Games & Puzzles Educational Insights Brings Fiasco Fun
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rankie’s Food Truck Fiasco Game, from Educational Insights, lets kids place an order using a spinner, and then use the Frankie Squeezer to find and grab a food that matches the shape they spun. The first to complete a five-course meal wins the game. In RiddleCube The Game, players draw a challenge card, then fold, twist, and stretch the RiddleCube to create the picture or word challenge in the card. The first player to complete five challenges wins. Players race to fill their breakfast bowl in the Crazy Cereal Electronic Game. If the colorchanging spoon lights up, pick up a matching colored piece of cereal; if the spoon flashes, pick up two pieces at once. Whoever has collected the most cereal when the bowl is empty wins.
Ravensburger Challenges Strategic Thinkers
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ugs in the Kitchen, from Ravensburger, is a unique board game featuring a battery-operated Hexbug Nano that crawls across the 3-D game board as players attempt strategic moves to lead it into their traps. Designed for kids ages 6 and up, the game challenges players to rotate the 24 utensils to create paths for the bug. Eiffel Tower, Mickey & Minnie Edition is a 216-piece, 3-D puzzle featuring the Eiffel Tower decked out in Mickey and Minnie artwork. The puzzle is made of precision-cut, flat, hinged, and rounded pieces that click into place with no glue required. Puzzlers can put the structure together by the numbers located on the inside of every piece, by the exterior design, or both. Designed for kids ages 12 and up, this puzzle is a 17.3-inch-tall replica of the Eiffel Tower with a Disney flair. Artist’s Desk is a 1,000-piece puzzle that provides a peak into the design process of an artist. It showcases the drawing desk of a Disney•Pixar artist, featuring images of familiar characters during the drawing process.
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