In today’s installment of Toy Insider and Family Circle magazine’s “25 Days of Toys,” Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Marissa DiBartolo and Family Circle Social Media Editor Sugey Palomares celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter with these fun toy picks. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best toys of the holiday season, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.
MYSTERY FLYING SNITCH (WOW! STUFF)
- Every Harry Potter fan knows that a game of Quidditch only ends when the Snitch is caught. Now fans of the ultimate wizarding sport will be able to connect with their inner Seeker and wow their friends as they attempt to catch the new Mystery Flying Snitch as it appears to magically fly about them.
- The Mystery Flying Snitch is suspended by a high tensile Aramid fibre thread. The thread is approximately twice as strong as steel of the same thickness but almost totally invisible from 6 feet, allowing you to recreate magical scenes from the Harry Potter films.
- This new incarnation of the famous winged Quidditch ball is ideal for cosplay and each kit comes with a free Quidditch poster for inspiration and display plinth.
- Ages: 6+
- MSRP: $24.99
- Available: Target
HARRY POTTER WIZARD TRAINING WANDS (JAKKS PACIFIC)
- Kids can now train like a wizard with the Harry Potter Wizard Training Wands.
- There are 11 different spells for kids to learn and master using the included spell training guide.
- The wand recognizes movement to know when kids have cast their spells. The wand provides sound feedback that the spells have been cast correctly.
- Each wand includes five modes of play: two modes of standalone play and three modes to play with a friend. The light-up button allows them to select which mode to play.
- The assortment includes Harry Potter’s wand, Albus Dumbledore’s wand (i.e. The Elder Wand), and Lord
- Voldemort’s wand.
- Ages: 8+
- MSRP: $24.99
- Available: Amazon, Target, Walmart
LEGO HARRY POTTER HOGWARTS WHOMPING WILLOW (THE LEGO GROUP)
- Help Harry and Ron race to Hogwarts in this LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Whomping Willow set, as seen in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- Fly the Ford Anglia into the spinning branches of the Whomping Willow, then help the wizards escape to join Hermione at Hogwarts.
- The school set features a dormitory, a potions classroom, Professor Snape’s office, and an owlery.
- The building kit includes six minifigures and a Hedwig owl figurine.
- Ages: 8+
- MSRP: $69.99
- Available: Amazon, Target, Walmart
