Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined ABC World News Now to show off the best new toys to keep kids entertained when winter weather keeps them stuck indoors. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


CRAYOLA PAPER BUTTERFLIES SCIENCE KIT

Create paper butterflies while learning about capillary action. Kids can watch as the colorful inks are absorbed into the wings. This kit features step-by-step instructions and enough materials to make 12 wicking paper butterflies. Create paper butterflies while learning about capillary action. Kids can watch as the colorful inks are absorbed into the wings. This…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99; $24.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 7+

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HANGRY

In this fast-paced, food-flipping game, kids can flip their food card, look for a match, and slap, while other hangry players try to poach their favorite foods. The player who collects the most cards will be rewarded with mouth-watering menu items, and the first player to fill their table setting wins the game. In this…

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  • MSRP:
  • $17.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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KINETIC SAND TREASURE HUNT

Go on an epic search for treasure with the Kinetic Sand Treasure Hunt. Dig and discover hidden treasures throughout multiple compartments to find gems, tools, secret messages, and even rare shimmer gold sand.

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  • MSRP:
  • $15.99; $24.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 3+

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JIXELZ CREATOR

Kids can use the included book of 40 design templates to make animals, objects, and more with 3,000 precision-cut micro jigsaw pieces in 20 colors. Plus, kids can draw their own designs with the pre-jixelated graph paper. Kids can use the included book of 40 design templates to make animals, objects, and more with 3,000…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 6+

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JENGA MAKER GAME

In this twist on the game Jenga, players divide into teams and race to build an object using wooden Jenga blocks, guided only by a teammate's description of the build depicted on a card. If a team builds the item incorrectly or the blocks fall, they must start over.

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  • MSRP:
  • $20.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager 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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