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 like the Hasbro Yahtzee Dice Game.
The Lego category for my niece.
The choice for me is the Wow Wee CHiP Robotic Dog
Educational and Learning Toys category for the children.
I love all things lego, like the LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House for myself.
I would be interested in the Educational and Learning Toys category.
I would like the Hasbro The Game of Life Board Game for myself.
We prefer Board Games, Cards and Puzzles
Educational and Learning Toys category for me
Tablet – Frozen, WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog, , Hasbro Battleship, VTech Marble Rush Ultimate Set, Tablet – Toy Story 4 for the family
Miko 3 AI Robot, WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog, LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle, LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House, Hasbro Battleship for us
I’d be interested in shopping from educational and learning toys category for my niece.
I would like the Miko 3 AI Robot and the Hasbro Battleship for myself.
I would like the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 1k pc puzzle.. or really any of the puzzles
The Lego Shelby Mustang from and the robot dog for our child.
Something from the drone category would be awesome!
I would love to build the LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle with my grandkids. I would shop for kids toys 3-10.
LEGO Super Mario: Peach’s Castle Expansion Set (https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/lego-super-mario-peach-s-castle-expansion-set-1216-pieces-71408/16043375) for my child. He is obsessed with Mario, especially Lego Mario.
Hasbro Risk (or maybe Battleship) for me!
I would shop the Lego category the Ford Mustang looks awesome
Looking at the Lego category!
The category would be shopping for would be 0 to 24 Months
I think I would like the LiteHawk TrakHawk RC Tank
Posted on Twitter as @charliejoe64
Posted on Facebook as Ronald McRonson!
I would love to share a LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle with my family!
I would be looking in the 8-13 year old catagory!
I would like to shop in the 14 years and up category for xmas gifts
I would love the WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog
Would love the Contixo F31 Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller – Grey/Black for myself.
I’d be interested in shopping from Kids Electric Scooters category for a child in my life
I would like a Miko 3 AI Robot for myself.
Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller for my son
I’d be shopping for Baby and Kids Toys for 2-4 yrs.
I would like the Kool Karz Bumper Car Ride-On Toy for my daughter.
WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog is my choice
Contixo F31 Quadcopter Drone with Camera & Controller – Grey/Black – for my 13 year old granddaughter
WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog – for my cat !
I shared on Instagram using @jaimeelmca
I entered on Facebook as Jaimee Lajeunesse https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid036TKAjBtofB28cKHZ5MykGhB96SAkXaucyCsv4GTw4h8RU7QqkafhBdUKQPpz5f3fl&id=777315506
I’m shopping the 2-4 and 14+.
I would love the Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Electric Ride-On Car.
There are so many great gift options to choose from! Legos, fairies jar, leap pods, plush toys.. all great options.
I’ll be shopping in both 0-24month and 2-4year categories.
Anything Lego. Love it.
Lego is always my favourite !
Drones category is the best !
Prize 13-14 with the Lego
I shared to Facebook
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I shared on Twitter
https://twitter.com/mommy2fiveboys/status/1588767994070847488?s=46&t=N8I2U-ZgT3QvfBxzbldaog
I’m interested in two categories for my kids.
8 – 13 years and 14 years and up
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