What are the best gifts for kids in 2021? This holiday season, get more bang for your buck with these great gifts.
The holiday season is approaching, and as a parent you’re probably wondering what to buy your kids. This year you want the best gifts for kids, but where do you even start?
The good news is that we’ve done all of the hard work for you; we’ve compiled a list of the top toys in 2021 that any kid would be happy to get this holiday season. We hope our guide helps make shopping easier!
What do they want? What are the newest gadgets out there? Well, we’ve got you covered!
31 of the Best Gift Ideas for Kids
Here’s a list of some cool toys that will be big in 2021. You don’t want to miss it!
FUJIFILM Printlife Colouring Book
Kids will enjoy hours of fun with this Personalized Colouring Book. Filled with fun games, puzzles, mazes and many pictures to colour for hours of enjoyment.
L.O.L. Surprise OMG Movie Magic Dolls
Introducing L.O.L. Surprise! Movie OMG fashion dolls. More fashionable and fierce than ever! 4 to collect!
SHOP HERE | REVIEW HERE | Ages 4+
Little Tikes Tobi 2 Robot Smartwatch
Exciting new games, activities, watch faces, and expressions for Tobi 2 Robot Smartwatch. Tobi 2 has head-to-head gaming with other nearby Tobi 2 Robot Smartwatches and advanced graphics and user interface. You can also snap a selfie with a unique move.
SHOP HERE | REVIEW HERE | Ages 6+
Rainbow High Colour Change Car
Pull up to Rainbow High in style with the Rainbow High Color Change Car. Pick up your friends and take a drive with the most fashionable Sports Car in school. Why settle for one color Car when you can have the rainbow? 8-in-1 Color Changing Car – just press the button to select your car color. Starts white and then you can choose any color in the rainbow (white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue or purple) or cycle through all of them!
SHOP HERE | REVIEW HERE | Ages 4+
Na! Na! Na! Surprise 3-in-1 Backpack Bedroom Series 2 Playset
Na! Na! Na! Surprise Bedroom Backpack is a 3-in-1 fashionable, animal-themed, plush, soft and fuzzy backpack with a cozy bedroom playset inside! Bedroom includes a bed, closet, full length mirror, storage and more! Includes an exclusive soft fashion doll.
SHOP HERE | REVIEW HERE | Ages 3+
Glitter Babyz Dolls
Glitter Babyz are glittering, beautiful, magical babies that have big, beautiful eyes, sparkles on their eye lashes and glitter in their hair. Each baby has a unique personality expressed in their style, and they each have 3 magical colour changes! Includes Removable T-shirt, glittery reusable diaper, pacifier, magical color changing juice bottle, magical color changing shampoo bottle, sparkly baby with color changing hair. Adopt all four babies today.
SHOP HERE | REVIEW HERE | Ages 3+
Bratz Original (20th Anniversary) Dolls
#tbt when the Bratz made their super stylin’ debut in 2001! Now 20 years later, you can collect replicas of the original core 4 girls and Bratz Boyz Cameron. Collectors and new Bratz fans can celebrate 20 years of the Girls with a Passion for Fashion with these iconic looks. From the outfits to the iconic packaging, these dolls are near exact replicas of the dolls that started it all. Now in special edition holographic packaging!
SHOP HERE | REVIEW HERE | Ages 7+
Baby Born Surprise Animal Babies
Unwrap a bundle of surprises. Inside each cute soft bunny pouch, find an adorable collectible baby doll in an animal swaddle. Each set of dolls has a cute theme to inspire little ones’ imaginations. Themes include Fantasy, Jungle, Mountain, Forest and Farm. Collect Them All.
SHOP HERE | REVIEW HERE | Ages 3+
Dream Ella Color Change Dolls
The Dream Ella Color Change dolls deliver an unboxing experience that’s full of surprises! A fashion doll is in every package, but each doll’s look remains a mystery until unveiled through color change fun. And once they do, little girls will discover a beautiful Fairy doll with molded hair. Each doll has a different combination of eye color, hair color, skin tone and decoration – so much fun to get each one. More surprises in the bags for fashion and accessories play.
SHOP HERE | REVIEW HERE | Ages 3+
Foosketball Game
The Foosketball game is a fast-paced, head-to-head faceoff that combines elements of foosball and basketball. It takes skill, patience, and a bit of luck to get the feel when turning the handles to master and control the Foosketball figure, and shoot balls into the basket across the court.
SHOP HERE | Ages 8+
Nintendo Switch (OLED Model)
The most anticipated new game console for 2021 is without a doubt the Nintendo Switch Oled Model. Kids can play at home on the TV or on-the-go with a vibrant 7-inch OLED screen with the Nintendo Switch system. Additionally, the Switch includes a wide adjustable stand for more comfortable viewing angles, a dock with a wired LAN port for TV mode, 64GB of internal storage, and enhanced audio in handheld and tabletop modes using the system’s speakers.
Barbie Dreamhouse 2021
This years Barbie Dreamhouse features three floors with 10 indoor and outdoor living areas including a working elevator, party room with a DJ booth, second-story slide with a pool, balcony with a repositionable hammock swing and a puppy play area with its own pool and slide.
It includes 75 accessories and furniture and also light settings, sound effects, and even a party mode!
SHOP HERE | Ages 3+
Crazy Forts
Children of all ages love building fun structures where they can play endlessly in their imaginary world. And Crazy Forts makes play so easy and so much fun. Simple connect the balls and sticks and cover the structures with bedsheets to create places where imaginations flourish.
