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Our girls are definitely following in their parent’s footprints to be little geeks themselves. They both love technology, getting creative, and learning new things. They don’t go more than a day or two without building some LEGO or having fun with coding or creating something, and a STEM based toy will never go unplayed with in our house. Here are some ideas if you know any children like ours this Christmas…
Christmas Gift Ideas for Geeky Children
Studio Creator Video Maker Kit
£24.99
The girls love to make their own videos – their iPad is full of videos they have created, and they have a second hand (sim-less!) iPhone they use to take photos and videos too, so this Studio Creator Video Maker Kit is ideal for them. It includes a green screen, ring light, tripod & phone stand to take your own videos, and a book full of backdrops you can customise with the included stickers & then photograph to use for filming.
Make Your Own Ukulele
€30
Lydia loves to create music and attempt to play the ukulele, so she is really looking forward to using this kit to build herself a new one to give me a headache with! This kit comes with everything you need to make and decorate your own soprano ukulele.
Hot Wires Electronics Kit
£49.99
The girls spent ages playing with this kit, creating some of the 100 experiments detailed in the booklet that comes with it. It’s a great way to explore electronics in a safe and kid-friendly way. The experiments progress from simple circuits explaining the concepts of parallels and series, to a disc launcher & alarm.
Thunder Glow Drone
£65.00
Thunder Glow from Buzz Retail is a fun little quadcopter which lights up and zips around the room, and it’s great fun. The girls really enjoy playing with this one. Suitable for indoor & outdoor use, this has a 6 axis gyro stabiliser, long range 2.4 GHz control, low/medium/high speeds and an automatic trim function.
Buzz Snow
£15.00
If you want the fun of a white Christmas this year, without having to get all cold and wet outside, think about picking up some Buzz Snow – a ‘magical’ white powder which expands to a snowlike substance when you add water.
The Amazing Discoveries of 100 Brilliant Scientists & 100 Things to Know About Saving the Planet
£9.99
These two books from Usborne are perfect for any young minds who want to learn more about science and the environment. The Amazing Discoveries of 100 Brilliant Scientists is full of stories about amazing scientists and the advances they made in their fields, while 100 Things to Know About Saving the Planet is full of weird & wonderful things you can do to help save the earth.
Geomag Eco Classic
£27
The girls have enjoyed playing with Geomag since they first got their hands on them, and the new eco range is even better, as it is made of 100% recycled plastic. Magnetic rods and spheres connect together to create all sorts of shapes, and they are a great construction toy for kids who like to create structures.
German Black Forest Weather House
£37.00 – £29.41 at time of publishing
This traditional German weather house makes a really interesting addition to any house – it would be great for any kids who are into science and the environment. There is a thermometer to keep an eye on the temperature, and the figures move depending on the humidity in the air.
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Buzz Air Ball
£30 – £15 at time of publishing
Lydia and Georgie have been having great fun with this AirBall, which lights up and almost hovers above the floor, using the built in fan to push air downwards. The ‘ball’ glides over the floor when you kick it, and is a great bit of tech for kids who are stuck indoors with the weather at this time of year, but want to have a kick about.
PuroBasic Volume Limited Wired Headphones for Kids
£22.50
The girls play & watch videos on the iPad, and also use the switch handheld a lot, and these kids PuroBasic headphones are perfect to plug themselves in so that they can hear their device sound without annoying the rest of the household! These headphones have a mic built in, come in four colours, and are volume limited to protect your child’s hearing.
Micro but Many
£29.99
As a child, I used to collect and play with Micro Machines, so I have really been enjoying this coffee table book all about the history of the brand by Bitmap Books. With over 1000 gorgeous photographs of the Micro Machines and playsets, it’s a feast for the eyes and would make a great gift for any toy car collector – I was delighted to spot one of the playsets I remembered having in it. Lydia has inherited this particular quirk of mine and has an ever-growing collection of toy cars herself, so she is enjoying this book too.
Fourfit Mini
£29.99
If you’ve got an active kid to buy for, why not consider an activity tracker watch such as the Fourfit Mini? This slim wristband activity tracker monitors your steps, sleep, and activity, and comes in 5 colour choices.
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
£9.99
What Are Little Girls Made Of? from Jeanne Willis and Isabelle Follath takes traditional nursery rhymes and gives them a modern feminist twist. Georgie Porgie gets schooled about kissing consent, Miss Moffat isn’t scared away by any spider no matter how big it is, and Little Jade Horner is into astronomy while she sits in her corner.
