Toy Insider Associate Editor Samantha Connell joined CT Live to show off the best puzzle games for kids to have some screen-free fun. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best gifts of the holiday season, check out our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.


YOU’RE A STELLAR PUZZLE

Explore over 30+ details in this cosmic seek-and-find puzzle complete with a full-size poster. Enjoy putting together the 75-piece puzzle. Use the poster to find 30 hidden puzzle elements. Turn off the lights and watch the planets, stars, and animals glow in the dark.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $20
  • Age:
  • 5+

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SCRAMBOOZLE! PUZZLE BALL

Kids can shake the Scramboozle, then twist the top to carefully roll the marbles into place and solve puzzle challenges. This puzzle ball comes with an activity guide and is self- contained for play on the go.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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UPZZLE

From the creators of Kanoodle comes a new brain-teaser puzzle game! This 3D game involves strategically stacking puzzle pieces. Players must use their logic and spatial reasoning to stack all of their pieces and win the game. This set includes 40 pieces, a game board, dice, and a bag for storage.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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INSTANT INSANITY

Initially produced in the 1960s, this brain teaser puzzle has almost 83,000 combinations. Players must figure out how to place the cubes together so that all four sides show four different colors.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $5.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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SNAP 2 IT

Each player races to be the first to snap a path between their light and the communal battery. Build the circuit path solo or play competitively with up to four players as everyone learns the basics of electricity.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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Battery Requirements

Energizer is the official battery partner of The Toy Insider.
  • Type:
  • AA
  • Quantity:
  • 2

About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Director of Operations at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah. ↙️↙️↙️

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