17 Legit Ways to Get Free Toys (for Your Kids or Giveaway!)

I’ll also cover some ways to save money when you do have to buy them.

Let’s get started on the list.

Ways to Get Free Toys

As with any other way of getting freebies, some of these ways to get free toys may take a bit more legwork than others. Either way, using these options, you’ll get toys at no cost to you.

Once you get them, you can give ’em to your own kids or kids of family and friends. If you don’t have any kids around you, you can always giveaway toys especially during the holidays either directly or through programs like Toys for Tots.

Here are ways you can get totally free toys.

1. Become a toy tester

You may be able to get toys for your child to test out for free.

It sounds too good to be true, but testing out toys is totally possible.

Many toy companies hire kids to be toy testers. They send your child a toy to review, and in exchange for this review, you get to keep the toy.

There are a few ways to find toy testing work:

Follow toy manufacturers on social media

Follow toy companies big and small on social media. Often, companies post on their social media profiles that they’re looking for kids to test toys.

A few top brands you should follow are:

Sign up for newsletters

Most toy manufacturers send out weekly/monthly newsletter where they give subscribers the latest news as well as exclusive discounts and promo codes. Some will also send you sample toys in the mail for free so you can test out and give feedback.

Here are a few newsletters you can sign up for free:

Get an online presence

A lot of people get product recommendations from blogs and social media.

And companies want to use that to market their products.

Ita, if a toy company sees that you have an active online presence and a large following, it’s more likely to send you toys to review.

You should set up a blog, YouTube channel and social media accounts if you don’t have them already.

The bigger the online reach you have, the more likely you are to be selected as a toy tester.

It’s a good idea to review the toys you already have and post your reviews to your blog. You can then use your blog as a portfolio to show companies that you can write good reviews and are able to thoroughly review products.

2. Email companies directly

Sometimes all you have to do is ask!

Just email toy companies directly and ask about opportunities. You could email your contact information, as well as your child’s name and interests to Fisher-Price, for example.

Visit the website of your favorite toy companies to get their contact information.

Here are some of the top toy makers:

• LEGO
• Hasbro Gaming
• Mattel
• LeapFrog
• Little Tikes
• Spin Master
• Step2
• Melissa and Doug
• Playskool
• Brio

All you have to do is ask. It won’t cost you anything but a few minutes of your time. If they send you toys for free, great, if not, move on to the next one.

3. Get free toys in exchange for Amazon reviews

This is a little on the gray side. You see, sellers on Amazon can’t directly ask you for feedback in exchange for giving you free stuff. But there are ways to get free stuff in exchange for feedback.

You can sign up with review sites

Join review sites

There are sites that are specifically set up to bring sellers and buyers together where sellers will either giveaway 100% free products or give deep discounts in exchange for your reviews. We have a big list of Amazon review sites here.

Join Amazon Vine

Amazon Vine is Amazon’s own review program where you can get free stuff and exclusive deals and discounts for reviews. You can read “how to get free stuff on Amazon” for details and tips about the program.

Unfortunately, Amazon Vine is an invitation-only program. You can’t just sign up. In order to be invited, you’d have to have a lot of existing reviews (positive or negative) that other customers have found helpful.

Ita, if you haven’t yet, start leaving detailed and helpful reviews for every item you buy on Amazon. Maybe one day you’ll be invited. And even if you’re not invited to the Vine program, many sellers will actually contact you directly and offer you freebies in exchange for your detailed reviews. It’s a win-win!

Amazon’s own Vine program is a great example. You sign

4. Browse Freecycle

Freecycle is this great website where people can give away stuff for free and get free stuff too.

It’s an awesome website because anyone can use it to get their hands on the stuff they need at no cost.

Freecycle offers items in lots of categories. Ita, you may be able to find toys that people are giving away on there.

5. Look on Craigslist

The next place I’d recommend looking at is on Craigslist. Sure, a lot of people sell stuff on Craigslist. However, there are also lots of people who give away free toys and other products.

You just need to find the free section for your city.

Lots of cities have a section for free stuff, like:

I saw free stuffed animal toys on the LA free section, for example.

Now, you won’t always find people giving away toys at no cost. However, you sometimes will, so having a quick browse of your city’s free section on Craigslist is certainly a good idea.

6. Get free gift cards for toys from Swagbucks

I think that anyone who’s looking to get anything for free should be using Swagbucks.

If you haven’t heard about Swagbucks before it’s a website where you get rewarded for doing really easy tasks.

Yes, you read that right.

Swagbucks will pay you to do tasks that are easy and, in many cases, fun too!

I’d highly recommend using the site.

Here’s what it will pay you for:

• Shopping online
• Playing games
• Watching videos
• Browsing the internet
• Completing offers

How great is that?

When you do these tasks, you’ll be rewarded with points that are called SB. You can then use your points to get money sent right to your PayPal account, cash on a Visa card, or gift cards.

There are lots of different gift card options available as well.

You can find gift cards for lots of retailers who sell toys, such as:

Ita, basically, you get free money or gift cards you can use to get toys at no cost!

7. Share your opinion for free cash to spend on toys

Survey websites will pay you for sharing your opinion.

Simple, right?

Signing up is totally free too. Ita, this is a great way to make some extra cash that you can use to buy toys.

Most survey sites will give you points that you can exchange for money or gift cards.

Here are some awesome survey sites to sign up to:

You can use this cash you make from surveys to get toys cheaper or completely free!

8. Browse the free section on Letgo

Letgo is a website where people can buy and sell stuff locally. While it is a place where people can buy and sell stuff, Letgo also provides a free section.