30 Hot Toys for Christmas 2011

Are you wondering what is on your children’s Christmas list this year? Chances are they want one or more of these hot toys for Christmas 2011.

Nintendo 3DS

It could have been on their list every year, but this year, you have to make their wishes come true. Technology and entertainment are at their best with the newest Nintendo hand held system. Download music, movies, and games for hours of fun. It is equipped with cutting-edge hardware that lets you see and do things like you have never been able to do before. No special glasses are needed to get the 3D effects and application downloads are easy and free. This sleek system comes in Aqua Blue, Cosmo Black, and Flame Red and is without a doubt at the top of the hot toys 2011 list.

Beyblade Toys

Known from the children’s series of the same name, these products come in a wide variety. This is one of the reason they are some of the top toys for Christmas 2011. The line of choices for these spinning tops is categorized into 3 types: defense, balance and stamina. They are pitted against each other and the last one spinning in the ring is the winner. Maximum spinning action is produced from the launcher and different performance tips and attack tops make them each unique. If you are looking to get your kids off the video games for a while, these high action tops can produce a lot of indoor fun.

LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer

Technology is reaching out to young learners with this tablet especially designed for young children 4-9 years old. It features over 100 learning games kids to help make learning fun. They can even develop their creative side with a built in camera and video recorder, and then share it with the world. It offers downloadable apps that encourage reading, fun, and creativity. It has a touch screen for easy access as well as elements that come to life when the tablet is shaken to create motion based fun. There are so many fun activities to choose from your children won’t even know they are learning.

Fisher-Price Big Action Construction Site

This huge construction site is just what your little one needs to help develop their fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. The set comes with an RC controlled dump truck and playset with EZ Guide Ramps which aligns the truck for easy playset maneuvering. The 4 color coded buttons help your child know which buttons to push for specific actions. It offers all direction steering and the ability to do fun 360 degree spins. Driving around corners will be easy as the tank steering will slow the truck down for better handling. An elevator and crane add to the exciting play and adventures.

Razor BoGo

Get your kids outside for action filled bouncing fun. The wide foot pegs offer stability when going for height and the light aircraft grade aluminum makes it lighter in weight and easy to maneuver. Foam hand grips give comfort while bouncing. Because of the lighter weight and cutting edge design, your kids will bounce higher than ever before. Wearing a helmet and pads are a must when this bow assisted spring is engaged. For a smooth high jump, follow the maximum weight limit guide of 140 pounds. Your child will love learning all the fun tricks and owning one of the hot toys for Christmas 2011.

Rory’s Story Cubes

Get unplugged from all of your electrical gadgets and get your family together for a night of family fun. This is an awesome game for one person but add as many people as you want for even more fun. As a bonus, this game reinforces creativity and imagination, artistic expression, and language and vocabulary development. Just roll the dice and let the picture spark your imagination and start spinning a tale. This is perfect for travel, party ice breakers, and speaking and listening skills. There are no wrong answers when you play the game so roll the dice and start creating your stories.

It also made #1 on our list for the best board games of the year!

NERF Vortex Nitron

What makes this extreme gun unique from the other Nerf products? This play gun is made for shooting greater distances and the round foam/plastic discs help them get there with accuracy. The battery based electronic scope will ensure that they never miss another target. This is the only gun that offers a motorized blaster for extreme power. There are two spring loaded clips that hold 20 discs apiece. These 40 rounds of ammunition will keep your kids with constant ammunition and with less loading time there is more time for play. This is one of the best toys offered this holiday season for your gun enthusiast.

LEGO Space Center

This is one of the top toys for Christmas 2011 for your miniature engineer and comes with a 14 foot rocket for hours of unique fun. This play station includes a number of different items. There’s a great rocket as well as a fantastic control center. You get to put the rocket on the launch platform, and your child can even set the countdown clock. Additionally, you get a satellite, a vehicle for the mini-figure to drive, a tank to fuel up, and a station just for tools. Kids can use the 4 mini figures to start the countdown to blast-off with 2 astronauts, an operator, and a mechanic. The movable elevator lifts the astronauts up to the cockpit. The fun starts with putting it all together and continues with hours of play!

