Top 49 Activities for Kids

This guy comes from the makers of Fingerlings, but he's much more ferocious: This untamed dragon will respond to your touch and hiss, growl, or roar until you pet it to calm it down. (But watch out! It even passes gas.)

Sure, it's not a real tablet — but your toddler won't know the difference. This toy teachers numbers and letters, plays games, and — of course — plays the "Baby Shark" song at the push of a button. 

In the Good Housekeeping Institute's test, kids couldn't get enough of this search-and-find maze game. Think of it as an at-home escape room, where they won't get out unless every member of the team works together.

Stage space battles from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker after building this 270-piece set. Once it's ready, it has two firing missiles and retractable landing gear, and it comes with minifigs of Snap Wexley and Lieutenant Connix. 

If your kids still aren't over the "Baby Shark" song, get them to stop stealing your phone to watch the video by handing them one of these colorful plushes; each one plays the song when you squeeze them.  

These collectible dolls come in a flower pot, and you just add water to get it to "bloom," hair-first, and see which one you've got. Once it's done sprouting, you can open the pot to make a little playset, complete with surprise accessories. 

It doesn't seem possible, but this is a new book by Dr. Seuss, just released in 2019. It's based on an unrhymed manuscript and sketches discovered in 2013, and completed by illustrator Andrew Joyner. The book gives a look at how artists like Picasso, Rosa Bonheur, Alexander Calder, Deborah Butterfield, and Jackson Pollock used horses in their work.

This slime-filled extra-terrestrial body comes with everything you need for a goopy alien dissection. Hidden among the slime in the body cavity are little surprise toys for your kids to find. 

This fast-paced, family-family card game is a twist on the game Snap, but in a much more millennial-friendly vibe. It even comes in its own avocado carrying case so you can bring it with you on vacation.

Pop Pops combine all the fun of bubble wrap with the stickiness of slime; pop open the bubbles and root around in the goop for the prize inside.  

If you're looking to start a family game-night tradition, Clack! is easy for even the youngest players to pick up. You roll a pair of dice, and one will tell you a color while the other will give you a shape. Then, you all race to make a stack of discs that fit the criteria; the discs are magnetic, which makes the stacking easy and fun!

If you've never played Fluxx, it's a totally addictive card game where the rules keep changing depending on what cards you play. With the brand-new Marvel edition, special Avengers-themed cards make the game even more tailored for your comics fan at home. 

Violet is a snuggly pal that can actually learn your child's name through an accompanying app. Once they become buddies, she can sing lullabies, count, and teach colors.

Flipside is the Rubix cube of 2019. Players have to quickly flip the colors to match flashing lights in this addictive, fast-paced game.

An aspiring baker deserves the best tools (all of which are free of BPA, naturally). With three color-coordinated sets to choose from, each includes the essentials — an apron, measuring spoons, a whisk, and more — for whipping up a great batch of decadent cookies.

This adorably packaged game lets family members (up to eight players) compete in 120 solo, cooperative, and head-to-head challenges involving the "ingredients" of a root beer float. For example, one challenge might involve having all the players suck up a cherry on the end of the straw — whoever holds it the longest wins! 

Each Scruff-a-Luv comes as a matted ball of fur that kids need to wash, dry, style, and care for before their new pet is revealed! 

Art time is fun for them, but can also be a huge mess for you. With Crayola's genius mat, the stamps only show up on the specially formulated paper, not your walls. 

Color-coded with grooves that interlock, these building tools (150 of 'em!) make dreaming up creations super easy.

Story time just got a lot more exciting. Clip this attachment on your smartphone and Moonlite will project colorful photos and play sound as you read to your little one.