Ten most popular toys for Christmas 2015
NerdWallet has compiled this list of popular Christmas toys. To ensure Santa's gifts make the biggest impact, try gifting one of these kid-friendly items.
A street seller prepares artificial firs and toys at a street market in Minsk December 19, 2015. This list of top 10 toys is based on Amazon rankings.
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There are only a few days left before Christmas, which means there are only a few days left to finish聽your shopping.
To help you find the perfect gift for the kids on your list, we鈥檝e rounded up some of the most popular toys of the year. Kids of various ages can be made merry with something from this list, and most of聽the items would work for both genders.
We used the current聽聽rankings of聽聽to create this list. Bargain-loving Santas should keep in mind that聽聽tool is a great resource for the聽.
1. Pie Face Game
Yes, one player really does get a聽聽in this hilarious for all ages version of Russian Roulette. (Whipped cream not included.)
2. Exploding Kittens Card Game
This wickedly funny聽聽is appropriate for ages 7 and up and had more backers on Kickstarter than any crowdfunding project in history. Make sure you聽get the version that鈥檚 appropriate for children and not the adult聽version.
3.聽聽Mega Giant Tumble Tower 鈥� Ultimate XL
This blockbuster聽聽is so popular that many online retailers are selling out, but it does have lower-priced imitations that many kids will probably still love.
4. Ginzick Remote Control Speed Zoom Race Boat
Drones are all the rage this holiday season, but聽聽might聽be a bigger hit with youngsters because it鈥檚 so easy to operate.
5. Spirograph Deluxe Design Set
The popularity of this 鈥済ears and wheels鈥� design聽聽has endured for decades. This deluxe version comes with 45 pieces for design-creating fun.
6. Bounce-Off Game
Simple, affordable and tons of fun for any age group,聽聽is a ping-pong ball bouncing game in which players take frenzied turns trying to bounce colored balls into certain patterns on a game board. Anyone can get the hang of Bounce-Off pretty quickly, and the game produces hours of fun for a small price tag.
7. UDI Axis Gyro RC Quadcopter With Camera
This little聽聽rises above all the other drones out there because it鈥檚 affordable and simple to operate. And this drone with camera is ready to fly right out of the box.
8. Anki Overdrive Starter Kit
Updating the old racetrack car game for the 21st century, the聽聽features two 鈥渞obotic supercars鈥� that you drive using a smartphone or tablet聽on a crazy curved track that can be set up in eight聽different ways.
9. VTech Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker
Infants and toddlers will love this聽聽that鈥檚 decked out with piano keys, spinning rollers, shape sorters and light-up buttons.
10. Syma X5C Explorers 6-Axis Gyro RC Quadcopter With HD Camera
Another drone rounds out the聽top 10, this one from聽.聽It works indoors or outdoors, performs flips and comes with an聽HD video camera.
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