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1. Little Bits
Age: 8+
Price: $150+
A range of modular components that kids and designers can use to build fun projects with lights, motors, sounds, and other fun affects.
2. Groovy Lab in a Box
Age: 8+
Price: $30
These subscription boxes arrive at your doorstep every month and are full of hands-on activities that help kids investigate, brainstorm, plan, build, test, and redesign their own creations.
3. Zombie Plant Growing Kit
Age: All
Price: $20
This unique nature growing kit pairs that botany-lover kid of yours with the excitement of zombies. These plants are known as “don’t-touch-me” plants and will actually play dead, become wilted, when they are touched.
4. Roominate Dollhouse Kits
Age: 6-12 Years
Price: $40+
Roominate lets girls play architect to build their own dream house. They design it, build it, and then electrify it to make it come alive. The idea comes from two female engineers from Stanford that are on a mission to inspire the next wave of female technology innovators.
5. Magna-Tiles
Age: 3-5 Years
Price: $199
With rave reviews, these tiles will keep the kids interested for hours by learning basic math and science skills through fun, creative play. The tiles snap together in endless ways for lots of hours creating fun inventions and designs.
6. Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay up Late
Age: 3-10 Years
Price: $8
Built on the idea that bedtime math can replace bedtime storytelling for kids, this book (also available on Kindle) makes it easy to get in some math practice daily.
7. Snap Circuits Jr. Electronics Discovery Kit
Age: 8+ Years
Price: $20
With its easy-to-follow instructions, Snap Circuits offers 101 do-it-yourself projects that will give your child an entertaining, concrete education on how electronics work.
8. Scientific Explorer Tasty Science Kit
Age: 8+
Price: $60
Perfect for your little scientist who loves the magic of cooking. Now they can discover answers to their common cooking questions and put their taste buds to the test!
9. GoldieBox and the Spinning Machine
Age: 4+
Price: $30
Designed for younger ages, this interactive book and construction guide gets girls building. The toy encourages spatial skill learning, basic engineering principles, and confidence in problem solving.
10. Klutz LEGO Chain Reactions Craft Kit
Age: 8+
Price: $15
Design and build 10 moving machines, comes with pieces and 80 page instructional book. Provides hours of independent fun and learning.
