Hottest Holiday Toys

The Most Popular Hot Toys for Christmas and the Holidays

Each year, dozens and dozens of new popular and hot holiday toys come to the market. The trick is knowing which toys are the best and which toys are right for which kids. That's where we come in, providing you with a comprehensive list of the hottest holiday toys for boys, girls, toddlers and more, as well as hot children's educational toys and much more.

We'll also give you direct access to all of the best prices and biggest discounts. You can shop conveniently from your home instead of dealing with the madness of the stores, and you can find the lowest sale prices around. Use this guide to buy all of the hottest holiday toys and Christmas gifts of the season!

Hottest Toys for Boys

Right here you can find all of the hottest holiday toys for boys. From sports games and action figures and more, it's all right here. All of these hot holiday toys are sure to be crowd pleasers for the boys in the family.




SKLZ Pro Mini Basketball Hoop

Sale Price: $21




Iron Man Walking RC Robot

Sale Price: $41




Bakugan Dragonoid Colossus

Sale Price: $29




Huffy Green Machine

Sale Price: $79




Toy Story 3 Junkyard Playset

Sale Price: $39




Star Wars SPinning Lightsaber

Sale Price: $29




SKLZ Pro Mini Basketball Hoop: This is definitely one of the hottest toys for boys over Christmas this year. It's a mini basketball hoop and rim that really looks and feels like an outdoor hoop, and features a shatterproof backboard and pro-grade rim for real dunks.

The background is 18 inches by 12 inches, and the unit can be easily hung over a door, or mounted to a wall, for lots of game action for your kids. Comes with a mini 5-inch basketball and foam padding to protect the walls.

Iron Man Walking RC Robot: With a remote control, you can send this walking Iron Man Robot into all kinds of action scenarios. He comes with four missile accessories that can be fired, has light up and sound features, and can move in a variety of ways.

Great for fans of the movies and the comic books, and any boys looking for action figures and RC toys.


Bakugan Dragonoid Colossus: This action figure is from the Bakugan lineup of toys and action figures, and is composed of 5 separate action figures that can be combined into one massive Colossus.

Can be used with the other Bakugan toys and features components for use in the game, it's also a brand new design that's sure to be one of the hottest and best toys for boys over the holidays.



Huffy Green Machine: This is a far cry from the three wheel of your childhood, making this an excellent item to add to your list of the hottest toys for boys during the holidays this season. Made by Huffy, the Green Machine is very sleek, with a low-profile design, and dual joysticks to control the back wheels, along with a 20-inch front tire.

Kids can practice spin outs and reach high speeds, but do so safely with the very stable base it provides.



Imaginext Pixar Toy Story 3 TriCounty Landfill Junkyard Playset: This is from the Toy Story 3 movie. It comes with all sorts of different things to play around with. Buzz Lightyear, three little green aliens and Lotso are included, along with a bulldozer, a crane, and many other fun parts and pieces to control.

There are also additional accessories that can be added onto this play set. Endless opportunities and way to play, and it's one of the real hot toys for Christmas 2010.



Star Wars Clone Wars Spinning Lightsaber: For fans of Star Wars, action, sci-fi and more, this member of the best toys for boys holidays 2010 list is the Star Wars Clone Wars Grievous Spinning Lightsaber. Try to say that 10 times fast. It comes with battle-clash sounds, power activation humming sounds, and spinning and connecting sounds.

The double blade lightsaber can extend to over four feet in length, and can be used to create 4 different lightsabers in total by changing the way you have it set up. Also has light up capabilities in addition to the sounds. It's durable, safe and easy to use, and tons of fun.

Hottest Toys for Girls

Take a look at some of the most popular hot holiday toys for girls of all ages. From dolls and playsets to all kinds of cute gifts, you can find the most popular Christmas gifts for girls below.




