Toy Insider’s Chief Toy Officer Laurie Schacht joined CTV’s Your Morning to show off the hot holiday toys that are sure to be on kids’ wish lists this year. 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.

BLOCKAROO WINDMILL

Blockaroos were developed by teachers and are the easiest construction toy for preschoolers ever developed! Blockaroo Blocks are a new way to build. These soft foam magnetic blocks click together like magic, rotate 360-degrees, and always attract to each other, creating a multi-sensory experience. They also float which means that this unique construction toy doubles…

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99; $69.99 CAN
  • Age:
  • 18 MOS.+

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BLUE’S CLUES & YOU! DANCE-ALONG BLUE PLUSH

Press the buttons on Josh's guitar to activate the plush Blue, who will dance along to music from the show and wiggle her ears. Press the guitar strings to speed up or slow down Blue's dancing. Press the buttons on Josh's guitar to activate the plush Blue, who will dance along to music from the…

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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PRESENT PETS

This interactive puppy paws its way out of the box for a surprise reveal. Then, it's ready for play with more than 100 sounds and actions, a wagging tail, games, voice recognition, and more.

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 5+

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MEGA CYBORG HAND

Assemble this cyborg hand using more than 200 plastic pieces, then wear the hand to pick up objects using hydraulic power. Adjusts to fit almost all hand sizes and both left and right hands. Assemble this cyborg hand using more than 200 plastic pieces, then wear the hand to pick up objects using hydraulic power.…

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  • MSRP:
  • $39.95; $56.00 CAD
  • Age:
  • 7+

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RAINBOCORNS SWEET SHAKE SURPRISE

Discover one of six new character's sweet scents, a Boo-Boosprinklecorn, the ingredients to create and decorate a slime sweet shake, and more. Press its paw to hear a sweet song or hear it repeat after kids. Discover one of six new character's sweet scents, a Boo-Boosprinklecorn, the ingredients to create and decorate a slime sweet…

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  • MSRP:
  • $34.99; $49.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 3+

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LITTLE LIVE PETS GOTTA GO FLAMINGO

Feed Gotta Go Flamingo his special food and watch his neck jiggle and wiggle as he swallows. When he proclaims, “uh oh, gotta go!” grab the included toilet to catch his squishy, neon poop.

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  • MSRP:
  • $29.99; $49.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 5+

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SQUEAKEE THE BALLOON DOG

Squeakee is an interactive balloon dog pet that kids can train and feed. He'll listen and respond with more than 60 sounds and movements activated by voice commands and multiple touch sensors.

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  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • 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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