Brain Waves You can sell: finger paints, child chairs, smart sprinklers
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The scarecrow finally got his brain. Instead of just hangingaround in your customers' gardens like his passivepredecessors, the Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler uses thebrain the wizards at Comtech Electronics Inc. gave him--a motionsensor that detects pesky animal intruders and shoots a stream ofwater to frighten them away.
The Scarecrow runs on two 9-volt batteries and attaches to agarden hose. When it detects a bird or any other garden intruder,it sprays a stream of water for three seconds. The sprinkler headcan be adjusted to different spray distances and switched from"spray" to "jet" settings.
Wholesale price: $75. Suggested retail price: $129. No minimumorder s required, but shipping is free with the purchase of two ormore units.
From Comtech Electronics Inc., Saanichton, British Columbia. Toorder, call (800) 767-8658
Please Be Seated
You may not think of the average grocery store as a battlefield.But listen closely and you'll hear the battle cry of a childbeing scolded for standing in a shopping cart or pulling shinyproducts off the shelves. Help parents call a truce and keep theirchildren comfortable and secure with the Baby-Hold-Me-Safe, aportable child safety seat that can be adjusted to fit shoppingcarts as well as mall strollers and high chairs.
The Baby-Hold-Me-Safe seat has oversized, padded straps thatattach in the back to help prevent children from unbuckling thesafety restraint. Large front and back pads deter youngsters fromstanding up, while the padded front also keeps children fromtouching germ-infected shopping cart handles. The versatile seatcan even double as a changing pad and has a convenient diaperpocket and toy attachments.
The Baby-Hold-Me-Safe is machine washable and folds and storeseasily in its own drawstring duffel bag. Recommended for ages 5months to 4 years, the safety seat comes in yellow with blacktrim.
Wholesale price: $11. Suggested retail price: $21.95. Minimumorder: 12 units.
From Carousel Concepts Inc. in Shelby Township, Michigan. Toorder, call (888) 422-4448.
In Living Color
By Jessica Hale
What comes in a rainbow of colors, glows in the dark, allowskids to make as big a mess as they want and still washes awaywithout leaving a trace? Colorations Inc.'s brightly colored3-in-1 Activity Paints--sure to make your customers smile whileinspiring creativity in their children. Colorations all-purposeactivity paints can be applied with brushes, sponges or fingers.Unlike traditional finger paints, they're not runny anddon't require special paper.
The paints are available in sparkle, metallic, fluorescent andeven glow-in-the-dark varieties, as well as traditional "BasicBrights" colors so vivid, kids will love them. Parents willlove the fact that they're nontoxic and wash off easily with alittle soap and water--a far cry from the murky, gooey paintsthat can stain kids' clothes so easily.
Wholesale price for a 16-ounce container of paint: $2 to$3.25. Suggested retail price: $5 to $6.50. Minimum order:$100.
From Colorations Inc., Duluth, Georgia. To order, call (800)831-6929.
