The Ultimate Guide To Gifts For Young Makers & STEMists

These gifts for young makers will encourage inquiry, curiosity, playing, inventing, discovering and most of all, making! Exciting new products to proven winners. It’s all here.

Gifts for young makers are fabulous for all the kids on your list this year because all children are naturally curious with a desire to create and learn. We are all born makers! Gifting something that will encourage my children to interact, create and grow is so rewarding. It is these STEM and maker gifts that stand the test of time. Many of the ones we have gifted in the past are still being pulled out and played with years later. Here is our ultimate guide to gifts for young makers!

Kits & Gifts For Young Makers

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These gifts for young makers will encourage inquiry, curiosity, playing, inventing, discovering and most of all, making! Exciting new products to proven winners. It's all here.

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VR (Virtual Reality)

VR headsets are all the rage with kids of all ages, yes that includes adults! We are big fans and have a lot of experience with VR sets, including owning a number of them. Check out all of our thoughts and tips if you are thinking of gifting one this year.

Snap Circuits

Snap Circuits – It’s no secret, we LOVE our Snap Circuits around here. If there is one kit every elementary aged kid should have, this is it. There are many different types of kits, so you can pick one that suits your child’s interests and ability level. They go together quickly and easily, with an instruction booklet full of ideas. But it won’t stop there, once kids have figured out how to create circuits, the possibilities are endless as they begin creating their own circuits that light up, buzz, set things flying and more! It’s not just us, check out the thousands of 5 star

LEGO

Lego – What can’t you build with Lego? During our many creations, builds and make it sessions, the one thing that comes out regularly is Lego. From building bases for things like our Circuit-Tree to learning about gears with Technic. You really can’t go wrong with Lego as a gift for young makers. We especially love the NASA and Harry Potter sets!

Lego Books

Tinker Toys

Tinker Toys are another basic that all young makers needs to help them on their creative journey. They connect easily and are great for teaching engineering skills. They are also very handy while making and creating, such as when we needed to build a launchpad for our bottle rockets.

Board Games for Makers and STEMists

When it comes to learning STEM nothing is better than a good game for teaching and reinforcing concepts! Here are some amazing game ideas for you!

Epic Marble Maze

Gravitrax is one of our favourite kits! It takes marble mazes to a whole new level of awesome and keeps kids building, testing, creating and exploring physics like nothing else! A must have!

SmartLab – Lab Kits for Kids

These kits are great for kids that want to start learning science in a hands on way. The kits are all themed, so you can find the one that sparks your child’s passions and interests. We have used many of these kits and highly recommend them as starter kits for kids starting STEM work.

Book Gifts For Young Makers

Hopefully you will find the perfect present to keep your young STEMist making, tinkering, building, exploring and embracing their curiosity and passion for discovery!