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Give it Forward: Zing Toys

Eva with the Air Storm Z-Tek Crossbow

With movies where stars are picking up bow and arrows it makes sense that there would be some toys that follow the trend and allow kids to recreate those heroic moments from movies like Brave and more in a fun and safe way. Zing Toys has a whole great line of Air Storm toys that use their Zarts (Foam Darts) that shoot from bows and crossbows. We were lucky to receive an Air Storm Z-Tek Crossbow with three Zarts. The first time I used it I completely misjudged how far they would fly and put one right on the porch roof. I had to sneak out when everyone was gone to retrieve it. This fun crossbow can shoot 45 feet and the Zarts can stick to all sorts of things. The toy is for kids 8 and up and there is even a safety on it. But with all toys that fire projectiles never aim them at people or animals. There is a target included in the package.

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Give it Forward: Feed the Woozle

Feed the Woozle

Back in February Eva and I received a copy of Feed the Woozle, a cooperative game from Peaceable Kingdom. We reviewed Feed the Woozle at that time and found that we liked the game, it was fun to play and helped test some of Eva’s fine motor skills. The game is cute. Kids take turns feeding the Woozle all sorts of crazy foods, they have to feed the Woozle one, two or three snacks. They might have to walk backwards, hop around and more all while keeping the snacks on the spoon to feed that Woozle. Kids have to work together to feed the Woozle twelve crazy snacks.

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