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!
Holiday 2022 Toy Contest Rules and Regulations
Lego for myself!
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Everyone should play battleship.
I would shop Drones section for my nephews
Kool Karz Ride-On Bumper Car, Got2 Glow Fairies Jar – Blue, LEGO Adventures with Mario Starter Course, VTech Marble Rush Ultimate Set, Hasbro Risk, Little Buddies Isabelle Plush are the prize for the kids.
The RC tank of life and Educational and Learning toys are definitely what would be my top picks!
Prize 15 Miko 3 AI Robot, WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog, LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle, LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House, Hasbro Battleship, Little Buddies Isabelle Plush
Lego, educational and learning games/toys for my grandkids
I’d be interested in the Miko 3 AI Robot – Pixie Blue – English for my nephews and an Electric Scooter or ebike for me
I’ll be shopping from the LEGO section for my son.
I’d love a kitchen aid stand mixer
The Lite Hawk RC Tank would be so much fun for my 4 year old who wants a remote controlled car.
I would be interested in the Drones category for my nephew.
I would like the VTech Marble Rush Ultimate Set for myself.
I would love the technic lego for myself.
Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Electric Ride-On Car – Red for my great nephew
I’d be interested in shopping from the electric scooter category for a child in my life
I’d like a Miko 3 AI Robot
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I’d like a Miko 3 AI Robot
I like the Lego Category because we love Lego and so do my grand kids
I like Lego so I would pick the LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 for myself
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The different Mario plushies are definitely a favourite in our house as well as board games. Any educational games are great too
Lego Technic – All Terrain Vehicle
This prize sounds pretty amazing too me, My family and i would love it 🙂
Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Ride-On Car, Snakebyte PebbleGear Kids Tablet – Toy Story 4, Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder, LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House, Hasbro The Game of Life,
Little Buddies Koopa Paratroopa Plush
Educational and Learning Toys – 8 to 13 Years and, of course, Lego
The educational toys are definitely the category that is most useful for any nieces and nephews.
The RC tank or the game of life are definitely what would be my top picks!
I would like Hasbro Battleship for myself
Wifi and Bluetooth features
25000 hour light life
I would love to win the Miko 3 AL Robert
WOWWEE CHIP ROBOT DOG
I would be interested in shopping from the 0–24-month category for a friends 1 year old girl
I would like to be getting the Miko 3 AI Robot
I’d be interested in shopping for toys in the Board Games, Cards and Puzzles category
I’d like the LEGO Adventures with Luigi Starter Course
Educational and Learning Toys – 8 to 13 Years
I believe even toys should be an educational experience
The category I’d be shopping is 8-13 years
Electric transportation – scooter for the girls to ride tp ride to school
Educational and Learning toys for the grandkids
Prize 14 sounds awesome!
I am a builder and want to learn coding
Prize #7!!!
I would shop the ride on toys for my nephews.
I would shop in the Board Games, Cards & Puzzles category.
I want Hasbro Battleship
Tablet – Frozen
Miko 3 AI Robot,
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Tablet – Frozen, Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder, LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House, Hasbro The Game of Life,
Little Buddies Koopa Paratroopa Plush
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