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!
Prize 11 is my favourite for my granddaughter and godson thank you
I would like Miko 3 AI-Powered Smart Robot with Voice Control for me
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I would love to win LEGO Adventures with Mario Starter Course
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Prize 10 is my first choice for my princess, they are all amazing thank you
I would like the Snakebyte PebbleGear 7″ Kids Tablet – Toy Story 4 for me so that I can spend quality time with my granddaughter learning
I would shop the Dolls and Dollhouses – 2 to 4 Years category for my Great-granddaughters
I would love the Kool Karz Ride-On Bumper Car, Got2Glow Fairies Jar – Pink, LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby, VTech Marble Rush Ultimate Set, Hasbro Ultimate Catch Phrase, Little Buddies K.K. Slider Plush for me
I would love prize 7 for myself – lots of fun!
I would be interested to shop from the Telescopes Category for my niece. My shining star to view the stars.
I would love the trainable WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog that plays catch for myself.
I’d like to shop from the Lego category for my grandchildren.
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I would like to shop from the Telescopes toy category for a child in my life.
I would like to shop from the Telescopes toy category for a child in my life.
We would like to shop from the Telescopes toy category for a child in my life.
I would like the Miko 3 AI Robot for me.
I would like the Miko 3 AI Robot for me.
I would like the Miko 3 AI Robot for me
tell us which toy category you’d be interested in shopping from for a child in your life – telescopes.
I would like the Miko 3: AI-Powered Smart Robot for me.
i like # 4 because it covers a lot of toys my grandchildren would like
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Any would be amazing! Thanks for the chance!!!
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which toy category you’d be interested in shopping from for a child in your life to answer this would be the 2-4 years my twins are almost 2 years so this would be the perfect time to Christmas shop!
My twins would absolutely love the Snakebyte PebbleGear 7″ Kids Tablet – Toy Story 4! They love Disney cartoons and always want to grab my iPad so this is perfect!
I am interested in the LEGO category for the children.
The fun and low maintenace doggy, WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog would be for me.
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I would like to shop from the Telescopes toy category for a child in my life.
I would like the Miko 3 AI Robot for me.
I would love to get the Miko 3 Al-powered robot and LEGO for the children on my list
For myself ~ Hasbro Yahtzee dice game
Category ~ Educational and Learning Toys for my two sons
I would choose to shop from the Lego category for my grandsons and would pick the LEGO Super Mario: Adventures with Luigi Starter Course – 280 Pieces
I would love to try the Hasbro Ultimate Catch Phrase – I think it would great fun for family and friend gatherings! For the children in my life I would love to shop from this category on BestBuy.ca : Board Games, Cards and Puzzles
I’d shop from the LEGO category for shopping for my nephew! That’s where all the funnest toys are!
I’d love the LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 – 522 Pieces
So many great toy packages to win! I would most likely shop from the Lego category, as well as the Educational and Learning Toys Category for my kids!
The cool Karz ride on bumper card would be fun!
Yes, I would love the LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 – 522 Pieces
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I would shop the 14+ group for my kids. They’re younger, but seem to like those kinds of toys.
I think I would like ALL of the toys for myself. Tough luck kids!
I would pick the 15th category of toys but they’re all pretty great number one with us always is LEGO
LEGO would be the Toys For All Ages Category I would shop to gift a set to my nephew.
I’ve always been a fan of Legos so I’d love to win that and gift it to my nephew who is just getting into them as well.
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