2020 Holiday Gift Guide
Each year we work on a top toy list. Our list is mainly for the 10 and under age groups and some of our links are affiliate which means we make a commission on them, at no cost to you. It helps continue to run our site and which keeps our readers up to date on local information and our travel, toy and other guides we produce. Happy shopping!
4 & Under
TONIES– Plush cube with speakers that have characters that each play stories and music and a Creative Tonie you can store up to 90 minutes of music on. Place Tonie on the cube and it plays. Child friendly.
FP Little People Launch and Loop Raceway– Great for cause/effect play, imaginative play. We love the LP cars and play sets for home and preschools.
Laugh and Learn Grow the Fun Garden to Kitchen As an educator I love this new kitchen. So many teaching aspects, pretend play and FUN! With everyone wanting a garden, let the kids play and have their own and then cook.
FP Babies Playdate (Little People) My favorite toys when my kids were young. I just bought this for my niece and played with it. You can get extras for it online also.
LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book– Touch and Learn words. Expanding vocabulary is so important for littles. I am always using books and toys like this with students for them to learn, identify and say words. Super cute and they have a Scout and Violet version or just Scout.
Blue’s Clues & You– Plushies, Notebooks and figurines! Personally loved Blue when I was younger and a little sad its all back now that my kiddies are older, thankfully I have little kids I work with and teach to play with Blue again!
BLOCKAROO– Magnetic soft blocks that click and rotate together, perfect for little hands. All kids love magnetic blocks, the soft foam pieces are perfect for the littlest of fans.
Peppa Pigs Shopping Mall Kids are obssesed with Peppa, and her newest playlet comes with the family figures and several pieces to role play.
5 & Up
Polly Pocket- Mega Mall Play Set Nostalgic toys. Amazon Exclusive set for Polly Pocket toys.
Thomas & Friends All Around Sodor Deluxe Set (Target Exclusive) Thomas & Friends has always been popular in our house. Sets entertained for hours.
Tamagotchi on Wonder Garden– A garden theme Tamagotchi digital pet. Bring your childhood back to the kids. Virtual pet and game on small device limiting what they can do electronically.
American Girl Courtney Doll– 2020 Doll brings back the 1980s. Check out all her accessories that will really bring you back to your own youth.
Ravel Tales DIY Plush Toy– A surprise, a plushy and craft all in one. Have the kids make their own plushy with yarn. Easy to make. Crafters will love this.
8 & Up
Roblox AdoptME Pet Store Set This is a top gift of the season, selling out fast. My kids are obsessed with playing this game online with their friends. Now they can play off line.
LEGO Friends- Alpaca Mountain Jungle Rescue For the girls, the friends set has Alpacas to play with and build. This is a bigger set, longer build and fun.
LEGO Super Mario Sets– Pair up with bluetooth to your tablet/phone and begin playing virtually or stay offline for play between the sets using Mario to connect them all. My son loves these sets, we almost have the whole collection.
Razor Electric Scooter– We have two of these. We love taking them to parks, our friends house or just using them at our house. We have the 90 and 100 versions.
Chocolate Pen– Draw, write, create and EAT melted chocolate creations. My kids love decorating on cupcakes and cookies with their Chocolate Pen.
Nintendo Switch– We have been using these for a few years now. Kids take them everywhere, play against their friends on them, just regular games handheld or on the TV. Remember the LITE can only be used by one person, it does not go on TV, strictly a hand held where the original one has many uses.
Thames & Kosmos Ooze Labs With many choices, this sets up the tubes and keeps all their experiments in one place. Make snow, slime, ooze. We love playing with this kit at our house.
Oculus Quest 2– Hot Item of the holidays. VR (virtual reality) headset to play games on.
GAMES
Exploding Kittens – Funny card game for families (geared for ages 7+).
See What I Mean? Party game with funny captions you add to pictures. Ages 14+
Camera Roll Game– Use your phone to find pictures in your camera roll, don’t have one Search for it! Great for the girls.
Dropsy– Follow the directions on the cards while trying to find 3 of the same color.
Throw Throw Burrito– Try to collect matching cards while ducking from a flying Burrito, who doesn’t love a flying burrito?
The Floor is Lava- Spin and see where to go next? Who didn’t play “the floor is lava” when they were little with their parents couch cushions? Now the family can play without wrecking the family room.
Five Little Fish– Match cards with the fish, a step up from the regular fishing game kids just love. Quick and easy for the littles to play, a preschool top pick!
