‘Tis the season to be spooky!
Halloween is more than a day—it’s a lifestyle, and it’s not just about costumes and candy anymore! There are plenty of spooktastic new toys full of tricks and treats to help celebrate the creepiest day of the year, including haunted play sets, poseable monsters, friendly voodoo dolls, gummy spiders, and more. Spooky, creepy, and silly, these toys will leave kids happy as a witch in a broom factory. Happy haunting!
TAKE ALONG HAUNTED HOUSE (PLAYMOBIL)
Dream home alert! Halloween lovers will freak over this Haunted House play set. It comes with tons of spooky accessories, including figures of a scientist, a monster, and a vampire, as well as a coffin, a spider web, potion bottles, mice, and more things that go bump in the night. The play set closes up into a haunted house case that make it easy to take on-the-go, or used as part of any Halloween decor! Ages: 5+, $39.99
STIKBOT MONSTERS (ZING)
While some kids may be too young for horror movies, they can do something even better, and make their own! Stikbot Monsters are easy-to-pose figures, built with suction cup hands and feet that can stick to almost any flat surface. With the free Stikbot Studio app, available on iOS and Android, kids can snap individual photos and stitch them together into a film, complete with built-in music and sound effect options. Kids can collect the different characters to create fun stop-motion animated movies! Ages: 4+, $4.99-$9.99
GROSS GUMMY CANDY LAB (THAMES & KOSMOS)
Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat! You can’t have Halloween without the candy, and this kit is even more fun than trick or treating because kids can concoct their own creepy crawly candy from scratch! Mold gross gummy worms and spiders using a natural gelatin-like ingredient, and then flavor and sweeten the mixture with mixed berry and green apple flavors. Not only does it satisfy any sweet tooth, but it will also teach kids about the scientific properties of natural polymers, and that’s just something candy corn can’t do. Ages: 6+, $19.95
DISNEY JUNIOR VAMPIRINA ROCK ‘N JAM TOURING VAN (JUST PLAY)
Wo-ah-oh, Vampirina! Fans of the Disney Junior show can rock out with Vampirina the friendly vampire as she goes on tour with her favorite band, The Ghoul Girls, just like in the show. The van transforms into a rising stage that lights up and plays music, with a driver’s seat that turns into a sofa, bunk beds that flip up to reveal speakers, piano key-styled spiral stairs, and more. If you’ve got it, haunt it! Ages: 3+, $39.99
FUGGLER FUNNY UGLY MONSTER PLUSH (SPIN MASTER)
These plush creatures are the definition of creepy cute. There are 40 different Fugglers to collect, with different assortments of human-like teeth and stitched on eyes. Some have claws and big bulbous eyes, while others have shaggy fur and button eyes. Even the packaging is on point—they come in a cardboard box with a cutout for the face so it looks like they’re about to break free and make their escape. Prepare to sleep with one eye open. Ages: 14+, $14.99 –$24.99
SMASHERS SERIES 2: GROSS SMASHERS (ZURU)
Smashing pumpkins is out, and smashing eyeballs is in! Smash the eyeballs to reveal the gross collectible characters that are hiding inside. There are more than 100 Gross Smashers to collect, with themes like body parts, rotting food, icky insects, poop, trash, and other creepy objects that would make the perfect set of ingredients for any cauldron. Everyone knows you can’t build a witch’s brew without some eyeballs! Age: 4+, $9.99
EVIL EYE (UNIVERSITY GAMES)
Avoid the Grim Reaper at all costs! Evil Eye makes for a fun game night that will keep kids entertained even after their candy disappears. The goal is to blow out the candles as many times as possible to score points, without getting caught by the evil eye! If kids get spotted, their candle will turn red, which will freeze them from scoring any points until the candle turns yellow again. Whoever’s candle blinks when the coffin pops open is the winner. The spookiest part is that you’re supposed to play the game in the dark! Age: 5+, $29.99
UNTAMED T-REX SKELETON DINOS: DOOM AND GLOOM AKA THE BONEHEADS (WOWWEE)
What’s Halloween without some skeletons? Meet Doom and Gloom, AKA The Boneheads from the Untamed family. These interactive dinosaur skeletons react to sound, touch, and motion, with more than 40 different sounds and animations. They have snapping jaws and gripping claws, and they glow in the dark making them even scarier for Halloween night! Age: 5+, $14.99 each
FEISTY PETS FEATURE FIGURE ASSORTMENT 10-INCH PLUSH (JAZWARES)
Feisty Pets go from cute to scary quicker than you can say, “BOO!” These plush animals start off looking innocent, but push down on their heads to see their eyes rotate, their arms swivel up together, and their mouths turn to grimaces. They come in an assortment of beasts, such as Glenda Glitterpoop, Sammy Suckerpunch, and Sir Growls-A-Lot, and each comes with a list of likes and dislikes. Glenda Glitterpoop the unicorn likes zombies, so she’d probably love to sit in on a horror movie marathon! Age: 6+, $8.99
SMASHY MASHY (REDWOODVENTURES)
Beware of these radioactive squishies that come inside a top secret super-goo-filled container. Open the container to find out which nacho-cheese scented Smashy Mashy character is lurking inside, and give it a squeeze to see the slow-rising action. Each Smashy Mash comes with a disgusting, spoiled buddy because the creepier, the better! Age: 5+, $9.99
