Hottest Toys of 2025

2025 Gift Guides

Nov 8

Written By Meggie Owsiak

We’ve rounded up the season’s hottest toys so you don’t have to!

Our list of this season’s hottest toys, from big gift ideas to hidden gems at every price, we wanted to make finding the perfect gift simple! After testing them out ourselves, we know kids will love them all! One less thing on your holiday to-do list.

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Planetarium Projector

Planetarium Projector

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Kids can’t get enough of this galaxy projector! They love picking different cards to change the stars, nebulae, and planets, and watching the colors swirl across the ceiling. It looks super cool, feels like a real planetarium, and turns any room into a magical, space-filled adventure!

Air Toobz

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Kids will be obsessed with Air Toobz! They connect the tubes however they want, turn on the fan, and the foam balls shoot through their creation. It’s creative, chaotic in the best way, and such a fun way to explore cause and effect and early STEM skills

MAGNA-TILES Rail Racer

MAGNA-TILES Rail Racer

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Kids can design the coolest racetracks with this 90-piece Magna-Tiles Rail Racers set! The track pieces click together easily, letting little builders create ramps, twists and fast-moving races. It’s the perfect mix of creativity, STEM learning and pure playtime excitement! If you have a MAGNA-TILE lover this is the best gift.

Magic Gel Water Activity

Magic Gel Water Activity

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This Magic Water Elf kit brings crafting and play together! The set includes 5 pure & 5 sparkling gels, 6 molds and magic powder for kids to create squishy sea-creature gel toys! Non-toxic, screen-free fun that builds fine motor skills and imaginative play perfect for birthdays or party favors.

Montessori Race Track

Montessori Race Track

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This racetrack system is so cute! Kids will love playing with this STEM car-track set! With 8 obstacles and color-coded buttons and levers, children develop coordination, logical thinking and hand-eye skills as they guide mini cars through the challenge. No batteries required, and is good for ages 3 and up.

Little Live Pets

Little Live Pets

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Help little ones nurture and play with Cooper the Retriever Puppy by Little Live Pets. This interactive pet comes with a splint, real-paper bandages, a transformable carrier and over 50 cute sounds and reactions. Kids adopt, heal and watch Cooper recover and walk, perfect for fostering empathy, responsibility and imaginative vet-play.

Video Walkie Talkies

Video Walkie Talkies

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These kids’ video walkie-talkies make playtime extra fun with real-time video chat, long-range communication, and easy push-to-talk buttons. Perfect for indoor adventures, backyard missions, or sibling fun, they’re a screen-free way to spark imagination, connection, and hours of creative play.

Glam Nail Stamper

Glam Nail Stamper

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This Glam Nail Stamper manicure set is magic! At home manicures just got a major upgrade, paint your nails and stamp on prints for a fun, mess free mani.

LED Light Up Board

LED Light Up Board

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Doodling just got a serious glow-up! Perfect for any kid who loves to draw or write, this neon LED dry-erase board turns creativity into hours of endless, colorful fun with 11 different modes to choose from!

Jelly Blox Construction Set

Jelly Blox Construction Set

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Squishy, stackable, and seriously satisfying, these Jelly Blox are such a hit! This 75-piece set makes for endless creative and sensory play. And the best part? No ankle breakers here, these soft blocks are totally safe to step on.

Bluey Hide and Seek

Bluey Hide and Seek

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For when your kids want to play hide and seek again, Bluey’s got it covered! Press her nose to start the countdown, follow her giggles and clues, then celebrate finding her with a dance party. It’s interactive, musical fun your kids will love!

Nex Playground

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Meet the ultimate active game for kids and parents, no controllers, just movement! The Nex Playground gets everyone off the couch and laughing together, up to 4 people can play at once depending on the game. A total hit for family night and a fun alternative to a gaming system. My kids are getting this for Christmas, we’re not ready for a console yet, and this interactive system feels like the perfect solution.

3-in-1 Jump, Toss and Stomp

3-in-1 Jump, Toss and Stomp

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This 3-in-1 launcher is the ultimate way to burn off kids energy indoors by jumping, tossing and stomping. It’s the perfect mix of active fun and the set up is super simple!

Hatching Jurassic Dinosaur

Hatching Jurassic Dinosaur

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Watch it hatch, train it and play it again! This interactive dino hatches out of its egg, makes 100+ sounds and turns into a friendly or a fierce T-Rex, your kid decides by training it. The coolest gift for dino lovers this year!

Magnetic Fort Building

Magnetic Fort Building

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This kit is pure creative magic, snap the giant magnetic panels together and take fort building to the next level! This would make for a great big ticket gift for kids, the fort possibilities are endless!

Interactive Gabby's Dollhouse

Interactive Gabby's Dollhouse

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If your kids love Gabby’s Dollhouse, this is the toy of the season! It lights up, plays music and lets kids bring Gabby to life with over 60 animations, 6 play modes and 2 games!

Magnetic Train Track

Magnetic Train Track

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This magnetic race track is seriously genius, kids can build it vertically, sideways or upside down. All 3 of my kids ages 2-7 have loved playing with it. We own the 101 piece configuration, but sets can be combined to add onto your collection. Endless configurations = endless fun!

Interactive Balance Beam

Interactive Balance Beam

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This interactive balance beam is such a fun way for kids to move, play, and build coordination. It comes with 8 wavy beams, 5 sensory stones, and a musical pod, perfect for creating endless obstacle courses indoors or out. Kids can build their own path, balance, and groove along to 3 fun musical games. My 4 year old is obsessed, it’s the perfect energy-burner before bedtime!

Bracelet Making Kit

Bracelet Making Kit

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This bracelet making kit has gone viral for a reason, you can create beaded bracelets with ease due to the beading pen. Say goodbye to individually stringing beads! A fun activity to make and share friendship bracelets.

If sold out on Amazon, it is also available at Target.

Fabric Flower Bouquet Kit

Fabric Flower Bouquet Kit

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This fabric flower making kid is a fun activity for any kid that loves crafts! It comes with over 150 pieces for kids to make their own bouquets.

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