Disney Princess & Me - Ariel

Sale Price: $59




Pet Shop Rescue

Sale Price: $30




Barbie Video Girl Doll

Sale Price: $35




Calicco Critters Townhome

Sale Price: $79




Melissa & Doug Cupcake Set

Sale Price: $14




My Pillow Pets Unicorn

Sale Price: $18



Disney Princess and Me Dolls: Disney Princess and Me Dolls are definitely some of the best and hottest holiday toys for girls this season. They are 18 inch dolls and are highly detailed, featuring fancy outfits and accessories, and more.

They also come in many specific varieties, such as Ariel from the Little Mermaid, Tiana, Belle and many others, so there's a look and a character for everyone.

Littlest Pet Shop Rescue Playset: This very cute playset puts you control in a pet rescue center, keeping animals safe and healthy. The set comes with a Dalmatian toy, but other pets are sold separately. There are x-rays, beds, figurines and all kinds of other interactive play options.

Featuring lots of bright colors and folding up for easy storage, this is a winner to add to your list of the best toys for girls this holiday season, and it's great for toddlers and preschool aged children.

Barbie Video Girl Doll: This isn't just a Barbie Doll, this Barbie Doll works as a real video camera. Your child will be creating live action movies from the doll's point of view, and then can make use of real-time playback, 25 total minutes of recording time, a full color LCD screen and more. Adds a whole new level of play and capability to the Barbie, and it's a fun choice amongst the hottest gifts for girls this season.



Calico Critters Luxury Townhome: This is a deluxe version of the popular Calico Critters Townhome with four rooms, a balcony, movable rooms and accessories, and even functioning lights. You need to buy the Calico Critters and furniture sets separately, although your child might already be stocked up on those, making this gift perfect, and a surefire winner looking for best toys for girls.


Melissa & Doug Bake & Decorate Cupcake Set: Melissa and Doug make all kinds of fun, make believe kitchen sets for kids. In addition to the cupcake set, you can find the Pizza Party, Ice Cream Parlor, Sandwich Set and many more. All of them are fun and interactive, and all of them cost between $15 and $20.

The cupcake set includes dry erase markers that look like icing tubes to decorate the cupcakes, an oven mitt, candles and other pieces and parts to add to the experience.



My Pillow Pets 18 Inch Stuffed Animals: There are many different options to choose from, including the Lavender Unicorn, Miss Lady Bug, Dog, as well as tigers, pigs, lambs, dolphins, whales and many others. These soft, plush toys are 18 inches in size, very soft and cute, machine washable, and can be used for playing or as a pillow.

With all of the styles and animals, not to mention the affordable pricing, these are all winners this season amongst the best toys for girls. They are super popular though, and could sell out quickly!

Hottest Holiday Toys for Babies & Toddlers

It can be hard to shop for and find the best toys for toddlers and babies. Not anymore. All of the most popular holiday toys for babies and toddlers are available here, and you can find them at amazingly low prices. Make any baby in the family as happy as can be!




Cloud b Constellation

Sale Price: $21




Sing-A-Ma-Jigs

Sale Price: $14




Rainforest Jumperoo

Sale Price: $65




MyPillow Pets Dog

Sale Price: $21




Play-Doh Mega Factory

Sale Price: $19



Cloud B Twilight Constellation Night Light: Available in both a turtle and a lady bug design, the Cloud B Twilight Constellation Night Light is one of the best toddler toys for the holidays. It projects a full night's starry sky onto the walls and ceiling of a room, comforting and calming any child, and helping to spawn their imaginations, and learn about space too.

Choose between different color options, make use of an automatic sleep timer, and more. A fun and educational option amongst the best toys for toddlers.

Fisher-Price Sing-A-Ma-Jigs: The Sing-A-Ma-Jigs could be the most popular of all of the hot holiday toys available this year. There is a huge number of different colors and designs to choose from, so everyone can find a perfect match. They offer three modes of play, singing, chattering, singing with other toys in harmony, offering lots of interaction and fun, and many ways to interact.

