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Hot Holiday Toys Round-Up + Giveaway

This Hot Holiday Toys Round-Up + Giveaway might give you some gift giving inspiration for the boys and girls on your list. Or family game night. Or vacation, screen-free, boredom buster! All of these games offer opportunities for players to enjoy hands-on fun.  Read on for what made the list for the Parent Club Hot Holiday Toys Round-Up…

Note: the following giveaway is open to residents of Canada, excluding Quebec. 

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Hot Holiday Toys from MGA Entertainment via www.parentclub.ca

MGA Entertainment

Social Star: players must climb the social ladder and gather ’Likes’ in order to gain fame. For: 3-8 players
Includes: 100 challenge cards, 100 like cards, 50 dare cards. Age Recommendation: 13+.

Ready2Robot Battle Pack: build, mix and match custom ‘bots, and battle your friends in a robot-brawl. Includes: 2 Mechbots, 2 Pilots and weapons to build battles. Age Recommendation: 5+.

Air Chargers Twisted Turn Crashway: The easy to use pump launcher allows kids to quickly charge up their race car and go! Launcher allows you to be in control of the speed, distance and crashing! Customize the distance and height of your barricade. Age Recommendations: 5+.

Crate Creatures Assortment: Crate Creatures are fun interactive pets that you unleash from their cage to
find out which special features they have. Break into the crate to unleash your new beast friend. All you need to do is use the crowbar to pop the lock. Pull their tongue for monstrosly fun and gross noises and watch as the creature
vibrates and it’s eyes start glowing. 45 sounds. Age Recommendation: 4+

Retail Availability: Toys “R” Us, Walmart and Indigo

Mattel GamesHot Holiday Toys from Mattel via www.parentclub.ca

Gas Out: Players take turns playing Gas Out Number cards in their hand and pressing Guster as many times as
shown. Be the last player to keep Guster the Gas Cloud from farting during your turn, and you win! Age Recommendation: 5+.

Squawk: Roll the dice and then press on the chicken’s chest the number of times shown on the dice. You’ll hear a funny “SQUAWK” – if she doesn’t lay an egg, then it is the next player’sturn, but if the hen house opens, she’ll lay an egg that you get to crack open. Press your luck as you try to collect the most baby chicks. Age Recommendation: 5+.

Retail Availability: Canadian Tire, Toys “R” Us, Amazon

Kerplunk: (I remember playing this game as a kid!)  The object of the game is to skillfully remove the sticks from the tube while dropping the fewest marbles possible. You and your friends will have a blast playing Kerplunk, just don’t let the marbles fall! Age recommendation: 5+.

Retail Availability: Canadian Tire, Real Canadian Superstore, Toys “R” Us, Walmart, Amazon

HEXBUGHot Holiday Toys from HEXBUG via www.parentclub.ca

Robotic Soccer: Designed to mimic real-life soccer, this toy’s play pattern taps into the love for soccer and pairs it with the education fun of robotics. Pick a player, customize it with decals and send it on to the field to kick balls into goals. Age recommendation: 8+.

Toys and games are a great gift idea for Secret Santa too. My friends and I are planning a Secret Santa night right now. The rules are: bring an non-gendered, wrapped gift (and all of these games fall into both those categories). And yes, I have my gift giving inspiration done from this post!

Disclosure: #giftedproduct. All opinions are my own. 

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Comments

  20. Lynda Cook says

    My grandson would love the Crate Creatures, and all my grandchildren would love the Robotic Soccer, plus the 2 games Squawk and Gas Out look like a lot of fun with lots of laughs!

  34. Debbie White-Beattie says

    Social Star sounds interesting especially when social media rules everyone’s life today

  50. NJ Nowoselski says

    I know the boys in the family would love Crate Creatures. They are so um non girlie that I’m sure the boys will get a kick out of them 🙂

  58. Sandra McG says

    I would love to gift kerplunk to my little nephew…he is just starting to get into playing games and I think we would all have a blast playing kerplunk together

  86. NJ Nowoselski says

    Ready2Robot Battle Pack: I like that it uses their skill to put it together and then their imagination to pay with. I know two boys (brothers) that would love this.

  113. binabugged says

    OMG we used to have so much fun playing kerplunk!! asw well this looks good Air Chargers Twisted Turn Crashway

  120. Viv Sluys says

    My kids and nephews and niece would love facing off in a game of robotic soccer! I’d love to give it to my nephew for Christmas

  164. kathy downey says

    I would like to gift the Robotic Soccer to my grandson,he would be excited to find that toy under the Tree!

  187. NJ Nowoselski says

    Hexbug – the soccer field looks like a fun place to play with two Hexbugs. Great for my two young godchildren

  206. Tara Gauthier says

    I would gift the crate creature to my daughter, she said she thinks they are really neat!

  213. Wanda Tracey says

    The Ready2Robot Battle Pack looks awesome! I think my grandchildren would love that toy.

  226. Charlene Lucas says

    I would LOVE to win Kerplunk to gift! My granddaughter and I play board games pretty much every time we get together and I know this is not a game she’s played before.