Basil’s Top Toy Picks of 2023 Holiday Season
Are you shopping for the hottest toy picks of 2023? We’ve been doing some research and these are the top toy picks trending for the 2023 holiday season! *This post my contain affiliate links, I may earn a small commission based on qualified purchases.
Tonie Boxes are one of the hottest toys of the season for 2022 and 2023. This is the Paw Patrol Starter Set and can be found at most major retailers!
National Geographic’s TonieBox Starter Kit!
TonieBoxes are for the immersive imagination, and imaginative play! Bringing stories and songs to life with each new collectable character! Tonie’s are a great alternative to screen time and have been a mom group favorite for well over a year! With thousands of characters to choose from Tonies come in an array of colors and characters! Visit the Tonie’s Amazon page to view available Tonie’s, Tonie characters, bundles, and Boxes!
Cookeez Makery Bakery is listed as one of the hottest toys of the season!
Cookeez Makery Bakery is an innovative take on the 90’s Easy Bake Ovens. Except, instead of baking up delicious cookies or pizza and burning yourself on that iconic light bulb, you’re making your new pet best friend! Cookeez Makery allows you to mix up pre portioned dough then place your pet friend into the mold and bake. Like magic ( 😉) out comes a warm scented plush! With a couple different options to choose from Cookeez Makery toys are flying off the shelves this holiday season!
A modern twist on the wooden Kitchen, this Tiny Land Black and White all wood kitchen is a smash hit this holiday season!
Wooden play kitchens have been a hot item over the last couple of years. Allowing littles imaginative play with unlimited possibilities and hours of fun, these play kitchens are all the rage! This Tiny Land Play Kitchen is our top choice this year for its diverse options of play spaces. From the Coffee bar, to built in microwave this play kitchen has it all! The ice dispenser even dispenses ice! Tiny Land has a huge selection of play kitchens to choose from and you can check them all out here! Below we have two other great options! One is a budget friendly kitchen from Honey Joy and the other is a space saver from Best Choice Products!
Honey Joy wooden Kitchen. We recommend this as a budget friendly kitchen.
Best Choice Products Space Saving Farmhouse Kitchen.
Fat Brain Toys SpinAgain
If you’re shopping for a younger crowd this holiday season our top favorite is Fat Brain Toys! The SpinAgain is a favorite here in our house. Alternating between vibrant flower and star shapes that spin down the pole this imagination sparking toy allows littles to stack the cogs in any order they want, pull up the pole and start over again!
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Fat Brain Toys HIX
Fat Brain Toys Hix is a composed of 4 triangle silicone stacking toys which encourages fine motor skills, visual spatial skills, and eye hand coordination, also great for color recognition! Spark the imagination with this stocking stuffer top pick! We also recommend toys by Learning Resources!
ThinkFun Gravity Marble Maze
ThinkFun’s Gravity Marble Maze is for older kids age 8 and up, but this interactive building maze is great for building critical skills. Its a STEM toy that encourages engineering, critical thinking, planning, visual spatial skills and more! This kit includes 60 challenges from beginner to expert and is Toy Of The Year Award Winner!
Bitzee Interactive Digital Pet and Case
Bitzee Interactive Digital Pet and Case is very similar to the 90’s toy Tomagotchi, which are making a come back. Bitzee is an interactive pet which includes 16 different pets inside the case. Teaches nurturing skills as well as responsibly. These adorable little toys grow from baby to adult and allow you to care for them each stet of the way! Feed them, play with them, rock them to sleep and watch them grow! Stocking stuffer must have!
Dog-E interactive pup
With over 200 LED lights and sounds this interactive digital pup is all the rage! With 6 touch sensors and APP connectivity theres so much you can do with Dog-E! Play games, care for your puppy, and they even talk with their tail, by using the connected app, Dog-E can tell you when hes hungry, wants to play and more!
VTech KiddiZoom Digital Creator Camera
Up and coming digital creator? Inspired photographer? The VTech KiddiZoom is the perfect stocking stuffer for kids 5-10 years old. This HD camera has built in special effects like time lapse and over 20 backgrounds. Comes with a tabletop tripod, selfie stick and included USB to upload videos to a computer.
Squaregles Oggs Mega Set
What makes Squaregles different from other magnetic play sets? Squaregles includes Oggs characters, paperbacks, comics, tracks and cars to make a diverse playset! You can use the paperbacks to color and create your own backgrounds! Tracks and tunnels to create a maze, and characters and cars to fun races! The Oggs Mega Set includes 103 pieces for imaginative and creative play!
Flybar My First Pogo Stick
The Flybar My First Pogo Stick is a great indoor/outdoor friendly pogo stick, use it virtually anywhere! This is one of our top holiday toy pick because it encourages kids to get up and exercise in a fun setting! It also helps train balance and gross motor skills! It comes in a ton of colors including licensed Paw Patrol characters!
Basil’s Top Toy Picks of 2023 Holiday Season
- Paw Patrol TonieBox
- National Geographic TonieBox
- Cookeez Bakery Makery
- Fat Brain Toys SpinAgain
- Fat Brain Toys Hix
- Tiny Land Black and White Modern Kitchen
- Honey Joy Budget Kitchen
- Best Choice Products Farmhouse Kitchen (Space Saver)
- ThinkFun Gravity Maze
- Dog-E Interactive Pup
- VTech KiddiZoom Creator Camera
- Squaregles Oggs Magnetic Mega Set
- Flybar My First Pogo