Holiday Gift Guide for Kids Shopping for kids on the “nice” list? Here are some of the season’s best new toys, kid-tested and parent-approved. Find our complete lists of toys, games, books and more at www.SanDiegoFamily.com/for-the-kids/kid-tested-toy-review.

Carpool Karaoke the Mic $59.99; 8+ Amazon.com Connects to any car radio through FM tuner or Aux and amplifies your voice over the car’s speaker system. Blue- tooth lets you to sing along to your fa- vorite songs streamed from your mobile device using apps like YouTube, Pandora and Spotify.

Gator Golf $19.99; 3+ GoliathGames.com Glitter Girls Donut Delivery Scooter Grab your golf club, and aim $34.95; 3+ to feed this hungry little Ga- Amazon.com tor. Sink your putt to score, but This scooter is on the move with delicious donuts for all your 14” watch out – he’ll flick your ball dolls. It plays music and it lights up, and with it’s own kickstand to with his tail for more park the scooter it can stay until they’ve run out of donuts. putting action.

Elmo’s Wagon $24.99; 18 months+ GreenToys.com Sturdy and durable for in- door and outdoor toddler play. The 100% cotton rope handle makes it easy for little ones to haul around their Carry Around Animal Town most prized possessions, and also tucks in- $19.99; 3+ side for convenient, safe storage. LakeshoreLearning.com Open up an imaginary world—built right into our handy paw-shaped carrying case. Features six unique play areas and Bright Starts 3 Ways to Play Walker- comes with eight ador- Ford Mustang able animal friends $79.99; 6 months+ ready for hours of Walmart.com adventure. Starting at six months, babies can kick the fun into high gear with two different walker modes that adjust to three different height positions to keep little toes at the perfect height. Once walking, older babies can steer the Mustang in any direction using the push car mode.

1 • SanDiegoFamily.com • Holiday Toy Review 2019 Friends of a Feather $19.99; 3+ Ravensburger.com Features bird-shaped card holders and promotes color identification and recog- nition. Add feathers to your bird each turn by drawing from the deck or trading away your unwanted ones to the nest. Score points at the end of the game based on your colorful collection.

MONOPOLY Voice Banking Board Game Hoopman! Portable Basketball Goal $29.99; 8+ $49.99; 2+ HasbroToyShop.com ThePortableHighChair.com Features lights and sounds and comes with an inter- Developed for the little one that wants to play like the big kids. active MR. MONOPOLY banking unit. The iconic MO- All one piece and requires no assemble. Easily unfolds, locks NOPOLY top hat is voice-activated and the personality into place, and folds of MR. MONOPOLY handles all of the game’s trans- back up in seconds. actions.

Juno My Baby Elephant $99.99; 5+ Wildluvs.com With an astonishing animated trunk, floppy moving ears, highly expressive eyes, a wagging tail, plus interactive accessories, Juno comes alive with over 150 lifelike movements and sounds.

NERF Fortnite RL Blaster $29.99; 8+ HasbroToyShop.com Fires one fort-wrecking rocket at a time. Load a rocket into the front of the barrel, grasp the handle and push it forward to extend the barrel, then pull the handle back to send the rocket blasting into the air. LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes Batmobile: Pursuit of The Joker $29.99; 7+ Shop.Lego.com This classic Batmobile toy car model has lots of eye-catching features, in- cluding a detailed dashboard in the opening minifigure cockpit, Bat symbol decoration on the wheel trims and a flame exhaust element that automati- cally rotates when the car is pushed along.

2 • SanDiegoFamily.com • Holiday Toy Review 2019 Antsy Pants Unicorn Bowling Set $24.99; 4+ AntsyPants.com Make bowling more magical with unicorns. Bowling pins and ball are weighted for extra stability. Great for in- door and outdoor play.

Hape Sunny Valley Adventure Dome $39.99; 2+ Hape.com Lily the bird’s job is to wake up Sunny Valley. Use the magnet in her beak to drop beads into the slides and other features under the dome.

