Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Marissa Silva joined The Weather Channel to show off hot holiday toys that are great for playtime and great for the planet. 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.


MEGA BLOCKS GROW AND PROTECT FARM

Little builders can lend a helping hand at the 'Grow & Protect Farm' and learn about green behaviors like buying local produce, the water cycle, and protecting honey bees with three Block Buddies figures who are made from at least 90% ISCC-certified plastics. Kids can build a rolling tractor, barn, crops, beehive and turning windmill.…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $20.99
  • Age:
  • 1+

JET PILOT DASHBOARD

Aspiring pilots can prepare for takeoff with this interactive dashboard, which features lights, buttons, voice playback, a four-position throttle, and more. Kids can turn the steering yolk to move a mini-plane in a scrolling display.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $109.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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MARS ROVER CLIXO PACK

This glow-in-the-dark magnetic building set challenges kids to construct a Mars rover, as well as anything they can imagine, including motorcycles and space drones. Comes with 30 magnetic, flexible pieces in unique shapes.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $44.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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RUBIK’S RE-CUBE

Sourced from 100% recycled ABS plastic and packaged in 100% recycled cardboard, the new Re-Cube brings eco-friendly sustainability to the classic game that is challenging and perfectly sized for travel.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $12.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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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