There are lots of neat new things for young boys this year. If you are struggling for unique gift ideas, we have some of the standard “hottest toys” on our list, along with so many other things. We have a few video game-related items, but there are many other neat things that will keep your young boys exploring.
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1. Slackers Ninjaline
Active kids will love to train like a Ninja with our patented Slackers NinjaLine Intro Kit with 7 Hanging Obstacles. This Ninjaline allows the versatility of moving the obstacles further apart as your skills improve as well as includes obstacles that vary in skill level. kids can change the order of the obstacles to create endless patterns. Easy installation and take down means that you can take your training with you to the park, to a friend’s house, or wherever you need to train. This kit includes a convenient storage bag for easy portability and storage. We use 56’ x 2”, 6,000 lb professional slackline webbing so the Ninjaline can be used as Slackline to help build your kids’ balance and agility. Our exclusive ratchet has reinforced steel and the handle has a comfort TPR rubberized grip. Our sewn pockets are complete double length for extra durability. The intro kit has 18 sewn in pockets so you can space your included obstacles out for more difficulty or add more to your line. All obstacles include 6,000 lb. steel hanging delta safety clips and use UV resistant nylon rope with safety buckle attachment.
2. Kaboom Explosive Combustion Science Lab Kit
You kids will love discovering the excitement of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math with 25 plus hands-on experiments with this Kaboom Explosive Combustion Science Lab Kit. You kids can make rockets from a chemical reaction or a balloon, make fizzy bombs, make a fun explosive bag, and create a color explosion. The reality-filled colorful lab guide is chock-full of pictures and information for hours of fun for your own combustion lab! This kit is meant for kids 8 and up.
3. Razor DeltaWing Drifting Scooter
Get your kids playing outside with this super cool DeltaWing Razor drifting scooter steps up to the next level of three-wheel action. Its drop frame, large pneumatic front tire and low-angle rear casters make the self-propelled DeltaWing a powerful yet smooth side-to-side ride, to shred sidewalks and carve up the pavement in style. Your kids can wing it, drift it, spin like crazy. Standing or sitting, Razor’s awesome three-wheel machines produce a crazy ride style that’s easy to learn. You’ll be freestyling in no time. Rip it up with a Razor ride-on.
4. Brainbolt Game
You kids will love challenging their brain by memorizing the light sequence with this highly-reviewed Brainbolt game from Educational Insights. From grade-school to the old-school, the whole family can get in on the fun of BrainBolt for memory enhancing solo-play and a shockingly cool multiplayer mode for one-on-one battles. This game is great to take on-the-go. Get your game on in the car, on the plane, and anywhere you want to play. Turn off the sound or crank it up for maximum fun. BrainBolt is a classic hand-held-can’t-seem-to-put-it-down game that goes wherever you go. This game is great for kids ages 7 and up.
5. Laser X Fusion Laser Tag Set
Now your kids can play laser tag at home or outside in the yard with these all new guns with a longer range. Your boys will love these all new, Laser X Fusion blasters. They have a 250-foot range, and come with a spotting scope and flashlight accessories. Additionally, players can add on a long-range adapter to increase their blasting range to more than 500 feet, or a wide-range adapter that allows them to blast multiple players simultaneously. Laser X Fusion features new and advanced features, including front and back receivers and a Blast Blocker that offers players three seconds of invincibility during play. All Laser X products are compatible. This set includes: 2 Laser X Fusion Blasters, 1 Front Vest, 1 Micro Receiver, 1 Long-Range Adapter, 1 Wide-Range Adapter, Spotting Scope and Accessory Cord. These are recommended for kids age 6 and up.
6. Hexbug Robotic Soccer Arena
Your boys age 8 and up will love this new twist on soccer! The HEXBUG Robotic Soccer Arena features a realistic fold-out game board, two authentic goal posts, as well as snap-together walls to help in keeping your game contained. Also included are two individual remote controlled HEXBUG Robotic Soccer Singles with assorted decals, so you can customize your player! Your little robot can shoot, score, and the crowd goes wild! All the fun of soccer is now miniaturized, and in your hands!
7. Ditto Babble Bot Robot
Your younger boys will love this super cool and affordable metal robot that he can pose. This little robot is a perfect toy to take on-the-go as Ditto is just 4.5 inches. See why Ditto has everyone talking! This die-cast metal robot toy is designed with 11 posable joints, flashing LED eyes and a voice that’ll get you giggling. Introduce yourself and see what happens! Just Tap Ditto’s button twice and talk – this cool kids robot toy repeats everything you say! Ditto the robot comes in 3 great colors and is made of die-cast metal for that real robot feel.
