Thousands of toys washed up on a beach and kids are going wild

This could be what heaven looks like.
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Sam Haysom
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If this isn't every small child's dream, we don't what is.

On Wednesday afternoon, the official police account for German's Lower Saxony region tweeted about a strange occurrence that had taken place on the island of Langeoog.

Those multi-coloured balls aren't just random blocks of plastic -- they're actually the toy containers found in Kinder Eggs, thousands of which apparently washed up on the beach of Langeoog on Wednesday in the aftermath of a storm.

Pictures of the island's beach have been widely shared on social media in the days since.

In the aftermath of the storm, island residents have been collecting up the toys to keep the beach clean.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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