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Best Big Kid Toy Gifts for the Holidays

By Kourtney Eidam and Karen Snyder Duke
September 07, 2010
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Still don't know what presents to buy your big kid for the holidays? Check out these fun, affordable toys.
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Cap It Off Jewelry

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Your little fashionista can design (and wear) her own funky line of bottle-cap bracelets, necklaces, and earrings with this crafty kit.

7 years+; $18; alextoys.com

  • Buy Cap It Off Jewelry at alextoys.com.

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Sumoku

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Trick your kid into practicing his math skills with this surprisingly addictive game that requires players to make matching multiples out of their tiles.

9 years+; $15; blueorangegames.com

  • Buy Sumoku at blueorangegames.com.

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Scrabble Flash

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Line up the electronic cubes in different orders to create as many words from the assigned letters as you can before time runs out.

8 years+; $30; hasbro.com

  • Buy Scrabble Flash at hasbro.com.

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Creationary

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Our favorite of the build-and-play games, this one is Lego's spin on Pictionary. Use the bricks to build the image on the card while the other players try to guess what you're making.

7 years+; $35; lego.com

  • Buy Creationary at lego.com.

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Paper Jamz Guitar and Amp

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Your kids (and you) will have a blast rocking out on these remarkably light-weight, paper-thin guitars. Play along to recorded songs, or go freestyle.

8 years+; $25 for guitar and $15 for amp; wowwee.com

  • Visit wowwee.com to locate a store to buy Paper Jamz Guitar and Amp.

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Make 'N' Break Challenge

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Race to see who can create the structures on the cards first in this fast-paced game. The catch is you can only pick up the blocks with the wooden tongs. Tricky!

8 years+; $30; ravensburger.com

  • Buy Make 'N' Break Challenge at ravensburger.com.

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Air Hogs Hawk Eye

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Take one-of-a-kind pictures and videos from up high as you fly this small RC helicopter cam.

8 years+; $65; spinmaster.com

  • Buy Air Hogs Hawk Eye at spinmaster.com.

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SpyNet Video Watch

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This working watch is also a camera in disguise. It lets kids record and play back video from their wrists!

8 years+; $50; jakkspacific.com

  • Buy SpyNet Video Watch at jakkspacific.com.

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Spy Video TRAKR

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Your secret agent-in-training can drive this remote-control vehicle on secret missions, such as monitoring enemies (or his big sis) on the handset's full-color screen.

8 years+; $130; wildplanet.com

  • Buy Spy Video Trakr at wildplanet.com.

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Rubik's Slide

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Has your little genius already solved the original cube? Kick it up a notch with this electronic version that twists, slides, and all around increases difficulty.

8 years+; $18; technosourceusa.com

  • Buy Rubik's Slide at technosourceusa.com.

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Hide and Eek!

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Memory for older kids, this numbers game also teaches kids about the concept of greater and less than.

8 years+; $14; gamewright.com

  • Buy Hide and Eek! at gamewright.com.

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Wind Up Workshop Robots

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If you have a hard time getting your son into crafts, check out this guy-friendly set. He can build his own robots that wind-up and move.

7 years+; $15; creativityforkids.com

  • Buy Wind Up Workshop Robots at creativityforkids.com.

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Razor Siege Caster

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Those hard to manage caster boards just got a lot easier with this scooter, which comes with a handle bar to help with balancing.

8 years+; $99; razor.com

  • Buy Razor Siege Caster at razor.com.

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Loopz

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Keep your wits about you and your hands moving to mimic the lights at an ever-increasing speed (think the next generation of Simon Says).

7 years+; $30; mattel.com

  • Buy Loopz at mattel.com.

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Water Bomber Jai Alai

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The basket's handle is also a pump that can fill balloons with water to add another layer of play to the game.

8 years+; $20; intplay.com

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  • Buy Water Bomber Jai Alai at intplay.com.

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