The Toy Insider was proud to donate some of the hottest toys of the year to California Cooking on KTLA in Los Angeles, who delivered them to the patients at a local children’s hospital. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best toys of the holiday season, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.  

MAGIC TRACE LIGHT TO DRAW BARBIE AND FRIENDS

Magic Trace helps kids learn to draw Barbie and her friends with light-up lines that appear when kids need them and disappear when they don't. Kids can turn on the light, draw the outline, and color it in. Magic Trace helps kids learn to draw Barbie and her friends with light-up lines that appear when…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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CATS VS. PICKLES HUGGERS

The plush assortment inspired by the YouTube sensation Cats Vs. Pickles gets even bigger this year with Cats vs. Pickles Huggers. Kids can hug and snuggle with 20-inch plush characters, including Water-Meow-Lon, Kitty Dog, Starla, Pepper, Candi Nana, and a pickle named Big Dill. The plush assortment inspired by the YouTube sensation Cats Vs. Pickles…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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FUN FAN FRYER

Kids learn to cook with this realistic stove with a frying pan. Works with an inbuilt fan which makes the food turn in the pan like it's bubbling, sizzling, or frying. All without heat! Includes six recipes on three felt discs, one metal spatula, and a set of salt and pepper shakers which click when…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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CALICO CRITTERS PICKLEWEEDS HEDGEHOG FAMILY

Calico Critters families, twins and triplets include flocked figures that are soft to the touch and miniature for little hands. Includes mother Heloise, father Harold, sister Haley, and brother Harry. All come with removable detailed clothing, jointed arms and legs for posing, and heads that rotate. Adult figures Heloise and Harold measure approximately 3 inches…

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  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Director of Operations at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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