Monster High Dolls

Your daughter can bring this exclusive high school right into her own bedroom with all the characters from the popular books and TV series. Each doll is a descendant from a notorious creature, like Dracula, zombies, werewolves, and even Frankenstein’s monster. You can purchase them in individual packages or get them with accessories too. Your daughter will have lots of fun with just one or the whole set: Ghoulia Yelps, Draculaura, Abbey Bominable, Clawdeen Wolf, Holt Hyde, Frankie Stein, Spectra Vondergeist, Cleo De Nile, Loose Dawn, and Lagoona Blue. These characters are also available from a particular episode, like Dawn of Dance!

Kid-Tough See Yourself Camera

New this year for your son or daughter and one of the hot toys for Christmas 2011, is this 1.2-megapixel heavy duty camera. You will have no worries as they run through the house taking pictures and getting creative. Its best feature is the 180 degree swiveling lens that lets them turn the lens to take pictures of themselves. It has a 1.8 LCD screen and 4x zoom. There is 256MB of built in memory and an SD card slot to hold even more. Not only does it take pictures but your son or daughter can also record video. It comes loaded with artistic software with features like stamps and borders and even more downloadable special effects.

Power Wheels Hot Wheels Dune Racer

Surprise your little one this holiday season with their own rig! Recommended for children 3-5 years of age, this is one of the hottest ride on toys for Christmas 2011. It operates on a 12 volt battery for hours of outside driving adventures. The open cockpit and 2 seat design offers lots of room and mobility with a front storage compartment to take all their toys for a spin. This dune buggy’s superior traction lets them go anywhere with no worries about traction. It comes with safety belts and side bars to keep the occupants safe and will never go over 5 mph in forward motion or 2.5 mph in reverse. The sleek plated wheels and front bumper puts your child in a cool ride for the holidays!

Let’s Rock Elmo

He is back and he is rockin’ with 6 songs and a microphone, tambourine and drums. And he talks too! Add other instrument playing Sesame Street characters to form their own band. Your child can play along with his own instruments or use one of Elmo’s. Stock up on those AA batteries for your children to have hours of musical fun with one of their favorite characters. He is new this fall and your preschooler will love interacting and singing and playing along with him. Let your child development a love of music and jam along with the popular furry friend.

Simon Flash

Family and friends can all join in the fun with this Wonder-Link technology game. The four cubes talk to each other so they know what your score is and the order that you shuffled them. Each cube features a specific game so you have four games to choose from: Lights off, Shuffle, Secret Color, and Classic Stop. All four games are challenging and test your memory and logic skills. The idea is to keep up with the colors, lights, and sounds. The games are designed for 1-8 players, ages eight and up. The game set includes the cubes, case, rules, and 8 AAA batteries and is considered one of the hot toys 2011.

Razor eSpark

What is it about this electric scooter that makes it unique? It’s the spark the rider can ignite by just taking a step on the innovative spark bar. The two 12 volt batteries will keep it running for 40 minutes of scooter fun. The unit only weighs 30 pounds and can get you scooting around at 10 mph. The hand operated front brake and acceleration control are located on the twist grip handlebars. It comes with an 8 inch air filled front tire and rear wheel crafted from polyurethane which is powered by the amazingly powerful motor. This awesome ride is recommended for children ages 8 and up.

Barbie 2011 Holiday Doll

Her beauty and elegance always gets her on the wish list of many girls for the holidays and this year is no different. She is one of the hot toys for Christmas 2011 and that is no surprise as she will be one of those awesome dolls that are prized items by collectors. A gorgeous green and gold strapless gown is perfect for this occasion. The delicate embroidery makes this one of the most exciting outfits she has ever worn. And she always knows how to accessorize! She puts it all together with holiday red nail polish and beautiful gold earrings.

