Games & Challenges Gifts for Kids

A virtual hypercar turned real, in a few hundred satisfying LEGO pieces.

A magnetic 3x3 speed cube from GAN, listed on Amazon as a puzzle for kids.

Build a sturdy 3D sphere featuring all your favorite Pokémon, no glue needed.

A fast word game for 1 to 8 players, with 144 letter tiles in a banana-shaped pouch.

150 obstacles, 50 secret portals, and one maze you can't put down.

The Hasbro stacking game: 54 hardwood blocks, a stacking sleeve and a tube box with a carrying handle.

Perplexus Beast, a 100-obstacle sphere from Spin Master Games, with the Laughing Man and Super Spiral.

A falling-marble logic game sold as a STEM toy, rated 4.6 across 37,800+ Amazon US reviews.

The UNO deck built for the beach, the pool, and everywhere in between.

A STEM activity kit that teaches gear mechanics through building LEGO-compatible bots.

A hardcover book of fascinating trivia facts, with nearly 24,500 reviews.

Build a real moving robot from scratch — no batteries of frustration required.

A camera-based game console that tracks body movement: no controllers, up to 4 players, 5 games included.

44 magnets and 10 scenes to dress up unicorns again and again.

Launch, battle, and let the sparks fly with the next generation of Beyblade.

A Pokémon TCG Elite Trainer Box from the 30th Celebration line, with a full-art promo card and 9 boosters per the listing.

A 278-piece LEGO Mario Kart set with a drifting kart, shell launcher, interactive Mario figure and track pieces.

A Pokémon TCG box with 8 booster packs, 2 foil promo cards and an oversize Snorlax ex card.

The classic UNO game, now with Stitch's chaos and an 'Ohana twist.

A 1,000-piece puzzle of a toy store filled with Disney-Pixar characters, on glare-free linen-textured board.

The Guess Who? guessing game with classic Nintendo characters.

A 1,000-piece puzzle of a fantasy forest cottage with a fireplace, a sleepy cat and glowing mushrooms.

A 24-day escape-game advent calendar: solve each day's riddle to find the missing Hollywood star.

A suction cup dart game starter pack from Popdarts, rated 4.8 across 400+ reviews.

LEGO Minecraft set 21582 builds the Chicken Jockey, rated 4.8 across 100 reviews on Amazon US.

A Ceaco Thomas Kinkade Disney advent calendar with 24 mini puzzles, rated 4.7 across 200 reviews.

A Jeopardy!-branded puzzle and quiz book.

The classic four-in-a-row game, shrunk down for the road.

A 500-piece puzzle of a vintage camper and golden retrievers by a lake, 23 x 15 inches finished.

A kid-friendly biography of the man who founded LEGO, for young fans curious about its history.

100 large-print word search puzzles written for adults and seniors.