If you're known as one of those people who couldn't grow a blade of grass in a cow pasture, consider giving your green thumb a taste of the black arts. All it takes is water (included) and about ten hours of patience, and what you have is your very own (oohhh-ahhhh!) Magic Garden. How it works: Paper cut-outs in the shape of trees, grass, and a mountain are coated with a chemical solution that once inserted into a tray of water will expand and crystallize into a Dr. Seuss-like landscape ($5).

E.A.T. Gifts
1062 Madison Ave., 212-861-2544