NAPPA Awards Holiday Gift Guide 2023
By Elena Epstein, Director of the National Parenting Product Awards
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-plus custom colors across three washable fabrics. $249, ages 12 months+, NuggetComfort.com
Playskool Weebles My Smart House
Full of action on every floor—down the chimney and onto the bed, then off the bed and down the slide. Enjoy a virtual visit with Grandma and Grandpa. Then take another slide down to the kitchen for a snack and swing ride. $49.99, ages 12 months+, PlayMonster.com
Littlelistas Baby Dolls
These 14-inch dolls “inspire a lifelong love of natural coils, curls and crowns.” Lily features 3C textured hair and a deep brown complexion, and Lena features 4A textured hair and medium brown skin. $24.99, ages 2+, Amazon.com
VTech Storytime With Sunny
Enjoy 300-plus activities with four disks and more than five hours of fairy tales, classic songs, guessing games, a poem creator, silly jokes, tongue twisters, daily routines and much more. Set her gentle alarm, then fall asleep to her softly glowing night-light. $59.99, ages 3+, Amazon.com
Numberblocks Step Squad Mission Headquarters
Play out your favorite action-packed missions and embark on exciting number adventures to practice counting, sequencing and other early math skills alongside these favorite characters. $39.99, ages 3+, Hand2Mind.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+, Amazon.com
Pop Out Dinosaurs
Both a book and a play set. Kids can learn about each dinosaur species and then build their own using chunky press-out pieces. $12.99, ages 4+, Read.Sourcebooks.com
Future Fans Football
Introduces the rules of the game in kid-friendly ways. A storybook-led experience for adult and child, the box also includes an activity book, five games and toys and six unboxing experiences. $59.99, ages 4-10, FutureFans.com
Design Your Own Hoodie
Create your own unique, boutique-quality piece with this innovative video game meets fashion design platform. Features more than 500 premium patches. $49.00, sizes 2-14, SuperMixStudio.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
Dog-E, the One in a Million Robot Dog by WowWee
Uncrate this pup to reveal a unique combination of colorful lights, sounds and personality traits, so no two Dog-Es are ever the same. “Talks” with its tail, using persistence of vision (POV) technology to communicate with you. $79.99, ages 6+, Amazon.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
HD Coloring Kit
Take your coloring skills to the level of a professional artist. Includes 30 colored pencils, one pencil sharpener and 20 premium pages of HD black and white photos. $15.92, ages 8+, Walmart.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
Amazon’s Fire HD 8 Kids Pro
Comes with an included subscription to Amazon Kids+ for access to thousands of ad-free books, games, apps, videos and more. Features up to 13 hours of battery life and parental controls, so adults can easily set screen time limits or adjust web browser settings. $149.99, ages 6-12, Amazon.com
Curling Zone Indoor Game
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
Pigs on Trampolines
Use trampolines to bounce your pigs into the pig pen and try to land in the mud puddle to earn a mud pie. $24.99, ages 6+, Amazon.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. This game will surely become a family favorite. $24.99, ages 8+, Amazon.com
5 Second Rule Relay
It should be easy to name pizza toppings—but can you do it in under five seconds, after another player puts you on the spot? Time’s not on your side. $29.99, ages 8+, amazon.com
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie Aircraft Carrier HQ
Where every mission starts. Features a preschool-friendly transformation, dual vehicle launches and two projectiles on each side. $129.99, ages 3+, Target.com
Disney Junior Minnie Mouse Butterfly Ballerina Plush
This interactive, dancing, twirling plush features soft sparkles and shines in a beautiful, butterfly-themed ballet outfit and dazzling light-up, spinning tutu. $39.99, ages 3+, Target.com
LeapFrog Build-a-Slice Pizza Cart
Ring the bell to hear a customer’s order and explore colors, shapes and food names. Add music to the dining experience by spinning the pizza turntable for learning songs and melodies. $59.99, ages 3+, Amazon.com
Latinistas Fashion Dolls
Celebrates Latina culture and features bright, vivid fashions, varying skin tones and diversity in heritage. $12.99, ages 3+, Target.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
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