8. Cut the Wire Game
Cut The Wire is a fun game of luck and your kids will love the suspense! You are challenged to defuse the device as quickly as possible by testing each of the wires. The aim of the game is to figure out which wire is the special defuse wire! Take turns to review the clues that flash up on the device and then have a go at cutting the wire. Turn the game of Cut The Wire up a notch by switching from classic mode to timed mode. While playing in timed mode, each player has only 15 seconds to take their turn. If a player doesn’t make a move in time, the device will explode and the player will be eliminated. Stay calm, listen to the clues and diffuse the device before it explodes! This cool game is great for kids ages 6 and up.
9. Fat Brain Toys Door Pong
This fun game is based on the design of the 2017 Kidventor Competition winner. Fat Brain Toys Door Pong is the game of ping pong without the table! Your kids can easily attach the clamp to the top of any doorway, turn the dial to adjust the length of the string, and then serve up hours of active indoor fun. Their goal is to hit the ball back to your opponent every time without missing – But more than a game, Door Pong is a fascinating, skill-strengthening activity to enjoy with a friend. It enhances hand-eye coordination, concentration, reflexes, cooperation, and more… Open the door to a truly ideal active-play delight with Door Pong! This cool game can be played alone or with a friend.
10. Stomp Rocket Stunt Planes
Stomp Rockets has been super popular for years and now there is Stomp Rocket Stunt Planes. This set encourages kids to get outside and get active and these will be entertainment for the entire family and 100% kid powered means no batteries required. Watch them Run, Jump, Stomp! This set comes with three different planes-one that does loops, one that soars and one that performs tricks. Stunt Planes enables kids to experiment in variety of different ways to learn about trajectory, force and aerodynamics. Change the angle of flight with the adjustable launch stand, fly into a head wind or with a tail wind, and more to change how these Stunt Planes fly!
11. Osmo Hotwheels Mind Racers
Your kids will love taking their Hot Wheel cars from the real world to the virtual world with the Osmo Hotwheels Mind Racers game. Listen as real Hot Wheels cars rev their engines at the starting line, and send them shooting down the ramp to start the race. Now the high-speed competition is on screen, as your cars race through amazing digital worlds. Throw down game tokens to control your car’s actions and beat the competition. First across the finish line is the undisputed champion of the universe — until the next race! Works with iPad 2–4, iPad Mini, iPad Air, & iPad Pro 9.7 inch and the included Osmo iPad Base. This game can be purchased with or without the ipad base.
12. Flybar Trick Board
The super fun Flybar Pogo Trick Board is a new twist on a retro classic. It is easy to learn and easy to get going. Just fill the pogo ball with the included pump and kids will be smiling and jumping in no time. It is made of a strong elastic plastic that flexes enough to bounce high and do tricks and is able to hold up to 160 lbs. It comes with custom grip tape that will give your kids ultimate control and balance. The Flybar Pogo Trick Board comes in lots of cool color combinations.
13. Timmy Failure Books
My boys love these cute Timmy Failure Books from New York Times bestselling author Stephan Pastis and are several of these adventurous books to choose from. His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs: for starters, academic probation. The coveted Miracle Report is the key to everything, including a good grade. It’s dirty business. It’s best you know nothing. But one thing is for sure: Timmy Failure will be triumphant again!
14. Neon Flash Scooter
The Neon Flash Scooter gives a quiet ride and with flare with it’s cool LED deck and motion-powered wheels. With it’s Reflective Deck featuring a Neon under glow, your kids can’t help but be noticed wherever they go. The Neon under glow is reflected onto the deck from the dynamic ultra-bright LED wheels which light up as soon as you take off. Neon Flash by Yvolution is a strong and durable scooter with a lightweight aluminum frame, perfect for quick and easy transportation.
15. Ultra Dash Game
Designed for kids ages 6 and up, this super fun Ultra Dash Game is a fast-paced game that challenges kids to match the color of a flashing light to the color of a target as fast as possible. Ultra Dash is a test of speed, agility, and reaction. Set out the targets to design your course, press the button on the tagger to choose your game and players, then race to match the color of the flashes with the targets!
