Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids By Age

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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

Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids 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

Seedling – Parker the Bear by Seedling

Let your tot enjoy learning while caring for this Seedling Parker augmented reality bear. It activates AR effects on a mobile device via the Parker app for interactive doctor play, and it can also be played with on its own. This cuddly Seedling Parker augmented reality bear comes with toy doctor tools for exciting pretend play.

VTech – Action Camera – Yellow/black

Give kids the power to make movies with this VTech Kidizoom action camera. Fast and slow-motion options let kids make artistic statements, and included accessories make it easy to mount the camera to bikes or skateboards to capture action shots. Take this VTech Kidizoom action camera underwater in its waterproof case for added fun.
Osmo - Creative Kit

Osmo – Creative Kit

 Encourage your little one’s creativity with Osmo. This kit for the iPad lets the tablet see what’s in front of it so that your child can draw, design and play while interacting with the various apps included. Osmo encourages drawing, coding and shape recognition in order to advance your child’s skills.
 
 

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™

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 

Anki - Cozmo

Anki – Cozmo

Make friends with Anki’s Cozmo the robot, a fun-loving sidekick who evolves as he gets to know you. He knows your name and face, and he can express emotions, play games and explore his environment thanks to artificial intelligence. All you need to get started with Anki’s Cozmo the robot is an Android or iOS device and the Cozmo app.
 
 

Kids Age 13 and Up

 Recoil - Starter Set - Multi

Recoil – Starter Set – Multi

Turn any area into a laser tag battlefield with this Recoil starter set. It includes two pistols and a Wi-Fi router that lets up to 16 players participate at a time, and it uses a dedicated smartphone app that keeps track of ammo and other stats. The pistols of this Recoil starter set have three hit detectors for pinpoint accuracy.

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

 Hasbro - DropMix Music Gaming System

Hasbro – DropMix Music Gaming System

DropMix lets you play music like never before! In collaboration with the creators of Rock Band and Dance Central, this fast-paced music mixing game gives you a new way to collect, discover and combine favorite tracks. Compete with your friends (up to 4 players) and create unexpected song mixes! Keep the music pumping with 3 ways to play: freestyle, clash, and party.

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  1. 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

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