Tech Gifts For Kids of All Ages
The Best Tech Gifts For Kids
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Kids get their hands on technology from a young age now, but giving your child access to technology doesn't have to be limited to an iPad or playing with your smartphone. This holiday season, rather than splurging for another family iPad, consider some of these smart tech gifts for kids that will keep them engaged well beyond Christmas morning or the first night of Hanukkah.
Scroll through for 26 tech gifts for kids of any age, starting with the youngest tech geniuses.
1 Playskool Friends Sesame Street Love2Learn Elmo
Playskool Friends Sesame Street Love2Learn Elmo ($60) brings Elmo to life and engages your child through play and music.
Intended for ages: 18 months and up
2 Marbotic Smart Letters
Marbotic Smart Letters ($50) pair with all iPads to help your child learn to write and read.
Intended for ages: 18 months and up
3 Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar
Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar ($40) will teach your child how to code before they can walk.
Intended for ages: 3-6
4 Hot Diggity Dancing Mickey Plush
Hot Diggity Dancing Mickey Plush ($30, originally $40) will dance the day away with your little one.
Intended for ages: 3 and up
5 Kidz Gear Volume Limit Headphones
Kidz Gear Volume Limit Headphones ($17) are intended to be the safest headphones for kids, but are adult quality.
Intended for ages: 3-9
6 Vtech Kidizoom Camera
Vtech Kidizoom Camera ($40) is a kid-friendly solution to your child grabbing your smartphone to take photos.
Intended for ages: 3 and up
7 CogniToys Dino Educational Smart Toy
CogniToys Dino Educational Smart Toy ($100, originally $120) will engage your child in technology with conversation-based educational play and without a screen.
Intended for ages: 3-10
8 Barbie Hello Dreamhouse
The Barbie Hello Dreamhouse ($300) is the dollhouse of every child's dreams — it communicates with your child, starts up dance parties, and has sensors and lights.
Intended for ages: 4 and up
9 nabi SE Tablet
A bit more kid-friendly than other tablets, the nabi SE Tablet ($80) features a locked homepage for parents to manage screen time and apps, and comes with a learning system built in with fun lessons for kids Pre-K to grade 6.
Intended for ages: 4-12
10 Star Wars Interactech Imperial Stormtrooper Action Figure
The Star Wars Interactech Imperial Stormtrooper ($30) is an interactive figure with over 65 sound effects and phrases and a blaster accessory.
Intended for ages: 4 and up
11 Wonder Workshop Dash the Robot
Wonder Workshop Dash the Robot ($150) is a real robot who will interact with your child and engage them in interactive tutorials, projects, and lessons.
Intended for ages: 5 and up
12 Osmo Genius Kit
The Osmo Genius Kit ($100) pairs with an app to encourage interactive play and learning.
Intended for ages: 5 and up
13 Osmo Coding Set
The Osmo Coding Set ($50) teaches coding to your child in a kid-friendly way.
Intended for ages: 5-10
14 Kano Build Your Own Computer Kit
Any kid can build a computer using the Kano Build Your Own Computer Kit ($135, originally $150).
Intended for ages: 6 and up
15 SAM Labs Science Museum Inventor Kit
Using the blocks in the SAM Labs Science Museum Inventor Kit ($140) — paired with an app — kids can invent anything they can dream up.
Intended for ages: 7-12
16 View-Master Virtual Reality Starter Pack
The View-Master Virtual Reality Starter Pack ($18) from Mattel will surround your little one with 360-degree environments.
Intended for ages: 7 and up
17 Bloxels
Bloxels ($50) provide your child with the unique opportunity to engage in hands-on video game creation.
Intended for ages: 7 and up
18 littleBits Rule Your Room Kit
The littleBits Rule Your Room Kit ($100) allows your tween to "protect" their belongings with a number of sneaky tech traps.
Intended for ages: 8-12
19 littleBits Gizmos and Gadgets Kit
The littleBits Gizmos and Gadgets Kit ($200) features over 16 crazy inventions for your child to test out.
Intended for ages: 8-12
20 Nintendo NES Mini Gaming System
Bring your favorite '80s Nintendo games back to life with the Nintendo NES Mini Gaming System ($60), which will feature 30 built-in classic games that you loved as a kid and your kids now need in their lives.
Intended for ages: 8 and up
21 Anki OVERDRIVE Starter Kit
The Anki OVERDRIVE Starter Kit ($150) features sensors, motors, robots, and more — all to help your little one build the ultimate racing track.
Intended for ages: 8 and up
22 Circuit Maze Game
Circuit Maze Game ($24) is a logic-based strategy game that will keep your kiddo thinking for hours.
Intended for ages: 8 and up
23 Skylanders Imaginators Starter Pack
The Skylanders Imaginators Starter Pack ($75) helps your child to bring a Skylander of their creation to life, giving them full creative reign over the Skylander world.
Intended for ages: 8 and up
24 Ozobot Avengers Master Pack
The Ozobot Avengers Master Pack ($125) helps your child to develop skills in the field of robotics alongside Captain America.
Intended for ages: 8 and up
25 IDO3D 3D Printing Studio
With the IDO3D 3D Printing Studio ($15, originally $20), children can draw upward and build their own 3D structures.
Intended for ages: 8 and up
26 XYZ Printing da Vinci Mini Maker 3D Printer
The XYZ Printing da Vinci Mini Maker 3D Printer ($228) helps your child to create 3D models of their own design.
Intended for ages: 8 and up
