41 Budget Toys Under $30 That Keep Kids Entertained

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Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza — a card game you can play together as a family. Hope your little ones are ready for endless giggles (and for the grand reveal of your super competitive nature...yikes).
Crayola Globbles, a fun lil' toy they can use to burn off some steam when they need a quick mental break from their homework. Don't worry, they won't leave residue on your walls.
A set of Crayola Scribble Scrubbie pets little ones can use over and over — they can color the lil' creatures all shades of the rainbow, toss 'em in the toy tub for a good scrubbing, then do it all again!
An LCD writing tablet that'll save you from constantly being asked "can you get me paper and markers?" Little ones can take this with them anywhere and create endless multicolored drawings that can be easily erased so they can draw something new whenever the mood strikes.
An activity pad to show little ones how to correctly use scissors — a skill we *all* could likely work on, TBH. It comes with safety scissors (obviously) and a book filled with mazes, puzzles, animal art, sequencing activities, and more!
A solar-powered DIY robot kit, you don't have to send your kiddo to a fancy STEM camp to get the *gears* in their head turning. This one kit will let them make 12 different robots!
A flower-building activity set they can use to create a beautiful garden of their own even if it's absolutely dreary outside — and they can do it without going near any soil (a parenting win, TBH).
An interactive The Floor is Lava game that'll get you and your kiddos out of your seat and bouncin' around the house — in a good way!
A construction-themed folding play set complete with kinetic sand, a dump truck, a working crane, a wrecking ball, and bucket attachments to keep kiddos entertained for houuuuurs — it even includes a carrying kit to contain the mess to one space (ideally).
A marble run set that'll help kiddos work on their problem-solving skills while also having an a-maze-ing time crafting endless structures for their marbles to race through.
A Quick Push Game Console designed to help kids improve their reflexes, memory, and concentration skills — despite its teeny handheld size, there are four different ways to play with this lil' device!
An adorable wooden piano that plays real music and includes six sets of beginner "sheet music" so your mini Beethoven can slowly but surely learn some tunes (or, you know, just bang away happily on the keys).
A roll of road tape your kids can use to turn the house into a Formula 1–level racetrack. Might as well put the many (many!) cars they've accumulated to good use — watch out, Lewis Hamilton!
An ocean-themed coloring book from Coco Wyo (a TikTok-famous brand known for creating the most adorable coloring books) featuring big, easy-to-color pictures that kids and adults can work on together.
A LeapFrog 100 Words Book that'll interact with your eager-to-learn little one and teach them all kinds of useful words in both English and Spanish!
A Blippi Tonie for the kiddo that already has (and loves) their Toniebox — chances are they'd squeal "B-L-I-P-P-I!" with delight the moment they pull this guy out of their stocking. And, yes, it does include a snippet of "The Excavator Song."
"I Can Write" Lilo & Stitch activity mats starring 12 different activities and two dry erase markers, so two kiddos can work on it together. Since it uses wipeable markers, they can use it again and again to practice writing their letters, numbers, and more.
A pack of parachute toys they'll love tossing from the second floor and watching float down over and over without pestering you to help them untangle them — a win for you both!
A set of 500+ puffy stickers any crafty kiddo would squeal with delight about — fear not, they actually don't leave any residue and unstick very easily!!!
A pack of Mega Bloks for wild toddlers who love nothing more than making towers and then knocking them down like they're a tiny King Kong terrorizing the city.
A Fisher-Price kitchen playset complete with a pretend tablet, recipe cards, play food pieces, kitchen equipment, and a fabric bag for storing and hauling ingredients — your kiddo is tired of standing by the sidelines as you meal prep, they want in on the fun!
An interactive Fingerlings baby monkey — it'll make kiddos feel like they've *finally* won over mom and dad and secured a pet of their very own! It's filled with sensors that respond to touch and features 70+ sounds and reactions. Also... it's just really darn adorable.
A splash pad you'll thank your lucky stars for when it's hotter than the sun itself outside and your kids are looking for a way to have fun and cool down.
A beginner's drawing book designed to help kids learn how to draw flowers, plants, and botanicals — they'll have the best time learning a new skill and practicing by asking anyone they meet, "What's your favorite flower?" then learning to illustrate it on the spot.
Plus, double-sided layering markers that they can use to create all kinds of whimsical artwork. You're going to need to invest in some more magnets to hang all of these beauties on the fridge.
A 5-pound bucket of Crayola Air Dry Clay that'll let your tyke moonlight as a pottery-making artiste for a bit — for less than 15 bucks, you'll get a whooooole lot of summer entertainment. I hope you have room on your shelves to display all of their work!
A mosaic photo frame kit for your tween who has been getting the redecoration bug — you know, when you start to itch to change the entire look of your bedroom (for most of us, that just meant moving our twin bed to the other side of the room while dripping sweat). Anyways, this cute craft will let them be creative and add some new decor to their space.
A light-up flying orb that'll make them feel like tiny David Blaine. It's basically a fidget spinner for tech fiends — it has built-in lighting, a boomerang effect, and can be thrown at a variety of angles and speeds!
A tiny bakeshop party kit complete with miniature tools, a faux oven (that you actually "bake" the creation in via microwave), six cake mixes, sprinkles, and frosting packets to encourage your wanna-be baker to create the cutest little desserts — no stove or electric mixer required!
Sensory "Jelly Blox" that'll keep the younger tykes in your home busy long enough for you to put together an iced coffee and get the day started. The kit comes with 20 different blocks they'll love squishing, stacking, and playing with daily. They also won't make you scream loud enough for the neighbors to hear if you step on one — worth every penny.
Scavenger hunt cards for the days when the weather is not cooperative enough to take your tykes outdoors — it'll send them on a "secret mission" to find "treasure" around the house. (And keep them out of your hair!)
A Melissa and Doug On the Go Water Wow! Reusable Water-Reveal Activity Pad you'll want to tell all of your parenting friends about. Fill the water pen, set it up on an outdoor surface, and let your kiddo go to town coloring (and making a wet mess, if they so choose). When the pages dry, they can do it all over again!
Silly Poopy's Hide and Seek — which is pretty much exactly what you'd think it is. It's a rainbow, light-up poop-shaped toy littles can take turns hiding throughout the house. It'll shout out clues and play a song when it's finally found!
A massive 160-piece pack of sidewalk chalk they'll be *so* excited over they might just forget to pester you about extra screen time — encourage them to create all kinds of art at the playground or leave funny pictures for passersby.
A sea shell art and crafts kit featuring glow-in-the-dark paint for the tiny Picasso in your home that would love nothing more than to create their own beachy masterpiece.
A rainbow kite you and your family can break out and live your best Mary Poppins life (as long as there's enough of a breeze). Alexa, play "Let's Go Fly a Kite."
A Craft-tastic "Make a Fox Friend" kit that'll teach budding designers the basics of sewing and help them create a wardrobe for their new stuffed pal.
A giant bubble kit, so enchanting, even the most angsty of kids won't be able to resist giving them a go. It even comes with two packets of biodegradable bubble solution and a tips and tricks booklet to help you make the best (and biggest!) bubbles ever.
And a bubble machine that'll have your toddler scoffing at the old handheld bubble wands they're used to seeing — this one will take playtime to the next level without filling the house with extra noise.
A ring toss set to help all the neighborhood kiddos work on their hand-eye coordinator and encourage some ~friendly~ competition.
Flickin' Chicken — a game that will have your family cackling from the first time you play. Players are encouraged to make up their own rules so you'll have a different experience every time. Boredom? I don't know her.