Cool Gifts for Kids and Teens
Below you will find cool toys and gifts for kids of all ages. We’ve tried to order them chronologically per the manufacturer’s suggested age range for each (and using our best estimates when no age was given). Because we at Cool Toys and Gifts are big proponents of education, you may find that many of the toys for younger children are also teaching/learning products.
Hoverboard with Bluetooth Speaker: A unique gift!
Kindle Fire HD 8 (Kids Edition): Amazon’s popular tablet in a kid-proof case!
Baby Einstein Discover and Play Piano: Lots of musical fun while learning to count!
Fisher Price Storybook Rhymes (Ages 6 mos. – 3 yrs): Good for introducing toddlers to basic numbers, letters and colors.
Laugh & Learn Smart Screen Laptop (Ages 6 mos. – 36 mos.): Great learning tool!
Power Wheels Batman Lil’ Quad (Ages 1 – 3): Little Tikes will enjoy riding on this powered vehicle.
Step2 Easel with Magentic Letters/Numbers: Great for drawing and writing letters and numbers.
GeoAir High Flyin’ Airport (Ages 30 mos. – 7 yrs): Loads of fun remotely controlling an airplane attached to a track.
Leapfrog Scribble & Write (Ages 3 – 5 yrs): An excellent tool to help pre-schoolers begin learning the alphabet.
Step2 Real Projects Workshop (Ages 3 – 7): Kids learn by working on actual projects – hours of fun!
Vtech Mobigo Touch Learning System (3 – 8 yrs): Handheld learning device that teaches through games.
Air Swimmer Remote Control Flying Shark (3 – 15 yrs): The name says it all! Exceptionally cool gift!
Leapfrog Leappad Explorer Learning Tablet (Ages 4 – 8 yrs): Impressive learning tablet built for kids.
Angry Birds: Knock on Wood (5 – 9 yrs): Real-life version of the app sensation!
Fijit Friends Serafina Interactive Toy: Great interactive toy!
Perplexus Original Interactive Maze Game (8+): Challenging and addictive maze game!
Spy Gear Spy Video TRAKR (Ages 8+): Fun remote-control vehicle with a spy camera.
Rory’s Story Cubes (8+): Simple but totalling engrossing game! Encourages creativity!
Dropmix Music Gaming System (Ages 8-15): Make your own cool music!
Nerf Lazer Tag Phoenix 2-Pack (Ages 8 -15): Thrilling and fun – avoid getting tagged out!
Snap Circuits (Ages 8 & Up): All-around awesome gift! Kids of love it! Learn about electronics while building your own devices.
Easy Bake Ultimate Oven (8 yrs & Up): Another classic that’s never gone (or going) out of style.
Flybar Foam Master Pogo Stick (Ages 9 & Up): It’s just fun.
Leapfrog Phonics Pond (Ages 10 & Up): Great for teaching phonics!
Rubik’s Cube: Addictive fun for kids and adults alike!
Wowwee Robosapien Humanoid Toy Robot: Extraordinarily cool gift!
100-Trick Magic Show Suitcase: Magic is always fun, and this one comes with a multitude of magic tricks.
Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ Recfractor Telescope: Cool telescope!
Piano Play Mat: Kids will enjoy playing on giant piano keys.
Simon: Another classic game that is totally enthralling. Improves memory!
Canon Powershot Digital Camera: Great digital camera.
Harvil Air Hockey Table: Endless fun!
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set: The most titillating, teentastic book series since Twilight
Minecraft Stop-Motion Animation Studio: Make your own Minecraft films!
Bloxels Build Your Own Video Game: Build your very own video game!
Vtech – MobiGo Touch Learning System (3-8)
Handheld learning/gaming system for kids.
Helps develop rudimentary skills in counting, spelling and problem-solving. Touchscreen gives gameplay a contemporary feel, while slide-out QWERTY provides an introduction to the standard keyboard layout. Engaging, interactive gift.
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LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer Learning Tablet (Ages 4-8)
Impressive learning tablet for kids. Interactive device with a large, in-color touchscreen.
Comes with 4 apps, but has a over a hundred other games, apps, ebooks, and other digital media available. Educational materials cover a broad range of subject matter, including reading, math, science and music, among others. Also includes a built-in camera. Long-term teaching and entertainment value.
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Laugh & Learn Smart Screen Laptop (Age 6-36 mos.)
Nice introduction to some of the fundamentals of learning, such as counting and ABCs.
Lots of other cool features, such as songs and words. Moreover, it provides little tikes with their own laptop, so that they are no longer obsessed with the real thing (parents with small children will understand).
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Cool Toy: Baby Einstein Discover & Play Piano
Another interactive product that combines fun and learning. There’s an emphasis on counting, as the keyboard consists of five, large numbered keys.
Depending on which mode you are in, pressing a key can play musical notes or portions of classical music. In counting mode, the toy announces the number of the key before playing music. In addition, there is a language selector which allows for hearing the numbers pronounced in either English, Spanish or French. Finally, the discovery mode allows a child to hear certain animal sounds such as a cat’s meow.
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Excellent Teaching Gift: Leapfrog Phonics Pond (10 & Up)
Another Leapfrog product that teaches kids while they are having fun. With an emphasis on phonics, this interactive toy has seven activities for children to choose from (e.g., spelling, music).
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Entertaining Gift: Fisher Price Storybook Rhymes (Ages 6 mos. – 3 yrs)
Another good product geared towards combining fun and learning, Storybook Rhymes does a fine job of introducing the rudiments of letters and numbers.
Presented in the concept of storybook, it goes over numbers 1-3 and the first three letters of the alphabet. It also introduces three basic colors. The book contains classic nursery rhymes (e.g., “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”), which are sang as the child flips through the pages. It is a fun, interactive toy that kids will enjoy.
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Great Gift: Leapfrog Scribble & Write (Ages 3 – 5 yrs)
If you ever wanted your youngster to begin learning the alphabet, the Leapfrog Scribble and Write is a great way to start.
Leapfrog, for those unfamiliar with the company, develops toys and games that merge education and fun. While not everything they put in the marketplace is a home run, the Scribble and Write is one product that probably is.
The S&W (see left) is crafted to teach the alphabet, and it does so in several ways: tracing upper-case and lower-case letters; drawing shapes; and guessing letters. Basically, letters and shapes, shown in the form of red dots, appear in a traceable writing area. Verbal instructions voiced by the S&W prompt children to trace the object which appears using an attached stylus. (In the “guessing” mode, a letter is drawn on the tracing surface and children are asked to identify it by pressing the proper alphabet button on the S&W.)
In brief, the Scribble and Write is a great way to get your child familiar with the alphabet, both in terms or recognizing letters and writing them.
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