I just got the awesome Best Buy holiday catalog in the mail and we started writing our wish list for the Christmas and Santa. My daughter’s pick for this year is the Barbie Dream House. She finally wants a doll house and I am ecstatic! I have gone through all the gifts from the catalog and found the best ones for each age. Best Buy is really helpful in sorting through all the gifts and separating them by Christmas gift ideas for kids by age.
Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids By Age
Kids Aged 3 to 7
Hatchimals – Surprise Egg
Give your child a fun surprise with this Hatchimal giraffe assortment. The surprise is inside the egg, which is ready to hatch when its rainbow eyes appear, letting you see which Hatchimal was received. Once hatched, this Hatchimal giraffe plays games and talks to your child, learning new tricks as it’s nurtured.
Seedling – Parker the Bear by Seedling
VTech – Action Camera – Yellow/black
Osmo – Creative Kit
Age 4 & Up
Mattel – Barbie Dreamhouse – Pink
Build a high-tech, stylish home for your favorite fashion dolls with this seven-room Barbie Dreamhouse dollhouse. Its working elevator lets Barbie ascend easily up to the third floor, and its functional garage accommodates one Barbie vehicle. This Barbie Dreamhouse dollhouse is complete with furnishings and works with three AAA batteries for more interactive play. Here are some awesome Barbie gift ideas too.
Kids Aged 8 to 12
Sphero – R2-D2™ App-Enabled Droid™
Delight the Star Wars fan in your family with this Sphero R2-D2 app-enabled droid. Made to resemble the iconic Star Wars character, this fun robot features authentic LEDs for realism and a motion sensor that detects your presence and reacts. An integrated speaker on this Sphero R2-D2 app-enabled droid lets him ‘boop’ and ‘beep’ in his own special language.
Take the Star Wars Fun Home
- Get these free downloads – Star Wars Coloring Pages and these Han Solo Coloring Pages here.
- We read these 5 Minute Star Wars Stories before bed all the time.
- Then, take sword fighting to the next level with this light saber. It features glowing blue blade, motion-sensor sounds, and battle-clash rumble effects.
Anki – Cozmo
Kids Age 13 and Up
Recoil – Starter Set – Multi
Sphero – Mini App Enabled Robotic Ball
Sphero Mini packs tons of fun into a tiny, app-enabled robot about the size of a ping pong ball. Drive Mini using different modes with the Sphero Mini app, or just by using your face. Yes, you read that right. Face Drive? is a hilarious new feature that uses your facial expressions to drive the ball.
Mini games are just as addicting\? use the ball as a controller to shoot your way through space, race a ship through a tunnel, or rotate your ball to destroy a polygon of bricks. Thanks to the beauty of app updates, there’s always more on the way. If you’re feeling extra clever, download the Sphero Edu app and program your robot using JavaScript.
Packed with teeny tiny tech, Sphero Mini has a little gyroscope, accelerometer, and LED lights. Colorful, interchangeable shells are available, so you can easily switch one out to suit your mood. With almost an hour of play time, Sphero Mini is the next big thing.
Kids Age 16 and Up
Thank you! This year we gave the Board game Scrabble, and now the whole family can’t tear themselves away from it! The game is universal for any age, just for smaller children, you can use additional tools such as scrabble word finder