Shore Buddies Shelly the Sea Turtle & Book $19.95/plush, $11.99/book; 1-5 years Shore-Buddies.com Shore Buddies Shelly the Sea Turtle is made from six recycled, cleaned and shredded plastic bottles. When pressed, The Squishmallows Holiday Squad Shelly plays the authentic turtle sound. $4.99-$19.99; All ages $1 from every purchase is donated to- Squishmallows.com wards marine conservation. Features eleven festive styles in four sizes rang- ing from five to 16 inches. As cuddly as they are festive, the holiday Squishmallows are super soft, comforting gifts. Furreal Cubby, The Curious Bear $99.99; 4+ Osmo Little Genius HasbroToyShop.com Starter Kit /$79, Super Cubby is curious and eager to be picked up Studio Disney Frozen and held (he hugs you back!), play peek-a- 2/$19; 3-5 years boo, and dance. Feed him and he’ll make eat- PlayOsmo.com ing sounds. He’s a chatty little Features games that help bear, too – he babbles back preschoolers learn critical when he’s spoken to. skills like the alphabet, prob- In nighttime mode, lem-solving and creativity this cutie closes his while sparking their imagi- eyes, makes sleepy nations and having fun at the sounds, and plays same time. Requires an iPad, one of four 5-min- not included. ute sequences of soft music.

3 • SanDiegoFamily.com • Holiday Toy Review 2019 Playmobil Advent Calendar – Christmas Ball $24.99; 4+ Playmobil.us Contains twenty-four surprise items for each day leading up to Christmas. Once all the pieces are revealed, you can enjoy a magical ball with the roy- al family.

Play-Doh Kitchen Creations Popcorn KidiStar Dance Party Play Food Set $59.99; 5+ $14.99; 3+ Target.com HasbroToyShop.com Put on the motion-activated bands and learn 20 cool dance moves Use the machine to crank pretend pop- step by step by following the animated dance instructor. Play four mo- corn into buckets. Add fun play food tion games or create music with movement by playing 14 different ef- toppings like pretend pretzels, cra- fects including drum and magical fairy sounds. zy candy, and more with the can- dy-themed stamps and molds.

Scoop & Play Digger $29.99; 1.5+ Target.com Toddlers enjoy put-and-take play, and this digger delights as it scoops up objects and pushes them out again. The excavator arm drops the play pieces into the hatch, and the digger counts them from one to ten.

Crazy Cart Shift $199.99; 6+ Elf Pets: An Arctic Fox Tradition Razor.com $24.95; 3+ Kids can drive, spin, and drift like never ElfontheShelf.com before. Starts as a fun spin session and The Elf Pets Arctic Foxes inspire kids with a mes- grows into an unparal- sage of hope. Includes beautifully illustrated story- leled drifting experience book, adorable arctic fox cub, glow-in-the-dark snow as riders become in snow globe and official adoption certificate. more familiar with the controls.

4 • SanDiegoFamily.com • Holiday Toy Review 2019 Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 $59.99; E10+ OlympicVideoGames.com/ marioandsonic/us/ Take rivalries to the skate park, diving board, archery range, and more with an in- credible suite of 3D and 2D events, imag- inative Dream events and an expansive Story Mode. With more than 30 events to master in this fun-filled Olympic Games showdown, there are plenty of ways to prove your skills to your friends in local and online multiplayer.

Adventure Force NASCAR Crash Racers $29.99; 5+ FarOutToysInc.com The set has over 16 linear feet Aquabeads Deluxe of double-wide track in a figure Studio 8 configuration, featuring the $29.95; 4+ Crash Zone intersection. With AquabeadsArt.com official NASCAR branding and Kids can double the fun as they sponsored billboards, you can can now create fun 3D designs experience the excitement of a with 2 flip trays. Contains more real NASCAR race. than 1,300 jewel and solid beads in 24 colors, a container, and two flip trays and bead receivers, rainbow bead pen, easy trays, sprayer, tem- plate sheets and instructions. Orangewood’s Milo Ukulele $95; 11-16 years OrangewoodGuitars.com A great beginner ukulele for pre-teens and young teens who love music. Simple to play (most songs only require four chords) and easier on the hands, this ukulele is a great first instrument to learn.

Sweet Raspberry Home $24.95; 3+ CalicoCritters.com Kids will enjoy the outdoors with the Hop- scotch Rabbit family in the comfort of their home porch. The home comes furnished with baby furniture and Nursery Series Grace Hop- scotch Rabbit who’s ready to play.

Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak $59.99-$69.99; 6+ Walmart.com Recreate iconic scenes from the Harry Potter films. Simply cover yourself or objects with the Invisibility Cloak. View, photograph or film yourself through the Invisibly App by Wow! Stuff on your phone or tablet and set your imagination free.

5 • SanDiegoFamily.com • Holiday Toy Review 2019 Crayola Scribble Scrubbie Safari $19.99; 3+ Toy Story 4 24-piece or 35-piece Giant Floor Crayola.com Puzzle All new safari-themed pets that kids can customize $9-$16; 3+ with color, wash in the kid-powered tub with a fun Ravensburger.com slide attachment and customize all over again. Kids Celebrates Toy Story 4 with puzzles featuring a range of can create, nurture and collect four new pets, includ- images that capture audiences’ favorite toys. ing a monkey, elephant, giraffe and lion.

