Walmart Says These Will Be the Hottest Holiday Toys for 2019
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Walmart has released a list of what the retail giant believes will be the hottest toys come the holiday season. There are some familiar names — L.O.L. and Paw Patrol, anyone? — plus some new surprises, but there’s one thing they all have in common: Any kid would be lucky to find them under the tree this year.
In addition to coming up with its list of potential bestsellers, Walmart identified a few trends for this year’s favorite toys. The first is that surprise toys aren’t going away any time soon. Kids still love to open up blind boxes and collect rare and super-rare varieties of the little goodies that are inside. Interactive toys that respond to your touch, sound, and movement are also big winners — but, of course, they don’t take the place of toys that foster imaginative play, especially if that play is aspirational and allows kids to dream up their ideal futures. And, while kids are stereotyped as people who are too into their phones and tablets to take in some fresh air, Walmart has found that kids really do like playing outside. (On a new Hoverboard or drivable UTV, maybe?) Check out our favorites below — or see the full list on the Walmart website.
L.O.L. dolls are bigger and better than ever — the fashion-doll-size L.O.Ls come with 20 surprises to collect and wear.
Fisher-Price Fisher-Price Bounce and Spin Puppy
Geared for toddlers, this pup lets kids ride on it and give it a bounce; it also plays songs, counts, and sings the ABCs.
Build-A-Bear Build-A-Bear Workshop Stuffing Station
Bring the fun of a Build-a-Bear Workshop experience home with a DIY kit that lets you stuff, dress, and personalize your own plush animals. No need to wait for pay-your-age day!
This ferocious robo-dragon walks, roars, and bites! It also comes in an ice-breathing blue color. This toy was also awarded one of Good Housekeeping's 2019 Toy Awards.
Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the water, this puppet comes along singing the "Baby Shark" song. The faster you move the puppet's mouth, the faster the song goes.
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L.O.L. Surprise! L.O.L. Surprise! 2-in-1 Glamper Fashion Camper
This mega-camper comes with a whopping 55 surprises, and opens to form a two-foot-by-three-foot playset for all the L.O.L. dolls to go glamping in. There's even a slide that takes them from one level to another!
Fans of the Tic Tac Toy YouTube channel saw these toys as they went through the development process; now, they're here, and loaded with fun surprises in every box.
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These pups have super powers — and, now, new superhero outfits to match! And, if you're in the market for a new HQ, they can all gather in an all-new Mighty Pups Super PAWS Lookout Tower.
This interactive toy starts out as a shy baby elephant who needs to learn how to use its trunk. You can teach her to make trumpet noises, eat her peanut, play games, interact with her toy mouse, or give you a kiss! She has more than 150 movements and sounds.
It's the cuddliest Elmo yet: If you squeeze his belly, he asks for a hug — and then responds to your hug when you give him one. He also sings in English and Spanish.
This Walmart-exclusive Nerf blaster can fire up to three darts at once, since they come bundled in 5 shells that eject automatically after you fire. The blaster comes with five shells.
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Each What's in My Purse Doll comes with a lip gloss, two cute erasers, and mood-board stickers with writing prompts. Best of all, the doll becomes a purse to keep everything in!
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This kit makes it easy for kids to stamp designs on their nails — they just have to pop a cartridge into a machine and press a single button to stamp 'em up! The kit comes with five different stamp designs.
Add a bit of sparkle to nearly anything with this styling tool, which lets kids add some bling to hair, clothes, hats, shoes, backpacks, and whatever else they feel like dressing up.
Spider-Man Marvel Spider-Man Super Web Slinger
Now your kids can shoot out webs just like Spider-Man. (Just don't call it Silly String.)
More fun with aliens and slime, only this time it's cuter: You can check their space ship for surprises, and then mix up some alien goo to play with. But what color will the alien slime be?
This NASCAR racing track really understands that the crashes are the best part. The cars collide and fall to pieces — the hood, doors and roof come apart — and then you get to re-build them and crash them all over again.
Barbie's baking kitchen comes with its own dough, so Barbie can whip up some treats in her oven, then decorate it with dough tools.
Treasure X Treasure X Alien Hunters
It's alien dissection time! Take the tweezers and dig through some slime to find surprises in the ooey, gooey remains.
This kit starts out as a normal Hoverboard, which lets kids step on it and zip around in the typical Hoverboard way. But then you can add on the go-kart attachment, and then sit and drive around like a real go-kart.
Marisa (she/her) has covered all things parenting, from the postpartum period through the empty nest, for Good Housekeeping since 2018; previously, she wrote about parents and families at Parents and Working Mother. She lives with her toy-collecting husband and daughter in Brooklyn, where she can be found helping out her team at bar trivia or posting about movies on Twitter and Bluesky.
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