Boys, at their double-digit age, you’ve got to love them! They feel mature and confident and know what they want.
When gifting a 10-year-old, we should remember they are developing new interests and need super cool, fun, and unique toys that will tap into their creativity. Though it is a bit tricky as some of them will still bounce up and down over toys, others will want more practical, hands-on or creative gifts.
Here are the best toys and gifts for your fav 10-year-old boy.
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30+ Gift Ideas For A 10-Year-Old-Boy
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Level 10 Unlocked Shirt
Your gamer boy will love this awesome symbolic 10th birthday gift. Available in a wide range of colors to suit your tween’s taste, it’s the perfect way to kick off their 10th birthday celebrations.
Don’t Laugh Challenge
This book promises hours of fun and is a great gift idea for 10-year-old boys who love to laugh. It’s the best kid’s book for jokes and games. It is a challenge that is to be played between two joke lovers and captures silly scenarios.
It is a great joke book series that will help your kid learn new jokes (thus develop a strong sense of humor) and become more creative.
Robotics: Smart Machines Science Kit
Are you looking to introduce your 10-year-old to the world of robots? This robotic kit is the perfect present for a 10-year-old boy. Your tween needs a tablet to use the app, which connects to the robot via Bluetooth.
Your tween will get the chance to program robots he built himself, which can be up to eight motorized machines. It’s a full-color 64 pages step-by-step illustrated manual.
Color Changing Night Light Lamp
When your 10-year-old doesn’t want to admit they’re not ready to ditch the night light. This battery-powered tornado light will bring real action into your tween’s bedroom. The swirl in the lamp has a way of intriguing boys and will provide their room with a good ambience.
Lego Hidden Side El Fuegos Stunt Truck
What would be cooler than introducing your 10-year-old boy to the exciting side of LEGO? With this 428-piece LEGO set, he can build his monster truck, and then use a smartphone to bring the ghost-hunting adventure to life.
It has an augmented reality app where the goal is to race to track down all the ghosts.
Britannica All-New Children’s Encyclopedia
Whether you have an avid reader or not, this compendium of knowledge is a must-have in your tweens library collection. Your kid will learn from the beginning of time to the present and even to the future!
Thanks to its amazing facts, it will provide hours of fun learning for your boy and the family. It is a great book gift idea for your 10-year-old.
Skillmatics Card Game
The Skillmatics card game is an exciting card game of questions that will be a great 10-year-old boy present. It plays 2-6 players where you ask up to 10 questions to guess the place and sport on the game card. You have to use your clue cards wisely, and the first to get seven-game cards wins.
It will help enhance your boy’s social and communication skills, decision-making, problem-solving and creative thinking. It includes 52 game cards, six clue cards of guesses in ten worlds of sports, and the same number of cards in ten around the town.
Loop Flow, Rings-Kinetic Marvel
The loop flow ring is an incredible boy gift idea. After all, it’s the new trend. It’s a spinner wheel made of quality stainless steel with good elasticity.
It comfortably flows and rolls along your arm like a metallic bubble. It is also helpful in realizing stress and enhancing emotional communication between family and friends.
Think Fun Hacker Cyber Security Game
Think Fun is a cyber security coding game and STEM where your tween learns programming principles through fun gameplay. Your ten-year-old takes over the role of a coder, hacker, and security engineer in the 120 multi-level challenges.
The game’s premise is to help kids learn how hackers work to better secure their information from any attacks. It includes a game grid, a control panel, a challenge booklet, two-agent tokens, nine movement tiles, a high-quality instructional manual, and more.
Wicked Mega Bounce XL
Which kid would not love to have the mega bounce XL in their toy/sports collection? It is a fantastic birthday present for a 10-year-old boy. This ball has a 2.5 M circumference; it is an easy-to-catch one thanks to its super grip graphics.
It includes the mega bounce, an inflating guide tape, and a foot pump. It is safe for all terrain and can play both indoors and outdoors.
Motorola Solutions Talkabout TwoWay Raadio
No more old-fashioned walkie-talkies; these are the new and improved version for your 2020s kids. Your tween can communicate with friends and parents within a 16-mile range.
It features 22 channels and one inclusive AA battery. It also includes components: two radios, two micro USB wall charging cables, two rechargeable batteries, a user guide, two belt clips, and an accessory sheet. It is a fabulous present for a 10-year-old boy.
Tiny Planetarium -See The Stars
Now your double-digit boy can view his fav constellation anytime, anywhere with this tiny planetarium. This miniature constellation projector brings the mystery and wonder of the night sky to his camping tent or bedroom window.
It includes a 3″ star projector with a disk including 12 Hellenistic constellations and a 48-page illustrated mini-book. It is an incredible tween gift idea.
The Super Bendy Light
Super Bendy is fun-light but with a personality! The bendy poseable legs will twist, grip, and grab almost anything. The battery is included, and it’s great for kids finding things, making things, and reading things at night.
It’s an incredibly unusual gift for a 10-year-old, one of our own tween boy’s favorites!
Glow Sketch Pillow Case
The glow-in-the-dark pillowcase is a perfect gift for a boy aged 10. It is a fun and interactive glow-in-the-dark pillowcase that magically brings your tween’s ideas to life.