Blue Planet II
£14.99
This book is perfect for any kids who are interested in the oceans and what resides there. It is beautifully illustrated and packed full of information about sea creatures – perfect for my girls who love to learn about sea life.
Find Tom in Time
£12.99
Find Tom in Time are a series of books that are a bit like Where’s Wally but are sneakily educational about history while you hunt for Tom in the scenes within the book. This particular book is about Ming Dynasty China, but they also do books about Ancient Rome & Ancient Egypt. The girls have really been enjoying searching for Tom & his cat Digby within the pages of the book, whilst learning interesting facts about Ming Dynasty China.
Stomp Rocket Stunt Planes
£27.99
These Stomp Rocket stunt planes are a whole lot of fun; you place the plane on the starting point and then jump and stomp to push air through the tube to launch the plane into the air.
You can experiment with the different shape planes and angles of launch to see how the flight path changes, and what makes the planes glide far in the air, or do fun tricks like flips & loops.
Robo Wunderkind Explorer Lite
£199
Robo Wunderkind make robots which are perfect for children who are into coding & STEM. The unique thing about their kits is that you can put the modular pieces of the robot together in different configurations, decorate it with LEGO, and then use the app to control it or code a program for it.
The girls have been playing with the Explorer Lite kit they sent for us to try out, and we were impressed with the versatility of the kit. The app talks you through some examples, or you can build your own robot from scratch. It’s really a great little kit.
Minecraft 2021 Square Wall Calendar
£9.99
We finally caved and bought Georgie Minecraft for her birthday back in May and she and Lydia have been playing it somewhat obsessively ever since. They love to work together to create houses and weird & wonderful worlds together. This Minecraft calendar from Danilo makes a great gift for any little Minecraft fans – Georgie has this hanging up in her room ready for January!
Buzz Toys Micro Jet
£50
This tiny jet-shaped quadcopter from Buzz Toys is a lot of fun, and zips around quickly with the included remote control. The girls have had a great time flying (and crashing!) this around our living room.
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
£20
Georgie and Lydia love to soak up knowledge like sponges, so they are loving this book from Bill Bryson, wonderfully illustrated by Daniel Long, Dawn Cooper, Jesús Sotés, and Katie Ponder. This book takes the reader from the Big Bang to the present day, and would be a great gift for any kids into STEM.
Hexbugs JunkBots
£19.99 for 4 pack
If you know any kids who love construction toys & surprise toys, this gift is a perfect blend of the two. What seems like a pot full of junk and black rubbish bags combine together to become little robots. This particular size allows you to create 4 different ‘official’ bots and comes with 1 energy module and 1 motion module – in ours we got a LED light module and a vibrating module, and the girls have been having a great time combining the pieces together to make different robots.
Light Up & Glow Astronaut
£9.99
Perfect for any space fans, this Light Up & Glow astronaut would make an ideal gift. This 6 inch tall astronaut can be mounted on your wall or left freestanding, and you just push it’s chest to turn it on or off. When the light is turned off, it glows in the dark! The light turns off after 60 minutes so you don’t need to worry about batteries running down when it’s left on overnight.
Daisy Doodles Club
£28.00 – £59.00
Introduce a child to journalling with a Daisy Doodles Club Membership from Oops a Daisy UK. You can buy a 6 month or 12-month membership subscription as a gift, and get a membership pack including a membership card, welcome letter, stencils, Washington tape, stickers, colouring page & storage folder – and optionally a journal too. To keep them engaged, members receive a themed quarterly project pack during their membership.
Peppa Pots
£9.99
Introduce a Peppa Pig fan to the delight of growing their own plants with a Peppa Pots Grow & Play set. There are four to collect, with different easy to grow seeds which kids can nurture while they play with the included Peppa Pig characters.
Fuzzikins Ice Cream Van Bag
£14.99
The girls love getting creative with Fuzzikins – we recently reviewed their Dress Up multipack – and this Ice-Cream Van Bag set is really sweet. If you know any children who like to draw & colour, and play imaginative games, then consider gifting them a Fuzzikins set this Christmas – you can wash off the ink and start again so they last ages.
So there you go, a whole load of creative and educational gift ideas for kids who love to learn like ours. I hope this has been useful for your Christmas shopping ideas – and of course, there is always LEGO too, haha!
