{"id":1138335,"date":"2021-12-21T15:35:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1138335"},"modified":"2021-12-21T15:35:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:35:34","slug":"witchcraft-for-kids-hot-toy-this-christmas-is-magic-mixies-magical-misting-cauldron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witchcraft-for-kids-hot-toy-this-christmas-is-magic-mixies-magical-misting-cauldron\/","title":{"rendered":"Witchcraft For Kids: Hot Toy This Christmas Is Magic Mixies Magical Misting Cauldron"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwitchcraft-for-kids-hot-toy-this-christmas-is-magic-mixies-magical-misting-cauldron%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1138335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Cabbage Patch Dolls, Furbies, Tickle Me Elmo \u2026 each year has its hot holiday toy list, which inevitably features one item that\u2019s impossible to get even without supply chain issues. There are a couple of hot ticket items for Christmas 2021, but one magical-themed toy stands out from the rest.<\/p>\n<p>The Magic Mixies Magical Misting Cauldron is essentially a stuffed animal with a gimmick attached. Promotional copy encourages kids to \u201cmix your potion and make your pet!\u201d This interactive toy comes with a plastic cauldron, \u201cmagical\u201d ingredients, and a book of spells that help children \u201ccreate\u201d their stuffed animal from scratch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cream-Tea-Magic-Mixies-Cauldron\/dp\/B08S5GWF9F\/r\">Amazon<\/a> instructions for the Magic Mixies say, \u201cFollow the spell by adding the magical ingredients to your Cauldron one step at a time, waiting for the green light and tapping 3 times\u2026when the potion is finished watch as REAL MIST begins to rise from the Cauldron.\u201d A new stuffed animal emerges from the mist in the pot.<\/p>\n<p>Once that spell-casting is complete, kids can \u201cmake real Magic happen again and again\u201d by reloading Magic Mixies back into the cauldron to show their friends, or they can make up their own spells using the \u201cSpell Mode\u201d of play. The item is selling out nationwide, with re-sellers offering Magic Mixies for exorbitant prices days before the Christmas holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Pretend magic is nothing new. But this toy comes when there\u2019s been an increased push to advertise occult entertainment to children in particular. The Disney cartoon \u201cThe Owl House\u201d depicts a young girl serving as a witch\u2019s apprentice and learning to become one herself. The series, which received accolades for LGBTQ+ representation, was just canceled in late 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Occult-themed entertainment for their children is so common it\u2019s almost easy to miss. Movies like \u201cHarry Potter\u201d glamorize wizardry and witchcraft, so it\u2019s not too shocking to find toy cauldrons that \u201cmagically\u201d create cute stuffed animal toys.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And witchcraft as a whole is growing in popularity among all age brackets, especially in the past five years. Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/american-witchcraft-rises-christianity-declines-paul-bois\">reported<\/a> that the number of people who identify as witches outnumber those who are Presbyterians, according to a 2018 poll. These numbers grew throughout Trump\u2019s presidency and represent the quest for young adults to find deeper meaning in their lives outside of organized religion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Christianity declines across the country, paganism has swung to the mainstream, with witchcraft paraphernalia for sale on every high street and practices normalized across popular culture,\u201d the Telegraph <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2018\/12\/21\/witchcraft-moves-mainstream-america-christianity-declines\/\">reported<\/a>. This has led to a booming $2 billion dollar industry that\u2019s full of everything from tarot cards to crystals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it be spell-casting, tarot, astrology, meditation and trance, or herbalism, these traditions offer tangible ways for people to enact change in their lives,\u201d a Brooklyn-based metaphysical boutique owner said. \u201cFor a generation that grew up in a world of big industry, environmental destruction, large and oppressive governments, and toxic social structures, all of which seem too big to change, this can be incredibly attractive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabbage Patch Dolls, Furbies, Tickle Me Elmo \u2026 each year has its hot holiday toy list, which inevitably features one item that\u2019s impossible to get even without supply chain issues. There are a couple of hot ticket items for Christmas 2021, but one magical-themed toy stands out from the rest.The Magic Mixies Magical Misting Cauldron is essentially a stuffed animal with a gimmick attached. Promotional copy encourages kids to \u201cmix your potion and make your pet!\u201d This interactive toy comes with a plastic cauldron, \u201cmagical\u201d ingredients, and a book of spells that help children \u201ccreate\u201d their stuffed animal from scratch.\u00a0The Amazon instructions for the Magic Mixies say, \u201cFollow the spell by adding the magical ingredients to your Cauldron one step at a time, waiting for the green light and tapping 3 times\u2026when the potion is finished watch as REAL MIST begins to rise from the Cauldron.\u201d A new stuffed animal emerges from the mist in the pot.Once that spell-casting is complete, kids can \u201cmake real Magic happen again and again\u201d by reloading Magic Mixies back into the cauldron to show their friends, or they can make up their own spells using the \u201cSpell Mode\u201d of play. The item is selling out nationwide, with re-sellers offering Magic Mixies for exorbitant prices days before the Christmas holiday.Pretend magic is nothing new. But this toy comes when there\u2019s been an increased push to advertise occult entertainment to children in particular. The Disney cartoon \u201cThe Owl House\u201d depicts a young girl serving as a witch\u2019s apprentice and learning to become one herself. The series, which received accolades for LGBTQ+ representation, was just canceled in late 2021.\u00a0Occult-themed entertainment for their children is so common it\u2019s almost easy to miss. Movies like \u201cHarry Potter\u201d glamorize wizardry and witchcraft, so it\u2019s not too shocking to find toy cauldrons that \u201cmagically\u201d create cute stuffed animal toys.\u00a0And witchcraft as a whole is growing in popularity among all age brackets, especially in the past five years. Daily Wire reported that the number of people who identify as witches outnumber those who are Presbyterians, according to a 2018 poll. These numbers grew throughout Trump\u2019s presidency and represent the quest for young adults to find deeper meaning in their lives outside of organized religion.\u201cAs Christianity declines across the country, paganism has swung to the mainstream, with witchcraft paraphernalia for sale on every high street and practices normalized across popular culture,\u201d the Telegraph reported. This has led to a booming $2 billion dollar industry that\u2019s full of everything from tarot cards to crystals.\u00a0\u201cWhether it be spell-casting, tarot, astrology, meditation and trance, or herbalism, these traditions offer tangible ways for people to enact change in their lives,\u201d a Brooklyn-based metaphysical boutique owner said. \u201cFor a generation that grew up in a world of big industry, environmental destruction, large and oppressive governments, and toxic social structures, all of which seem too big to change, this can be incredibly attractive.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1138335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}