more heavily on digital devices, HandMoto offers a hands-on solution that keeps kids engaged while supporting fun, healthy, and developmentally appropriate learning. HandMoto’s product line includes five activity-focused SKUs—covering coloring, puzzles, spelling, and math—along with a comprehensive all-in-one Mega-Pack. Each product features a clear, durable, reusable dry-erase writing surface that encourages free-hand practice. Unlike stencil-based products, HandMoto emphasizes authentic motor development by allowing children to practice real writing strokes, drawing movements, and problem-solving patterns—skills that electronic devices often fail to develop. Designed with both kids and parents in mind, HandMoto combines a modern, electronics-inspired form factor with a fully tactile experience, offering the familiarity of a tablet without screens or batteries. Lightweight and under one pound, each unit fits easily into a backpack, making it ideal for classrooms, travel, and on-the-go learning. The materials are built to last, allowing families to reuse, share, or pass down products to siblings and friends. The dry-erase design allows children to erase and repeat activities until mastery is achieved. Once ready, users can remove the clear cover, swap in a new activity sheet, snap the cover back on, and continue learning—SWAP. SNAP. PLAY! This system promotes confidence, repetition, and independent exploration. One of HandMoto’s key strengths is its scalable content. Activities grow with the child, offering increasing levels of challenge in areas such as early writing, basic math, problem-solving, and creative expression. This adaptability supports long-term use across multiple age ranges and allows learning to extend beyond early grades into subjects like cursive writing, science, geography, and languages. “Parents and educators have been asking for meaningful, hands-on alternatives to screen-centered learning,” said the HandMoto team. “HandMoto delivers the engagement kids enjoy while building the practical skills—writing, math readiness, and fine-motor control—that form the foundation for academic success.” Children quickly respond to HandMoto’s balance of creativity and challenge, often continuing activities independently. Its tactile, engaging design encourages persistence and repetition, reinforcing learning in ways screens cannot. HandMoto is now available, offering families and educators a refreshing, device-free option for early skills development. With a focus on durability, reusability, and developmental value, HandMoto provides a practical solution for today’s learning environment—one that benefits from a healthy balance between technology and hands-on play. About Moto Sign and Media Corp. Moto Sign and Media Corp. develops HandMoto®, an innovative, portable, and reusable learning tool designed to strengthen writing, math, and fine-motor skills through hands-on play—without screens.
Fox Chapel Publishing
Fox Chapel has published more than 3,500 books and introduces nearly 200 new titles each year. The scope of books include quilting, coloring and activity books, children’s books, home repair, cookbooks, gardening, wood working, and more! | Fox Chapel Publishing is passionate about providing readers of all ages with an array of compelling and visually appealing books that encourage creativity, inventiveness, and understanding. We inspire and inform readers who enjoy a variety of crafts, hobbies, and interests, making it our mission to provide them with exciting new titles and projects they’ll love. From woodworking, home improvement, and cooking to arts and crafts, quilting, gardening, children’s books, and so much more, there’s something for everyone to pick up and enjoy!
Fashion Angels
Since its inception in 1996, Milwaukee-based Fashion Angels has built an innovative brand based on empowering young women to unleash their creative potential. As a leading designer and manufacturer of award-winning tween girls’ craft, entrepreneurial, fashion and beauty activity products, as well as a full line of fashion accessories and stationery, Fashion Angels aims to inspire the next generation of strong women through STEAM-based creativity. As a female-founded company that is predominately female-owned and operated, Fashion Angels has stayed true to its roots as disruptive market innovators with delightful, high-quality STEAM products, creating unique experiences for young women that will encourage them to build their own wings. With the goal to provide the next generation of female leaders with the tools they need to step out of traditional expectations and explore their creativity, Fashion Angels products are designed to seed empowerment, confidence and ability. Fashion Angels products are available at specialty shops, mass retailers and department stores worldwide. Build Your Talents. Build Your Own Style. Build Your Own Wings and FLY!
EDC Publishing
EDC Publishing delivers educational excellence through our three product lines – Kane Miller Books, award-winning publishers of children’s books from around the world; SmartLab Toys, a leading designer of educational toys that inspire young minds; and Learning Wrap-Ups, a unique line of children’s educational manipulatives.