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Great STEM Gifts for Kids

December 1, 2013 By Emma Vanstone 2 Comments

Are you looking for great STEM gifts this year? We’ve been lucky enough to review some brilliant products over the last few years, here are some of our favourites!

A bottle rocket kit is always fun! Please note you’ll need a plastic bottle and bicycle pump to use these.

UK: https://amzn.to/2MBJuqj
US: https://amzn.to/2MBdfaS
 
Bottle rocket kit

Some of the best science kits I’ve seen in a long time are these from Technology Will Save Us, we had great fun with the electro dough circuit set and bright creatures set.

electro dough kit

 

Another great find this year is this volcano from Learning Resources. It splits in half so you can the inside of a volcano and has a handy container for your eruptions.

multicoloured volcano eruption

We love these great children’s Test Tubes from Learning Resources, and these Jumbo Eyedroppers would be a great accompaniment.

  Learning Resources

Lottie Dolls have a great STEM range, prefect for inspiring imaginative play. We love how the dolls are so child-like and perfectly sized for little hands. There are also some great science activity ideas on the Lottie Doll website.

Butterfly protector Lottie

How about some hexbugs to make these fun spinning pens?

Drawing with hexbugs

I’d love these Magformers for my little boy too. What would you build?

magformers

We have this marble run from HABA and is is fantastic, you can get loads of accessories too which means the fun will last for years.

  marble

We loved this Magnet Kit from Learning Resources.

magnet set

 

LEGO is so handy for all sorts of experiments and great for imaginative play, logic, fine motor skills and just generally great fun! We love a big box of bricks as well as a themed set. Zoobs and K’Nex are also great for building with.

The Learning Resources Super Sorting Pie is fantastic for improving fine motor control as well as colour recognition, sorting and counting practice.

Super sorting Pie

We’ve also used this stopwatch a lot recently, it’s easy to use for little hands and quite inexpensive.

Makey Makey is a fantastic easy to use kit for older children. Just don’t forget to buy the bananas too so they can make a banana piano.

UK: http://amzn.to/2dRm7Zq

US: http://amzn.to/2e8QAAJ

Makey Makey

Science Books

If you’re children love a good science book we’ve got some brilliant science book ideas here, including our very own This IS Rocket Science.

Image of This Is Rocket Science book

Which Science kits or equipment would you recommend? and what’s your favourite STEM gift to give?

Don’t forget to check out our Christmas Science Ebook too which contains 12 printable Christmas themed experiments.

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  1. Becky

    December 7, 2015 at 5:33 pm

    Great list – thank you for linking up to the Christmas gift guide collection

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