25 Santa Approved Coolest Toys For Kids this Christmas {2020}

Additional creatures from the Schleich line we love this season include the Fire Eagle, Lava Scorpion, Armoured Turtle, and Fire Bull. Whether these feisty creatures join in the battle on the ice fortress or find a nearby coffee table castle to invade, there is sure to be tons of imaginative fun had by all while actively engaged in play. These additional creatures all feature functioning arms, legs, weapons, or other attributes children will enjoy during their adventures in learning.

The Trolls have taken the world by storm again on their own Trolls World Tour, full of music and everyone’s favorite characters. Kids can continue the fun with Poppy and Branch into this holiday with sets inspired by the movie like the LEGO Trolls World Tour Pop Village Celebration. This 380 piece set is packed with plenty of accessories, features to discover, and 5 Trolls mini-figures to collect. Both LEGO and Trolls fans alike will love the rainbow of bright colors, movie-like design, and endless hours of play.

And to expand on an already great collection, the LEGO Trolls World Tour Vibe City Concert brings many new musical features to discover. Get 5 cool minifigures including the exclusive character Funk Troll, and build an awesome world of music complete with a DJ booth, microphones, and a recording room. Building with LEGO not only improves fine motor skills, but it teaches patience, how to follow directions, and the importance of persistence. LEGOS are gifts not only parents love to give, but they’re sure to brighten any child’s Christmas morning.

That’s especially true when the play can be enhanced with music! Sing along with the first-ever Trolls World Tour LEGO-version music video of “Just Sing”, from the hit movie. Get up and get moving with all your favorite characters this holiday season.

Who says dinosaurs are just for boys?! This holiday season pick up the Cave Club Collection for the dino-loving gals on your Christmas list. These prehistoric dolls and dinos are perfect for the kids in your life who love imaginative play, dolls, dinos, and even dressing them up for all of their adventures. For our kiddos, we love the Cave Club Rockelle and Tyrasaurus Figure. Rockelle can ride her dino friend, feed her a snack, and even take a break to style her hair with the included brush and hair accessory. No matter where their adventures may take them, let your dino-loving preschooler stomp their way into adventure this season with Cave Club.

Kids love surprises so this year gift them a few great surprise gift boxes either under the tree or in their stocking with the Imaginext DC Super Friends Slammers. These mystery boxes each include one figurine and 1 vehicle, but you’ll never know which one until you rip, slam and surprise! Collect all of the Imaginext DC Super Friends Slammers so you can experience some superhero versus supervillain action this holiday season.

What better way to celebrate this Christmas than with toys that are eco-friendly, sustainable, and fun. Make sure to check out Green Toys for environmentally friendly offerings that kids will love. From their shape sorting trucks to planes, trains, and all things that go, your toddler and preschoolers will love the Earth-friendly options from Green Toys.

Christmas isn’t complete without a new best friend and this holiday season we love the Sing-Along Lilly and Sing-Along Amie dolls from Little Tikes. From tea parties to dress up, school to the kitchen, there is nowhere these lovely dolls won’t go. Head out on adventures in imaginative play this season with the Sing-Along Lilly Doll. Holding her hands will have her singing her very own song of Ring Around the Rosie, along with speaking 10 different phrases which will simply delight your preschool-aged child. Posable and with changeable clothing and hair that can be styled, the children in your life will simply love this interactive new friend this holiday season.

What Christmas is complete without a remote-controlled vehicle? This year fulfill that age-old gift with the Little Tikes Shark Strike R/C and bring a smile to all of those baby shark fans. Full of rip-roaring fun and adventure, the Little Tikes Shark Strike is easy enough for your preschooler to maneuver while still pulling off some chomping, tail thrashing antics, shark sounds, and even playing music while it moves. With an easy to use controller complete with large buttons for little hands, the Shark Strike R/C is perfect to fulfill your preschooler’s wishlist this year.

Miko 2 is this holiday season’s coolest toy for kids of all ages! Think, a personal, friendly robot who engages, educates, and keeps your little ones entertained for hours on end. See why this is one of the coolest toys for kids? That last part says it all! Not only can your child interact with Miko 2 but it can see, hear, sense, and understand your child in ways other AI devices don’t. Miko 2 learns to intuitively respond to your child’s mood and even has meaningful chats with them whenever they may feel lonely.

Miko 2 is always learning and teaching with new fun facts that it cannot wait to share with your child. Without knowing it, your child will probably BEG to play with Miko 2 because of the fun lessons it has to share in a very unique and child-friendly way. All of this in the comfort of your own home. So be that cool parent that always seems to have the coolest toys for kids this holiday season!

