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1. Silly Poopy's Hide and Seek because what better way to play hide in seek with your child than with a rainbow colored poop. It gives little clues to your child to help them on their hide and seek journey. I really don't know a better symbol for parenthood than a silly poopy toy.
Promising review: "I bought this for my 4-year-old niece, but my 17-month-old toddler loved pressing the button so much, that I got him his own too. He LOVES it when I hide Silly Poopy and he gets to go find it! It’s his favorite new game now. It keeps his interest since it gives him clues by making noises and saying little phrases periodically. His older cousins (6 and 8) love hiding it for him and for the 4-year-old. I would say it’s perfect for that 1.5-6-year-old range." —Corinne
Price: $19.99
2. A pack of Crayola Globbles that won't leave a sticky residue on ceilings and walls like some of those slime hands. These are an easy toy to bring with you to keep the kiddos entertained in hotel rooms and trips.
Promising review: "This was possibly their favorite Christmas gift. They are sticky and get dirty but you can clean them. They don’t seem to pop like other stress balls. They love to throw them at the wall and watch them stick." —Amazon Customer
Price: $10.69 (also available in a pack of 16)
3. A whale bath toy to make bath time a whole lot better. Your bathing babe can focus on the light up whale while you get them all cleaned up.
Promising review: "I bought this wondering if it was 'too babyish' for my 11-year-old son. It just looked so fun and cute that I got it. He LOVES it! He puts it in a big bowl in the shower and it lights up with all the alternating disco colors and the fountain part works well and he said it was like a disco party and 'a whole vibe.' It turned out to be one of his favorite presents (he said so) and y'all...he got some really good presents. So kids of all ages like it. It's very cute, the lights and fountain work well. Thumbs up!" —Amazon Customer
Price: $12.99+ (available in six styles)
4. A Tamagotchi Pix that will also be a favorite for the millennial parents. Help your child raise their own digital pet without having to help them take care of a real puppy or heaven forbid a pony they've been asking for.
Promising reviews: "Bought this for my daughter for her seventh birthday. She has played with it every day and it was her favorite gift she received. Have recommended this to my friends with kiddos." —Ryja
"It works like a charm to me. I like how they change the games in the arcade every day. The explore function allows me to find new meetable characters by pointing the camera to different backgrounds. Cooking and customizing furniture are also new, unique features for the Pix. I really hope there will be new version of Pix in the future." —Fairuz Takumi
Price: $39.95+ (available in six colors)
5. A pack of tangle-free parachute toys perfect for two-story homes. The kids will be running up and down the stairs to launch and retrieve their parachute jumpers.
Promising review: "Whoever thought of this design is genius. My 5-year-old loves these and it's his favorite gift among all the other (much more expensive) ones we got for him. The no tangle design is genius. I can't count how many of the standard string type ones we have gotten tangled before finding these." —hiker0811
Price: $9.99 for a pack of four
6. A mini Waving Inflatable Tube Guy so they can have their very own favorite roadside attraction. Name a person who doesn't love these wavy tubes guys, I'll wait.
Promising review: "My daughter is obsessed with these wacky tube guys, who she refers to as silly carrots. I bought this and added it to her birthday presents and it may be her most favorite gift. In two days, she's blown through two batteries. It was a total win!" —Jennifer Conicella
Price: $8.58
7. A pair of GeoSafari kid binoculars to view all the new spring flowers blooming. Your little one can get up close to the beauty in the backyard and some of the insects as well.
Promising review: "This is such a favorite toy in our house that we have bought one for every single friend my daughter has. If a birthday is coming up, the first thing we check is if we have already gifted them these binoculars. They are study and have survived two years of my kids throwing them around, dropping them, stepping on them, etc. She takes these with us on every trip and to the park. I did clip off the string to make them safer, so she could not put it around her neck." —Amazon Customer
Price: $11.99
8. A wireless Bluetooth karaoke microphone for your little sing-a-long superstar. Connect it to your phone, tablet, TV, or speaker; pull up the lyrics; and watch your little Swiftie go.
It can also connect to their device via cable. Check out BuzzFeed's full write-up on this karaoke mic.
Promising review: "Santa didn’t know what to get for my almost-10-year-old daughter. He brought lots of surprises and this microphone is her favorite. She has been singing into it for hours AND using it to read her new books out loud. Definitely an awesome purchase!" —Anne J
Price: $29.99 (available in 14 colors)
9. A 17-piece Melissa & Doug wooden fruit set for your helpful child who always wants to be a little sous chef in the kitchen but isn't quite old enough yet.
