Nor did they, as with “blind box” toys, use surprise ... Karen Bloom, a middle school math teacher in Piedmont, California, who works with neurodiverse kids, said she’s seen fidget toys ...

“There’s a lot of toys that aren’t going to make it a decade from now,” she says. “And our kids still want them ... the plastic windows on boxes, or eliminating them entirely ...

A third box is decorated with a truck design that kids can cut out, fold, and link together to make a three-dimensional toy. [Photo: Lisanne Koning] “Every child deserves the chance to play ...