Toy Insider Parent and Contributing Editor Charlene DeLoach joined Fox 5 News Morning in Washington to show off the best toys for the grade schoolers and tweens on your holiday shopping list. 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.


COTTON CANDYKINS

Pop off the top of the mystery container, twist, and spin to unveil a scented Cotton Candykins plush pet, then brush, style, and transform its hair. There are six to collect.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.99 EACH
  • Age:
  • 4+

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SQUISHMALLOWS FIGBANDS 8-PACK

Wear, collect, and display these adorable Squishmallows FigBands! FigBands can be worn as a wristband or placed on water bottles, bike handles, and more. When playtime’s over, they stand alone as displayable figures.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

PINBALL MACHINE MAKER: GUMBALL RALLY

With this buildable pinball machine, kids can explore lessons in physics and mechanical engineering by customizing their own course that uses edible gumballs as pinballs.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.95
  • Age:
  • 6+

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COLD CASE VR

Abacus Brands introduces Cold Case VR, a groundbreaking immersive experience that revolutionizes murder mystery games. In this innovative adventure, players delve deep into the investigation of a cold case murder mystery involving a popular influencer using highly sensitive information collected in evidence box files to crack the case wide open. Encouraging multiplayer participation with up…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 14+

CLAWSOME! KRAKEN’S REVENGE

Kraken, the legendary monster of the sea, is searching for shipwrecks on the ocean’s bottom in the latest exciting Clawsome! brand water game. In this double-sided game, fill the tank with water, use the magnetic tentacle to control the Kraken, and move the shipwrecks onto hidden landings. Includes a tank, six shipwrecks, and a magnetic…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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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