Loog Guitars | Loog Mini $79; 3+ LoogGuitars.com The ideal first guitar for little ones. Small, fun and cute, but it’s not a toy: it’s a real instrument, made out of real wood, that projects a sweet, beautiful sound that’s just unbe- lievable for a guitar of this size and price. Available in red, green, black, pink, white and yellow.

Our Generation Bath and Bubbles Set $29.99; 3+ Target.com Rub a dub dub, we are never getting out of this tub. We’ve got everything ready for a super relaxing soak and a home makeover, all the way from our head to our toes.

Ritzy Rollerz Dance ‘n Dazzle Spa $29.99; 4+ Tomy.com A fabulous spa on Pets Alive Boppi The Dancing Llama wheels with lots of plac- $19.99; 3+ es to store and display Target.com Ritzy Charms. A colorful rain- Includes three awesome songs to bop, bow roadway leads to a vanity mirror, spin and dance to, robotic booty shak- lounge, bubble bath and dance stage. It ing and head spinning motions, and cute even includes 30 Ritzy Charms and Tori Tada wear- and realistic features and coloring - both ing an exclusive silver and teal fashion you won’t find white and purple too. anywhere else.

6 • SanDiegoFamily.com • Holiday Toy Review 2019 Magformers Maggie’s House $49.99; 3+ Magformers.com Little ones can build anything they can imagine when they use the Magformers Magnetic Rainbow shapes, characters and accessories included in this set.

Polly Pocket Pollyville Mega Mall $39.99; 4+ Mattel.com The perfect way for kids to play out Polly’s adven- tures with six floors of fun and more than 20 acces- sories including Polly’s micro SUV. Features an eleva- tor that spins, a parking garage, a movie theater and a skate ramp.

Terra Marine World Bucket $15; 3+ Shimmer Stars Target.com $19.99; 4+ This 60 piece playsets comes with all sorts of Target.com fun marine animals, it even comes with coral Add sparkle to your world with the Shimmer Wand by us- and seaweed to make your whole play area feel ing it to decorate your Shimmer Star’s silky fur with tons of like an underwater adventure. sparkly shimmers, then shimmerize your own hair to match.

Tulip Tie Dye Party Kit Marvel Avengers: Endgame Nerf Assembler Gear Role Play $29.99; 8+ $24.99; 5+ TieDyeYourSummer.com HasbroToyShop.com Features 18 easy-squeeze bottles of highly-con- Each set features different blaster combinations and can be com- centrated nontoxic one-step dyes in 14 popular bined with other sets to build customizable blasters. With over 100 colors – just add water to activate. Includes step- combinations of blasters with multiple sets, the only question is: by-step technique guide featuring over eight tie- what will YOU assemble? dye looks to choose from. 7 • SanDiegoFamily.com • Holiday Toy Review 2019 My Little House $39.99; 3+ SmartFeltToys.com A multi-sensory, inter- active multi-use four panel felt board that converts into a re- versible 3-dimension- al play structure that builds early language and vocabulary. Features 36 soft, Fisher-Price Linkimals Smooth Moves Sloth tactile felt pieces that stick to matching outlines in all eight colorful rooms of $29.99; 9 months+ the house. Fisher-Price.com Focuses on baby’s gross motor development through music and motion by clapping its hands together, bobbing its head and activating music to encourage baby to move and groove along. But- tons on each foot activate additional learning con- tent, music, games and phrases, while soft arms add a tactile touch.

Crazy Bocce $19.99; 3+ FunSparks.com With this re-design of a classic game comes an absolutely hilarious game with erratic bounces and rolls that will either win you or lose you the game. Play anywhere with the cube Nerf N-Strike Mega Megalodon like “balls” ensuring that you can play on any slope including $39.99; 8+ driveways, hills, paved roads etc. HasbroToyShop.com Includes 60 Nerf Mega Whistler darts for more dart-blasting fun. Has a rotating drum that holds up to 20 Nerf Mega darts, giving you plenty of firepower for all your Nerf battles.

Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends Super Cruiser Dino Smashers Epic Egg $39.99; 3+ $24.99; 4+ Amazon.com Target.com Features track that works with all Thomas & Friends segments, Explore the Jurassic world of the wackiest Dinosaurs you’ll ever and doubles as a large rolling vehicle for push-around play. In- meet by smashing open the giant egg. Use the scratch n’ re- cludes a helipad, winch, drill, shovel and clamp, as well as stor- veal map to start your journey and discover clues to find the age compartment to hold 50+ engines. fossils inside.

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