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The Ultimate Guide to Toys for Kids for Your Christmas Gift List
Make your inaanak's playtime better with these 10 awesome toys!
By: Antonette Louise Guiao | August 07, 2020
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There are a lot of cool new toys that await the little ones this holiday season!
The holiday season is fast-approaching, and as a ninong or ninang (godfather or godmother), you’re probably struggling to find the perfect gift for your inaanak or godchild. Luckily, it’s easy to say that if there’s one thing children love to receive, it’s toys. Nothing compares to the feeling of seeing their big smiles when they get their hands on their favorite cartoon character-inspired toy! Other than fun, games, and entertainment, toys for kids also provide them opportunities to learn and grow. They can also help widen a child’s imagination and develop his/her creativity.
It may sound tricky, but choosing a cool toy for the kids in your life doesn’t have to be a challenge! Here’s a list of the hottest toys for kids this Christmas which will net you the “Ninong or Ninang of the Year” award!
1. OOZ-O's Mermaid Oozo's Oozing Slimy Spheres DIY Slime-Making for Kids
Create various mixtures and enjoy strangely satisfying DIY slime spheres!
Image: Toy Kingdom Lazada Shop
Toy Kingdom’s OOZ-O's Mermaid Oozo's Oozing Slimy Spheres DIY Slime-Making for Kids can bring out the creativity in anyone! The DIY Slime Sphere Kit comes with an OOZ-O’s Maker, glitter packet, plastic spoon, base (sodium alginate) and activator (calcium chloride), mixing stick, and three paint pots. The ingredients are 100% safe and nontoxic, which makes slime making more fun! Simply mix the sodium alginate and calcium chloride to create the slime’s base and pop in the glitter and paint to add a touch of color and sparkle. Note that making slime can be messy, so make sure that there is adult supervision present while doing the activity.
2. Disney Frozen 2 Ultimate Arendelle Castle Play Set
There’s nothing like celebrating Christmas while exploring the wonderful world of Arendelle!
Image: Hasbro Website
Inspired by the upcoming Disney animated film Frozen 2, Disney Frozen 2 Ultimate Arendelle Castle PlaySet from The SM Store and Toy Kingdom is indeed the ultimate playset! The castle playset features four floors with seven rooms in total. It includes a throne room with a moving carpet, a music room, and a kitchen on the first floor, Queen Elsa and Princess Anna’s bedrooms on the second floor, and a library on the third floor. Olaf also has his own little lookout tower at the top! Accessories like mirrors, a banquet table, and a piano are included in the playset, too. Pressing the button on the moving balcony sets off a colorful light show inspired by Norway’s Northern Lights.
3. Zuru Rainbocorns Sparkle Heart Surprise
Find out what magical creature is inside the cute mystery egg!
Image: Toy Kingdom Lazada Shop
Mystery toys aren’t new to the scene; in fact, over the course of time, they’ve grown popular to kids. One adorable mystery toy is Zuru’s Rainbocorns Sparkle Heart Surprise. This mystery egg must be peeled to reveal the magical animal inside! There are six Rainbocorns to collect, namely the Unicorn, Puppycorn, Flamingocorn, Llamacorn, Bunnycorn, and Kittycorn. The delightful mystery egg packages comes with 1 Rainbocorn, a collectible egg, Rainbocorn poop, one color-changing Boo-Boocorn, and a collector’s guide.
4. NERF Fortnite RL Blaster Toy for Boys
Bring the Fortnite action to life with this awesome RL Blaster Toy!
Image: Toy Kingdom Lazada Shop
Here’s the perfect gift for all the Fortnite fans! Toy Kingdom’s RL Blaster Toy for Boys is inspired by the blaster used in the famous battle royal video game “Fortnite.” The package comes with a blaster, stock, and two Official Nerf Fortnite Elite rockets that are made of foam. To avoid injury, the rockets have flexible and hollow tips, making them softer than they look and 100% safe for kids to play with.
5. Disney Princess Ariel Singing Doll
Little girls can have oceans of fun with Princess Ariel as a mermaid or as a human!
