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The season's 10 best new toys

Beat the last-minute holiday rush with gifts kids are guaranteed to love.

By Emma Price


8. Eggling
Crack the top of this sweet ceramic egg, and there's a garden waiting to grow, complete with seeds and peat. Choose a herb or flower variety to nourish -- parsley, mint and petunias are among the offerings. Consider it a trendy primer on nature and nurturing.
Where to buy it: World Wide Nature
Price: $11
Ages: 13 and up


9. Cranium Wacky Words
Think Mad Libs with a score card. Though there's a winner, sibling rifts are prevented by the communal laughter and collaborative crafting of laugh-out-loud stories.
Where to buy it: Cranium
Price: US$17
Ages: 8 and up


10. The Secret Files: Tunguska
This point-and-click adventure game for PCs features puzzles and exploration through beautiful graphics. Nina's father disappears and she and her partner must search Berlin, Moscow, Cuba, China and the Antarctic for the clues to her father's secret.
Where to buy it: Amazon.ca
Price: $30
Ages: 13 and up

Check out another 20+ great gifts selected by Canadian Living's Family Life senior editor, Kathryn Dorrell.

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