The designs they draw on the pillows last for up to five minutes before magically fading away. How cool can a pillowcase get?
Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Edition
The Fire HD tablet has an easy-to-use parental control that allows you to filter content and set educational goals and time limits. Your tween will be excited to have this gift as a present as they can play games with it, watch videos, songs, audiobooks, and much more.
It features an octa-core processor, 3GB RAM, a USB port, dual cameras, a full HD display, and up to one GB of expandable storage.
Hexbug Scorpion
These toys for a 10-year-old boy are just delightful! Though tiny, this hexbug scorpion is mighty in delivering hours of fun. Your tween gets to see its inside as it crawls at the speed of lightning. It is inclusive of batteries and has a collection of multiple colors. It is an incredible present for a boy.
TeeTurtle Reversible Plushie
How cool can a plushie get? This reversible mood octopus is pretty much a 2021 beanie baby. It will be a perfect 10-year-old boy gift as with it they can get to show their mood without saying a word.
JBL Clip 4: Portable Speaker
Whether your son loves traveling, hiking, or just staying in his room, this Bluetooth portable speaker will be a great gift idea for a 10-year-old.
It streams wirelessly from a phone or tablet, and it is waterproof, meaning he can carry it to the beach as well. It includes a JBL Clip 4: Portable Bluetooth Speaker and a deluxe hard-shell travel case.
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch is the best Christmas gift for a 10-year-old boy into gaming. It has three play styles: TV, tabletop, and handheld.
Whether your tween wants to play at home or out, this handy switch promises to bring virtual play whenever, wherever. It is a fab switch that connects over WIFI for multiplayer gaming.
Wave Runner Soft Foam Water Skipping Ball
Do 10-year-old boys ever get tired of balls? I also did not think so. The wave runner is a two-pack bundle of a ball’s mega ball and a grip ball, which both water bounce.
They are fun balls in the water optimized for pro-control, higher bouncing, and continuous skipping.
Brain Bolt
Can your tween think quickly and remember the sequence of light correctly? Then this mind-melting light-up memory brain game would be the perfect gift.
Brain bolt is an addictive game that can be played solo or with a friend. It is portable with 3 AA batteries included.
Artie 3000 The Coding Robot
With the Artie 300 Coding robot, your tween can start coding thanks to its simple setup and pre-programmable design. It has a built-in Wi-Fi server and thus doesn’t require any internet connection.
It is an excellent gift for your 10-year-old son where he designs the code, and Artie 3000 draws the line!
Buttheads Fart Launcher 3000
You got to love your tween boy; what the sister finds to be yuck, your boy finds to be fun. How weird that is, I don’t even know.
The deadliest fart powers this Buttheads Fart Launcher. Your tween has to insert an included stinky cartridge and pull the trigger to send the fart forward to its victim! It is a fun fart gift bound to leave your 10-year-old boy in stitches.
Bezgar Remote Control Car
Though some ten-year-olds will want to be over toys, this super cool real Lamborginni will get them drooling. Although it is a toy replica, this Lamborghini follows after a famous car, as the name suggests.
While your tween will play with it, they can as well exhibit it on a display shelf. It includes 3AA batteries for the car, 2AA batteries for the remote control, one remote control car, and a user guide.
Brain Training Game
This game will test your son’s grey matter as it includes 100 riddles and puzzles. It will test their IQ against the clock, making them learn how to think quickly.
Snap Circuit Jr.
With this STEM educational toy, your tween boy can build up to 100 different electronic circuit projects with just 30+ electronic parts.
The projects include cool things like a flashing light, a voice-controlled lamp, an adjustable volume siren, and much more. It is an easy-to-understand kit that needs no tools and is a perfect gift for a tween boy.
The Thames And Kosmos Air + Water Kit
No batteries or motors are required to make this contraption run; all it needs to be powered is air and water pressure.
This kit uses pneumatic, hydraulic engines and comes with everything your tween needs. You can construct up to 15 models and compete with your friends.
LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Clock Tower
Your tween boy is either into Harry Potter, LEGO, or both. Then this complex 922-piece set will pique his interest. A wonderful, challenging LEGO set for your pro builder that can be kept as a collector’s item.
He can bring the Hogwarts Clock Tower to life with this toy that includes eight mini-figures of his fav character. When complete, the building will measure 13″ high, 13″ wide, and 7″ deep.
Hot Wheels id Smart Track Starter Kit
Your Hot-Wheels-loving boy isn’t too old to of outgrown this awesome toy by age 10! This sleek modern game connects safely and plays endlessly. It is compatible with the Hot Wheels app using Bluetooth.
Players compete by tracking their speed, number of laps, and other stats. The more your kids play with the physical cars and trucks, the more they level up in the video game. It is a superb gift for your boy who still loves his cars.
Newtons Laws Construction Kit
With this gift, your tween will get to build catapults, gravity fans, moving cabins, and collision cars while learning about the fundamental properties of potential and kinetic energy.
It includes 12 pages of theory and fact, a three-page quiz, six pages of experimental activities,16 pages of step-by-step instructions, and 3D rendered illustrations.
While it is true that not all kids mature at the same rate, we believe the above toys and gifts will help them grow and develop their social, emotional as well as cognitive skills while still ensuring that their physical development does not turn frail.
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