Looking for a holiday toy for an imaginative youngster? Toy Insider Senior Editor Marissa DiBartolo stopped by PIX 11 in New York to show off some great toys for the creative kids on your holiday shopping list. For more on the products featured in this segment, check out the notes below, and be sure to check out our complete holiday gift guide.
Play-Doh Town Meet and Make Town Center (Hasbro)
- Mix and mingle with new PLAY-DOH friends at everybody’s favorite gathering place, the Play-Doh Town Meet and Make Town Center playset!
- With a Bakery, Florist, Mechanic, and their very own little vehicle, kids can take their Play-Doh figures out for an exciting day on the Town! Little bakers can stamp out crazy Play-Doh cakes at the bakery before moving onto the Florist to create colorful flowers to decorate Main Street using the florist figure’s tools!
- After a long day, little ones can head on over to the Town Garage and fill up on gas to prepare for another day of PLAY-DOH Town fun!
- Ages: 3+
- MSRP: $39.99
- Available: Amazon, Target, Toys “R” Us, Walmart
Build-A-Bear Workshop Stuffing Station (Spin Master)
- Now you can bring the fun of the Build-A-Bear Workshop experience home!
- The Build-A-Bear Workshop Stuffing Station comes complete with everything you need to stuff, dress, and cuddle your very own furry friends! Each Build-A-Bear creation is made with love by you!
- Ages: 4+
- MSRP: $29.99
- Available: Target, Walmart, Toys “R” Us
My Fairy Garden (Play Monster)
- My Fairy Garden™includes three unique versions for children to choose from or to collect them all.
- Willow’s Tree Hollow™— A charming, bright fairy home! The set includes the adorable tree hollow with opening doors, bottom tray, Willow the fairy, her friend, and gardening accessories and tools.
- All sets include potting soil and quick-germinating seeds to get your garden started! Children can add other flowers or plants if they want, too!
- Ages: 4+
- MSRP: $29.99
- Available: Toys “R” Us, Walmart, Amazon, Target
ALEX Toys Lil Lockitz Memory Studio (ALEX Brands)
- Lil’ Lockitz supplies kids with beads, sparkles, and charms to design a wearable collage that tells a story. Lil Lockitz can be worn as a necklace, bracelet, or even a key chain!
- Memory Maker is a super deluxe design studio for creating Lockitz. With 11 covered compartments there’s room to organize and store all of your charms and locket pieces.
- Choose the locket you want to make, fill it with the perfect colors and pieces, lock it, and with a turn of the knob, the lights and music infuse the locket with your personal story.
- The set comes with everything kids need to make 10 Lockitz, including Memory Studio with Locket Display (3 pc), 10 Locket Tops, 10 Locket Backs, 4 Necklaces, 3 Bracelets, 3 Keychain Clasps, 40 Charms, 30 Gems, 16 Backgrounds, Tweezers, and a Photo Stencil.
- Ages: 5+
- MSRP: $29.99
- Available at Toys “R” Us
Poppit Pop’n and Display Bakery (Moose)
- With the Pop ‘n’ Display Bakery, kids can pop out mini clay creations that they make and decorate, then display their bakery beauties on the store shelves.
- The set comes with four different colored clays and twelve different Poppit molds, a Poppit popper, Poppit Tool, Dropper, texture stamp as well as a ton of pieces to decorate, plus sprinkles, beads and gems to create some tasty mini magic!
- Ages: 5+
- MSRP: $19.99
- Available: Amazon, Target, Toys “R” Us, Walmart
- Create your own custom color emoji stampers with the Crayola Emoji Maker!
- Simply mix, measure, and click.
- The Emoji Maker comes with everything you need to make 16 custom color markers for creating and sharing your unique emoji messages with friends.
- Ages: 6+
- MSRP: $19.99
- Available: Amazon, Target, Toys “R” Us, Walmart
Fright Factory- Fright Factory™ allows kids to create frightening 3D creations!
- Through the use of EwGoo UV curing gel, creepy molds and the Fright Factory™ Creature Creator, kids can create insects, reptiles, bats and more!
- Simply place your stencil into the chamber, spin the crank and watch as the electricity bolt lights up!
- Before your eyes your EwGoo turns from ooey gooey gel to a creepy creation!
- Ages: 6+
- MSRP: $29.99
- Available: Amazon, Toys “R” Us
