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!
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we love to build so the Lego Category would be best for my kids and niece and nephew
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the LiteHawk TrakHawk RC Tank would be so much fun to have and play for me
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Q2: Telescopes for my favourite little spaceman.
This one by Celestron has a really great sale price for a first telescope.
https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/celestron-powerseeker-50az-refractor-telescope/16164391?icmp=Recos_3across_tp_sllng_prdcts&referrer=PLP_Reco
Q1: Prize #13 would be PERFECT with the hasbro battleship and ATV lego kit!!
My kid would really enjoy the Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Ride-On Car.
I like the Miko Ai robot and all the plushes. For my children, I would shop for Lego and robots and plushes too.
Thank you for giving us a chance to win
I need to shop for my 14+ nephews!
I really like the Ultimate Catchphrase game for myself.
I’d want the LiteHawk TrakHawk RC Tank, so my 5 year old and I can take turns running things over 😀
I would love to win this for my grandchildren age 1 to 4 years old. Thanks for the chance.
Lego always has some cool things coming out near Christmas.
Toys for 2 to 4 Years
Miko 3 AI Robot looks interesting
I love prize package number 13
Great prizes to be won.My grandson would love this if we won. Thank you.
I’d be interested in the Toys for 2 to 4 Years
who wouldn’t want this – the Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Electric Ride-On Car
Love the Toys, Drones and Education category because I can get a little peek of everything. I have two littles with vastly different interests and this makes it easier to check things out and do purchases all in one place! Really there’s too much to choose from and lots of choices mean lots of fun.
The category would be shopping for would be 0 to 24 Months
I think I would like the LiteHawk TrakHawk RC Tank
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Prize 13 would be perfect for my family.
My grandson loves all things LEGO, in particular LEGO Mario. I would love to have the LEGO Super Mario: Adventures with Luigi Starter Course – 280 Pieces for him.
Category choice: 8 to 13 years old.
Would love the Lego Technic and would be shopping in the 8-13 category for toys for all ages. Thank you!
My choice: PRIZE 4: LiteHawk TrakHawk RC Tank, WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog, Snakebyte PebbleGear Kids Tablet – Cars, Got2Glow Fairy Pet Finder Jar, 3Doodler Create+ Pen Set, Hasbro Risk, Little Buddies Baby Luigi Plush
Wow! the LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle is amazing.
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For nephews
Looking for the 0-24 months and the 2-4 year old categories. So many choices. And I need a little help. I want to be that cool Aunt and Grandma that gets the best gifts!
Boy so many toys to choose from. With so many little ones to buy for this season, it’s hard to pick. I’m all about Educational and Learning toys. I have a few kids in the age group 2-4 years to buy for, so this list is amazing. LeapStart Learning Success Interactive System Bundle looks pretty cool too.
I would love the # 13 prize package.
My grandson and his friends will love these
Awesome contest, great prizes to be won.
LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle
In Toys for all ages I’d love to shop from the Telescopes category for my grandchildren
I would love the Miko 3 AI Robot
For myself board games to play with my family.
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For myself LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House as I do love to build.
Perfect for the whole family.
Prize #1 For the kids: Snakebyte PebbleGear Kids Tablet would be perfect for traveling on long trips.
Shopping for my child in the Lego and building block category
Battleship. Loved that game as a child
So many wonderful choices – Lego and games
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