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
I would like to shop in the 8 to 13 years old Toy Category
I have always wanted a dog but darn allergies. I would love WowWee Chip Robotic dog
Toy category I am interested shopping from for my son is LEGO.
The LeapFrog LeapPods Max EN/FR seem interesting as children can learn in English and French.
The toy category I’m interested in shopping from is Lego.
Toy category I am interested shopping from for my child is LEGO.
The toy I would like for myself is Hasbro’s battleship, I love that game as a kid.
Toy category, I am interested in shopping for my child is Retro Gaming
I would be happy with any of the prizes as I would give it to a Christmas charity for children.
Toy category I am interested shopping from for my child is LEGO.
For myself the LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle
Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 for myself
Got2Glow Fairies Jar – Pink
For me, the Miko 3 AI Robot
Prize 7 would be amazing. The LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
Prize 15
Prize 4 or 12. Ride on vehicles are great for a toddler with supervision of course. Excellent products website!
i would love to win any of the hoverboards
prize 13, 14, or 15
Lego Sets for me! I’d be shopping in the 2-4 range!
My son and I would love to build the LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 (Prize 7)
I would like Miko 3 AI Robo for emotional support at the end of my day 😉 .
LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle
I would love the LEGO mustang
Prize 1 for my grand kids would be great! Thanks for the opportunity!!
For toys for All Ages, it has to be Lego, nothing makes all ages happier and on this list would be the Lego Star Wars!
Prize 12, with the Camaro car and the Frozen tablet and the fairies, something for all the kids!
Posted on facebook Doug Mullen.
In the toys by ages, 8 to 13 category. Thanks, plenty of gifts in the giveaway to make many children happy.
Doesn’t matter what I win this is an amazing opportunity
For myself prize 1. lol
The Lego category
Prize three. My daughter would like that one. Good luck all.
Maybe the Telescopes Please and thanks
I really like prize number15
Maybe the Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Ride-On Car, Snakebyte PebbleGear Kids Tablet – Frozen, Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder, LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House, Hasbro The Game of Life,
Little Buddies Koopa Paratroopa Plush Please and thanks
How can you pick one? With so many children on my list, any would be wonderful
The toy category I’d be interested in shopping from for a child in my life is Electric Transportation
For me, the Miko 3 AI Robot
I like prize 15.
LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 sounds fantastic!!! bundle #6 has all the great toys my beloved Luna would enjoy! posting as Kristine Hibbs on facebook!
I posted on Facebook as Nick Aloe
I posted on twitter as @peptea88
I’d choose the Miko 3 AI Robot – Pixie Blue for myself.
I would shop the Puzzles – 8 to 13 Years category for gifts for my niece and nephew.
I’d choose the LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
I posted on Facebook as Donna Lyn
I posted on twitter as @jamgrl88
I’d shop the Educational and Learning Toys – 2 to 4 Years category for my niece.
Prize 15!
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