Are you shopping for the best Stem gifts and toys for your kids this holiday season? Here you’ll find what’s new and recommended for 2023 as well as the best classic STEM ideas for kids. Discover robots, building blocks, science kits, circuitry, math games, and more! This is the best list of science, technology, engineering, and math toys and gifts curated by a teacher for parents who want double-duty gifts that are both fun and educational.
2023 Stem Gifts for Kids
From the newest STEM toys for kids to hit the market to the favorite classics, these amazing educational gifts and toys will give children a big value with both fun and learning.
1- My First Puppy & Kitty
ages 1+
Piece 2 bricks together to make each pet, then pay with them. The pets make sounds with two sounds bricks.
2- LEGO DUPLO Wild Animals of South America
ages 2+
Build a jungle and play with a crocodile, 2 monkeys, a sloth, a baby jaguar, a toucan and alpaca, plus trees, rocks waterfall in a 3-dimensional jungle playmat.
3- Intro to Tools & Building
ages 3+
Learn how to use a hammer, screwdriver, and wrench, and the basic engineering principles behind how these tools work. This set develops fine motor skills, visual-spatial skills, and reasoning.
3- Design & Drill Flower Power Studio
ages 3+
How fun is this kid-friendly drill, plates, and bolts? Match the included designs or create your pictures, patterns, and shapes.
4- Design & Drill Bolt Buddies Barn
ages 3+
Use a kid-safe toy drill to build a farm with crops, fences, and animal friends.
5- Construction Site Folding Sandbox Playset
ages 3+
Open up the Construction Site to reveal a contained play space! When you’re finished playing, the sandbox easily folds up and fits everything inside for storage or portable play! Wheel the dump truck around the site and use the truck’s 3-brick mold in the back to build brick walls.
6- eeBoo Making Change Game
ages 5+
50 cards, paper money, and coins will help kids learn to subtract and make changes.
7- LEGO Mickey Castle
ages 4+
Do you like castles and Disney? Build a medieval castle for Mickey and his friends, including a buildable dragon.
8- LEGO Classic Around the World
ages 4+
Kids will love this LEGO collection of 950 bricks for creative building and play plus find directions for 15 models.
9- Elmer’s Color Slime Kit
ages 5+
This kit contains all the ingredients you need to make colorful slime– and who doesn’t want to do that
10- GeoSafari Ant Factory
ages 5+
Don’t worry–this is escape-proof habitat. Set up the ant factory to learn about habitats, feeding, and behavior. (Please use the ants you can order in the mail — it will be a disaster if you don’t.)
