diff --git a/app/styles/editor/level/thangs_tab.sass b/app/styles/editor/level/thangs_tab.sass
index d26d2a83b..53ea9902e 100644
--- a/app/styles/editor/level/thangs_tab.sass
+++ b/app/styles/editor/level/thangs_tab.sass
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ $mobile: 1050px
   $addPaletteIconColumns: 3
   $extantThangsWidth: 300px
   $addPaletteIconWidth: 40px
-  $addPaletteIconPadding: 2px
-  $addPaletteIconMargin: 2px
+  $addPaletteIconPadding: 0px
+  $addPaletteIconMargin: 4px
   $addPaletteWidth: ($addPaletteIconWidth + 2 * $addPaletteIconPadding + 2 * $addPaletteIconMargin) * $addPaletteIconColumns + 20
 
   #toggle
@@ -198,15 +198,26 @@ $mobile: 1050px
       padding: $addPaletteIconPadding
       margin: $addPaletteIconMargin
       cursor: pointer
+      width: $addPaletteIconWidth
+      height: $addPaletteIconWidth
 
       img
+        position: absolute
         width: $addPaletteIconWidth
         height: $addPaletteIconWidth
         transition: box-shadow 0.25s ease-out
 
+      &:hover
+        $hoverScaleIncreaseFactor: 0.2
+        outline: 1px dotted blue
+        img
+          left: -($hoverScaleIncreaseFactor / 2) * $addPaletteIconWidth
+          top: -($hoverScaleIncreaseFactor / 2) * $addPaletteIconWidth
+          width: (1 + $hoverScaleIncreaseFactor) * $addPaletteIconWidth
+          height: (1 + $hoverScaleIncreaseFactor) * $addPaletteIconWidth
+
       &.selected
-        border: 1px solid blue
-        margin: $addPaletteIconPadding - 1px
+        outline: 1px solid blue
         @include box-shadow(0px 5px 25px rgba(79, 79, 213, 0.6))
         background: #add8e6
 
diff --git a/app/templates/editor/level/add_thangs.jade b/app/templates/editor/level/add_thangs.jade
index 092547d66..561494262 100644
--- a/app/templates/editor/level/add_thangs.jade
+++ b/app/templates/editor/level/add_thangs.jade
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ div.editor-nano-container.nano
     for group in groups
       h4= group.name
       for thangType in group.thangs
-        div.add-thang-palette-icon(data-thang-type=thangType.get('name'))
-          img(title="Add " + thangType.get('name'), src=thangType.getPortraitURL(), alt="")
+        div.add-thang-palette-icon(data-thang-type=thangType.get('name'), title=thangType.get('name'))
+          img(src=thangType.getPortraitURL(), alt="")
       div.clearfix
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diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/thangs/AddThangsView.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/thangs/AddThangsView.coffee
index 3bbfae0f9..93b2ad149 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/thangs/AddThangsView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/thangs/AddThangsView.coffee
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ module.exports = class AddThangsView extends CocoView
 
   afterRender: ->
     super()
+    @buildAddThangPopovers()
+
+  buildAddThangPopovers: ->
+    @$el.find('#thangs-list .add-thang-palette-icon').tooltip(container: 'body', animation: false)
 
   runSearch: (e) =>
     if e?.which is 27