The holidays put the kibosh on new apps for several days this week as the App Store was closed to new submissions, but here’s a special edition featuring the best new apps from before and since.

Crayola Lights, Camera, Color!

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE
Turns any photo into a coloring book page, and provides tools to color it with.

Do U Wanna Touch Me

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $.99
Paint fractal animations with your fingers.

Dungeon Hunter 3

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE
Top-down RPG sequel in the vein of Diablo or StarCraft.

Final Fury

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE
Humans vs. aliens action/tower defense game.

G-Pad+

for iPad
Price: $.99
Works exactly like the official Twitter app, only for Google+.

The Grizzalope Stays Awake

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE
Cute storybook for kids by author Doug Mahoney.

The Incredible Inedible Meatball

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $2.99
Customizable, interactive storybook, with minigames built-in.

InstaPad

for iPad
Price: FREE
Stylish Instagram gallery for iPad.

Intro to Geography: North America

for iPad
Price: $2.99
Great-looking visuals accompany this learning aide for youngsters.

Jurassic Park: The Game – Episode 2

for iPad 2
Price: $6.99
Second chapter of interactive movie from Telltale Games.

Kingdom Rush

for iPad
Price: $2.99
Medieval tower defense game.

Law & Order: Legacies

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $2.99
With 7 episodes planned, this nice-looking adventure game lets you live the show and solve your own crimes.

LogMeIn

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE
Remotely control your Mac or PC from anywhere.

LostWinds

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $3.99
Gorgeous graphics highlight this side-scroller port of a popular Wii game.

Mirror Mysteries

for iPad
Price: $4.99
Gorgeous adventure game.

NFL Rivals

for iPad
Price: $2.99
A “visually stunning intense arcade football experience.”

Night of the Living Dead Defense

for iPhone & iPad
Price: $1.99
Top-down tower defense game based on the classic George Romero zombie film.

PegLight 2

for iPhone & iPad
Price: FREE (w/ in-app purchases)
Create glowing peg art.

The Pirate Koostoe

for iPad
Price: $.99
Kids will learn important life lessons from this great-looking, funny interactive storybook.

SAS: Zombie Assault 3

for iPad
Price: FREE
Yet another tower defense game where you fight off zombie hordes.

Shape-O ABCs

for iPhone
Price: FREE
Educational puzzle game for kids.

Skitch

for iPad
Price: FREE
Popular screenshot utility for Mac comes to iOS.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 – Episode 1

for iPad
Price: $1.99
iPad port of the popular iPhone game. With additional episodes coming soon.

The War Horse Experience

for iPad
Price: FREE
Promotional app for the movie from DreamWorks, but still looks pretty darn cool.