Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined Fox 61 in Connecticut to show off some of the best new toys to keep kids entertained this winter. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.


BIG FEELINGS NESTING FRUIT FRIENDS

It's a feelings fiesta! Kids build essential social-emotional learning skills as they explore this toddler learning toy's friendly nesting fruit. Double-sided fruit faces introduce kids to 10 different emotions and help them learn opposites and talk about feelings during social-emotional learning activities. Each of the Big Feelings Nesting Fruit Friends comes with fun, grabbable textures…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $16.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

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SCRIBBLE N PLAY CREATIVITY KIT

Scribble n' Play is a reusable kids' drawing tablet that is great at helping kids discover their creativity. A mess free alternative to scratch arts and crafts, the Scribble n' Play includes a long-lasting battery to remove the mess of plugs and chargers. This kids' drawing tablet features the revolutionary Colorburst display that lets kids…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $34.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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RACING HEDGEHOGS

The race is on! Participants play cards from their hand to advance their hedgehogs. When one of the hedgehogs reaches the last space on the board, the race ends, and the players' remaining cards score points. Will kids push one hedgehog to the finish line first or play-the-odds on their favorite runner? Includes four cute…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.95
  • Age:
  • 6+

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PINXIES BUTTERFLY HOT AIR BALLOON

Designed to inspire storytelling, this STEM-based construction set includes graphic paperboard panels, colorful plastic building links, accessories, and stickers that kids can use to build a hot air balloon. It’s compatible with other Pinxies building sets.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

LOLLIPOP LAB

Get ready to have fun making delicious lollipops while learning science and math! Whip up batches of red cherry and blue raspberry lollipops, plus a massive ring lollipop with both flavors. Learn about temperature as kids use the thermometer to boil sugar and discover how it crystallizes to form hard candy. Gain experience with measurements,…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.95; $31.00 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

BIG FEELINGS NESTING FRUIT FRIENDS

It's a feelings fiesta! Kids build essential social-emotional learning skills as they explore this toddler learning toy's friendly nesting fruit. Double-sided fruit faces introduce kids to 10 different emotions and help them learn opposites and talk about feelings during social-emotional learning activities. Each of the Big Feelings Nesting Fruit Friends comes with fun, grabbable textures…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $16.99
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

SCRIBBLE N PLAY CREATIVITY KIT

Scribble n' Play is a reusable kids' drawing tablet that is great at helping kids discover their creativity. A mess free alternative to scratch arts and crafts, the Scribble n' Play includes a long-lasting battery to remove the mess of plugs and chargers. This kids' drawing tablet features the revolutionary Colorburst display that lets kids…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $34.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

RACING HEDGEHOGS

The race is on! Participants play cards from their hand to advance their hedgehogs. When one of the hedgehogs reaches the last space on the board, the race ends, and the players' remaining cards score points. Will kids push one hedgehog to the finish line first or play-the-odds on their favorite runner? Includes four cute…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.95
  • Age:
  • 6+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

PINXIES BUTTERFLY HOT AIR BALLOON

Designed to inspire storytelling, this STEM-based construction set includes graphic paperboard panels, colorful plastic building links, accessories, and stickers that kids can use to build a hot air balloon. It’s compatible with other Pinxies building sets.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

LOLLIPOP LAB

Get ready to have fun making delicious lollipops while learning science and math! Whip up batches of red cherry and blue raspberry lollipops, plus a massive ring lollipop with both flavors. Learn about temperature as kids use the thermometer to boil sugar and discover how it crystallizes to form hard candy. Gain experience with measurements,…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $21.95; $31.00 CAD
  • Age:
  • 8+

Buy Now

The Toy Insider participates in affiliate programs that may generate revenue for the site when a purchase is made through the links below.

About the author

Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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