By India McCarty
Looking to get a head start on Christmas shopping for your little ones? Whether you’re looking for interactive playsets, or creative building tools, here are our favorite toy deals ahead of Black Friday!
Melissa & Doug Wooden Scoop & Serve Ice Cream Counter
Your kids will have tons of fun with Melissa & Doug’s Scoop & Serve Ice Cream Counter, complete with a variety of different flavors, scoops, and play-money. This playset will also boost your child’s hand-eye coordination, memory, and counting skills, making it fun and functional.
Bring your kid’s favorite character to life with this interactive BLUEY game! A talking plastic figure of Bingo will guide players through a game of hide-and-seek, encouraging active movement, as well as listening skills.
Play-Doh Super Slice Cake Playset
Play-Doh’s Super Slice Cake Playset lets your kids get creative in the kitchen, making their very own pretend cakes. The set comes with 11 colors of Play-Doh, as well as several cutting and molding tools, so your children will never run out of ways to create!
LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box
It’s a classic for a reason; LEGO’s Creative Brick Box comes with 484 pieces, in 35 different colors, and with specialty pieces like windows, toy eyes, and wheels. Already have a LEGO-obsessed kid? Don’t worry; every piece in the box is guaranteed to be compatible with other LEGO sets.
Hot Wheels City Fire Station Loop
Hot Wheels’ City Fire Station Loop lets kids race their firetruck through an adjustable loop as they work to save the city. The playset comes with a firetruck, an adjustable fire hydrant hose, and a swing gate and garage door. The Fire Station Loop can also connect with other Hot Wheels City sets, letting players create their very own cities.
OugerToy Magnetic Building Tiles
Designed for kids 3 and up, OugerToy’s 104-piece building tile set is safe and durable, with a BPA-free guarantee and ultrasonic welding technology that means magnets will stay in place. The tiles are designed to help young builders learn geometry, color and shape recognition, and 3D spatial reasoning.
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