40 Best Gifts for 10-Year-Olds in 2025

Perfect for sleepovers or just lying around the house, this is the ultimate self-care gift in that it’ll put a smile on a tween’s face. Amazon reviewers say they’re ultra-comfortable and that the bottoms hold up to repeated wear.

Now they don’t need to go out for Chinese food in order to sample the best part — the fortune cookies. This gives them everything you need to make 48 fortune cookies, including ingredients, sizing tools and even an edible ink pen. It also comes with both pre-written fortunes and blank ones so they can write their own.

It’s hard to get a sense of how truly big this guy is: He stands 14 inches tall and is nearly two feet long. When he’s controlled via a remote control, he stomps, roars and charges up his atomic breath, which comes out in the form of (cool) steam. The breath effect was a huge hit with Good Housekeeping Institute testers, who wouldn’t stop setting him off. Ages 8+

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This funny shirt for gamers comes in some 20 colors and in youth sizes XS to L (and men’s and women’s sizes, too).

Kid testers were drawn into this new series, about ordinary kids who start to investigate a real-life mystery in their home state in Florida. “Most of the chapters end on a mini cliffhanger, so you don’t want to stop reading,” said our 10-year-old reviewer. Ages 8–12

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Next time they’re getting ready for a marathon Magic session, give them this throw blanket to help them stay warm and keep their mind sharp. No age recommendation given

They can decorate almost any space with these cool stickers. They come out of the tube as a liquid, but dry with a jelly consistency. The kit comes with four jelly paints, plus other accessories to bring their designs to life.

For those who like their games with a bit of a darker side, this casual dice game has participants play as the zombies. The object is to roll the three dice and try to get and eat as many brains as possible — first player to 13 brains wins. Ages 10+

It’s all about their rooms these days, so they’ll love this personalized gift that speaks to their personality. You can pick the color, font and emoji that’s added to it.

Get them off their phone and practicing their juggling (a.k.a hand-eye coordination) skills with a Pindaloo. The goal is to try and get creative with all the ways they can work the ball into the tube. Ages 9+

Players have to come up with innovative ways of solving puzzles in this latest entry into the Zelda franchise. In it, Zelda can create “echoes” or copies of objects and monsters, and she has to use them and combine them wisely in her adventures across the land. Rated ESRB 10+

If they’re into making codes, breaking codes and generally trying to keep secrets, this book will lead them through how to make codes, cyphers and even, eventually, entirely new languages. It’s written by David J. Peterson, a language consultant for things like Game of Thrones and Doctor Strange. Ages 10+

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Whether they’re doing work for school on their laptops, listening to music or playing games, they can do it in style with these cat-ear headphones. They light up with LEDs, and it has a microphone for gaming or video calls.

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It’s the size of a golf ball, but it can do so many things. Using drag-and-drop code or javascript, kids can program it to play games like weaving around or knocking down obstacles. Ages 8+

Disney fans met the introduction of the Lorcana trading-card game with great excitement, but these kinds of games always have complicated rules and take a minute to figure out how to play. This set helps new players understand the nuances of the game. Players start using only a portion of the deck, and as they master the skills, they unlock more of the deck with different kinds of cards. It’s a step-by-step introduction to the gameplay. Good Housekeeping Institute testers loved the art of the cards, too. Ages 8+

Your 10-year-old can choose to make any one of three animals with this LEGO set: a red fox, an owl or a squirrel. Once he’s played with one animal for a bit he can take it apart and make another. They’re all beautiful! Ages 9+

This book will have your budding artist thinking in a new way: It comes with pages with colors splashed across them, and kids can use a black felt pen to draw in the outlines. It’s a great mindfulness activity for when they need to recharge their creative juices.

They can experiment with electricity, circuitry and other STEM topics in this kit, which has pieces that just snap together — no soldering necessary. It comes with enough pieces to make 100 projects, including a musical doorbell, a voice-controlled lamp and an adjustable-volume alarm, though the UFO was the Good Housekeeping Institute testers’ clear favorite. Ages 8+

It’s back! Good Housekeeping Institute testers loved the brighter colors and newer updates to the Furby, which now has more than 600 phrases and reactions. It even dances better! Plus, this one can interact with the smaller Furblets ($10). Ages 6+

Don’t want to stop playing cornhole after the sun goes down? Now you don’t have to — in fact, it can be more fun in the dark! In this set, the bean bags and the targets are illuminated, so they’ll even look cool as they fly through the air.