16. MindWare Q-BA-MAZE 2.0 Mega Stunt Set
You will love the open-ended creativity your kids will get with this MindWare Q-BA-MAZE 2.0 Mega Stunt Set. This is a fantastic playset for teaching children ages 6 and up to embrace their creativity and design engineering marvels. With 56 cubes consisting of 3 different designs to be used as scaffolding, ramps, paths, and much more, this playset is perfect for any young builder looking to improve hand-eye coordination, problem solving with basic physics, and planning skills. In no time at all you’ll have a skilled architect on your hands! I love this mega stunting set, but there are more sets available for purchase if you want add on to this set.
17. Klutz Lego Make Your Own Movie and Klutz Lego Ninjago Drawing Set
Kids age 8 and up will love these newest Klutz Lego themed sets. Your kids will learn how to make their own stop motion movies with the Klutz Make Your Own Movie set. Your kids can bring your LEGO mini figures to life with this beginner-friendly guide to stop-motion animation. Ten “mini movies” walk you through using a phone, tablet, or computer to make short, funny clips with step-by-step instructions. Set the stage with any of the six included background settings and Thirty-six LEGO elements including a pizza, banana, baseball cap, six mini figure heads, and more! plus, learn the tricks of the trade as you dive into more advanced skills, such as lighting, sound effects, and camera angles. With these tips and tricks, every movie you make is guaranteed to be a successful smash hit.
Your kids will love this step-by-step tutorial on how to draw their favorite characters with the Klutz Lego Ninjago Drawing set. They can train their fingers with beginner-friendly draw-in-the-blank pages, tracing activities, and easy Inking and coloring practice sections. Then they can practice artist-approved techniques to sketch, ink, and color right inside the book, using the included mechanical pencil, black marker, block eraser, and colored pencils. With the proper training, they’ll master drawing your favorite ninjas, villains, and more.
18. Anki Overdrive
My boys just love this highly-reviewed Anki Overdrive Racing Set and it has been a hit with my kids. These aren’t just cars. They’re robots programmed for battle. Control them with your smart device and take down opponents with an array of weapons, from plasma cannons to flame throwers. It’s pulse-pounding play, made possible through state-of-the-art tech and it’s an experience unlike anything else. A mobile device is needed to play Anki Overdrive, so be sure to check if you have a compatible device. This set is great for boys age 8, but would be fun for younger boys under supervision.
19. Wet Head Game
My kids love this super fun Wet Head game. The concept is simple-it is a water roulette game. Fill Wet Head with cold water, strap on the water filled Wet Head, spin the spinner and follow the instructions on the spinner based on where the arrow lands. spin the top and pull out any one of the rods. If you stay dry, pass Wet Head to the next player. Make Wet Head the perfect game for any season by adjusting the amount of water you use to play. Fill Wet Head to brim when outside in the summer heat. Bring the fun indoors for winter by using a minimal amount of water. Summer or winter, the question remains the same, “Will you be the next Wet Head”.
20. Space Scooter Jr.
Discover a new way to move! For children aged five and above, they can experience a fun and new way of scootering. The unique movement lets your little ones feel like they are walking on the moon as they have fun outdoors! The extremely durable Space Scooter Jr. features a super silent drive system, vibration absorber and hand break. Suitable for children aged five and over it and can take a maximum weight of 132lbs. Unlike most traditional scooters, it folds for easy carrying and storage. Larger kids will love the full-sized Space Scooter.
21. Learning Resources Code and Go Mouse Activity Set
New for 2016 comes the STEM Robot Mouse Coding Activity Set, the perfect way to introduce children as young as five to important STEM concepts like coding, critical thinking, and more. With Colby, the Programmable Robot Mouse, kids will have hours of fun while they learn to build their own mazes, and then program the mouse to get the cheese. This deluxe set includes maze grids, maze walls, tunnels, a robot mouse, and materials to help guide the play. It’s a fun, easy, and affordable way to add an hour of code, or more, into your home or classroom. This activity is great for kids ages 5 and up.
22. Blankie Tails Shark Blanket
Your tweens will love snuggling on the couch with these cool Blankie Tails Shark Blankets. Blankie Tails™ are perfect for movie nights, sleepover, camping, road trips and just hanging out with friends and family. They come in kid size or adult and teen size.
