Toy Insider Senior Editor Madeleine Buckley joined DC News Now to show off great holiday gift ideas that you can still find… even at the last minute! 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.


SURPRISE GIFT BOX

This cloth-wrapped wooden box with peek-a-boo mirror in the bottom and presents to “wrap” and “unwrap” is a fun way for toddlers to discover textures and sounds. Includes a wooden box, a plush toy bear, a squeezable fuzzy ball with a chime, a multi-textured crinkle cloth, and a happy-bear cloth book.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $27.99
  • Age:
  • 6 MOS+

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LOL SURPRISE MINI SWEETS SURPRISE-O-MATIC

These blind-box dolls feature brand-new vending machine packaging! L.O.L. Surprise! has partnered with iconic candy brands to bring kids their favorite sweets as iconic dolls; find characters from Jolly Rancher, Hershey's Chocolate, Reese's, Chupa Chups, Milk Duds, Sweethearts, Twizzlers, Bazooka Joe, PEZ, and PEEPS. With the Surprise-O-Matic, kids can press a button to deliver each…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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BIG FAT YARN WINTER ACCESSORY KIT

This all-in-one finger knitting kit creates six trendy winter wearables with irresistibly soft yarn. Kids can make three wearables at a time then unravel the fun and knit something new! Kids can choose from a pompom hat or fingerless gloves, an ear warmer or a pair of boot cuffs, and a wrap scarf or an…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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TRESTLE TRACKS

Families can build an impressive marble run by stacking hollow cubes and a variety of perfectly flat tracks. The paths cut out of each track widen almost imperceptibly from one end to the other, creating an invisible slope that propels the marbles forward.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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SPLATOON 3

In the newest Splatoon game, players can join Agent 3 in a fight against the Octarians and face off in four-versus-four Turf War clashes across new and returning stages. This game is designed for the Nintendo Switch family of systems.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 10+

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SURPRISE GIFT BOX

This cloth-wrapped wooden box with peek-a-boo mirror in the bottom and presents to “wrap” and “unwrap” is a fun way for toddlers to discover textures and sounds. Includes a wooden box, a plush toy bear, a squeezable fuzzy ball with a chime, a multi-textured crinkle cloth, and a happy-bear cloth book.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $27.99
  • Age:
  • 6 MOS+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

LOL SURPRISE MINI SWEETS SURPRISE-O-MATIC

These blind-box dolls feature brand-new vending machine packaging! L.O.L. Surprise! has partnered with iconic candy brands to bring kids their favorite sweets as iconic dolls; find characters from Jolly Rancher, Hershey's Chocolate, Reese's, Chupa Chups, Milk Duds, Sweethearts, Twizzlers, Bazooka Joe, PEZ, and PEEPS. With the Surprise-O-Matic, kids can press a button to deliver each…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $14.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

BIG FAT YARN WINTER ACCESSORY KIT

This all-in-one finger knitting kit creates six trendy winter wearables with irresistibly soft yarn. Kids can make three wearables at a time then unravel the fun and knit something new! Kids can choose from a pompom hat or fingerless gloves, an ear warmer or a pair of boot cuffs, and a wrap scarf or an…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

TRESTLE TRACKS

Families can build an impressive marble run by stacking hollow cubes and a variety of perfectly flat tracks. The paths cut out of each track widen almost imperceptibly from one end to the other, creating an invisible slope that propels the marbles forward.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

SPLATOON 3

In the newest Splatoon game, players can join Agent 3 in a fight against the Octarians and face off in four-versus-four Turf War clashes across new and returning stages. This game is designed for the Nintendo Switch family of systems.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 10+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

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Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager 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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