FurReal Friends Cookie

Do you want to make sure you kids get one of the top toys for Christmas 2011? Are they hoping for a puppy under the tree this holiday? Then your kids and this pet will make a perfect match. Hasbro has added this cute little girl to their line of popular interactive pets. The state of the art animatronics technology has touch and voice recognition as well as sensory technology that make her act like part of the family. Her white realistic fur is so soft everyone in the family will want to pet her. She comes with a pink collar and purple identification tag.

Transformers 3 MechTech Bumblebee

He is a vehicle and Autobot in one, and he is one cool toy. Your child will love switching him from the awesome Carmaro design to crime fighting robot. If Bumblebee needs to chase down the enemy, he can be the fast sports car. When he needs to be the powerful action fighter he can transform back to his original form. He is new this year with the release of the Dark of the Moon movie and your young kids at home are going to be asking to have one of their own. The small parts associated with this toy make it suitable for children who are 5 years old and up.

vTech InnoTab

Electronics will now and forever be a big part of every child’s wish list for the holidays and you can make the wish come true this year with this choice off the list of great toys for Christmas 2011. This tablet is a muti function resource that makes learning fun and creative. It is pre-loaded with all sorts of amazing stuff. You can play with an interactive ebook that is even animated. There are great motion games with this too. Kids can use the MP3 music player or even the included photo viewer. There’s also a video player as well as a great alarm clock. Your child can also take advantage of the calculator, the included calendar, and even the address book. Downloadable applications and items are available now and even more will be available by the end of the year. The 5 inch LCD color touch screen is perfect viewing for your 4-9 year old, and easy to carry around because it’s both durable as well as fairly compact.

The new Vtech InnoTab is one of our favorite electronic learning systems for kids.

LEGO Alien Conquest

There are plenty of playsets to choose from in the Alien Conquest group. Collect all of them for hours of building and engineering fun. The best thing about Legos is the opportunity for children to build and create a product that they can play with later. All eight sets build on the Alien theme: Battle Pack, Alien Mothership, UFO Abduction, Alien Striker, Jet Copter Encounter, Tripod Invader, Alien Defender, and Earth Defense HQ. Each set offers individual fun while all of them together give your child hours of creative play. Additionally, each set varies in size and offers from 18 to 875 pieces.

Smokey the Fire Truck

This Big Rig Buddy is one of the biggest in the matchbox collection and it talks, jokes, eats, exercises and sings. With a click of a button he moves and talks on his own which make him one of the hot toys for Christmas 2011. He works like a real fire truck only the real water is replaced with 1 inch balls that are launched through the hose. He is interactive and has expandable ladders and sensors that respond to everything your child does during play. Kids can click another button which puts him on his back 4 tires for him to dance. Every time he speaks, his bumper moves like a realistic moving mouth. He has all the bells and whistles of a real fire truck.

Fijit Friends

Each of these robots is programmed with their own personality and the voice recognition software enables them to recognize 30 different words and phrases. Additionally, they have 100 intuitive and supportive responses to the recognized words so they can easily interact with your child. They have soft tactile skin that reacts to your child’s touch. What makes this girl’s best friend one of the top toys for Christmas 2011? They have Beat Detection software that responds to slow or fast music. She is also embedded with 4 fun songs of her own and will dance and sing her heart out if you ask her to!

Kidizoom Twist Digital Camera

It gets its name from the cool twist of the lens that lets your kids take pictures of others or with a twist of the lens can take a picture of themselves. It is available in blue for your favorite little guy or in a cute pale pink for your girl. It will hold up to 500 pictures they can load to the TV or hook to a computer and edit in fun and creative ways. And if your little shutterbug goes photo crazy, you can add additional space with a memory card. It also features voice recording and 5 built in games.

