Toy Insider Associate Editor Madeleine Buckley joined Your Life Arizona in Phoenix to show off the best new toys to help kids cope with difficult emotions and stress. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below.  

BIG FEELINGS PINEAPPLE!

A pineapple with a lot of feelings! Kids can explore emotion identification and expressions by playing with this tropical friend's 26 changeable pieces, such as mouths, eyes, eyebrows, and hands. A pineapple with a lot of feelings! Kids can explore emotion identification and expressions by playing with this tropical friend's 26 changeable pieces, such as…

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  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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CALM MINDFUL NATURE SCENE 300-PIECE PUZZLES

In partnership with the sleep and meditation app Calm, this line of puzzles includes six different zen landscapes. It comes with a 30-day subscription to the Calm app, which pairs a puzzle scene with related meditation audio. This product will be available in the fall. In partnership with the sleep and meditation app Calm, this…

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  • MSRP:
  • $15.00
  • Age:
  • 8+

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CHUCKLE & ROAR POP IT TIE DYE!

The never-ending bubble popping game is back again! This time, in a multitude of colors including green, purple, and tie-dye! Once kids pop one side, pop the other! It's so simple yet so enjoyable! Older kids and adults can use Pop It to play a clever two-player game. Sensory fun that keeps the little ones…

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  • MSRP:
  • $7.99 each
  • Age:
  • 3+

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CREATIVITY FOR KIDS SENSORY BINS

Each uniquely themed sensory bin is a self-contained, hands-on, tactical play experience that helps kids explore, learn, and create while engaging their senses. Themes include Outer Space, Ocean & Sand, Dinosaur Dig, and more. Each uniquely themed sensory bin is a self-contained, hands-on, tactical play experience that helps kids explore, learn, and create while engaging…

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  • MSRP:
  • $19.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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LULLABRITES

These soft plush play lullabies — including “Brahms Lullaby,” “Hush Little Baby,” and “Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star” — and display color-changing lights to help kids fall asleep.

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  • MSRP:
  • $14.81
  • Age:
  • 0+

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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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