Are THESE the best Christmas toys of 2019? UK fathers reveal their top picks after testing them out at home (and the winners cost as little as £6.99)
- Fathers from across the UK have picked their favourite toys for Christmas 2019
- Each Dad spent time testing the must-haves with their little ones at home
- The 12 winners include a £6.99 tractor to a bumper £129.99 Scalextric set
Come Christmas morning, excited children up and down the country will be opening stockings and unwrapping presents from under the tree.
But for parents, it can be difficult to know which gifts will provide lasting entertainment, and which are nothing more than a couple of hours of fun.
That’s why the Dad’s Choice Awards asks fathers from across the UK to test out some of this year’s must-have toys at home with their little ones to see which are really worth the money.
The awards were founded in 2013 by a group of fathers to ‘celebrate and recognise that Dads like to play with different toys and games with their children’ and have awarded ‘winner’, ‘highly commended’ and ‘commended’ badges to products in the years since.
Each toy was judged against a range of criteria including value for money, quality, ‘playablity’ and suitability for its target age group.
The final 12 winners of the Dad’s Choice 2019 range from a £6.99 blue tractor to a £129.99 Scalextric American Police Chase set. Here – in no particular order – are the top 12 in full…
Scalextric American Police Chase set, £129.99
This Scalextric American Police Chase set comes with over 5 metres of track and includes a jump ramp and a crossover to make the chase even more exciting!
Toy Story 4 Buzz Lightyear Robot, £59.99
Inspired by the new movie and standing at over 1.5ft tall, the Imaginext Buzz Lightyear Robot has lots of fun features and hidden reveals to take little ones’ imaginations to new heights
Count With Peppa, £19.99
Count with Peppa helps develop counting skills plus colour and picture recognition Eight different activities encourage the child to look for different numbers, colours and pictures
Megasaurs 7 Piece Dinosaur Gift Set, £6.99
Each set contains an assortment of 7 durable hard plastic dinosaurs in both size and species that will delight the most hard core toy dinosaur collector
Chunkies Loader Tractor Farm, £6.99
Crucial to a number of different tasks, this tractor with its moveable arm and toothed bucket can help on your farm! Made with die-cast metal and plastic, it is sturdy enough for indoor and outdoor play
Coding Critters, £40
These interactive pets introduce 100 per cent screen-free programming for kids. Each pet-themed coding robot teaches early STEM concepts through basic coding and activities
Whoopee Doo, £22.99
Whoopee Doo is the hoot if you toot family game! Players take it in turns to sit on the large inflatable whoopee cushion whilst completing a challenge from their chosen card
Science Mad Circuit Lab, £29.99
Includes over 50 experiments involving electronics. Features easy to use spring connectors, pre-cut wires, and clearly numbered components (and don’t worry, there are instructions!)
The Movie Del’s Food Truck, £44.99
As seen in PLAYMOBILE: The Movie, Del’s Food Truck features a removable roof and windshield for easy access, allowing budding street food fans to pull together their own unique menu
Honeybake Vintage Phone, £19.95
Ring, Ring! A charming retro-style vintage phone featuring a bell within the handset for role play fun. Written digits and realistic spinning wheel encourage number recognition
Dice Academy, £10
Get ready to test your knowledge and your mental skills! Roll the dice and be the first player to match each theme to a word which starts with the letters you’re given
Toy Story 4 Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Armour with Jet Pack, £64.99
Perfect for role play and imaginative play, little adventurers can act out their favourite scenes from the movie as they create their own stories based on the iconic film
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