MAGNA-TILES Classic 100-Piece Magnetic Construction Set ($84, originally $120)
If you have a budding engineer on your hands, nothing will delight them more than a set of MAGNA-TILES. The magnetic shapes can be used as building blocks to form everything from elaborate marble runs to rocket ships and buildings. Our editor purchased this set for her kids and says it's "the most-used gift I've ever bought my kids." For more details, read this MAGNA-TILES Classic 100-Piece Magnetic Construction Set review.
Editor Quote: "Depending on his mood, my 4-year-old might surround his wooden barn with a Magna-Tiles gate filled with farm animals or line up Hot Wheels cars on a Magna-Tiles ramp he's built — the possibilities really are endless.
It's so cool to see his own wheels turning as he realizes he can create more of the square shapes he might need by sticking two triangles together or construct a bridge that seems to defy gravity, as long as he builds in beam supports. He recently placed a yellow tile over a blue tile, gleefully discovering that it gave him more green tiles for the dinosaur he was constructing." — Angela Elias, former contributing shopping editor