SHOP HERE | Ages 5+
Kids Indoor Slide
Made for kids with parents in mind! This storable, adorable, pop-up playset can be assembled in under 5 minutes and folds flat for easy storage! Each Pop2Play Rainbow Slide is made from super durable eco-friendly StrongFold™ cardboard that can hold up to 50 lbs, and be wiped clean with ease. It’s a fun indoor toy for the winter!
SHOP HERE | Ages 2-5
Squishmallows
Squishmallows are adorable stuffed animals that are also supremely squishy and soft. They are super collectible too with over 1000 different designs, and they come in varying sizes from 5″ to 20″. They blew up in 2020 and continue to be a must-have item under the tree.
SHOP HERE | Ages 0+
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn On-the-Go Camper
The Laugh & Learn 3-in-1 On-the-Go Camper keeps exciting play going as your little camper grows from sitting up to engage with the busy activities, to walking and pushing along, to acting out imaginary camping adventures. This musical activity center has 3 Smart Stages learning levels loaded with fun songs, sounds, lights and phrases about the alphabet, colors, counting and shapes, as well as 15+ removable play pieces to bring the pretend camping action to life.
SHOP HERE | Ages: 9 Months+
Artie 3000 The Coding Robot
Artie 3000 gets your kid started with coding using simple drag and drop blocks of code on your home computer or tablet. Artie 3000 will draw whatever kids program, it’s a creative and fun way to learn and practice coding logic.
SHOP HERE | Ages: 7+
Little People Elsa’s Enchanted Lights Palace
Kids can have adventures with Disney Frozen characters Anna and Elsa across three floors complete with an elevator that activates a dazzling multi-color light show and plays “Let It Go”. There’s so much fun for kids to discover with this Little People playset.
SHOP HERE | Ages: 1+
LEGO VIDIYO
Kids can make their own music videos starring their favourite LEGO figures. Use the VIDIYO app to form a LEGO band, choose the music, and use the included collectible pieces called BeatBits to add in cool effects.
SHOP HERE | Ages: 7+
Ultimate Octo Car Wash
Give your child the gift of wild adventure and interactive play with the Hot Wheels City Ultimate Octo Car Wash Playset. This Octo Car Wash is an awesome playset that doesn’t just clean the colour reveal car, it changes its colour and reveals a cool design. A burst of colder water from the octopus at the end of the track changes the colours back again.
SHOP HERE | Ages: 4+
Crayola Light Up Tracing Pad
This light up tracing pad illuminates tracing paper so that kids can easily draw over any image. This kit includes 20 tracing sheets, 12 coloured pencils, and a pencil. Kids can use it to trace any image they like and create their own art. Crayola even offers dozens of free images on their website that kids can download, print and trace.
SHOP HERE | Ages: 6+
Slice and Toss Salad Play Set
Kids will have loads of fun making fresh salads with this 52-piece set that includes lettuce, dressings to pour, and plenty of topping to slice and toss in. There is even a reusable menu card included to help kids serve up their creations.
SHOP HERE | Ages: 3+
Building Bath Pipes
A fun suction bath toy set featuring a variety of toy pipes, cogs, and tubes. Pour water down the tops of the pipes and the fun starts!
SHOP HERE | Ages: 1+
Sleuth & Solve
If you know a kid who loves riddles and logic problems, this book is full of solvable mysteries that’ll have them sharpening critical thinking skills. There are 20 mysteries to crack, and little detectives can lift a flap to reveal the answer to eaech mystery.
SHOP HERE | Ages: 8+
Untamed T-Rex
From the makers of fingerlings, come these untamed dinos. They will respond to your touch and actions by by growling, hissing, or roaring until you calm it down by petting it. They also glow in the dark!
SHOP HERE | Ages: 5+
CoComelon Official Musical Bedtime JJ Doll
If you have a kid who is obsessed with Cocomelon, bring the nursery rhymes to life with this Musical Bedtime JJ Doll! Just squeeze JJ’s tummy and listen as he says iconic phrases and even plays a clip of the “YesYes Bedtime” song!
SHOP HERE | Ages: 1+
Hatchimals Crystal Flyer Pixie
These Hatchimals Crystal Flyer Pixies actually fly, and kids can use their hands to direct their flight. Lift your hands high and she’ll fly high, move them low and she’ll fly low, dancing through the air while her wings sparkle!
SHOP HERE | Ages: 6+
2021 Holiday Barbie
This years Holiday Barbie is dressed in a dreamy, shimmery gown featuring a metallic bodice and full skirt complete with tulle. This collectible doll makes a great gift, and can be the start of a holiday tradition if your child hasn’t already started collecting them!
SHOP HERE | Ages: 6+
Got2Glow Fairy Finder
Kids can open the heart shaped lid on their Fairy Finder and watch a magical light show as a virtual fairy finds its home inside the jar! There are more than 100 fairies to discover, and they can even be “traded” between friends. Increase your chances of collecting ultra-rare fairies by playing the mini game and bringing your jar to new locations! The more you play with your Fairy Finder, the more fairies you’ll catch!
SHOP HERE | Ages: 5+
Star Wars “The Child” Animatronic Edition
It’s the most anticipated and must-have interactive toy from The Mandalorian. Touching the top of The Child Animatronic Edition’s head activates over 25 sound and motion combinations, including happy and excited sounds, giggles, babbles, and more, all while the figure’s head moves up and down, ears move back and forth, and eyes open and close. You can even force him to take a nap!
SHOP HERE | Ages: 4+
PLAYMOBIL Volkswagen playsets
Kids will love these playsets featuring vintage Volkswagen vehicles. Setup the Playmobil Volkswagen Beetle for a fun day at the beach, or the Playmobil Volkswagen T1 Camping Bus an outdoor adventure. These high quality play sets are sure to be a hit!
SHOP HERE | REVIEW HERE | Ages: 3+
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