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’d be most interested in shopping for Drones for my 10 year old son and Educational and Learning Toys for my 6 year old daughter!
My 6 year old daughter would think that WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog is the coolest thing ever!
I think prize four but more importantly age2+
My grandchildren(and I) would love to play with the Chevrolet Camaro
I like the 14 and up category
I love all of the Lego toys, they give you hours of entertainment
I’d like to shop in the 14 and up category.
I’d like the Leo Shelby Mustang because my brother has a real one.
Category: Retro Gaming.
LEGO Super Mario: Adventures with Mario Starter Course.
Telescopes or educational toys would be great.
I would like the Ride On category of gifts.
I would like prize # 10 with the Camaro for my nephew. He would find that fun.
I also posted on Twitter as @georgewallark cheers!
LEGO Technic: All-Terrain vehicle
I posted on Instagram as @parkmotty thx
I would be shopping in the 2-4 years old category, and I would choose toy bundle number 11 for https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/lego-city-farm-barn-farm-animals-230-pieces-60346/16043364
WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog
I posted on Instagram @sharondutchak https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckdst0ELY3x/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I love the LEGO Technic: Ford Mustang Shelby for my grandson.
All toys look awesome , I would be shopping for my 11 year old grandaughter
I would love the Miko 3 AI Robot!!!
The category I would like to buy from is Telescopes – good for all ages!
I posted on Twitter @akathenan Thanks!
I entered on InstaGram as JasonMlnsn: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckdr3TpO_Hs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I would shop in Toy Category 8-13 Years in the RC Toys and Vehicles!
I entered on Twitter as JasonMlnsn: https://twitter.com/JasonMlnsn/status/1587831048586641409?s=20&t=9rrileByMAyQeMaucuKD9w
The Miko 3 AI robot looks amazing and I’d love one myself!
i’d shop in the Board Games, Cards and Puzzles category!!
and i would love the lego friends set for myself
LEGO Adventures with Mario Starter Course for child
I would love the Miko 3 AI Robot – Pixie Blue – English In Prize #13!!! Too cool!
Lego Friends set for myself
I would like the Miko 3 AI Robot for my grand children.
I posted on Twitter @dutchaks https://twitter.com/dutchaks/status/1587830513393451009?s=20&t=OJdVM2tcy8pII-mr9xKpyg
As far as category, you can never go wrong with Legos! My nephew would love this!
I would like to choose Prize Pack 11 –
My boy would dig this car. Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Electric Ride-On Car – Red please
The Miko 3 AI Robot is awesome!
I would be interested in the Lego toy category
I would want the Lego Friends set. Prize pack 12 looks sweet!
I would like the Miko 3 AI Robot for myself
My boy would dig this car. Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Electric Ride-On Car – Red
My kids always pick lego as their fave
I will be shopping toys for 14 plus!
I would like the Hasbro Game of life for myself
I would like the LEGO Technic: All-Terrain Vehicle for myself. I would shop the Toys for 8 to 13 Years category.
Anything Lego would be amazing
I would like the Leapfrog toys for my little one
Thanks sol much for this opportunity. All the gifts packs are amazing. I really like WowWee CHiP Robotic Dog is Prize 2
I would like the LEGO Adventures with Mario Starter Course. expandable with cute game sounds
I love to have the Kool Karz Chevrolet Camaro Electric Ride-On Car – Red
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