With just over a month until Christmas Day, the Dads Choice Award entries, help parents pick out some cracking Christmas presents with the confidence that they’ve already made the grade. The 2021 Winners were chosen because each had creativity, fun factor, value for money and impressed a selection of Dad testers and their children.
Eleven products grabbed the attention of the testers and were deemed worthy of the highest award. A further eight were given a Highly Commended Award and six received the Commended Award for 2021.
The 11 Winners that impressed across the board are: Scalextric ARC AIR GT Challenge (Mercedes GT3 v Ford GT GTE); Little Tikes T-Rex Truck; Trends UK Science Mad Digital Metal Detector; Golden Bear Windy Bums Panda, Monkey and Unicorn; Orchard Toys Wiggly Words Game; Build Your Own Mini Build – Ladybird; HUE Animation Hue Animation Studio; Marvin’s Magic Marvin’s 30 Amazing Magic Pens; Viga Toys Balancing Game – Space; McMiller Entertainment UpRoar!; and Tig Tag’s Tig Tag.
The Highly Commended Winners are: Asmodee BrainBox: Football; Scalextric’s Micro Scalextric Batman vs Joker Set Battery Powered Race Set; Trends UK Big Box of Magic Set; Alpha Animation Safari Park Track Set; Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Shopping Cart; Zuru Rainbocorns Fairycorn Surprise (Series 4); Exploding Kittens Exploding Minions; and Golden Bear Smart Ball Counter Football.
The Commended Winners are: Asmodee Ticket to Ride Europe; Zuru X-Shot Excel Crusher; Hornby/Airfix Small Starter Set Supermarine Spitfire; Playmonster UK My Living World Bug Photography Kit; MGA Entertainment Rainbow High Fashion Doll – River Kendall; and Corgi CS90629 Flying Aces F-35 Lightning.
What the winners said….
Dale Luckhurst of Hornby/Airfix: “We are delighted our Small Starter Set Supermarine Spitfire has been chosen as a Commended Winner in the 2021 Dad’s Choice Awards. Thank you to the ‘Dad testers’, judges, and the entire team for helping us spread the joy that is model building by selecting our product as one of your winners. What a fantastic selection of toys and games you have chosen for this year’s awards. Sometimes the best ‘dad gift’ is one he gets to share with his children, and this starter set is the perfect choice for that. This easy-to-build Spitfire is ideal for modellers of all skills and a great starting point for anyone wanting to get involved in the hobby, not to mention fun for all the family!â€
Julie Ball of Alpha Animation: “Chuggington fans will be excited to get their hands on the new Safari Park Track Set – as seen in the Cbeebies TV series. We are thrilled to be celebrating our UK launch of this product with an accreditation from Dad’s Choice in such a competitive category.â€
Marvin Berglas of Marvin’s Magic: “We are delighted that our innovative range of art and craft with a touch of magic inspires fun, creativity and magic! What more could you want? Marvin’s Magic are famous for award-winning products that entertain, inspire and amaze. Winning The Dad’s Choice Award is a great honour.â€
Golden Bear: ‘The Windy Bums Team at Golden Bear Toys are so happy to hear that we’re a winner at the Dad’s Choice Awards this year. Everyone knows Dads can be a little gassy… so we aren’t surprised they are drawn to our brand-new giggling farting plush. We hope that Windy Bums are providing lots of fun, laughs and giggles to Dads and their kids everywhere, and will continue to do so with our new characters in 2022!’
The award-winning entries can be seen in detail at www.dadschoiceawards.co.uk. The Dads Choice Awards are open to any toy, game, puzzle, app, or electronic device which meets the category criteria. The toys must be released in the UK and available for sale between January 1 2021, and before December 312021, and should be suitable for children aged 0 to 14 years. Full criteria and fees can be found on the website.
