Toy Insider Editor-in-Chief Ali Mierzejewski joined Good Day PA in Harrisburg to show off the best toys for the grade school kids on your holiday shopping list. 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.

PIZZA PARTY THROWDOWN

Players have 30 seconds to toss their color-coded ingredients onto the rotating pizza gameboard using the pizza chef launcher game piece. Three different challenges offer various levels of difficulty for up to four players.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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BREYER MANE BEAUTY

The 10-inch horse styling head comes with a styling booklet, a comb, clips, and other hair accessories that kids can use to style the horse's mane. Available in three mane colors: blonde, brunette, and white.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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JUST MY STYLE MERMAID BANK

Kids can paint and decorate a one-of-a-kind savings bank for a super stylish adventure! Open the metallic paint pots and add holographic designs. Mix and match colors to create the loveliest aquatic hues and embellish details with shimmery glitter! Includes one Mermaid Tail Bank (7.4 inches tall), one sequin decal sticker, three metallic paints (blue,…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $9.97-$14.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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LASER X REVOLUTION

Turn the backyard into a laser tag arena and blast opponents up to 300 feet away — inside or outside, in darkness or sunlight — with quick-slide reload. Choose from more than 20 different colors to light up your blaster.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $39.99; $69.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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CATS VS. PICKLES

Kids can collect more than 40 styles of plush beanie cats — including foodie cats, sweet cats, scary cats, and more — alongside four uniquely designed, super-rare pickles. They can also download the free companion app for more fun. Kids can collect more than 40 styles of plush beanie cats — including foodie cats, sweet…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $4.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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SCOOBY-DOO! MYSTERY MACHINE

Time to solve some mysteries with the members of Mystery, Inc.! Kids can open the van's rear doors to reveal an illuminated monitor, where they can insert ghost cards to learn more about the mystery. Discover more ghost cards in each of the SCOOBY-DOO! Mystery Figures. Includes Fred, Daphne, Velma, a spyglass, a secret map…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99; $59.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 5+

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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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