Toy Insider Senior Editor Madeleine Buckley joined NBC’s Early Today to show off the best toys to keep kids entertained on long road trips this holiday weekend. 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 season, be sure to check out The Toy Insider’s Spring and Summer Gift Guide.
WOODEN WORK & PLAY DESKTOP ACTIVITY BOARD
This tiny, wooden version of a laptop and desk features a variety of interactive elements that babies and toddlers can use to develop fine motor skills while pretending to work from home like their parents. It has no detachable pieces and features a handle for on-the-go play.
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SUNGEMMERS MAKE YOUR OWN SUNCATCHER CRAFT KITS – NEW LARGE KITS
Kids will follow the guides and use the included gemstone stickers on the pre-printed templates to create suncatcher window decor. They can choose from Flower, Garden, Aquarium, Rainbow, and Unicorn designs, each sold separately.
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FLIPSLIDE
Flipslide is a fast-paced electronic handheld puzzle game where the hardest part is putting it down. The game has a unique twist-and-slide mechanism that challenges players to match the right color block by flipping or sliding, to match the coordinating lights. Enjoy endless fun by switching between one of four interactive game modes: Speed, Multiplayer,…
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SLEEPY FRIENDS SLEEPY SHEEP NIGHT LIGHT
The Toniebox is an imagination-building, screen-free, educational, digital listening experience speaker that plays stories, songs, and much more. The Sleepy Friends line is designed to foster undogmatic bedtime preparation for preschoolers. The Toniebox comes to life with the Sleepy Friends Sleepy Sheep Night Light, a large light-up Tonie that soothes kids to sleep with calmness,…
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SKETCH PALS OCEAN FRIENDS
These clippable doodle boards are available in three styles: a shark, a sea turtle, and a narwhal. Kids can draw with the attached stylus or their fingernail, then push on the character's nose to make the doodle board instantly clear itself and draw something new.
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SLAM WORDS
In this game, players shake the cup and slam it shut to reveal three letters, then quickly find a word that uses the three letters. Pass the cup to the next player who has to find a new word or they are out.
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MINNIE MOUSE ON-THE-GO PET VET BACKPACK SET
This eight-piece set features an 11-inch interactive Cream Puff stuffed animal and a glittery fashion backpack with all the tools kids need to play veterinarian. Kids can press Cream Puff’s paw to activate lights, puppy sounds, and Minnie Mouse phrases. Cream Puff’s nose lights up when she needs help to feel better, and kids can…
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CRAYOLA TRAVEL GLOW ART STUDIO
Young travelers can create while on the go with this portable, light-up art set. The glow screen and light wand make kids' drawings light up, and the artwork will disappear over time so kids can make something new.
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BRAINBOLT GENIUS
Supercharge your memory with the Genius version of the mind-melting light-up game, BrainBolt! Watch carefully as up to 21 lights flash at random, then challenge your brain to repeat the patterns without missing a beat 5 new genius levels, randomized patterns in addition to solo and head-to-head modes make this portable hand-held brain bender the…