All dinos can feel safe knowing PAW Patrol is on the way to help in their awesome new Dino Patroller. It’s the team’s first-ever motorized vehicle making it one of the coolest toys yet! With just a push of a button, watch it go across all types of terrain on giant, tough wheels.

It is designed with room for all six of the PAW Patrol pups, a fun rescue net launcher, and exclusive moving T-rex dinosaur and Chase rescue-dressed figures, making this set the perfect gift for PAW Patrol fans. Store a Deluxe Vehicle in the rear cargo bay, and get those mega wheels griping and grabbing while playing fun prehistoric dinosaur adventures over and over, just like in the action-packed show.

For those PAW Patrol fans who just love the little pup in blue, Chase’s 5-in-1 Ultimate Cruiser would make the perfect gift this holiday season. This incredibly large cruiser is certainly equipped for any rescue. Not only does it have room for all six pups, but also comes with FIVE vehicles so all the pups can help save the day working as a team.

Open up the helicopter gate to let it soar, send out the rescue boat, and launch the dual motorcycles from the sides of the cruiser with the push of the button. The lights and sounds bring plenty of adventures to life, and the fun is endless.

Get in the Bat Cave! It’s time to take out the bad guys and save Gotham with the Batman 3-in-1 Batcave Playset. Your child will have endless hours of fun and play with all the nooks and crannies this 2-sided play set has to offer. With Gotham on one side and the Batcave on the other, it’s one of the coolest toys they’ll discover. After all, it has three different levels that separate or stack. With the exclusive 4-inch Batman action figure and battle armor, it’s truly a one-of-a-kind Christmas gift and definitely one of the coolest toys for kids!

Continue the fight to stop crime with the Batman Launch and Defend Batmobile Remote Control Vehicle. It’s the real deal at a 1:16 ratio of the true model of the batmobile. So go ahead, have your kids cover the street of Gotham going forward, reverse, and steering right and left on the joystick controller. Takedown the super-villains, save the day, and sit down at the family table just in time for supper!

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Cry Babies Magic Tears dolls may cry, but they’re the cutest interactive dolls around. Take care of them by feeding with the included baby bottle, and sqeeze their belly to watch them cry. The newest, cold weather edition to the series is the Cry Babies Igloo. It not only comes with an exclusive doll Kristal and 6 accessories, but snow magically grows from the Igloo with her tears.

Like a lot of awesome toys today, there are many surprises in the new Cry Babies Magic Tears Paci House. With bit of water magic, the Paci House will magically open and reveal a collectible fantasy character and 8 fun accessories, including the possibility of rare ones making this one of the year’s coolest toys for kids.

But why wait until Christmas to get some new Cry Babies? With the Cry Babies Advent Calendar the holiday season will be kicked off in high spirits. Each of the 24 doors reveals a different surprise, including the special holiday edition Ruthy Magic Tears character. This is the perfect addition to any Cry Babies collection or even for a newbie.

Unboxing gifts never get old, and certainly aren’t going anywhere. That’s especially true when unboxing toys are as cute as these VIP Pets Mousse Bottle Series. Fill the mousse bottle up with warm water and watch the pet’s towel magically dissolve to reveal 12″ of beautiful hair. What unique character hair will your child get? With some additional warm water the pet’s unique beauty mark will be revealed, and each mousse bottle secretly stores accessories in the bottom making this one of the coolest toys for kids.

But what is a VIP Pet with 12″ of long hair to do without a salon? The new VIP Pets Hair Salon is the same salon from the YouTube series. Create endless hairstyles with the 13 surprise and exclusive accessories on Kiara. The VIP Pets Hair Salon includes a real water washing area, and a special “Glitterizer” to add a sparkling finishing touch. It’s the perfect way to get all the VIP Pets looking festive for the holiday.

The pandemic of 2020 has affected many families in different ways, but one that seems to be pretty consistent across the board is the amount of screen time our children have experienced. This holiday season, give the gift of creative screen-free fun with one of the coolest toys out there, Tubelox because this set is not just a toy, it’s an adventure waiting to happen! Tubelox was awarded the 2016 Holiday Seal of Approval Winner by The National Parenting Center, so you know that it will live up to the hype of being one of the coolest toys for kids!

Tubelox provides hours of fun with one set of materials. The Tubelox Standard Set delivers a 120-piece set that your family can use to craft up to 17 imaginative creations! Tubelox is a STEM toy, so it is perfect for an educational application while enhancing creativity with active and imaginative play. Children ages 3+ can enjoy engineering these creations all while unlocking their own spatial intelligence, innovation, and design ingenuity. The only thing better than receiving a rocket ship or race car under the tree this year is the ability to create them on your own.

With Tubelox, the possibilities are seemingly endless. This gift can become SO MANY different cool toys gifts that will last them until long after the holiday season!