Promising review: "Easily one of my kid's favorite toys. I got this for her when we moved houses so she'd have something new to make the new house exciting. She loves 'cutting' the fruit and attaching the wrong ones together — thinks it's hysterical. These get carried all around the house, but I love that they came in a nice wooden container, so they have a place to get put away at the end of the day." —Andrea S. Tyler
Price: $20.99
10. A set of magnetic building tiles to keep your little builder as busy as can be. Ok, try to say that three times fast. They can build it up and (most kids' favorite part) knock it down.
Promising review: "This is my second set! My kids' favorite toy by a mile! We've seen a lot of toys come and go in my house, but few have the hold that these tiles have on my kids. My daughters are 2 and 5 and have gotten SO much playtime out of them. They're great to bring on the go as well. I haven't had any issues with breaking unless I (a large adult) stepped on one forcefully. Even then, it just sort of gets a line down the middle; it doesn't actually break into pieces." —Rachel Deitch
Price: $25.99
11. A talking Bluey plush toy that's way more than just a stuffed animal. It says nine phrases, sings the Bluey theme song, and can be turned off during bedtime so it won't keep them (and you) up all night.
Promising review: "Favorite toy! My 2-year-old son loves his Bluey plushy and carries her everywhere he goes. The plushy was a bit smaller than I imagined it would be for the price, but it honestly is the perfect size for him to carry around and travel with. I would recommend this toy for a gift. Two thumbs up!" —Stausha
Price: $19.97 (also available in four other characters)
12. A Little Tikes trampoline to give your furniture a break and give you a break once all their energy is exhausted on this.
13. A flying orb that has flashing lights and will boomerang right back to you when you toss it. This cool toy will earn you some cool points.
Promising review: "Fun toy! I bought this for a 7-year-old boy for his birthday! He absolutely loved it. This was his favorite gift and it wasn't put in the bottom of the toy box!" —Michelle B Rawlins
Price: $32 (available in seven colors)
14. A Melissa & Doug interactive wooden dashboard so you don't have to play car in your own vehicle. Included is a realistic steering wheel, a scrolling GPS, keys, lights and sounds, and a beeping horn.
Promising review: "My son’s favorite toy. This toy is extremely well built and sturdy. It has a surprising amount of buttons and activities on it, all that are decently relatable to real world driving. My son loves the steering wheel and how it just turns and turns with no end, no matter which direction it’s turned. He hasn’t quite figured out all of the buttons yet, but so far he’s learned the steering wheel, the horn, all four radio station buttons, the gear shifter, the red racing button, and the hazard flashers button. He hasn’t learned the turn signal lever, the air conditioning vent, the ignition key, the gas gauge timer, the fog lights, or the gas flap on the side. He’ll get there though! He plays with this toy every single day, most of the day. I’d definitely recommend to anyone with a fidgety toddler like ours!" —Hunter
Price: $54.99
15. A Dyson Ball toy vacuum that every parent wishes worked like the real thing. Inspire imagination and play with this pretend vacuum.
Promising review: "Our son is absolutely obsessed with our Dyson (the real one). Which is why we purchased this toy Dyson vacuum for his birthday. He's 2-years-old and he is really enjoying having his on 'working' vacuum cleaner!!! He seriously plays with it for hours during the day. Turning it on and off and pushing it through the house just like we use our real vacuum. I would buy this again! It was his favorite gift!" —Amazon Customer
Price: $34
16. A marble run set with endless building possibilities. Every time they play, it'll be a new experience. They will be so thrilled to show you how it works.
Promising review: "Favorite birthday toy! I don’t usually write reviews but this has been the star birthday present this year. Very easy to put together, my newly turned 4-year-old can put it together on his own, but we have loved playing with him and building too! The pieces fit together snuggly and is sturdy once put together! I also love that it came with real marbles and not plastic like some other sets! Definitely worth the money!" —Jordan Biggs
Price: $34.99+ (available in four quantities)
17. A tiny Baby Yoda Bluetooth speaker for your Star Wars fan. Don't let the adorable tiny size fool ya — this baby blares.
Promising review: "Out of all the gifts my daughter got, this is her favorite. It brought her phone music into her older car, which she had not been able to get before. Easy connect, Ioud and clear, and is perfect itty bitty size. I was so impressed, I bought two more; one for my car, and one to keep by our very noisy Jacuzzi for music there!" —john & barb cage
Price: $18.97
18. A Hot Wheels garage that parks more than 100 cars so all those Hot Wheels you've been tripping on have their own garage and race track all-in-one.
