Get your holiday shopping started early with these incredible toy deals

Whether you like it or not, the holiday shopping season is fully upon us again. It’s time to find the coolest puzzles for your office White Elephant exchange, the most impressive science toy for your hard-to-please niece, and the cutest stuffed animal for your baby brother. Whether your nice list is longer than Santa’s or not, it doesn’t hurt to save some money where you can this season. To that end, Walmart has a huge range of items that are not only already on sale, but on sale for big numbers.

In this article: LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle and Grounds, VTech Count And Win Sports Center Toy, and Marvel Spidey Bumper Car Ride-On Toy

Tips for shopping all of Walmart’s toy deals

With the range of items on sale at Walmart, it’s easy to get overwhelmed, especially if you’re not sure what you’re looking for yet. To help you search, check out these tips.

If you know what they like … 

And you’re looking for something that’s still surprising to your intended recipient, start your search as narrow as possible. If they like card games, for example, check that category out first. But don’t scan every item on sale carefully, skim them. See if something jumps out at you where you think “yeah, I bet they’d love that.” If nothing does, check out similar categories until you do find something that makes you stop. Your goal should not be to just check a box on your list, but to find something that makes you strike that line out emphatically.

If you’re not sure where to start…

Then go as broad as possible. Walmart has categories on its sale page for shopping by age, popular toy brands, under $25 and clearance. Use them and scan them more carefully than you would if you already had an idea of what to get someone. Make separate tabs of the better options you think you find, but no more than five or narrowing them down later can be difficult. If you hit six, get rid of an old option.

You may not be able to strike out everyone on your list emphatically, especially if you’re not sure where to start. But that’s completely normal. You can’t have the best present you’ve ever given every year. But if it makes you smile when you’re thinking of gifting it, then it’ll probably make them smile too. And that’s more than enough.

Best holiday toy deals at Walmart

Educational Insights Kanoodle Ultimate Champion

Sometimes a good puzzle is the best toy, especially for people who love to strategize and solve. This game comes with 500 total puzzles you can set up, in both 2D and 3D styles, so even if you do solve them all, there’s no way you remember when you loop back around.

LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle and Grounds

If there are two categories of toys that seem to always be on the top of wish lists, it’s LEGO sets and anything Harry Potter. This extra-large LEGO set comes with 2,660 pieces, so it’s sure to keep even the quickest LEGO masters busy through the holiday break.

Huffy Disney Minnie Mouse Battery-Powered Ride-On Car

Everyone dreams of waking up to a red-ribbon-wrapped new car outside on a snowy holiday morning, even the kids. This ride-on car only goes 2.5 miles an hour max, so there’s not much risk, plus it can go in reverse if they ever need to get out of something.

Gotrax G2Plus Foldable Electric Scooter

Meanwhile, older kids and adults can enjoy this electric scooter instead. It can go up to 12 miles an hour with a maximum range of 7 miles, though its charging time is long at up to five hours. Its maximum load is 220 pounds, and it does require some assembly.

Fisher-Price Little People Caring for Animals Play Set

For the youngest ones among your family and friends, this interactive play set is a great way to introduce them to all the fun barnyard animals. Plus, it has more than 45 songs, sounds and phrases to teach various subjects and keep them occupied. It comes with four animals.

VTech Count and Win Sports Center Toy

It’s never too early to start teaching the young ones about your favorite sports, and there’s no better way to learn a sport than to play it. This set works as both a basketball and soccer teacher, with all the lights and sounds to keep them invested.

Radio Flyer Ready to Ride Folding Trike

Radio Flyer has been making tricycles, bicycles and wagons for ages and they’re always a big hit. This trike comes fully assembled and folds down so it’s easy to take with you to the park or a playmate’s house. It comes in pink or red.

Marvel Spidey Bumper Car Ride-On Toy

The one downside to a ride-on toy is even though the kids are safe, nothing in their path is. This bumper-car-inspired toy is wrapped with a protective bar of rubber to bounce right off walls instead of popping a hole in them, plus it only goes 1 mile an hour to further limit impacts.

Melissa And Doug Wooden Pizza Party Play Food Set

Play sets that mimic cooking are popular not just because it’s useful to start learning those skills early, but because cooking, even fake cooking, is genuinely fun for many. This pizza-centric set lets you build a six-piece pizza with 36 topping pieces to sprinkle on top.

VTech Get Ready for School Learning Desk

More than just a play desk for your nearly school-aged kids, this interactive experience packs in a dizzying array of play options. It has a projector that lets your kids trace images, for example, and a music player. It also has little cupholders and small square openings that are perfect for snacks.

Mega Bloks Block Scooping Wagon

Cleaning up after a good time is a sad fact of life, but it can at least be fun. This wagon can be pushed or ridden by the youngest of kids, with its wheels scooping up those random blocks on the floor. It also comes with 20 blocks to get you started.

Hello Kitty and Friends Kuromi Sleeping Plush

Sometimes the best toy is something you can snuggle with, and this adorable Hello Kitty plush is just right since it’s covered in soft sherpa. The character, Kuromi, is great for anyone who’s a big fan of Halloween and the macabre, but it’s still perfectly family-friendly.

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