2023 Holiday Gift Guide
The Nugget
The “Original Play Couch” is part-furniture and part-toy – with two supportive pillows, one soft cushion, and one secure base, providing endless hours of imaginative play opportunities. Features 15+ custom colors across three washable fabrics. $249, ages 12 months+, nuggetcomfort.com
Alphapals
Recently launched Numberpals set contains 10 plush, vibrantly colored numbers, each adorned with embroidered faces designed to ignite creativity and facilitate learning through interactive play for curious young minds. $110, ages 3+, alphapals.com
Littlelistas Baby Dolls
14-inch dolls who “inspire a lifelong love of natural coils, curls and crowns.” Lily features 3C textured hair and a deep brown complexion, and Lena features 4A textured hair and medium brown skin. $24.99, ages 2+, amazon.com
Build-a-Buddy collection
Each toy comes with a drill and bits that let kids take apart and put it back together. Chunky parts are easy for little hands to assemble. Transformative in design, each toy goes from a building activity to a push along with working parts. $4.99-$29, ages 18 months+, us.tomy.com
Enchanted Rainbow
There is a whole lot to discover in this beautifully designed wooden stacking toy. Features a five-piece rainbow, two play figures and much more. $35.50, ages 2+, us.bababooandfriends.com
Silly Scents Smash Ups
Featuring new scents with delicious smells including brightly colored Mint Chocolate Chip, Orange Dreamsicle, Strawberry Shortcake, Key Lime Pie, Red Velvet Cake and so much more. Each pack features a new crew of delightful characters. $3.99-$6.99, ages 3+, crayola.com
Monster Jam ThunderROARus Drop
Take your stunts higher. Drop your truck down the epic six-foot ramp and watch it speed toward the dino’s mouth. Attaching the ramp to your wall is made easy using 3M hooks leaving no damage behind. $99.99, ages 3+, spinmaster.com
SUSSED
A wacky 'would you rather' card game. Do parents know if their kid would rather hike up a mountain with a storyteller or a talking bear? Do kids know if their parent would rather pet a friendly vulture or slimy stingray? Where will your conversations take you? 750 answers to 250 questions and 4 ways to play. $12.99, ages 6+, amazon.com
LeapFrog Build-a-Slice Pizza Cart
Ring the bell to hear a customer’s order and explore colors, shapes and food names. Add music to the dining experience by spinning the pizza turntable for learning songs and melodies. $59.99, ages 3+, amazon.com
VTech Switch & Go 3-in-1 Rescue Rex
Easily combine the fire truck, rescue copter and electronic police car into a roaring T-Rex over twenty inches long. Cool action sounds, phrases and digital effects inspire play and adventure. $42.99, ages 4+, vtechkids.com
Disney Junior Minnie Mouse Butterfly Ballerina Plush
This interactive, dancing, twirling plush features soft sparkles and shines in a beautiful, butterfly-themed ballet outfit and dazzling, light-up, spinning tutu. $39.99, ages 3+, target.com
Disney Doorables Multi Peek Series 10
Behind every door, a surprise is in store. Celebrate Disney’s 100th Anniversary with 80 characters from a century of epic storytelling. Find never-before-featured Doorables and collect all 9 special-edition figures, including a limited-edition Mickey Mouse. $11.99, ages 5+, amazon.com
Spirograph Doodle Pad
Create endless designs on the LCD screen using wheels. No paper, no markers no mess. Includes LCD Doodle Pad with built-in storage area, stylus, 4 stencil wheels and design ideas. $24.99, ages 5+, playmonster.com
Story Time Backgammon
Teaches young kids and adults how to play using a story-based approach. No backgammon experience required to learn and play. $39.99, ages 3-10, storytimelearning.com
Pinwheel Plus 3 Kids Phone
The smartphone that helps your child learn healthy tech habits. Has all the features and apps kids want, with easy management tools for parents – contact safelist blocks stranger and spam calls, 900+ apps with in-depth safety ratings, no web browser or social media, remote access to text messages and call history. You choose your own cellular carrier. $329, ages 9+, pinwheel.com
Design Your Own Hoodie
Create your own unique, boutique-quality piece with this innovative, video game-meets-fashion design platform. Features over 500+ premium patches. $49.00, sizes 2-14, supermixstudio.com
Sky Viper Vector Performance Stunt Plane
Advanced auto flight stabilization makes flying a breeze by automatically compensating for environmental changes like shifting winds. Perform amazing loop and barrel roll stunts with a press of a button. $79.99, ages 12+, sky-viper.com
Cool Maker PopStyle Bracelet Maker
No knots, clasps or cuts. Choose from 170 beads, place them on the elastics and pop the top to reveal your custom bracelet. Make and remake up to 10 bracelets. $24.99, ages 7+, amazon.com
Tinkering Labs Electric Motors Catalyst STEM Kit
Ignite curiosity and innovation in your young inventor. With 50+ components and 10 engaging challenges, kids can invent their own unique creations. $65, ages 8-13, tinkeringlabs.com
Future Fans Football
Introduces the rules of the game in kid-friendly ways. A storybook-led experience for adult and child, the box also includes an activity book, 5 games and toys and 6 unboxing experiences. $59.99, ages 4-10, Futurefans.com
Mini Brands Series 5 Capsule by ZURU
The real brands that fit in your hand. Features 90+ miniatures to collect, including ultra-rare frozen moments and new Mini Minis. $7.49, ages 3-5, zurutoys.com
Tangram Puzzle Fun
Kids can enjoy this brain-teasing fun again and again using the included magnetic board and pieces. $9.99, ages 6-9, amazon.com
Pop Out Dinosaurs
Both a book and a play set. Kids can learn about each dinosaur species and then build their own using chunky press-out pieces. $12.99, ages 4+, read.sourcebooks.com
Style BAE
Simply peel, stick and style. Each comes with a closet full of 7 trendy outfits made from reusable cling stickers. Mix and match tops, bottoms and shoes to create over 850 looks. $19.99, ages 4+, justplayproducts.com
GooGames
Hand-held pocket-sized sensory water games that are squishy and visually mesmerizing. Three styles echo themes from popular mobile games for a nostalgic experience. $9.99, ages 3+, skycastletoys.com
Numberblocks Step Squad Mission Headquarters
Play out your favorite action-packed missions and embark on exciting number adventures to practice counting, sequencing, and other early math skills alongside these favorite characters. $39.99, ages 3+, hand2mind.com
Amazon’s Fire HD 8 Kids
Comes with an included subscription to Amazon Kids+ for access to thousands of age-appropriate and ad-free books, games, apps, videos and more. Easy-to-use parental controls, allowing guardians to set screen time limits or adjust age filters. $149.99, ages 3-7, amazon.com
Curious Kingdom
Combines building fun with creative play. Construct the castle and let your imagination soar with these seven silly characters. Each playset comes with two sticker sheets, plus an optional free app with learning games and more. $34.99, ages 3+, playper.com
Ninja Kidz TV Giant Mystery Ninja Ball
This giant mystery ball has over 25 blind-bag surprises for inspiring Ninjas to unbox. $52.99, ages 3+, bliptoys.com
Curling Zone Indoor
No ice, no problem. Choose a curling stone—red or yellow—and hover it on the slick mat. The icy-not-so-icy challenging curling game is great for family game night. $129.99, ages 3+, hearthsong.com
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