Burr Ridge resident Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99.

As many parents have been experiencing lately, keeping a child entertained and engaged throughout the day can be hard. Filling the hours without sitting kids in front of TVs, smart devices, and ...

Fingerlings inventor Sydney Wiseman explains how her viral toy success inspired her to create playful medical tools for children with her sister.

Twelve-year-old Kaia Minn of Jamaica Plain recently won the Best Pitch Award at the 20th Annual Young Inventor Challenge at the Chicago Toy & Game Fair (CHITAG), the largest youth invention showcase ...

HORSHAM, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Third-grader Emery Alderson won the Chicago Toy Game Week Young Inventor Challenge. Magformers, a major toy company, picked her invention. "It felt really great. I was ...

Sixth grade students at Ada Harris Elementary School in the Cardiff School District presented a Toy Invention Fair Dec. 19. The toy fair is the culminating event of Project Toy, an inquiry-based sixth ...

OMAHA, Neb. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A nine-year-old Texas girl will have the chance to pitch her toy idea at the next American International Toy Fair after winning a contest. Fat Brain Toys says that Emma ...

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PORTLAND, OR (KPTV ) — A local industrial designer is heading to New York, presenting his newest invention at Toy Fair, one of the largest toy trade shows in the world. Jeff Lawber says this is the ...

As baby boomers growing up in the 1950s and '60s, we did not have the attention to safety by our country’s leaders that youngsters have today. For example, car seats for kids and seat belts were ...

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