39 Best Toys & Gifts for 7-Year-Old Boys of 2025

This GH Seal-holding LEGO set is destined to entertain the kiddos thanks to 900 colorful pieces that can build their favorite vehicle, including an ATV, a station wagon, an ice cream trunk and more. Our toy experts like that once their dream car is built, they can zoom it around at home or during a road trip. Ages 5+

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Kids can spend the day planning, building and constructing next-level blanket forts with these rods and connectors — all you have to do is add your own sheets. They can follow the instructions to make igloos and rockets or build whatever their creativity lets them imagine. Ages 5+

Young artists can load up the pendulum with paint, pull back and let ‘er rip! As it swings, it mixes colors and makes cool geometric patterns on the paper. An “arena-style” setup contains the mess. “My child particularly appreciated the exceptional quality of the artwork it produced upon completion,” one parent tester said. Ages 7+

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Round and round the marbles go, and the goal is to get four of your color in a row. Kids will find it really exercises their brains, because each turn shifts the positions of all of the marbles. “As an adult, I can usually figure out a game,” one parent tester said. “I haven’t cracked the algorithm with Orbito yet, which levels the playing field with my children.” Ages 7+

This car will go anywhere you point the laser — even up walls! And yet, it’s still easy enough for kids to control and handle. Note that it can’t go, say, from the floor and then up the wall — just straight forward or backward on whichever surface it’s set on. The car is rechargeable via USB; buy 2 AA batteries for the controller. Ages 4+

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Good Housekeeping Institute testers were amazed that the trick in this book actually works. The bunny main character challenges readers to pick any member of the audience, and proceeds to guess which one it is every time. Ages 5–8

He can bring his love of Minecraft out of the digital realm and into the physical one with this toy, which will have him crafting his own Minecraft character. Inside is a compound — either tundra snow or amethyst ooze — that he’ll have to dig through to find the pieces of his character and accessories. There are 10 surprises in all. Ages 5+

Kids can get a feel for 3D printing technology with this gadget, which melts a plastic filament that can be used to make 3D art projects and sculptures. We named it the best 3D pen for children, noting that it works best if you keep the nozzle clean. A booklet will give them some ideas of what to make, or they can go off on their own and build whatever their imagination can come up with! You might also want to buy extra filament. Ages 6 to 13

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The five big foam pieces of this fort can form a throne, a playhouse, a bed for a sleepover — all kinds of things. Kids go wild coming up with fun configurations, and our tester families found it to be as great for active play as for reading and resting. Ages 3+

Here’s a different kind of RC: A gecko who can climb the walls — or run across the ceiling — thanks to vacuum-suction power on its tummy. Because there are no sticky or scratchy parts it doesn’t even leave a mark on the walls. It’s fast, and noisy, and became a whole-household game for our tester families. “We are freaking out!” one mom told us, “We loooove it.” The gecko charges with a USB cord but two AAA batteries are needed for the remote controller. Ages 4+

They can decorate their school books, lockers and bedrooms with puffy stickers they’ve made themselves featuring their favorite Pokémon! It comes with a sticker press that kids can use to stack layers and give their stickers more dimension. There’s also a guidebook with Pokémon, in case they want to use it as a color reference, and also a project guide. Ages 6+

The name of the gift sells itself. Every 7-year-old boy will have too much fun firing off this fart blaster (which really just means rings of scented smoke). Lucky for the adults, the blasts smell like bananas or burnt popcorn. It also makes 20 silly sounds, including the Minion laugh. Ages 4+

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It’s a best-seller with a 4.6-star rating and online shoppers call it an affordable gift the whole family can enjoy for hours on end. “I recently purchased the Remote Control Car for my son, and it’s been a blast! This RC car is fast, responsive and perfect for performing impressive stunts,” writes one five-star review. Batteries are included. Ages 6+

Kid testers loved the challenges this gave them, which involved matching the shape pieces to the game board “My 7-year-old immediately said it reminded him of Tetris,” a parent tester raved. “He loved that it lit up and had so many puzzle options.” Ages 6+

The coolest fidget around, this is actually a small drone that works entirely with hand controls. It lights up in different colors, and coordinated kids can practice different tricks, like hovering, bouncing and getting it to come back like a boomerang. Amazon users like it so much that it’s earned more than 9,000 5-star ratings. Ages 6+

Kids can stomp these cards, launch them and watch them go! The pack comes with two kid-powered cars, which can race to see which one will go farthest. There’s also a ramp included, and kids can launch the vehicles into the air! A Good Housekeeping Institute parent tester said she loved that her kids were able to set this up by themselves in about five minutes, so it’s easy to use too. Ages 5 to 12

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Kids can play along with this drum pad set to learn about staying on beat and keeping a rhythm. Then, when they’re done, they can roll it up and put it away (or take it along to Grandma’s house). In addition to different rhythms, there are also sound effects and loops for kids to experiment with — and a volume control for the adults. Ages 5+

This game incorporates logic skills with roller coaster building for a super fun take on a STEM toy. It comes with 39 tracks, 40 challenge cards (with solutions too) and a roller coaster car to bring all the loops and drops to life. It’s the perfect gift for budding engineers to learn essential reasoning skills that they can use throughout their lives. Ages 6+

Now he can enjoy some Super Mario fun without being glued to a screen. In this game, players land on numbered spaces, which tell them how many times they have to push the trigger button. But they have to stay on guard because sometimes the button causes the piranha plant to attack! The last player standing, not knocked over by the nefarious plant, is the winner. Even when the game isn’t being played, the figures can be used for imaginative play — or the plant just looks cool as a desk accessory. Ages 4+

Concepts around physics, engineering and potential and kinetic energy come together with this build-it-yourself kit. The Ferris wheel brings the marble to the top of the track, where it rolls down the ramps and through the loop, after which it’s picked up by the Ferris wheel again for an endless loop. Ages 7+