You can also pair up a few of these with the great Dance Star Mickey ($60-$70), which walks, talks and dances. They are fun, affordable and offer endless playtime.

Fisher-Price Rainforest Jumperoo: This highly interactive and completely safe Jumperoo is one of the best toys for babies over the holidays. It has a comfortable rotating seat, the child can move, spin and jump, it doesn't require a doorway, provides peace of mind and safety, and has fun music, rainforest toys and more to stimulate senses and learning. A fantastic and highly rated option that's available at a highly discounted price right now.

My Pillow Pets 18 Inch Stuffed Animals: There are many different options to choose from, including the Lavender Unicorn, Miss Lady Bug, Dog, as well as tigers, pigs, lambs, dolphins, whales and many others. These soft, plush toys are 18 inches in size, very soft and cute, machine washable, and can be used for playing or as a pillow.

With all of the styles and animals, all kids will find one that they fall in love with, and it's the perfect companion for their day and night. My Pillow Pets are definitely highly recommended and very popular as some of the hottest holiday toys this year.

Play-Doh Mega Fun Factory: This is a really unique and interactive Play-Doh set. It features a series of different moldings and a conveyor belt setup so your kid can stamp out up to 15 different molds to make their own toys. The unit itself can also easily store 6 different tubs of Play-Doh, and it comes with four cans of Play-Doh included.

Lots of different fun options to play around with, a fun and colorful design, and much more. Price has been cut almost in half with special holiday pricing on the best toddler toys this year.

Best Children's Educational Toys

Most Popular Kids Learning Toys for the Holidays

All toys are great, but toys that help kids to learn and grow are even better. The best children's educational toys for the holidays are fun and exciting for them, but provide great learning benefits that you can feel good about. Check out these hot holiday toys 2010 based around learning and education.




LeapFrog Leapster Explorer

Sale Price: $54




Celestron Handheld Digital Microscope

Sale Price: $34




Scrabble Flash Cubes

Sale Price: $22




Playskool Alphie

Sale Price: $29




Eleneco Snap Circuits Green Set

Sale Price: $35



LeapFrog Leapster Explorer Learning Game System: This is one of the best kids learning toys for 2010. It's fun and interactive, but also offers tons of great learning and education. There are more than 40 games and activities, and learning ranges from reading and math to science and geography.

There are also extra cartridge games that can be purchased. It has all of the excitement of a video game for your child, but all of the learning that you crave, making it a hit for everyone. There are also many other LeapFrog learning games to choose between.

Celestron Handheld Digital Microscope: This handheld digital microscope makes for a wonderful gift. It's fun, it's interactive, and it's perfect for all kinds of kids. With a 1.3 megapixel digital camera, the microscope can take both pictures and video, has an LED illuminator, can digitally zoom at 10x to 40x, as well as a super 150x zoom, and more. Bring the laboratory to the home and watch as your child's love for science takes off. Not to mention that the price for this has been cut by more than half, making it a bargain. Add this to the list of the hottest holiday toys to buy for Christmas this year.

Scrabble Flash Cubes: Scrabble Flash Cubes are one of the best children's educational toys for the 2010 season, and it's an innovative, fun and interactive take on the classic Scrabble game. You can play three different solo games and games against others using electronic tiles for easy game play, no hassle and mess, and unlimited fun and options. Slide, swap, shuffle and use the electronic tiles to come up with the best ways that you can.


Playskool Alphie Robot: This is one of those kids learning toys which really provides a huge range of interactive possibilities, along with fun and entertainment, to go along with the basic teaching principles and education it offers. The Playskool Alphie Robot is an electronic robot figurine perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

It lights up, sings and plays music, and comes with a stack of interactive cards to use with the dozens of buttons on the toy itself, making it a real hot holiday toys winner.


Elenco Snap Circuits Green Alternative Energy Kit: Want to teach your kids to be environmentally friendly, as they figure out how to make a positive impact on their own? This is perfect for science fans are simply environmentally friendly families, it's an alternative energy set that allows kids to build and explore over 125 different projects, utilizing 40 parts and a huge instructional guide.

