STEM Holiday Gift Guide: The Buzz on Presents for Kids This Holiday Season
By Sarah Boynton | November 5, 2023
Calling All Future Einsteins and Curies
Ready to turn your playroom into a lab? Our guide [above] is packed with toys that will engage and awaken the curious young mind.
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KiwiCo | $18.50+
Monthly subscription boxes with STEM activities and projects for kids of various ages. Builds critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Nat Geo | $39.99+
Powerful toy microscope, some with prepared slides to view plant and animal samples up close. Spark scientific curiosity!
Elenco | $31.99+
Kits to build electronic circuits and learn about engineering and electricity. Great for ages 8 and up.
Fat Brain Toys Worm Farm | $19.95
Kids can observe as the worms tunnel their way through the different layers of colored sand, eat their food, and live out their daily lives.
Fat Brain Toys Butterfly Garden | $27.99+
Grow your own caterpillars and watch them turn into butterflies!
Universal Yums | $15.00+
Travel to a different country each month with your mouth! Tasty treats, trivia, and games come in each subscription box. From Turkey to Taiwan, get ready to taste your way around the globe.
Lakeshore
From introductory lab kits to graduated cylinder sets, Lakeshore Learning has hundreds of STEM options. Check out some of our top picks:
- Beginner’s Science Lab | $69.99
- Cosmic Space Projector | $24.99
- Crystal Growing Discovery Set | $19.99
- Real Bugs Discovery Kit | $34.99
- Graduated Cylinders Set | $29.99
- See it Grow Plant Lab | $32.99
- My First Telescope | $29.99
- My Body Magnetic Activity Board | $32.99
Amazon
For those shoppers with a Prime account, check out these wonderful options for your little budding scientist:
- INNOCHEER Kids Science Experiment Kit | $19.99
- Back to the Roots Organic Oyster Mushroom Grow Kit | $12.99+
- Osmo Coding Starter Kit | $79.99+
- BOTZEES GO! Unicorn Robots | $33.99
- Dan & Darci Dino Soap Making Kit | $19.99
- Learning Resources Jumbo Magnifiers | $24.93
- Giggleway DIY Wood Robot Building Kits | 20.99+
- Japace 4-in-1 Science Kit | $39.99
Walmart
Learning Resources STEM Explorers Brainometry | $11.99
Kids solve brain-teasing puzzles that test their knowledge of shapes, critical thinking, fine motor skills, and more
ALEX Toys Explorer Magic Science Kit | $12.92
Make ordinary powders mystically foam, create your test tube crystal ball and more!
Anti-Gravity Magnetic Levitation Science Kit | $15.11
Float a pencil in mid-air, engineer a personal transporter, construct a metal sculpture that defies gravity, and more!
125 Pcs Building Blocks | $24.99
Especially created to help your child develop hand-eye coordination, master fine motor skills, improve logical thinking, & boost vital problem-solving skills.
Target
Thames & Kosmos Mega Cyborg Hand STEM Experiment Kit | $27.99
Build your own awesome, wearable mechanical hand that you operate with your own fingers.
thinkbox Gemstone Dig STEM Kit | $14.99
Strap on your safety goggles and walk in the footsteps of real geologists and gemologists as you use excavation tools, like a mallet and chisel, to dig through a stone and find real hidden gems — from turquoise to amethyst.
Learning Resources STEM Explorers Magnet Movers | $10.49
Kids experiment with the motion of magnetic attraction and other early physics concepts. Develop critical thinking, cause & effect, and problem-solving skills.
Creativity for Kids Grow N’ Glow Terrarium | $14.99
Comes with everything a young scientist needs to decorate and complete a terrarium!
Locally Curated & Mission-Driven Gift Ideas
Shop local and check out the options we curated from the Capital Region.
Offers personalized healthcare consultations, interactive educational opportunities & customized herbal educational products. Their mission is to empower the Baltimore community and beyond to take the steps needed to optimize true health & wellness.
- Urban Wild Memory Card Game | $16.00
- Urban Wild Jumbo Coloring Page, 24”x 48” | $18.00
From mini journals to fictional stories, this Baltimore-owned shop makes all of their books by hand with quality materials. Let your children record their favorite memories and sketches in local journals made with love.
- Mini Colorful Books | $10.00
- Pride Peekaboo Book | $25.00
FutureMakers is a Baltimore-based company that creates inexpensive projects called Sparks. They are imagined, designed, and tested with PK-8 learners and educators. For $5.95 – $6.95, kids can engage in hands-on play to create robots, monsters, and more!
Around the World
Also included are gifts from around the world that give back, to make everyone feel good this holiday season!
cuddle + kind | $66.00+
Every doll is lovingly handcrafted by incredible women artisans in Peru, providing them with a sustainable, fair trade income. In addition, the purchase of each doll, provides up to 10 meals for school children.
Project Honey Bees | $32.99+
For every piece of “life-saving jewelry” you buy, a Queen Bee is adopted. The organization only takes ~13% profits, while the rest goes to pollinator research and education. Who doesn’t want to save the bees and look good doing it?
yoobi | $6.99+
For every item purchased, Yoobi donates a school supply item to a child in need right here in the U.S. Choose from school and craft supplies, or download free activity sheets!
For the Bookworm
Hands-On Science: Matter by Lola M. Schaefer, Druscilla Santiago (Illustrator)
Interactive STEM picture book about solids, liquids, and gases, bringing science experiments to life.
Fairy Science by Ashley Spires
Whether you believe in fairy magic or the power of science, you will be charmed by Esther, the budding fairy scientist.
How to Do a Science Experiment by Jean Reagan, Lee Wildish (Illustrator)
Science is a blast, when you work together with Grandma!
The Dinosaur Disaster (Mad Scientist Academy Series #1) by Matthew McElligott
Enroll in Dr. Cosmic’s class of clever monsters at the Mad Scientist Academy as they solve the greatest challenges in science in this perfect blend of adventure and exploration.
Hooray for DNA by Pauline Thompson, Greg Pizzoli (Illustrator)
Introduces readers to the concept of DNA and celebrates the similarities we share with all life-forms and each other!
A Girl Can Build Anything by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Pat Zietlow Miller, Keisha Morris (Illustrator)
A brilliant, inclusive ode to self-expression, girl power, and the many things reads can create.
This amazing East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) Read-For-Fun workbook is full of original stories, art, puzzles, word games, and more. You’ll be supporting one of our very own Ambassador of Buzz, Stephanie Brandford, with this purchase!
Are you buzzing about something that should be added to our list?! Get in touch and let us know!
