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Most Popular Christmas Toys 2009-Hot New Toys For Kids Christmas

Lin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:01:43 +0000

Christmas 2009 is here. Are you ready? Every Christmas holiday season parents ask, “What will be the most popular hot new toys for Christmas this year?” The latest trends in new toys for Christmas correspond closely to the economy, which is why the “Recession Christmas” or frugal Christmas gifts term is often used by people looking for affordable Christmas gifts for their kids and teens.

Toy makers and manufacturers understand that people have less money to spend on Christmas this year and are making smaller versions of large more-expensive toys, with one example being the new mini version of last years big Fur Real dinosaur from the Hasbro Fur Real Friends line of toys.

A hot new trend in toys for 2009 are Eco-friendly, “Green” or recycled toys that are made out of recycled materials to help the environment. Toys made from environmentally friendly materials are called Green Toys, such as the Fuzz That Was by Mary Meyer, which are stuffed toy pets made out of old recycled water bottles.

Green Toys for Kids

An Eco-friendly green toy company in California called The Green Toy Company sells “Made in the USA” toys for kids from 100% recycled materials, including a toy recycling truck, a toy dump truck, indoor gardening kit, jump rope, sand play set, an Ecosaucer, a toy cookware and dining set, toy tool set, a toy dish set, a toy chef set, and a toy tea set – each made from recycled milk bottles.

Popular “green” toy brands like Sprig Toys, Green Toys, Plan Toys, miYim Toys and HaPe Toys offer a large variety of children’s toys for babies, toddlers and older kids at affordable prices that will help keep you within your Christmas budget. Check out the list of best-selling toys for Christmas or Chanukah and you’ll see that the ever-popular Leap Frog Tag Reading System by LeapFrog is still high on the must-have list, along with the English version of Bananagrams and the Spanish Bananagrams by the Bananagrams company. Here are some of the best-selling green toys for kids:

Green Toys Tea Set by Green Toys
Sprig Toys Eco-Truck Dump Truck by Sprig Toys
Sprig Toys Eco-Truck Loader by Sprig Toys
Green Toys Cookware and Dining Set by Green Toys
Green Toys Recycle Truck by Green Toys
Plan Toy Solid Wood Drum by Plan Toys
Green Toys Tool Set by Green Toys
Green Toys Dump Truck by Green Toys
Sprig Toys Eco-Truck Excavator by Sprig Toys
Sprig Toys Discover Rig by Sprig Toys

Hot Christmas Toys 2009

Other hot Christmas toy items this year for girls or boys include electronics such as the Radica Ucreate Music and Radica Ucreate Games by Mattel; the Jonas Brothers Pix Micro Digital Camera; the Disney Floral Pix Digital Camera; Hello Kitty and Friends Plush Doll and accessories; Zhu Zhu Pets (especially the hamster) and anything by the Vtech toy company.

Jessica Hartshorn, Senior Lifestyle Editor for American Baby Magazine, examined the most popular hot new toys for Christmas 2009 from the American International Toy Fair. Predictions of the most popular toys for Christmas include the comeback of classic toys, board games and puzzles, remote control cars and frozen snack machines referred to now as freeze pop machines.

Top 10 Most Popular Games

Mindflex Game by Mattel
Bananagrams by Bananagrams
The Settlers of Catan by Mayfair Games
Quiddler by SET Enterprises, Inc.
Wild Planet Hyper Dash by Wild Planet
SET Game by SET Enterprises, Inc.
Scrabble Slam Cards by Hasbro Games
The Settlers of Catan 5-6 Player Extension by Mayfair Games
Twilight Board Game by Cardinal Industries
100 Assorted Pokemon Trading Cards Lot by Pokemon USA

Children’s Learning Toys

Educational toys, aka “working and learning toys”, are making a big comeback as some of the best Christmas gifts for kids. Crayola has a “Drop and See” ball drop-style toy that uses “TaDoodles” to teach small kids colors, shapes and sounds, but is also fun for kids to play with. Toy brands like Hasbro, Fisher Price, LeapFrog, Melissa and Doug, Think Fun & Insect Lore working and learning toys for children are battling for the #1 spot of most popular educational toys for children on Amazon.

LeapFrog® Tag Reading System by LeapFrog
Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby’s First Blocks by Fisher Price
Hasbro Playskool Busy Ball Popper by Hasbro
LeapFrog® Learn & Groove Musical Table by LeapFrog
ThinkFun Zingo by ThinkFun
Live Butterfly Garden by Insect Lore
Melissa & Doug See & Spell by Melissa and Doug
Fisher-Price Rainforest Melodies & Lights Deluxe Gym by Fisher Price
LeapFrog® Leapster® 2 Learning Game System – Green by LeapFrog
Melissa & Doug Magnetic Wooden Alphabet by Melissa and Doug

Keep a close eye on Melissa & Doug toys/arts and crafts for kids because these are cleaning up on Amazon! Melissa & Doug Arts and Crafts are selling like Hot Cakes, especially the Deluxe Standing Easel, and they are all getting rave reviews!

