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Christmas Gift Ideas for 5-Year-Olds
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items Christmas gift ideas for five year olds. Building sets, board games, scooters and science kits for curious kindergarteners, picked from the most popular gifts this season.
Sections
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Building & STEM
Games & Puzzles
Art & Books
Outdoor & Active
Pretend & Imaginative Play
Building & STEM
Building sets, magnetic tiles and screen free coding and science toys for curious five year olds.
A big box of classic LEGO bricks for building anything a five year old can imagine. A gift pick that gets played with again and again.
LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box 10698
Magnetic tiles that click together for towers, houses and castles. A favorite for open ended building play.
MAGNA-TILES Classic 100-Piece Set
A build it yourself dinosaur that comes apart and goes back together with a kid sized power drill. A hands on STEM pick for little builders.
Take-Apart Dinosaur Toys with Electric Drill
Small interlocking pieces that build flat or 3D, from animals to vehicles. A screen free building set that grows with them.
Plus-Plus Learn to Build
A screen free coding robot that follows simple direction cards. A gift pick for curious kids who like figuring out how things work.
Learning Resources Botley 2.0 The Coding Robot
A kid sized talking microscope with slides and fun science facts. A science pick for curious five year olds.
GeoSafari Jr. Talking Microscope by Educational Insights
A fun one for building and taking apart again and again. The pieces are big enough for little hands, and kids can make cars, robots, and wobbly towers on their own. We keep ours in a bin for rainy day play.
Learning Resources Gears Deluxe Building Set
Games & Puzzles
Board games and puzzles made for five year olds, for family game night and quiet play.
A first word game for two to four players, made for ages five and up. A family game night pick.
Hasbro Scrabble Junior Board Game 2-4 Players
A whole family game where everyone hops from cushion to cushion to stay off the floor. A pick for active game nights.
The Floor is Lava! Game
A classic pop and move board game for two to four players, made for ages five and up. A family game night pick.
Hasbro Gaming Trouble Board Game for Kids Ages 5
A big floor puzzle of the solar system, made for little hands. A quiet play pick for space loving kids.
Melissa & Doug Solar System 48-Piece Puzzle
A classic first board game, and one that needs no reading to play. Kids just match colors and move along the sweet path, which makes it easy for a five year old to join family game night.
Hasbro Gaming Candy Land Kingdom
Art & Books
Art supplies and first readers, for making things and starting to read on their own.
A portable art case packed with crayons, markers and colored pencils, plus paper for making art anywhere. A creative gift pick for five year olds.
Crayola Inspiration Art Case Tie-Dye 140ct
A double sided wooden easel with a whiteboard, chalkboard and paper roll. A creative station for little artists.
Fat Brain Toys I'm an Artist! Ultimate Easel Set
A first set of short books for kids just starting to read on their own. A teacher pick for early readers.
Bob Books - Set 1: Beginning Readers Box Set
A sweet picture book about all the wonderful things a child can grow up to be. A keepsake gift for a five year old.
The Wonderful Things You Will Be
Washable paint in big squeeze bottles, so little hands can pour and mix colors without a lot of mess to clean up later. The colors are bright, and a smock makes cleanup easy.
Crayola Washable Paint for Kids 12ct
Outdoor & Active
Outdoor toys that get five year olds moving, jumping and riding.
A stomp powered rocket launcher that sends foam rockets flying. An outdoor pick for active five year olds.
Stomp Rocket Ultra
A bouncy foam pogo jumper that is fun and safe for little feet. An active play pick for five year olds.
Flybar My First Foam Pogo Jumper
A sturdy three wheel scooter built for kids five and up. A ride on pick for the sidewalk and the park.
Micro Kickboard Maxi Deluxe Scooter
A first scooter with a wide deck that feels steady for new riders. It is light to carry home from the park, and the low deck makes it easy to push along.
Razor Jr. Lil' Kick Scooter
Pretend & Imaginative Play
Pretend play and open ended toys that spark big imaginations.
A pretend doctor kit with a stethoscope and play tools for checkups. A classic pretend play pick for five year olds.
Melissa & Doug Get Well Doctor Kit
A multistage toy rocket with lights, sounds and a working mist booster. An imaginative space pick for little astronauts.
Fat Brain Toys Blast Off Multistage Rocket
A dog house playset with little pets to care for and play with. An interactive gift pick for five year olds.
Little Live Pets Dog House Playset Bundle
Wooden food in groups like produce, dairy, and grains, so kids can sort it, cook with it, and set up a little market. It holds up well to daily play.
Melissa & Doug Food Groups