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Posted at 02:22 PM ET, 11/18/2011

The best toys for the holiday season

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OuterSpace Biodome (DuneCraft) From elsewhere in The Post: If your child has a green thumb, an OuterSpace Biodome may be the perfect holiday gift. Raising a budding fashion designer? Try giving Jewlery Boutique Beads. Students in the Washington area tested almost 100 toys for the KidsPost Holiday Toy Test. After the jump, flip through the gallery to see some of their favorites.

View Photo Gallery: Who can better judge what’s a great toy than a roomful of kids? So KidsPost asked students at 10 schools in the Washington area to test nearly 100 toys for us. Here are the ones that made their “playlist.”

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