Good Housekeeping Best Toy Award Winner
Pokémon Soda Pop Plush
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With their cool colors, rounded details and adorable eyes, these Pokémon plush bring just the right amount of style to a stuffie collection. They even won a Good Housekeeping Best Toy Award, with testers praising the look, the size and how cuddly they are. There are more than 20 Soda Pop Plush to choose from, including favorites like Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Eevee, Bounsweet and Mudkip.
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Snorlax Squishmallow
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For those kids (or adults?) who've always dreamed of resting against a snoozing Snorlax, they finally have their chance now that the ultra-collectible and super-squeezable Squishmallows plush has a Pokémon line. They come in several sizes and also other Pokémon forms, including Dragonite, Fuecoco, Belibolt and others. Ages 3+
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Pokémon Labyrinth Game
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Credit: RavensburgerIt's the classic family board game of Labyrinth, but with a Pokémon twist! Instead of collecting treasures inside the maze, this time players have to catch their favorite Pokémon to win. It still requires the same strategy and critical-thinking skills befitting the best Pokémon trainers. Ages 7+
MEGA Forest Pokémon Center Building Set
This nearly-650-piece set is a challenge to build, but when it's done they'll have a Pokémon center that opens to a play set and has lots of features like a rotating door or a platform to stand on that makes the figures look like they're moving. "It had a lot of cool things you could do with it, like spin a Poké Ball around in a machine," one 8-year-old tester said. "I liked the characters that came with it too." Ages 8+
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ColourPop Evolution Ultra Glossy Lip Set
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Jolteon, Flareon and Vaporeon provide the inspiration for this set of ultra-shiny lip gloss. It's part of the Colourpop Pokémon collection, which also has eyeshadows, blushes, lip masks and other fun Pokémon-inspired cosmetics.
Pokémon Origami
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Use Pokémon as a sneaky way to get kids into a creative art project. This book comes with special sheets of Pokémon origami paper and instructions to make 10 different Pokémon. It's a great activity to have on-hand for a rainy day. Ages 7+
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Pokémon Lite-Brite Super Bright HD
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Credit: Basic FunThe retro fun of Lite-Brite meets the Pokémon world in one super-fun toy. Kids can use templates to make different Pokémon-themed designs, or just follow their own creativity. Ages 6+
Pokémon TCG Scarlet & Violet Stellar Crown Elite Trainer Box
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This collector's box is sure to please fans who love to collect the cards, since it comes with nine booster packs and a full-art foil promo card. The also set comes with loads of goodies for card players, including card sleeves, damage-counter dice, and acrylic status markers. Ages 6+
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Pokémon TCG: Battle Academy 2024
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Credit: The Pokémon CompanyFor kids who are interested in learning how to play the trading card game, this set breaks the rules down step-by-step, and even walks players through the first few turns. It also comes with three decks, so they can dive into gameplay right away. A previous version of the game, with older decks, won a Good Housekeeping Best Toy Award in 2021, and an even more simplified version for beginners, My First Battle, offers easy rules for beginners. Ages 6+
Crocs Classic Pokémon Clogs
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Whether you get them in adult sizes or in kids' sizes, in clog form or sandal form, you'll be able to walk to the nearest Pokémon Center in style in comfort with these Pokémon-patterned Crocs. Don't forget to accessorize with Pokémon Jibbitz shoe charms, which come with tons of other creatures.
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For Poké Plush Collectors
Pokémon Paldea First Partner Plush 3-Pack
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Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet introduce three new starters — which means new Poké plushes to go with them! What's their type? If they're into grass types, there's Sprigatito, the whimsical grass cat. Fire-type trainers will flip for Fuecoco, the fire croc! And water-types are sure to choose Quaxley, the water duckling. Luckily, with this set, they don't have to choose — they get all three! Ages 3+
Poké Ball Waffle Maker
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One way to jazz up a boring breakfast? Turn waffles into Poké Balls! The outside of this waffle maker looks like a standard Poké Ball — and it makes the waffles inside look like one, too. You can also get ones that make the waffles look like Pikachu, Squirtle, Charizard, Bulbasaur, Charmander or Eevee.
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Electronic Die-Cast Poké Ball Replica
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Hardcore Pokémon collectors will flip for this high-quality replica Poké Ball made by The Wand Company. Its metal shell is actually sensitive to proximity, and the button glows when it senses motion. It looks impressive sitting on a shelf or in a collector's case, and it comes in other versions, like the Heal Ball, Premier Ball or Ultra Ball, among others.
Crayola Squirtle Art Case
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Credit: CrayolaThere are more than 75 pieces in this case designed to get their creativity flowing. They can color in their favorite characters, and then adorn their creations with Pokémon stickers. It comes with 24 crayons, 20 markers, 16 coloring pages, three character standees and more. Ages 5+
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Pokémon Train and Play Deluxe Pikachu
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Credit: JazwaresThis little Pikachu packs a whopping 50 unique reactions, including movements, sounds and lights, so it really feels like it's responding to its training. It also has different reactions when you give it one of its two different berries. Ages 4+
Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook
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Credit: ScholasticIf they're the type of fan that needs to know everything about every Pokémon, this all-encompassing, new-in-2024 encyclopedia will tell them all they need to know about more than 1,000 Pokémon, including move sets, evolutions and regions. Be warned: It's heavy! Ages 7+
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Booster Packs With Eraser
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If you're looking for just-a-little-something as a pick-me-up for the Pokémon fan in your life, this little set could be just what they need. It comes with two booster packs — one from Scarlet and Violet, and one from Paldea Evolved — plus a character eraser featuring one of two Paldean Pokémon, either Smoliv or Lechonk. Ages 6+
Bulbasaur Planter
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Bulbaur is a grass type; it's only fitting that it would make a perfect planter. At about four inches high, it's the right size for a succulent or an air plant.
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Kids' Pokémon Digital Watch
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They'll always want to be on time when they get to wear this stylish Pokémon kids' watch! When they press the button on the side, lights spin around the watch bezel. It's also easy to set and read.
Carry Case Play Set
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Do the little trainers in your life need a place to battle with their two-inch figures? This play set gives them all the landscapes they need, including a battle arena, a cave with a hidden entrance, a water area with a whirlpool that spins and a treetop with a trap door. When they're done, it folds up into a backpack! There's also a desert landscape version and a beach battle version. Ages 4+

Marisa (she/her) has covered all things parenting, from the postpartum period through the empty nest, for Good Housekeeping since 2018; previously, she wrote about parents and families at Parents and Working Mother. She lives with her toy-collecting husband and daughter in Brooklyn, where she can be found helping out her team at bar trivia or posting about movies on Twitter and Bluesky.
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