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When it comes to a gaming console, think out of the box and step away from the screen. With Jogoball, the entire family can get the immersive gaming experience simultaneously without the use of a television. There’s no need to wait or take turns because you’re playing together.

Navigate and choose content directly from the Jogoball’s companion app, then get going with 11 games right out of the box. With the ongoing, growing content library, there are thousands of different trivia questions, riddles, active games for getting the heart pumping, games for music creation, and fun games for family and friends of all ages.

Using a smart path system filled with thousands of audio files and responses based on how users interact with the Jogoball, it’s never the same play experience twice. It makes the perfect family gift, holiday party ice breaker, or social game night for ages 8 to 88 and is one of the coolest toys for kids or adults out there.

Toys that help young babies increase their development as they enter toddlerhood are perfect gifts. The SmartMax sets are magnetic building toys that promote hand-eye coordination, logical thinking, and color recognition. The My First Safari Animals set is a collection of adorable animals that can be mixed and matched to design their own animal friends.

Ideal for children ages 1 to 5, there are many sets to choose from that allow kids to explore their creativity. The My First Animal Train takes the safari animals on a full-moving, 4-car train ride letting children discover mobility and promote independent play.

The StartPlus is a 30 piece set of balls and bars that can be constructed into endless designs. This set is perfect for children that are a little older in age and appreciate a more mature and enhancing toy.

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Ready, set, shop. Everyone is looking for the coolest toys for kids. Basic Fun! toy brand features a wide range of new toys and nostalgic toys. Those toys that we loved so much as children are back! Basic Fun! brings us the Lite-Brite that we adored growing up. Allow your child to showcase their creative and artistic side by designing masterpieces with colored pegs and letting them glow. This throwback favorite will have you wanting to play along.

Who doesn’t want to get the newest, coolest toys for kids this Christmas? The newest toy this shopping season from Basic Fun! is Curligirls. These adorable and stylish dolls let your mini-me style their hair with a simple pull and release. Depending on how long the hair is pulled, the Curligirl will have looser or tighter curls. Your kids will have a great time accessorizing and using tools to style the Curligirls hair. Reset the hairstyle with warm water and start the fun all over again. Let their imagination run wild!

Basic Fun! Brings Tonka vehicles back in an exciting way. Dig out the Tonka vehicle from the Tonka Mud Rescue and spend hours creating, building, and playing with the Tonka vehicle and roadside accessories. The Tonka Mud is easily molded into various landforms and cleans up with ease. Tonka Mud Rescue vehicles are built tough and made to last so your little one can have years of playing and making memories.

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Are your kids asking for a puppy this Christmas? Basic Fun! has the perfect puppy. Pound Puppies are soft, sweet, and simple to care for. They only need love and all the snuggles. Your kiddos will enjoy adopting their pup and can proudly display the adoption certificate. Find a name that best suits your kid’s new best friend and personalize the name tag. Give your kids what they have been asking for. No kibble needed.

Or, maybe scrunchies are more her thing. Rather than cleaning out the scrunchie section at that hip tween store down the block, why not let her try her hand at making her own instead? The DIY Scruncheeze Loom Kit includes everything she’ll need to create ten stylish, fluffy scrunchies. With a Scruncheeze loom, pre-cut cotton and satin fabric strips, fabric glue, elastic cord, three trendy charms–not to mention easy-to-follow instructions–she’ll be well on her way to crafting her own awesome creations in no time!

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What little girl doesn’t love making friendship bracelets? The ultimate treat for a friend, these handmade gifts come straight from the heart. Help her make bracelets for every kid on the block, with the Pura Loom Bracelet Maker. She’ll learn different techniques to make new styles of colorful bracelets with the included standard threads, satin para chords, knotting cords, and wax cotton cords. For added charm, the kit comes with 100 metallic beads and a metal charm, plus lots of clips and clasps. What better way to spend winter break than with WeCool Toys!

Are you looking for a rocking toy that will get all the kids excited? Sharper Image has you covered. Their amazing Robot Combat is a remote control robot fighting set! This multiplayer set has infrared controllers, built-in LED lights and sound effects, red and white robots, 2 remote controls with 4 illustrated buttons. This is a great gift for boys and girls. Your kids will have lots of fun challenging their friends to a robot duel!

Sharper Image has another remote control toy that is sure to be a hit with kids and probably some adults too! Get their Road Rage Speed Bumpers Remote Control Bumper Cars. These 2 player bumper cars and remote controls are red and blue and are designed for ages 6 and up. Your kids will have lots of fun with head to head battles between these wireless cars! The sound effects will keep their attention and the drivers even eject from the cars when they get bumped. Expect your kids to have hours of fun with this set!