Learn all about different kinds of renewable energy sources, how to harness them and what they can do, and much more, one of the more unique members of this hottest holiday toys 2010 guide.

Discounts, Deals & Savings on Hottest Holiday Toys

More Hot Holiday Toys for Christmas

Of course there are many other hot holiday toys for Christmas 2010 and beyond. And if you're going to buy them, you should buy them at the lowest prices available. Take advantage of some of these amazing discounts, deals and sales that can't be found elsewhere, and you'll be able to stock up on all of the best and most popular holiday toys for the season.




Fast Lane Monster Truck

Sale Price: $139




Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts

Sale Price: $129




Razor Electric Scooter

Sale Price: $150




Loopz Game

Sale Price: $22




Foam Maverick Pogo Stick

Sale Price: $25



Fast Lane Wild Fire Monster Truck RC: Boys will be clamoring for this one of the popular toys 2010 for Christmas and the holidays. It's a 24 inch RC monster truck, featuring a green body, huge wheels, and an easy to utilize controller.

It can turn 360 degrees, has real 4 wheel drive and a roll bar, can be used in all sorts of environments, and has exhaust pipes that light up. This one will be used for years and years to come.

Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle: This massive Lego set features nearly 1,300 pieces, characters including Harry Potter, Hermione and nine others, all sorts of special pieces and accessories, a massive 3d shape and design, and hours and hours of fun. With the continuing popularity of the Harry Potter movies, this is one of the best and most popular toys 2010 for the holidays.

Other popular holiday toys from Lego include the Lego Minotaurus Game and Lego Creationary Game.

Razor E200 Electric Scooter: This is one of the best deals around and it's one of the hottest holiday toys for 2010. You can save a full $70 on this toy that's already one of the best selling toys around. It features 8 inch tires, can cruise at up to 12 mph for 45 minutes per charge, has a hand operated brake, and uses a super quiet chain-driven motor.

There are many different Razor Scooters available, some as cheap as $20, so you can definitely find one that meets your budget and your child's desires and age range. For example, at $85 and for kids 5 and up is the Razor Rip-Rider Ride-On Toy, a reinvention of the classic big wheel or three wheel, with all kinds of fun capabilities, and rated as one of the top holiday toys of the year, for both kids and parents.

Loopz Game by Mattel: The Loopz game is going to get very popular, and it features patterns lights and music that players have to mimic, involving both memory, skill and action. Loopz makes use of motion sensors, neon lights and increasing difficulty levels. There are 7 different games in the set, and you can also play head to head against a friend, for 1-4 players.

If you're looking for more board games that kids can play, there are many other hot toys for Christmas 2010 that you can choose from. For example, you'll find the popular Scrabble Flash Cubes game, Snap Circuits Jr., and Qwirkle, all of which are also on the hottest holiday toys list.

Foam Maverick Pogo Stick: The Foam Maverick Pogo Stick from Flybar has been around for quite some time, but it keeps on coming back each and every holiday season. It's still one of the hottest holiday toys of the year, and it's the best in its class, with off the charts ratings for value, fun and entertainment for the kid, and safety as well.

Available in three different colors, it's great for providing exercise and outdoor activity, and can support about 40 to 80 lbs for kids ages 5 to about 10.

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Buy the Hottest Holiday Toys Online

Hopefully with all of the above information and tips, you can quickly and easily stock up on all of the hottest holiday toys of the season. When you shop for them and buy them online, you get the best of everything, by avoiding the hassles and crowds of the mall, while also saving money versus what you can find in retail stores. It's a win-win, and you ensure that all of the kids in the family get the hottest holiday toys for Christmas 2010 that they have been craving.

Boys, girls, toddlers and more, everyone will be satisfied with what you get them from this comprehensive list of the best and most popular holiday toys 2010. Take a look and get your shopping out of the way early this year!

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