Are you STILL celebrating using a piñata? Why do we ask? For starters, that swinging bat is as much a hazard to the guests as it is to the toy! Avoid an “America’s Funniest Home Videos” moment and get the Tikiyata! Tikiyata uses a clever system of interlocking Tikisticks to keep candy from pouring out. Kids use the Tikihook to pull out Tikisticks one at a time until candy spills out. Pull the right stick and watch as the Tikiyata rains candy! Great for parties indoors or out. Plus, the Tikiyata is reusable! Ages 3 and up.

Mark Rappaport

At the age of nine, Mark Rappaport invented his first toy. Even though it wasn't accepted by Mattel when his father presented it to them, this didn't deter Rappaport from trying again and again. After being trained as an industrial designer at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, he invented products for both Mattel and Parker Brothers. He eventually returned to California where he launched a company to design and manufacture his own toys. Now in his 40's, he has invented dozens of toys for companies including Oddz On, Just Toys, Sport Fun and Hasbro, with sales reaching more than $100 million.