Best Halloween toys for kids
Board games for the whole family, cuddly toys and trick or treat alternatives starting from as little as £6.99
Halloween is almost here and if you want to go all out this year we've found some of the best toys you can buy. The list includes toys to amuse children during the October half term, ready for spooky season and trick or treating alternatives to chocolate and sweets.
To get the whole family involved we also have some Halloween themed games. Take a look at our top Halloween recommendations to get in the spooky spirit.
Best Halloween toys at a glance
- Best Halloween toy for spooky build: LEGO Halloween Owl, £13.49
- Best Halloween toy for an active game: Melissa & Doug Monster Plush 6-Pin Bowling Game, £22.99
- Best Halloween toy for trick or treating gifts: Pumpkin High Bounce Balls, £18.80 for 40
- Best Halloween toy for a board game: Nightmare Before Christmas Monopoly, £34.99
- Best Halloween toy for a cuddly toy: Pumpkin Glow Bear, £21
- Best Halloween toy for magic: Magic Mixies – Mixlings Tap & Reveal 2 Pack, £10
- Best Halloween toy for a puzzle: Ravensburger Minecraft Jigsaw 3 x 49 Pieces, £6.99
- Best Halloween toy for babies: Pop-Up Peekaboo! Pumpkin Book, £5
- Best Halloween toy for older kids: Ravensburger Disney Villainous Game, £35
- Best Halloween toy for entertaining for a long time: Molecules Monster Octobeast, £13.53
Here are our top 10 Halloween toy picks…
1. LEGO Halloween Owl, £13.49
– Best for a spooky build
Age: 8+
This owl LEGO set stands 11cm high and is fun to build and then put out as a Halloween decoration. The owl can rotate and move its wings. It has big eyes and stands on a display base with pumpkins and fallen autumn leaves. A great price and size for a Halloween treat.
Available from: LEGO and Amazon
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2. Melissa & Doug Monster Plush 6-Pin Bowling Game, £22.99
– Best for an active game
Age: 2+
Get the whole family up with a competitive game of 6-pin bowling with a twist. The pins are fuzzy, goofy monsters with weighted bottoms for extra stability. See how many pins you and your family can knock down with the stuffed ball monster named Klonk.
Available from: Amazon
3. Pumpkin High Bounce Balls, £18.80 for 40 (47p each)
– Best for trick or treating gifts
Age: 3+
Perhaps you want to mix it up this year and give your trick or treaters something different to the usual sweets and chocolate. This pack of 40 pumpkin design balls is a lovely alternative.
Available from: Baker Ross
4. Nightmare Before Christmas Monopoly, £34.99
– Best for a board game
Age: 8+ years
Kids who love Nightmare Before Christmas will enjoy playing a family game of Monopoly with a similarly spooky theme! Roll the dice and start buying properties such as Lock, Shock Barrel's Treehouse, Jack's Tower, Scary Street and other Nightmare Before Christmas related places.
Available from: Amazon
5. Pumpkin Glow Bear, £21
– Best for a cuddly toy
Age: 2+
This is a great combination of cute and cuddly toy and a spooky Halloween decoration. The bright orange ted has a friendly, fuzzy light-up face with paw pads featuring a Halloween mix of owls, pumpkins, moons and witches' hats.
Available from: Build A Bear
6. Magic Mixies – Mixlings Tap & Reveal 2 Pack, £10
– Best for magic
Age: 5+
See real life magic with Magic Mixies pack and reveal set. Rub and reveal to see which Mixling you have: some can fly; some can glow. Then, give the little Mixling its magical powers by waving your wand.
Available from: Amazon
7. Ravensburger Minecraft Jigsaw 3 x 49 Pieces, £6.99
– Best for a puzzle
Age: 5+
There are 3 49-piece jigsaws to complete, making it an excellent gift to keep children amused over the October half term. The 3 jigsaws all feature Minecraft characters on spooky missions.
Available from: Amazon
8. Pop-Up Peekaboo! Pumpkin Book, £5
– Best for babies
Age: From birth
If you want to get the youngest involved in the Halloween fun, then this rhyming-word book is a great option. Lift the flaps and try and find 7 friendly Halloween characters. You'll discover 3 bats, Hootie Owl, Smiley Ghost and many others.
Available from: The Works
9. Ravensburger Disney Villainous Game, £35
– Best for older kids
Age: 10+
A great game for pre-teens, mums and dads to play together. You take on the role of a Disney villain, and battle it out to 'complete your devious objective'. It’s a pretty intensive board game with lots of cards and pieces. For 2 to 6 players.
Available from: Amazon and John Lewis
10. Molecules Monster Octobeast, £13.53
– Best for entertaining for a long time
Age: 5+
A monster you build one 'atom' at a time. Great for concentration and following instructions. And it’ll last well beyond 31 October because it's also reusable and never dries out, so you can build different monsters over and over again.
Available from: Amazon
How did we choose our 10 of the Best?
When selecting the best Halloween toys we considered, value, spookiness and of course, fun.
Our 10 of the Best lists are compiled by qualified and experienced parenting journalists. They rely on a number of sources, including our independent reviews, testing undertaken during the MadeForMums Awards, and feedback from our home testing panel and Top Testers Club. Each year thousands of products are put through their paces by hundreds of parents across the country on behalf of MadeForMums, to ensure we’re bringing you honest and true reviews and recommendations.
Our list is not an ordered ranking from 1-10, instead it is a carefully selected group of tried-and-tested products, each of which we believe is best for a different situation or requirement. We don't just tell you what is best, we help you discover what is best for your family.
About the author
Chloe is a Digital Reviews Writer and Coordinator for Immediate Media's Parenting team. She researches and writes articles, recommending the best products for parents, ranging from best sleep aids to best playpens. She has a First-Class Honours Psychology degree where she developed a strong interest in child development.
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Chloe is a Digital Reviews Writer and Coordinator for Immediate Media's Parenting team, specialising in household and trying to help parents save money. She researches and writes articles, recommending the best products, ranging from best cordless vacuums to best playpens. She has a First-Class Honours Psychology degree where she developed a strong interest in child development. During her teenage years she worked as a play worker and Brownie volunteer to support children's play.
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