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!
My daughter really wants the LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House toy
Educational & Learning Toys is my favourite category or shopping for presents
My niece and nephew would love any of the prizes but especially Prize 11 or 12 that include the kids tablet. I would also love to give away any of the prizes they couldn’t use to a local charity that provides Christmas gifts for kids!
I would love to have the WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog
I would shop in the 2-4 category for my son.
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I’m interested in shopping from the “Educational and Learning Toys” category for my little one this holiday season!
Wow! My little one would absolutely love any of these toys, especially the ones in Prize 10! I would love the Snakebyte PebbleGear 7″ Kids Tablet – Toy Story 4!
I would choose the LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby for myself since it is my dream ride.
I would be shopping in the Board Games, Cards & Puzzles category. I like the Canada Map Puzzle because it is a fun way for the children to learn.
The RC tank all the way!
PRIZE 4
PRIZE 7
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I would like to get my kids the LEGO Adventures with Mario Starter Course and LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby. Thank you 🙂
I would like a Miko 3 AI Robot and a WowWee CHIP robotic dog.
I’d love to give the kids the Osmo Creative Starter Kit! Cmon Santa :)!
Love to get my hands on the LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby! Cmon Santa :)!
I would be interested in shopping in the Rec Room Games category.
I would select a Hasbro Yahtzee! game from Prize 1 since I have not played Yahtzee for years.
I would shop in the board games, cards and puzzles category….my granddaughter loves playing games and doing puzzles!
I would pick the Miko 3 AI-Powered Smart Robot, as well as the Marble Rush
i would pick any of them for my grandson
I would shop for the 8-13 age category for LEGO.
I would like the Hasbro Battleship to put my strategic skills to the test with this board game.
I would be interest in both the LEGO and Drones category for the kids.
The LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby in prize 5 would be perfect for me.
Osmos or Lego!!
Lego friends
Lego for my guys
I would shop for the 8-13 age category.
I would shop for the 8-13 age category.
For me, I would love to assemble the LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle. I could use a real one to navigate the wintery weather.
I’m very interested in the LEGO Toy Category for all the children in my life. They all just love LEGO.
I would and will be shopping for all ages as I have 5 kiddos. They love Hasbro games, Lego and got2glow fairy, kidizoom camera. What an amazing giveaway.
I would shop for the 8-13 age category.
My daughter would love the Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Ride-On Car. She would have such fun with it.
I think a telescope would something long term we could use with the grand kids.
The WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog would be for me.
I would be shopping in the Karaoke Category since we all love to sing.
Osmo Creative Starter Kit for kiddos!
Hasbro Game of Life for me!
my kids would love anything Lego
I would love to have the Lego for my son
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i would be interested in shopping the LEGO section for my kids
the LEGO Friends: Andrea’s Family House would be amazing to put together with my kids
Prize 4 with WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog is perfect for my kiddos.
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