From Dough to Dinner: Pasta Pasta Maker

For fast cooking and full flavor, no storebought pasta can touch the freshly made stuff — and with this gadget, you can make your own pasta anytime in a variety of shapes the kids will love.

The Pasta Pasta from Takara Tomy turns the pasta-making experience into a sort of Play-Doh Fun Factory: You start with refrigerated pasta dough in a concoction of your choosing, and use the included stamps, molds and crank to press the dough into tonight’s dinner. It’s also machine-washable, unlike your grandma’s ancient hand-crank pasta machine — although unlike Grandma’s old standby, this one’s also plastic.

$153 from Japan Trend Shop.