The toy fair also revealed a new and innovative kids toy called the Peek-A-Boo Bag from I-Play for toddlers that has become quite popular, which is a small square cloth bag filled with beads and various colorful shaped toy items. There’s a see-through plastic window sewn into the peek-a-boo bag where kids can shake, squish or squeeze the toy to move the beads around, revealing new shapes and colors of pink, blue, yellow and white.

The 2009 Toy Fair in London offered a few “best new toys of 2009” recommendations including toys from brands like Ben 10, Charlie and Lola, In the Night Garden, Peppa Pig, Timmy Time and Yo Gabba Gabba. What about you? Are you looking for Green Toys for kids to help the environment, or just trying to find cheap Christmas toys for your kids?

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2008 Christmas Hot Toys – Hot Toys for Christmas 2008

Lin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:00:31 +0000

Christmas 2008 will be here before you know it and if you wait too long to buy the hot toys for Christmas 2008, you may be out of luck. For Xmas 2008, start your Christmas shopping early this year for the most popular toys for Christmas so you don’t find yourself huddled around the Christmas tree with disappointed children and teens early Christmas morning.

Amazon.com is the best place to find many of the best Christmas toys for children of all ages, since some parents are already finding it difficult to locate the hottest toys for Christmas in department stores and malls.

Hamleys has announced its top toy list for Christmas 2008. Charlotte Chisnall, Hamleys’ Press and PR Manager said: “There are lots of really exciting toys coming out this year. We think the Dance With Me Teletubbies are likely to be a sell-out toy in the lead up to Christmas.”

Chisnall continued: “We are also stocking some classic toys like the leather inlaid Rubik’s cube and the new version of Monopoly, which are forecast to be big sellers”, including the Doctor Who Dalek Voice Changer, Baby Born Magic Potty and Biscuit the Dog.

Hot Toys for Christmas 2008

Elmo Toys – Tickle Me Elmo and the very popular Tickle Me Elmo Live are easily two of the best toys of 2008. Elmo has been one of the hottest children’s toys in history, with millions of adorable Elmo toys sold, and Elmo Live does a lot more than its predecessor to provide your child with continuous hours of entertainment with its advanced technology and interactive abilities.

Little Superstar Sing-Along Stage by Fisher Price is a musical toy for children 6 months to 3 years old to play and interact with. It comes with four dancing spotlights, five sung songs, a large view mirror and two play modes for children to have a rockin good time. Kids can shake the magic microphone for sing-along fun, as this jam-packed stage encourages musical discovery and self-expression.

Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit – The Nintendo Wii is an amazing game system that both parents and kids will love, because it gets the player off the couch and into the game. Sales of the Nintendo Wii Fit is expected to top 3 million this year as long as Nintendo can keep up with the mounting demands, according to video game analysts.

Webkinz – Webkinz stuffed animals and backpacks make a great Christmas gift for kids. The Webkinz Husky, Yellow Lab, Dalmation and Collie dogs are simply adorable and kids will love them. The Webkinz backpacks, purses and accessories are so cute and fun that parents will be hard-pressed to find these for Christmas gifts if they don’t hurry and buy them now.

The Nintendo DS Lite is a high-powered, lightweight, handheld video game system and was very hard to find last year, yet remains high on the list of Christmas gifts in 2008 and all that is needed to play is a Nintendo DS and a Wi-Fi-ready game. There are no subscription fees — the service is free!

Lego toys have been popular for many years and for good reason. This year LEGO Mindstorms NXT is on the top list of Christmas toys for 2008 as a robotic intelligence toy with built-in sensors so it will react to commands given. It comes with a quick-start guide, building instructions and tips and tricks to help you build a robot ready-for-action within 30 minutes.

Playstation remains on the hot list of Christmas toys this year with Playstation 3 40GB and Playstation 3 60GB taking the video game popularity to all new heights. Parents, use your best judgement and pay close attention to the rating on each of the video games bought for Playstation (or any other game console machine) in order to decide for yourself if the game is appropriate for your child or teen to play.

The Ripstik Caster Board is best described as a cross between a skateboard and a snowboard. The Ripstik caster board is designed for children ages 8 and up and offers the perfect ride for kids looking for the next big thrill. The board is distinguished by its pivoting deck and 360-degree inclined caster trucks, which offer a snowboard-like carving ability. A simple weight transfer lets you turn or accelerate without pushing, just like when you’re carving down the slopes.

XBox 360- This popular videogame console system by Microsoft is sure to be a hit with not just your child but with the entire family. Xbox 360 and a list of games will surely be on your kid’s list of most wanted Christmas gifts this year, making the XBox 360 a “sure to please” Christmas gift everyone can enjoy.

Board games like Monopoly Here and Now and Eternity II are both on the list of best gifts for Christmas 2008, as are Barbie and FurReal Friends Squawkers McCaw Parrot.

Children’s books and children’s magazines are also some of best gifts for Christmas in 2008. Kid magazines are a special treat for children and teens, so be sure to consider buying books and magazines as a unique Christmas idea for under the Christmas tree in 2008.

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