23. Action Plates Drawing Playset
I loved fashion plates when I was little and now they have this cute set for boys. Get ready to design your own amazing action heroes with this Action Plates Drawing Playset! Create and color endless combinations of comic style characters with this super new take on the classic rubbing plate drawing set. From jet packs to rocket boots, to super capes and robotic arms, you have the tools to draw a hero or villain to suit any adventure your imagination can dream up!
24. National Geographic Break Open 10 Geodes Kit
Everyone in your family will enjoy cracking open geodes with this exciting earth science kit. This fun National Geographic Break Open 10 Geodes Kit is a great activity for kids ages 5 and up. With 10 geodes of supreme quality, the whole family can take part in discovering the amazing crystal treasures inside. Geodes are incredible hollow rocks that are formed by volcanic eruptions. The included learning guide will teach you all about these unbelievable natural wonders and the crystals you’ll discover when you break them open.
25. Dr. Eureka Logic Game
Your boys will love this cool game of logic. The brilliant Dr. Eureka has important experiments for you to complete! Pick a challenge card, 3 test tubes and 6 colorful balls to solve his scientific formula. Carefully move your materials from tube to tube without dropping them and position the balls as illustrated on the challenge card. This game is a great, hand-on, dexterity-based, brainteaser that can be played with friends or by yourself.
26. VTech Kidizoom Action Cam
The highly-reviewed VTech Kidizoom Action Cam
27. Playskool Heroes Star Wars Galactic Heroes Millennium Falcon and Figures
Your young Star Wars fans will love this Playskool Heroes Star Wars Galactic Heroes Millennium Falcon
28. Fisher-Price Grow-to-Pro Pogo Stick
Fisher-Price Grow-to-Pro Pogo Stick
29. Imaginext DC Super Friends Batbot Xtreme
The Imaginext DC Super Friends Batbot Xtreme is the Ultimate Imaginext set for Batman fans. With extendable wings, multiple projectile launchers, a hidden Batcycle, a voice changer, and real punching fists, your young Super Hero will have a blast defending Gotham City from all sorts of evil Super-Villain attacks! At over two-feet tall, the Batbot Xtreme towers over the enemies of Gotham City. This fully loaded robot also comes with projectile launchers on each shoulder and a hidden headquarters with an elevator that leads to the cockpit, where Batman can oversee the city. Amp up the action by turning another Power Pad to release the Batcycle and send Batman racing to the streets of Gotham City.
30. Pie Face Game
Your kids will get a huge kick out of this highly-reviewed Pie Face Game
31. Swurfer Swing
Kids will love swinging all day with the Swurfer Swing
32. Marky Sparky Doinkit Darts
This Doinkit Darts
33.Star Wars® Thumb Doodles: The Epic Saga at Your Fingertips (Klutz)
Klutz books are fun rainy day activities and make great gift ideas for boys. Your budding artists will love Star Wars Thumb Doodles
34. Monopoly Game Star Wars
Monopoly Game Star Wars
35. Ezy Roller
If you are looking for a cool and super fun outside ride-on vehicle, check out the Ezy Roller
36. Elenco Snap Circuits Sound
If you have a little engineer at home, Snap Circuits are so neat and they really get them thinking. My 7-year old just started the Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100 Kit
37. Air Hunterz Z-Curve Bow
Active boys will love this Air Hunterz Z-Curve Bow
38. LEGO City People Pack – Fun at the Beach
The LEGO City People Pack – Fun at the Beach is the best gift for any child who loves adding residents to their LEGO City sets. It features a range of beach-themed buildable models, as well as fifteen minifigures in one set! It also makes a great gift idea for LEGO City fans who already have other sets, or a great introduction to the LEGO City theme.
39. Encyclopedia Brown Box Set (4 Books)
If your young boy enjoys reading, check out this Encyclopedia Brown Box Set
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Lori Birch says
This is another great, and inexpensive one that I think would provide hours of fun play.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591747694/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1591747694&linkCode=as2&tag=heidibsm-20
Heidi says
Yes, that is a fun one! I have given that as a gift. 😉 I love that it does so much!
~Heidi
Steph says
Hi There! I’m clicking the Gift Ideas for Girls 6-8 (and the More Gifts…) but the link leads me to this Boy’s LIst. Just wanted to let you know! Thanks!
Heidi says
Thank you for letting us know! We will get it fixed right away. Here is a quick link to the gift guide you were looking for:
https://everydaysavvy.com/holiday-gift-ideas-for-girls-ages-6-to-8/
Thank you,
Heidi