LEGO FRIENDS Botanical Garden
(LEGO $79.99) What a beauty! An advanced building set with 1072 pieces; this is a challenging build for tweens and teens. The transparent...
Thames & Kosmos TrainBots 2-in-1 Steam Maker Kit
(Thames & Kosmos $32.99) This excellent kit will keep parent and child on their toes. Kids can build their TrainBot in two different...
MindWare KEVA Design Woods — Free-Form 3D Builder Kit for Kids, Teens & Adults
(Mindware $79.95) This is a far more serious set of Keva planks than others we have reviewed. With 200 wooden planks in multiple tones,...
eeBoo Human Anatomy Body Systems, Four 48-Piece Puzzles
(eeBoo $21.99) For the young science whizz in your midst, this set of four puzzles will be an eye opener. Each of the 49-piece puzzles...
Gamewright Forbidden Jungle
(Gamewright $29.99) Here’s the story—your rocket has taken you to a strange, abandoned spaceport on a remote moon that is overrun with...
Studio Creator 2: Video Maker Kit-Multicolor Ring Light, White
(Canal Toys $30.00) For tweens and teens who want to experiment with creating videos, this kit is a real piece of equipment to launch...
Peaceable Kingdom Pass-Along Puzzle; Hot Air Balloons
(Peaceable Kingdom $24.99) For a company that specialized in cooperative play games, this is something of a new but fitting direction....
Mindware Home Grown Lamp Kit & Home Grown Growing Lamp
(Mindware $69.95) For the young botanist, here’s a Home Grown Growing Lamp ($29.99) kit that will keep plants growing even when snow is...
Tinkering Labs Electric Motors Catalyst
(Tinkering Labs $65) An open-ended electronic kit. Our adult tester says this kit has all the ingredients needed (including an often...
Thames & Kosmos Code + Control Dinosaur Robot REX
(Thames & Kosmos $55) First things first, they’ll need to assemble the Tyrannosaurus Rex Robot. We show you the many parts that they'll...
