Toy Insider Associate Editor Samantha Connell joined KING-TV in Seattle to talk about the best toys to help kids cope with difficult emotions 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.


EMOTIONAL SUPPORT GINGERBREAD

Embrace the festive spirit with Emotional Support Gingerbread! The set includes five gingerbread cookie plushes in a decorative basket, each featuring unique and endearing expressions.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $16.99
  • Age:
  • 0+

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BE LOVED BABIES

These dolls offer abundant imaginative play. Each features a lifelike skin texture, a soft articulated body, rooted eyelashes, and a matching onesie and headband.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $26.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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MEET THE FEELINGS FAMILY BOOK & PLUSH SET

Kids can identify and experience the feelings of Angry, Surprised, Happy, Sad, and Scared as they journey through a typical day at school with Isabella. The 36-page storybook introduces each of the five core feelings and provides thoughtful questions to spark meaningful conversations. Includes five mini plush versions of the Feelings Family characters.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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BEBÉ FUERTE COUNT & GROOVE BOUNCY BARBELL

This bilingual, electronic barbell features three modes of play: one for counting and dancing, one for wacky sounds, and one for music.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 9 MOS+

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Battery Requirements

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  • Type:
  • AAA
  • Quantity:
  • 2

WADDLE KARAOKE FOOT-POWERED RIDE-ON

Lift the seat on this foot-to-floor ride-on to reveal a working microphone, a keyboard, and a drum. Kids can enhance gross motor skills while making music and engaging in sensory play.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $44.99
  • Age:
  • 1+

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Battery Requirements

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  • Type:
  • AA
  • Quantity:
  • 3

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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