Wowee...I'll try to make this short. We had to take a long-distance car trip so I picked up a couple of these. What the hey -- they were cheap ($4).
The What-Zit is composed of wooden blocks held together with fabric-covered elastic bands. This thing is a cross between a Jacob's Ladder and a Rubik's Cube. However, there's no point to it. Interpretive play.
When I picked my kids up from school, they were extremely hyper. I handed them the toy and a miraculous thing happened: they sat nicely in their carseats, the volume went from an "11" to a "4", and they were engaged for 30 minutes straight!
Apparently, these are used in special needs classes, particularly for AUTISM & ADD to help little ones sit in "circle time". You know what, that's exactly the effect it had on my part-time heathens! This is why I keep one of these on me at all times:
1) It's cheap (did I mention it was only $4?).
2) These are FANTASTIC for stressful times (i.e., grocery store, restaurants, church).
3) I backed over it with my car last month and it STILL looks like the day I bought it.
There's no packaging, so that's a shocking relief. You can find these at a lot of educational toy stores. Get one. Your sanity will be restored.
(Wish I had a link to this one. When I have links or actual boxes to show you, I'll include 'em.)
(AGES 3+, $4)
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