Promising review: "I cringed spending this much on a Hot Wheels set, but this garage has become a favorite toy. It works well for racing cars, can store a huge number of Hot Wheels vehicles in 'parking spots' which makes cleaning up and displaying them fun, and has a bunch of activity possibilities with places to attach additional Hot Wheels tracks, a small carwash and body shop on the base, etc. My son loves it and plays with it almost daily, and it's reduced the number of Hot Wheels underfoot as they all have a place to park now. I call that a winner!" —Meg MacDougall
Price: $123.99
19. A 360-degree-rotating 3-in-1 LED globe for a more educational toy. Teach them about geography and the constellations. Bonus: use it as a night light too!
Promising review: "Our 6-year-old grandson absolutely loves it. He said, it was his ‘favorite Christmas gift.’ He has already learned a lot from the globe map, but the constellations at night are the best." —Jean M Feyling
Price: $34.99+ (available in three sizes)
20. Banzai Bump N' Bounce Body Bumpers because they are just plain entertaining and sure to tire them out in no time.
21. A Stomp Rocket launcher that'll get the family outside and off their screens. These rockets launch up to 200 feet high when your child jumps or stomps on the launch pad.
Promising review: "My 6-year-old nephew's favorite Xmas gift! You know a gift is great when you give it to a child and they ignore all of their other gifts and play with only the one. He and his friends played with it nonstop all day the first day, and they are still playing with it a week later. You'd think a bunch of 6-year-old boys would have managed to break a plastic toy that they jump on, but so far it has managed to stand up to their rough use. The toy is very safe, too. The soft ends on the rockets mean that no one gets hurt should one accidentally fly into the crowd of kids. Apparently this toy is popular, too. The neighborhood kids in my own cul-de-sac own one as well. They're out in the court playing with it for hours at a time, nearly every day before school starts back up again." —dmwalker
Price: $19.99+ (available in four- and six-packs, with or without LED lights, and refill packs)
22. A classic Melissa & Doug ice cream station to encourage pretend play where you can join in as their repeat customer.
The wooden ice cream counter comes with eight ice cream scoops, six toppings, two cones, cup, scooper, tongs, wooden spoon, reusable menu card, and six pretend dollar bills.
Promising review: "Out of every toy I've ever purchased for my daughter, this is hands down her favorite. She's obsessed. She literally brings her ice cream cones everywhere. Such a good buy and totally worth it. We got it from Amazon while it was on sale for $35 when it was retailing instore for $50! Such a good buy at such a good price. Couldn't be happier." —Jade Nguyen
Price: $53.14
23. A Lego set for your dino-obsessed kid. This 3-in-1 toy lets them transform from T. rex to Triceratops to Pterodactyl.
24. And for your older child, a Lego Minecraft set. It includes a familiar cast of Steve, a zombie, spider and living slime, plus coal, iron, and diamond elements, and a falling gravel feature.
Promising review: "He got this set and another for a birthday present and I'm pretty sure they were his favorite gift. He wouldn't do anything but build his sets and loved the moveable blocks. That's a small feature that was pretty neat and surprised him, which he loved even more." —Andria
Price: $19.49
25. A sensory InnyBin toy to challenge your little thinker with six blocks in various sizes and textures. They try to push shapes through elastic bands and try to get them back out.
26. A Vtech sports center for those littles that like to shoot and score. The light up headboard is the encouragement they need to keep trying until they succeed.
Promising review: "I bought this as a Christmas gift to my 16-month-old grandson. He loves it...we can spend hours kicking the ball or playing basketball. It was definitely his favorite toy and it is great for keeping him busy. It is also educational as it teaches kids how to count and ABCs. I highly recommend this item." —Maurice Horn
Price: $39.99+ (available in two colors and two packaging options)
27. A rainbow-colored saucer swing because because new weather is upon us and that means motivating the kids to get outside. Some fresh air will do them good and this toy is perfect for play dates.
Promising review: "Bought for my 4-and 10-year-old so they could play together and it’s their new favorite. Took all of 15 minutes to put together and install on our swing set. Sturdy and pretty. I’d recommend it to anyone." —Steve Charles
Price: $41.99+ (available in two sizes)
The reviews for this post have been edited for length and clarity.