Image: Toys R Us Website
Look at this doll, isn’t it neat? Inspired by Disney’s animated film The Little Mermaid, this Disney Princess Ariel Singing Doll from Toys R Us is the perfect gift for Disney fans. Princess Ariel can either be a mermaid with fins that she can flip without getting too far or a human that walks around on—what do you call them?—feet! Together with the little ones in your life, listen to Princess Ariel sing “Part of Your World!”
August 2020 Update: This product is currently not available.
6. Blume Doll
Water the flower pot and see which pretty Blume doll grows!
Image: Blume Dolls Website
Watch these colorful Blume Dolls from Toys "R" Us bloom to life! These dolls start out looking like a flower pot, and just like flowers, they must be watered for at least 5 to 10 seconds so they can grow! Each doll features cute hairstyles and trendy outfits that can be mixed and matched. The package comes with an adorable mini friend, a sticker sheet, and fashion accessories such as bags. There are a total of 22 Blume dolls to collect!
7. Hot Wheels® T-Rex Rampage Play Set
Where to buy: Leading toy stores nationwide
Price: Price: PhP4,799.80
Try not to get swallowed by the T-Rex that makes loud dinosaur sounds!
Image: Hotwheels Mattel Website
Hot Wheels’ hottest new set is the Hot Wheels® T-Rex Rampage Play Set. Kids must take down the Tyrannosaurus Rex that’s trying to destroy Hot Wheels City by using the Hot Wheels cars! The cars are loaded on the truck-shaped launcher, which then slam launches them. Keep in mind that the T-Rex’s stomach must be hit to take it down and that the dinosaur’s mouth has to be avoided to prevent the cars from getting eaten! The play set can be connected with other Hot Wheels City tracks for more fun!
8. Hairdorables Pets
Pets can have fancy hairdos, too!
Image: Toys “R” Us Philippines Facebook Page
Big hair? Don’t care! Get the little ones in your life a funky furry friend with the Hairdorable Pets from Toys R Us. The colorful and quirky hairstyles of the pets make them fun and fashionable companions, plus they have different personalities! Another mystery toy type, the vibrant blind-packed pet package includes a brush for maintaining that sweet hairdo, an adoption card to make them an official pet, and eight surprise accessories that can be used to beautify them.
9. X-Shot Chaos Blaster
Choose from two versions of the X-Shot Chaos Blaster: Chaos Orbit and Chaos Meteor!
Image: Zuru Website
Give the little kids an action-packed holiday with this cool X-Shot Chaos Blaster from Toys “R” Us and Robinsons Department Stores! The blaster toy comes with 100 dart balls that are easily loaded and can be fired with maximum accuracy. The blaster comes in two designs: the Chaos Meteor, which can fire 6 balls in a round, and the Chaos Orbit, which can blast off 14 balls in a round.
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10. Marvel Legends Series: Endgame Electronic Power Gauntlet
This electronic power gauntlet can make you inevitable!
Image: Toy Kingdom Lazada Shop
The final item on the list is a tad different, because it’s perfect not for the inaanaks but for the ninongs and ninangs! After all, who says adults can’t play with toys? Go and rule the universe with this all-powerful Electronic Power Gauntlet from Toy Kingdom! Inspired by the gauntlet of the villain Thanos from the blockbuster film Avengers: Endgame, this toy is something you’ll love three thousand! The electronic gauntlet requires three double A batteries which are not included in the package. Watch the infinity stones light up and feel as powerful as Thanos (or Iron Man) when you activate it. You can also hear the sound effects used in the movie by pressing the Mind Stone in the middle!
Christmas is the season of giving, so make a child (or an adult!) happy this yuletide season with the awesome toys on this list!
Make sure to visit Yoorekka to learn and find out the newest toys for your kids this Christmas!
This article was originally published in Yoorekka on November 15, 2019.
About Antonette Louise Guiao
Antonette is a writer, a night owl, an extrovert, and a BTS ARMY. Her spare time is consumed by drawing digital vector art, sleeping, binge-watching Netflix series, and learning how to cook. An adventurer by heart, she aspires to travel the world with her family, try extreme outdoor activities, and taste all sorts of food in different countries.
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