Best toys of 2022 as tested by kids

There are so. many. toys. out there, it's hard to know which ones are actually worth your money and which ones your kids will play with once, then let collect dust at the bottom of their toy box. We wanted to see which of this year's hottest toys were actually worth the hype, so we had our panel of kid reviewers (along with their parents) test out 14 of 2022's top toys based on various lists such as the Toy Insider(opens in a new tab) and Amazon's Toys We Love(opens in a new tab).

Our reviewers spent a couple weeks playing with some of this year's most popular toys and then chose the top nine based on their experiences. We still liked the toys that didn't make the top nine, but they just didn't wow our kids in the same way. In addition to the top nine, our panel also played with RUKUSfx(opens in a new tab), Crayola Ultimate Light Board(opens in a new tab), My Avastars Dreamer_3.0 fashion doll(opens in a new tab), Alice's Wonderland Bakery oven(opens in a new tab), and Thames & Kosmos Ooze Labs Chemistry Station(opens in a new tab). Scroll to the bottom of this article to see why these toys didn't quite make the cut.

And keep reading to find out why our kid reviewers loved these nine toys the most.