Review of Favorite Toys for Boys Ages 6-12
My boys have a few favorite toys that I also love as mom. This is a review of some of the favorite toys at our house. These toys have stood the test of my three boys ages 6-12 and held their interest over and over again. I love these toys that also have underlying educational aspect or a creative outlet. Sometimes when you buy a toy you don’t know if your kids will like it. These are my favorite toys for boys ages 6-12, and most importantly my boys’ favorites.
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Snap Circuits
Playing with the Electronic snap circuit toy
This toy Snap Circuits SC-300 Electronics Discovery Kit by Elenco is so easy to use as the pieces just snap in place. It comes with an instruction book that my boys easily followed to create different circuits. My son was able to follow the picture directions in the manual and build circuits that worked at the age of six before he was reading. It gave him a huge sense of accomplishment when he completed the circuit to make the light bulb light up, the sound blare, or the fan spin.
Squigz
These little suckers are the best to play with! My kids have had a blast with them. Their favorite thing to do is link them all together and whip them through the air in the yard to send the top Squigz flying. The one who got their Squigz to go the farthest would win. My boys would also play with these in our pool and stick them to the pool walls. Many unusual and fun sculptures can be made with this colorful toy.
Wowwee Robotic Enhanced Vehicles
My youngest bought these WowWee Robotic Enhanced Vehicles (R.E.V.) with his birthday money. My boys just love playing with it. They control it by their iPad so they think it’s really cool. When friends come over this is a top pick toy top play with. They learn hand eye coordination and how to use an electronic device to move the cars around (must already have an iPad to use this toy).
Allowance Game
The Allowance Game is a fun game to play with kids and it helps them learn real world money interactions as the play money looks like real paper money and real coins. The younger ones may need some help with counting the money, but I love how the money looks real. This game helps the kids get exposure to real world money situations. The amounts in the game are low amounts so it is easier for kids newer to counting money.
NFL Rush Zone
This NFL Rush Zone football game is more suited to the older kids or tweens, but my youngest has played with the game making up his own rules. My oldest son has spent many hours playing this game with friends he has over to our house. It consists of real NFL team pictures on game pieces so the kids who are NFL football fans will love it. My son is a huge NFL football fan and he plays football so this game is perfect for a kids like him.
Shrinky Dinks
Shrinky Dinks are a fun toy craft I played with as a child so I know how fun they are to make. We have the Halloween version of this Shrinky Dinks tree at our house. The kids loved making the ornaments for the Halloween tree so I’m going to buy this one for Christmas this year. The kids can color the Shrinky Dinks and then watch them curl up and then flatten as they bake in the oven. Mine sit by the oven window and I turn on the oven light so they can watch the transformation.
My Christmas Shrinky Dinks picks:
My boys have this Shrinky Dinks Monster labs kit and they just loved making the monsters. This kit includes a set up paper wall lab for play too.
Play Mags
Play Mags are colorful plastic shapes with magnets along their edges so they stick together. My kids have made so many creations with these magnets. They take these magnets out almost every single day. They have made little mazes and rooms for their guinea pigs and hamster. They have made towers, sculptures, and boxes. The versatility and creativity inducing nature of this toy makes it a winner to me as mom.
I love this toy because it gets them off screens and using their imaginations and their hands.
Christmas is coming!
These are toys my boys have loved playing with many times. I would buy them again after seeing how much they choose these toys over and over again.
There are some non-toy gift ideas to that are favorites at our house including movie theater tickets, amusement parks passes, favorite restaurant gift cards, and of course money or gift cards. My boys love to go shopping when they have Christmas money to spend.
I’m happy to share my ideas with you. I hope you can find the perfect gifts for your kids and the young ones in your lives this Holiday Season. Happy Shopping and Merry Christmas!!
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