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The best holiday gifts for kids

Including a Marvel best-friend necklace, a Hijabi plushie and an ear-wiggling, always-giggling Furby

By Caitlin Walsh Miller
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A Toronto sticker from Spacing

Toronto Sticker

It’s nice that, even in 2024, there’s one thing we can all agree on: while there are several correct ways to pronounce the city’s name, there’s definitely one wrong way. $6


A Deadpool and Wolverine themed BFF necklace

BFF Necklace

A best-friend necklace set for buds who happen to be cantankerous, fast-healing, adamantium-coated Canadian superheroes. $13

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A raccoon finger puppet from the AGO

Raccoon Finger Puppet

Ah, trash pandas—poets of refuse, scholars of scraps, raiders of the midnight hour, the city’s unofficial mascot. Chickadees, foxes and skunks also available. $15


A travel card game from National Geographic

Travel game

Keep the kids occupied on road trips with National Geographic’s scavenger hunt card set. It offers five educational games in one. $17

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The best holiday gifts for kids

Goodnight World

This northwest take on Margaret Wise Brown’s classic—once banned by the New York Public Library for being “unbearably sentimental”—features art by 21 Indigenous artists. $19


The best holiday gifts for kids

Gourmet Cookies

Winning the holiday potluck is as easy as showing up with these soft-baked delights by Toronto’s favourite cookie artisan, Andrea Christensen. $26 for six

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Happy Dim Sum board game

Dim sum game

This Toronto-designed card game adorably transforms dim sum etiquette into fun for the whole family (or two to five players). $26


A hijabi plushie from Zuri and Dre

Hijabi plushie

Canadian company Zuri and Dre makes plush toys for folks who feel underrepresented, unnoticed or unappreciated, like the Yara Hijabi doll. $30

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Suspend by Melissa and Doug Games

Balance game

A night of family fun hangs in the balance with Suspend, a Melissa and Doug game in which squiggly rods teeter on top of one another. $43


Hey Kids, Watch This by A24

Hey Kids, Watch This!

For families who want to start a movie-night tradition, this genre-, decade- and country-spanning new book from A24 is jam-packed with more than 100 film recommendations organized by age group. $52

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The best holiday gifts for kids

Ninja Turtles van

Ninjas don’t fight with honour, they fight with...pizza? At least the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles do, with this fully functioning pie-launching van. $56


The best holiday gifts for kids

Plush capybara

The year is 2016, and two capybaras have escaped from High Park Zoo. An adorable media frenzy ensues. Relive the excitement with Clyde the Capybara. $56

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Doodle duffle

Mini jet-setters can doodle away the hours with this duffle from actor Shay Mitchell’s luggage brand. Draw with washable marker, then throw it in the laundry. $58


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Clear backpack

Y2K nostalgia is on full display with this transparent backpack from Herschel. (Five Star binder, Discman and Tamagotchi not included). $69

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Hair towel from Crown Affair

Hair towel

Hair care brand Crown Affair is beloved by Gwyneth Paltrow, Julianne Moore and Doja Cat, who wore its custom waffle hair towel to the Met Gala. $75


The best holiday gifts for kids

The Legend of Zelda

In Echoes of Wisdom, the latest instalment in the Zelda series, a malevolent force threatens Hyrule. Now, it’s up to the princess to save the kingdom. $80

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An RC monster truck by Hot Wheels

Monster truck

Earn your nibling’s everlasting love with this two-foot-long remote-controlled all-terrain truck by Hot Wheels. $85


The best holiday gifts for kids

Hockey crew

Our PWHL team finally has a name, and it’s time to get the word out. Support MVP Natalie Spooner and the rest of the Sceptres with this crewneck. $89

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A digital camera from Camp Snap

Digital camera

Cut down on screen time with Camp Snap’s screen-free point-and-shoot digital camera. It has a vintage look and a long-lasting battery. $92


A kid-friendly phone from Pinwheel

Kid-friendly phone

With Pinwheel phones, moms and dads can choose from a selection of Android devices that come pre-loaded with parental controls. $99

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Furby Galaxy

Furby

Twenty-odd years after its creation, a new Furby is born—and the ear-wiggling, always-giggling, Furbish-speaking toy is more colourful and unhinged than ever. $100


The best holiday gifts for kids

Kids’ microscope

Encourage wee ones to explore everything with this cool tool that goes up to 200x magnification. BBC educational slides included. $120

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The best holiday gifts for kids

Colour-block backpack

Spanish brand Bobo Choses knows how to speak to kids. This fuzzy pack has adjustable straps and loads of compartments. $132


The best holiday gifts for kids

Sneakers for Swifties

The New Balance 550s are a great gift for Swifties in their sneakerhead era—Taylor was spotted in them at a Chiefs game last year. Fun fact: these low-tops debuted in 1989. $150

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An iPhone keyboard from BestBuy

iPhone keyboard

Turn an iPhone into a circa 2007 BlackBerry with the Clicks Keyboard. It clicks, it clacks, it absolutely slaps. $200


A portable webcam from Opal Camera

Portable webcam

This webcam was designed to be used with laptops for upgraded image quality. Weighing less than 50 grams, it’s tiny, intuitive and has a built-in directional mic. $205

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Inflatable Chair

This lounger by Curves, a furniture and home decor brand from Toronto multidisciplinary artist Sean Brown, feels (and looks) like a cloud. $230


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Versace onesie

For the baby who has everything—except a Versace sleep-suit. This cotton jersey onesie is embroidered with the snake-haired head of Medusa. $480

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Art by Mimi Gravel

Kids’ art

Mimi Gravel takes the weird and wonderful art kids make and turns it into museum-worthy collages. It’s a great way to honour those overflowing drawers of drawings, paintings and crafts that have been dutifully preserved for years. From $500


A durable Bluetooth speaker by Teenage Engineering

Long-lasting speaker

The OB-4 by Swedish electronics brand Teenage Engineering is an all-in-one speaker, radio, looper and sampler. Stellar sound guaranteed. $760

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