Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined Your Morning on CTV in Canada to show off the hot toys kids will be asking for this holiday season. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best gifts of the holiday season, check out our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.


FISHER-PRICE LAUGH & LEARN MIX & LEARN DJ TABLE

This interactive, educational activity table features a piano with three ways to play, plus 12 fine motor activities and three Smart Stages learning levels to keep babies engaged as they grow.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $44.99
  • Age:
  • 9 MOS+

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SNACKLES SUPER SIZED 14-INCH SNACKLES

Satisfy cuddle cravings with these 14-inch plush. Each comes with an origin story comic to tell kids how their Snackle fell in love with its snack. Ranging in styles from Tabasco to Hershey's, there are 11 Super Sized Snackles to collect.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99 EACH
  • Age:
  • 3+

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LEGO DISNEY 100 YEARS OF DISNEY ANIMATED ICONS

Kids can choose from 72 Disney characters to create a collage that they can display and rebuild with new characters. The 1,022-piece set comes with an exclusive Mickey Mouse minifigure.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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LASER X ULTRA DOUBLE BLASTERS

This laser tag set features blaster beams that can bounce off walls to hit opponents up to 300 feet away. The receiver vests let kids know which opponent blasted them.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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MINTID DOG-E

Each Dog-E has a combination of lights, sounds, and personality traits that makes it unique. Kids can train Dog-E to do tricks, track its needs, and unlock more interactive play with the app.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $79.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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COOL MAKER POPSTYLE BRACELET MAKER

Kids can choose from 170 beads, place them on the elastics, and pop the top to reveal a custom bracelet. They can make and remake up to 10 bracelets by swapping out the beads any time — no knots, clasps, or cuts required.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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UNO QUATRO

This game combines the challenge of matching colors or numbers with getting four in a row. Players take turns sliding their tiles into one of seven trays, while action tiles increase the challenge.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 7+

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BY THE BOOK

In this single-player game, kids will draw one of 40 challenge cards indicating which books they must use and how many of those books they must place horizontally. Then they will try to build a balanced bookshelf following that prompt.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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CATCH THE MOON

In this dexterity/stacking game, players will stack ladders with a steady hand to climb through the clouds and reach for the moon. However, if they venture too high, they may lose the ladders under their feet. With the right mix of suspense and risk taking, players will ascend to success.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $34.95
  • Age:
  • 8+

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About the author

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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