Angry Birds: Knock on Wood Game

This is one of the hottest toys for Christmas 2011 because this fun game gives your little ones an opportunity for your child to learn to build, then launch, then DESTROY!. It also presents a perfect time for some family fun where your children learn to play with others, follow rules, share, and take turns. It has its basis on that phone app you love, and here you’ll find those three mad little birds with cute personalities. Players draw cards and build a designated structure before your opponents launch the angry birds and knock it down. The fun part is using the sling-shot launcher to knock the buildings over and scatter the pigs.

Loving Family Beach Vacation Mobile Home

This is the perfect gift that young girls will love to play outside or even at the beach. They can pretend they are taking a trip and using this cool, decked out vehicle to get there. It is a good toy for developing their fine motor skills while opening and closing the microwave and refrigerator. Even the toilet seats can be placed up or down. There is a revolving bathroom window that can keep the shower inside, or spin it around for an outside shower. The side panels lift up for access to the hidden bedroom area. She will love playing with her very own home on the beach.

LEGO Ninjago

Another one of those hot toys for Christmas 2011, these Lego themed toys are one of the biggest collections yet. These sets are new this year but build on the previous Ninja series of toys. These sets are assembled to signify the presence of Lord Garmdon and his army of skeletons, as well as the good guys, the Ninjago. These sets build the imaginary set for the Spinjitzu, a fighting style used by the fictional Ninjago people. With this in mind, let your child experience his own world of play as he crafts his own dialogue and actions that inspire discovery and creativity.

Playskool Poppin’ Park Toys

Designed for the smallest toy lovers, this exciting toy is perfect for children 9 months to 3 years of age. It offers 10 fun tunes for children to listen and dance to while the blue elephant blows balls out of his trunk. You never know where the balls are going to go. They could land on his big ears, or even go back into his trunk. Parents can control the level of play by moving the trunk 380 degrees. The balls are air forced through his truck with the use of four D batteries. This toy also includes 5 small colorful balls.

Aquapets

Made for kids 6-10 years old, these interactive pets are the only ones that involve water and are one of the best toys for girls this season. They first arrived on the scene in 2004, but this year 2 new designs were introduced for a total of 10 cool pets. Each character has its own look, sound and songs. When your child talks to them, the pet will react with melody and movement. Other changes took place as well, like the new sleek teardrop shaped cases and interactive games. Memory Move is a sequence game made to help build memory. Aqua Speed develops their reflexes. And finally, Bubble Boogie is a fun way to get moving.

Air Swimmers

These are the newest in RC controllers and they are fun to watch and even more fun to fly. The flying shark and clown fish are helium balloons and controlled by an infrared handheld controller. The fish are huge measuring 57 inches in length and 36 inches tall. They climb and descend and turn 360 degrees. They truly appear to be swimming through air as their tail fins move from side to side. The controller will work up to 40 feet and requires 3 AAA batteries as well as one in the body of the fish. Just fill them up with helium for weeks of fun.

Disney Princess Quintessential Castle

Your daughter can be the princess while she plays with this dream castle featuring over 50 different play pieces that include tables, bed, and a super cool shell bathtub. With three stories to play in and rooms featuring each of the Disney princesses, this is the perfect gift for your little girl this season. They can play in Tiana’s magic kitchen or Belle’s fancy dining room. A princess shouldn’t have to take the stairs, that’s what Jasmine’s magic carpet elevator is for. Purchase the dolls for this castle for additional fun your girls will love. Special features include a gold rail balcony and beautiful scrolled design staircase.

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Bop It XT

One of the best toys this year is this action game that gets your kids off the couch. The objective is to bop, shake, pull, twist, flick, or spin as the game tells you to. The tempo will increase to get you moving faster the more you improve. Use the headphones for solitary play, or turn it up and let everyone in on the action. If you get all the motions right you get to keep going. But one wrong move and your turn is up. It includes 3 AAA and is designed for anyone age 8 and up. Get the family up and moving this holiday with this action packed game.

Shopping for season couldn’t be any easier. These hot toys for Christmas 2011 will help you get the perfect gift for your family this holiday.

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