2023 Holiday Gift Guide

NAPPA shares favorite gift ideas for various ages this holiday season.

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Babies & Toddlers

Bebé Fuerte Collection

Features a colorful palette of fitness themed and LatinX culture. Spanish motivational words and phrases are displayed on each toy so parents can share as they play with baby. $8.99 - $23.99, ages birth+, us.tomy.com

My Recordable Storytime: Welcome Little One

Create lifelong memories by putting yourself into this beloved story so little ones can hear you read again and again. $24.99, ages birth+, read.sourebooks.com

Follies, Baby Bauhaus Soft Blocks Set

The colorful, high-contrast graphics are designed to delight curious little minds and fingers as they puzzle over these super soft, sensory-rich blocks. Each set comes with Montessori-inspired activities for parents. $60, ages 0+, playfollies.com

Storypod

This adorable interactive system now features recordable stickers that can be placed anywhere for your family and friends to share special messages. Record stories, songs, memories, and more for the kids in your life to enjoy over and over again. The system includes pre-recorded multisensory stories, music and more. $99.99, ages birth-6 years, storypod.com

Alphapals

Recently launched Numberpals set contains 10 plush, vibrantly colored numbers, each adorned with embroidered faces designed to ignite creativity and facilitate learning through interactive play for curious young minds. $110, ages 3+, alphapals.com

Build-a-Buddy Collection

Each toy comes with a drill and bits that let kids take apart and put it back together. Chunky parts are easy for little hands to assemble. Transformative in design, each toy goes from a building activity to a push along with working parts. $4.99-$29, ages 18 months+, us.tomy.com

Baby’s First Book of 44 SOUNDS

This research-based board book includes all 44 sounds found in English to jumpstart baby’s literacy journey. Allows your baby to hear each sound used in a word and then pronounced in isolation. $24.99, ages birth+, smartnoggintoys.com

ABC Affirmation Baby Book 

Teaches letters and helps build your baby and toddler's confidence with positive words and 26 affirmations. $12.99, ages birth+, kidsforculture.com

The Mischievous Matching Mushrooms 

Help baby learn colors and develop fine motor skills as they sort each mushroom into the board. And help identify emotions associated with colors. $14.99, ages 12 months+, sassybaby.net

Enchanted Rainbow

There is a whole lot to discover in this beautifully designed wooden stacking toy. Features a five-piece rainbow, two play figures and much more. $35.50, ages 2+, us.bababooandfriends.com

Preschool and Elementary

The Nugget

The “Original Play Couch”, is part-furniture and part-toy — with two supportive pillows, one soft cushion, and one secure base, providing endless hours of imaginative play opportunities. Features 15+ custom colors across three washable fabrics. $249, ages 12 months+, nuggetcomfort.com

Monster Jam ThunderROARus Drop

Take your stunts higher. Drop your truck down the epic six-foot ramp and watch it speed toward the dino’s mouth. Attaching the ramp to your wall is made easy using 3M hooks leaving no damage behind. $99.99, ages 3+, spinmaster.com

Smashers Monster Truck Surprise 

Get ready to build, race, crash and smash to discover and construct your Monster Truck. Features 25 smashing surprises. $24.99, ages 3-5, zurutoys.com

LeapFrog Rainbow Learning Lights Mixer

Create your own recipes or follow the instructions on the two double-sided recipe cards. Little bakers can make more than 40 pretend recipes for cookies, cupcakes, pies, and more. $29.99, ages 2+, shop.leapfrog.com

VTech Switch & Go 3-in-1 Rescue Rex 

Easily combine the fire truck, rescue copter and electronic police car into a roaring T-Rex over 20 inches long. Cool action sounds, phrases and digital effects inspire play and adventure. $42.99, ages 4+, vtechkids.com

Disney Junior Mickey Mouse Roarin' Safari Dino

This interactive set features ground-shaking sound effects with a kid-powered dinosaur. Press the lever on its back to open and close its jaws, hear it roar and activate exciting Mickey Mouse phrases. $34.99, ages 3+, target.com

Arctic Riders

After a long winter, the animals in the Arctic Circle are excited for spring. This adorable self-check math game helps kids learn fundamental skills such as addition, subtraction, and solving equations as they offer tasty treats to the hungry narwhals. $36, ages 7+, simplyfun.com

Disney Doorables Multi Peek Series 10

Behind every door, a surprise is in store. Celebrate Disney’s 100th Anniversary with 80 characters from a century of epic storytelling. Find never-before-featured Doorables and collect all nine special-edition figures, including a limited-edition Mickey Mouse. $11.99, ages 5+, amazon.com

Spirograph Doodle Pad

Create endless designs on the LCD screen using wheels. No paper, no markers, no mess. Includes LCD Doodle Pad with built-in storage area, stylus, four stencil wheels and design ideas. $24.99, ages 5+, playmonster.com

Story Time Backgammon 

Teaches young kids and adults how to play using a story-based approach. No backgammon experience required to learn and play. $39.99, ages 3-10, storytimelearning.com

Tweens & Teens

Bark Phone for Kids

Combining the best of online safety with location tracking. A fully customizable and tamper-proof monitoring software that includes real-time location tracking, remote website blocking, remote app download permissions and more. $49/month, bark.us

Design Your Own Hoodie

Create your own unique, boutique-quality piece with this innovative, video game-meets-fashion design platform. Features over 500+ premium patches. $49.00, sizes 2-14, supermixstudio.com

Doodle & Draw

Detail-oriented tools that will help tweens level up their art projects and doodles. This new line includes dual-sided brush & chisel tip, color change markers to create layers of colors, sketch and shade pencils, and much more. $9.99, ages 8+, crayola.com

Castle Panic Second Edition

Cooperate with friends and family to defend your castle against monsters streaming in from the forest. Slay all the monsters and have at least one tower standing to win. $34.95, ages 8+,  firesidegames.com.

Do You Really Know Your Family? 

Get ready to compete against your family to see who really knows each other best. Build fun family memories as you learn new things about each other and perform silly challenges together. $24.99, ages 8+, amazon.com

Sky Viper Vector Performance Stunt Plane

Advanced auto flight stabilization makes flying a breeze by automatically compensating for environmental changes like shifting winds. Perform amazing loop and barrel roll stunts with a press of a button. $79.99, ages 12+, sky-viper.com

Cool Maker PopStyle Bracelet Maker 

No knots, clasps, or cuts. Choose from 170 beads, place them on the elastics and pop the top to reveal your custom bracelet. Make and remake up to 10 bracelets. $24.99, ages 7+, amazon.com

Tinkering Labs Electric Motors Catalyst STEM Kit

Ignite curiosity and innovation in your young inventor. With 50+ components and 10 engaging challenges, kids can invent their own unique creations. $65, ages 8-13, tinkeringlabs.com

The Great Big Book of Really Hard Puzzles 

Packed with more than 150 of the most difficult puzzles, mazes, word puzzles, logic puzzles, and more. $12.99, ages 8-12, amazon.com

Curling Zone Indoor 

No ice, no problem. Choose a curling stone — red or yellow — and hover it on the slick mat. The icy-not-so-icy challenging curling game is great for family game night. $129.99, ages 3+, hearthsong.com

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