Both of my kids love these super cute little magnetic stacking acrobats by Kushies. The eight-month-old can spend hours playing with one of them, as it fits perfectly into her little hand and it is nice and soft. The three-year-old can spend hours stacking them onto each other and creating shapes. She loves the fact that even though her shapes defy gravity, they still hold together due to the magnets. We actually had our seven-year-old nephew around the other day and even he enjoyed playing with the acrobats, though he used them in a less conventional way by hurling them against our fridge to see if they would stick, a bit like playing harmless darts….

Unfortunately the Kushies website only ships within the US, but here is a list of the retailers that stock Kushies around the globe.

- Emilie