Girls can do anything, whether they want to grow up to be engineers or fight crime as a superhero, and toy companies are answering back with bold new products that show that the sky is the limit. Toy Insider Mom Laurie Schacht stopped by Good Morning Arizona to show off her favorite toys to inspire girls this holiday season. For more on the products featured in this segment, check out the notes below, and for a full rundown of the best toys of the year, check out our complete holiday toy guide.
Mighty Makers Director’s Cut Building Set (K’NEX)
- Film the next big movie with Lily and her dog, Zoom, with the Director’s Cut Building Set.
- Build the stage where the video shoot takes place. Once filming has ended, rebuild the stage into a theater to watch the final cut!
- Have a mobile phone, or small tablet? Kids can film your own movie by building the device stand to hold your phone or tablet, and watch it back with your friends and family!
- Ages: 7+
- MSRP: $34.99
- Available: Toys “R” Us, Amazon
Roominate: Emma’s Townhouse (Play Monster)
- Roominate is an award-winning line of complete building sets that are designed for girls in order to bridge the gender gap in STEM.
- The line was started with one simple mission: open up possibilities for girls by showing them that creativity and engineering are fun!
- Build a tall townhouse, or a wide one, either way you can design a colorfully modern home! Use the included motor to build a ceiling fan, or anything you can think of! Includes Emma doll and her pet pig Hodgkin.
- Ages: 6+
- MSRP: $34.99
- Available: Amazon, Toys “R” Us
DC Super Hero Girls Action Figures (Mattel)
- Inspired by a new interpretation of iconic DC Comics characters in an all new high school setting, who are learning to hone their super powers, girls can explore their own inner heroes with this assortment of 6-inch action figures designed to lead to Super Hero fun.
- Molded fashions are inspired by costumes of original DC Comics Super.
- Ages: 6+
- MSRP: $9.99
- Available: Amazon, Target, Toys R Us, Walmart
- Thames & Kosmos partners with Mattel for a science kit featuring Barbie and Nikki.
- This project kit includes plastic building pieces and science experiment materials, as well as a Barbie or Nikki doll, to create a complete experience based on the concept “You Dream It… You Make It!”
- Kids will build a washing machine, rotating closet, and more, all compatible with the Barbie Dreamhouse. Plus, design fashions for Barbie to wear.
- Learn about chromatics, engineering, and more.
- Ages: 4+
- MSRP: $29.95
- Available: Toys “R” Us, Target, Walmart
- Take aim and launch into action-packed fun with this bow! Kids can go on fast-paced adventures and join with friends in competitive play.
- The Flipside bow has two 5-dart drums that flip around for 10-dart fast blasting.
- Kids can pull the string back and release it to send a dart flying through the air up to 80 feet. Fire five darts from one drum, pull the flip-trigger to rotate the second drum into position, and launch five more darts!
- Ages: 8+
- MSRP: $24.99
- Available: Target, Amazon, Walmart, Kmart
