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Toys For Boys Who Like To Keep Their Hands Busy 🛠️ 8-12 Edition
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items My boys always need to be busy and doing something with their hands. The older one is always outside building things (forts, fortresses, holes, weapons..etc). The younger is great with fidgets, magic, and baseball. This is all their favorite things.
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Construction and Woodworking 🔨
Fidgets and More! 🪀
Fingerboards All The Way 🛹
Not Weapons But…Weapons.
Construction and Woodworking 🔨
Learning to build and work with your hands is a wonderful skill for young kids to have. These recommendations have proved to be useful in my home.
The ultimate kit for you mini architect/construction worker! My 11 year old is obsessed with making his own bricks to build walls for the little fortresses he makes outside for his army men. He is even learning to design mini buildings.
Teifoc 320 Piece School Brick Classroom Toy Set for Educational STEM Play
This is a super fun game and never gets old because you’re always designing something different! It’s perfect to play by yourself or with a friend or two!
Survive the Quake Engineering Kit
Learn while you build! Build while you learn! This is great because you learn the engineering science behind bridges and what makes them strong.
Thames & Kosmos Structural Engineering Bridges & Skyscrapers Science Kit
8 is around the age I started trusting my oldest son with real tools. He loves woodworking and carving thing. These were great for his little hands!
Hand Drill
The quality of this kit is unmatched. And the book has so many ideas for the use of these tools that you can do together!
Real Tools Bundle
My son loves woodworking and carving…or whittling. But sometimes his hands slip. These are the perfect safety measure for when that happens.
Whittling Gloves
If you’re feeling brave…here is a great basic fire starter. Fun and educational for the entire family!
Fire Starter
If your child is up for a challenge, this is amazing! There are 67 really fun puzzles to work out as you learn how to bend raw energy.
Spintronics Act One
Don’t let a rainy day stop you from having fun! This kit is easy to use and offers unlimited use of imagination. All those cardboard boxes in your house don’t stand a chance!
Cardboard Tool Kit
You have some building to do!
Mini Materials Ultimate Sample Kit
The ULTIMATE woodworking kit from Amazon. Perfect for beginners with all the supplies you need!
Olerqzer Deluxe 54PCS Wood Carving Kit
This is probably better for kids 10-12, but it’s really fun none the less. My 10 year old describes this kit in one word “satisfying”!
Beginners Wood Burning Kit for Kids & Teens
Oh my goodness. When I say this is hours and hours of fun for the kids…I mean hours! Just make sure you’re stocked up wood!
PLAYmake Kids’ 4-in-1 Woodshop Tool Set
My kids love to battle…no matter what game we are playing it becomes a battle. This kit at least kept them quiet for a while they put everything together for the next battle 😂
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Da Vinci Catapult Kit
Fidgets and More! 🪀
Sometimes kids just want to use their hands without needing to think about what they are doing. These fidget toys are great for this purpose.
These are great for quiet time, a car ride, or a plane ride. They are fun, easy to transport and quiet!
IPIDIPI Gel-Filled Maze Puzzle Fidget Toy 3-Pack
Looking for a fidget spinner but too cool to be carrying around something that looks like a toy? These are the perfect solution!
Metal Fidget Chain Finger Spinner Toy - Gold
The possibilities are endless with these blocks! My kids even discovered they stick to our door and now build sideways.
Goody King 150PCS Magnetic Building Blocks
My son loves Gentry Stein and his yo-yos! He practices every day!
DNA King Yoyo
My middle son always needs something in his hands. And he loves magic so this is literally perfect for him!
Fiddle Stick
Fingerboards All The Way 🛹
Hand eye coordination is so important in children’s growth. They think they’re just playing with skateboards but they are really training their hands and fingers to have quick reactions.
Fingerboards are a HUGE deal in our house. This larger board is great if your kids have bigger hands.
Teak Tuning 32mm Pro Fingerboard - Toasted Smores
If you have a tech deck you need something to skate on!
Fingerboard Skate Park Kit with 3 Boards & 8 Ramps
My son loves this kit! It’s totally customizable which he thinks is fun.
TECH DECK Ultra DLX 4-Pack Element Skate
This is great and very durable! Perfect to keep everything organized!
MGZNMTY Portable Case for 16 Tech Decks
This is kit my son describes as NEXT LEVEL! He loves it…to say the least.
LEEFAI 34mm Pro Fingerboard Maples Wood Deck
Not Weapons But…Weapons.
Not gonna lie…some of these have sent us to the ER. But lessons are always learned and the mistakes never repeated. Out of all my boy’s toys, these are their favorites.
My boys literally were outside all day with these! Cold weather, hot weather, rain…it doesn’t matter. They have so much fun that they stay outside for HOURS.
faniewy Pro Slingshot with Infrared Sight
The quality is fantastic with these. I would definitely buy these again in a heartbeat! In fact, I have.
Adventure Awaits! 2-Pack Girls Wooden Bow & Arrow Set
My boys both got this for Christmas and it was hit! They said it was the best thing they got in their stockings.
RCZZSUWE Stainless Steel Tactical Slingshot Set