Let’s be honest. No matter how old we get, we all have that inner child that needs to come out and play with some toys to help keep us young at heart. As adults, we play in many different ways and in many different forms—from building intricate LEGO sets to going to an escape room or enjoying a monthly game night with one of Hasbro’s classic board games. This holiday season, celebrate your inner child with the children in your life and enter for a chance to win awesome toys for them from WowWee, Kool Karz, Little Buddies, and MIKO.
Why are toys and games important?
Games are how we learn to create social bonds, destress, develop creativity and problem-solving skills, and perhaps most important of all, have fun. We know that play is important for us as adults because we learn these things as children. These days I nurture my inner child by building 3D puzzles and going down slides in playgrounds (when there are no kids around of course), but you can just as easily throw paint at some paper or play a series of harmless pranks on your partner around the house.
Kids’ brains are unique and still forming and so need a lot of stimulation in order to develop neural pathways and thinking patterns that they will use in adulthood. That’s why children cannot just sit still and only do one thing for too long. They need toys to help them catch glowing fairies in a jar or stage a race between Mario and Luigi plushies. This helps develop their imagination, and what is creative thinking in adulthood, if not imagination?
Give your kids the skill of play
All too often we see adults who have forgotten the skill of finding a way to play in their grown up lives. And that’s understandable—responsibilities of life get in the way. But just like taking a vacation or meditating is hugely important and beneficial to our mental health, playing—or to put it another way: doing an activity purely for your own joy and delight, not productivity—is hugely important too.
That’s why we have hobbies! You can make sure your child grows up with the skill of play (and it is a skill because the more you do it, the better you get at it, and the easier it becomes to integrate into your life) by giving them good memories of playing. And if you’re looking for ideas for gifts for the adults in your life this season too, check out our holiday gift guide and give them the gift of play.
With the awesome toys we’re giving away this holiday season, your child could make happy memories of building and racing on unique marble run tracks, talking about their feelings with a robot friend, or loudly yelling Yahtzee! when they roll their dice. The memories of fun play time will be even stronger if you join in with them and engage your own inner child too! Learn more about some of the toys we’re giving away in this contest by checking out our toy reviews on the blog.
How to enter
Entering this contest is easy and you can enter in three different ways.
- Take a look at all the toys we are giving away in the table below and in a comment under this article, tell us which of the toys you would like for yourself.
- Explore our Toys for All Ages page and in a comment below this article, tell us which toy category you’d be interested in shopping from for a child in your life.
- For up to two (2) additional entries, create a public post on a social media channel (one entry per channel!) sharing with your friends and followers that you are entering a Best Buy blog contest for a chance to win a holiday toy package; include the hashtag #BestBuyHolidayToyContest2022, so we can find your post, and include any one of the pictures showing on this article. Then return here and tell us in a comment below on which channel you posted it and the name of your channel (since many people use pseudonyms) so that we can check and verify your entry. You can use any social media channel (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.), but the post must be public so we can verify it is there.
What you can win
At the end of this contest, we will select 15 winners who will each win one of the following toy prize packages:
This contest runs from November 1st to November 21st
Remember, you can enter this contest a maximum of four times to give yourself the best chance of winning. Share this contest with any parents or grandparents you know so that they can enter too and remind themselves to find ways to play this season. Happy holidays!
I shared on Twitter (@emilyisland)
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I would love the Miko 3 AI Robot.
I’d be shopping in the 8-13 range, drilling down to Lego, telescopes (cool!), and the Educational and Learning toys (like the Contempo Views – Edison Lego Compatible Educational Robot V2.0 – that’s going on MY Christmas list!)
We’re pretty big fans of Lego over here, the LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House looks like a nice one we’d love to add to our collection!
In the Toys for All Ages webpage I would shop in the 8-13 years old Category for my Nephew.
For myself I would like Hasbro The Game of Life Board Game. I grew up playing this board game and still brings me lots of joy.
I’d be interested in shopping from the Drones category!
I would love the group in Prize 14! The Miko 3 AI Robot, LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle, LEGO Adventures with Luigi Starter Course, Hasbro Battleship, Little Buddies Mario Plush! Awesome!
Would be interested in shopping in this category for a child in my life: LEGO and Building Blocks – 8 to 13 Years
Would love the prizes in prize lot 15, for a special boy who is currently in grade 5.
I would love the Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Electric Ride-On Car – Black to give to my nephews baby.
Shared on Twitter @1newfdogg https://twitter.com/1newfdogg/status/1587569515163967488
I would like prize number 15 please Would make a perfect gift
Prize #8 looks great!! I would like to be shopping in the age range 5-7 years.
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I think I would love to shop the Lego category for all the kids in my life.
LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle – 764 Pieces
Looks great. Or prize 14 that group is pretty awesome
The category would be shopping for would be 0 to 24 Months
I’d love the LEGO Adventures with Luigi Starter Course. My son has the Mario one and this would go with it perfectly!
As far as toy category, my daughter would love an electric scooter, which I didn’t even know existed 😛
I posted on Twitter as well btw.
https://twitter.com/bibowski/status/1587560363880599552
I think I would like the LiteHawk TrakHawk RC Tank
I would be shopping in the age range 5-7 years.
I would like the LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House. Good Luck Everyone
Harry Poter: Hogwarts Castle Lego would be amazing.
Hi! We would be shopping from the Outdoor Play and LEGO and building blocks category for our kidlet in grade 1
Joe Sakic Career Jersey Burgundy Elite Edition #19 of 19
really any…but 14 and up too.
Posted on Twitter @Lid055
I would be shopping in the 2-4 age and 8-13 age categories.
I would want the LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House.
I just shared and posted on Twitter: @DannysLife1982
I just posted and shared on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.schneider.3154284
The Retro Gaming category would be great for my son’s and I to bond.
I would like the Friends Lego set, The Celestron Starsense Explorer LT telescope, The MotionGrey remote control rc car, the DJI Tello Boost Quadcopter Drone.
I think my kid and I would both be interested in the telescope
i would be interested in shopping from the 14 and up category of toys thanks
I’m interested in shopping for an educational toy.
I’m interested in shopping from the category of toys for children 14 years and up.
I would love the Contixo F31 Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller for myself
I would be shopping in the 14+ category
I would like one of the prizes that includes a Little Buddies Mario Plush.
posted on twitter as imheckifiknow
We would be shopping in the 8 to 13 year toy category
I’d be interested in shopping the Telescopes section
We love lego and would love the lego friends
How could I not like the Little Buddies Super Mario Bros Baby Luigi Plush?
My Kids are big fan of Lego and Monstertruck. So between 2-4 and 5-7, Educational and RC toys must check catergories for me.
I would be shopping from the 14 and Up category.
The WowWee Chip Robotic Dog would be a great novelty item to add to my home.
The kids could all use less screen time so I’d likely want something in the Rec Room Ideas. Fun!
Well that Miko 3 AI Robot would do wonders for my HoneyDo list organization.
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