Need kid gift ideas for ages 4-7? Here are toy ideas for everything from arts and crafts, building and educational toys to pretend play and outdoor toys.
Hi friend!
I’ve been blogging for 10+ years now and have done my share of gift guides. I wasn’t planning to create any more but then I realized that in the kid gift department, I kinda left off at the toddler stage. Now that I have 2/3 of my kids out of toddlerhood, I thought I should put together a new kids gift guide for our current stage of life. So, here are some things my older two (who are about to turn 5 and 7) have been into the past couple of years!
If you need more ideas, check out my past gift guides:
- Small Business Gift Guide
- Gift Ideas for Babies & New Moms {Baby’s First Year}
- Toddler Gift Ideas {Ages 1-3}
- Kitchen Tools For Kids
- Best Toys for Multiple Ages
- Gifts For New Moms
- Gift Ideas for Buys Moms
- Best Gifts For Husbands
- Best Gifts For In-Laws (or Parents)
As always, you know who you’re buying for. Some of these could be used by kids younger or older than this age group. This is also kind of a tricky age group because there are often two versions of things and a 4-year-old could do the “junior” version while a 7-year-old could do the regular version so be sure to consider that!
Remember that I’ve tried to provide links but there are often several similar versions of each idea out there so do some research if needed to find the best one for you! I also encourage you to shop from small businesses whenever possible. I’d love to see you take an idea from this post and purchase it from a small or local business! Or check FB Marketplace or your local selling groups and find one secondhand. Kids don’t need all brand new toys all the time!!
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Arts & Crafts for Kids
Let them express their creativity with all sorts of projects.
- Paint by Sticker
- Boogie Boards – great for car trips, waiting rooms, sibling sports practices etc.
- Perler Beads
- Giant coloring pages
- Rainbow scratch paper
- Playdough + playdough tools
- Kinetic sand
- Mosaic sticker art
- Origami
- Paper Airplanes
- Beads for jewelry making – they have larger lacing beads and beads that pop together for 4-5 year olds. Or these Lego Dot bracelets!
- Friendship bracelet making kits – definitely for the older end but great for 7-8 year olds to start making!
- Weaving loom
- Modeling clay – they have kinds that won’t dry out and can be reused or kinds that dry into permanent creations
- How to draw books – there are books for pretty much anything they’re interested – animals, characters, monsters etc
Art Supplies for Kids
Build a robust art station and let them create with anything that is out and available!
- Pipe cleaners
- Clothespins
- Straws
- Pom poms
- Washable paint
- Balloons
- Popsicle sticks
- Paint Brushes
- Kwik Stixs Solid Tempera Paints – perfect for when you need something bolder than a marker but want it to dry quicker than regular paint
- Do A Dot Art! Markers
- Glue Sticks – I like the disappearing purple ones because they can easily see where they’ve spread the glue
- Markers
- Crayons
- Butcher Paper – for me this is so much easier than single sheets of paper because you can tear off as much or as little as you want each time
- Construction paper
- Scissors
- Hole punches
- Hot Glue Gun
- Watercolor paints
- Stamps
- Sidewalk chalk
Building Toys for Kids
These building toys for kids give them a chance to let their creativity shine!
- Legos
- Playmobil
- Magnatiles
- Giant Jenga blocks – my kids love to use these for building just like regular wooden blocks
- Marble run
- Plus plus – for the younger end of the range look at Plus Plus Big.
- K’nex – for 4-5 year olds look at Kids K’nex
- Fort builder – there are lots of brands. We had one from lakeshore learning
- Real Tools – plus some scrap wood! Or a building kit.
Games and Puzzles for kids
Games that are easy enough for kids but still fun for adults to play, plus puzzles!
- Outfoxed
- Sleeping Queens
- Osmo – the starter kid plus a fun game, like detective, pizza or coding
- 100+ piece puzzles – my kids love puzzles and have several 100 and even 200 piece puzzles
- Spot-It – there’s also Spot-It Junior!
- Super why ABC letter Game – great for preschool and kindergarten
- Moneybags – better for first gradeish range
- Ticket to Ride First Journey – easier when they can read in my opinion
- Rat a Tat Cat
- Mermaid Island
- Floor Puzzles
Educational Toys for Kids
Let them research and learn, experiment and build! Plus you can never have too many books.
- Snap circuits – they have junior and more advanced versions
- Science kits
- Chapter books – I’ll be putting together a post with some good ideas for chapter book series soon!
- Eyeclops Digital Microscope (or other digital microscope)
- Nature identification books – depending on their interests look at bug identifying books, bird books, plant identification books, etc
- Encyclopedia – tons of great options. I still have mine from when I was a kid
- Awesome Science Experiments for Kids– I love this book series, they have an engineering one, robotics one, food experiments and more
- Logic Puzzles
- Simon – my kids love seeing how long they can follow the pattern
Subscription Boxes for Kids
Monthly subscription boxes for kids- everything from cooking to magazines to coding and clothes.
- Raddish – cooking for kids
- Ameria’s Test Kitchen – cooking for kids
- Kiwi Crate – STEAM activities for kids
- Highlights – I get Highlights for my 7-year-old and High Five for my 5-year-old.
- Ranger Rick – They have Ranger Rick and Rick Jr. magazines for different ages
- Stitch Fix Kids – If they’re into fashion! Rockets of Awesome and KidPik are other similar options
- Little Passports – global learning adventures
- Bitsbox – coding for kids
Active and Outdoor Toys for Kids
Get them up and moving. There are so many options out there for some of these that you’ll have to do your own research to find a good one. But here are some general ideas, some with links, some without
- Nerf Dart toys
- Laser tag
- Razor scooter – look for these secondhand!
- Razor 360 trike – look for these secondhand!
- Rollerblades/skates – there are lots of options that start as rollerskates and can convert to rollerblades as their balance improves!
- Sports stuff – soccer, baseball, football
- Beamo soft frisbee – alway go with a soft frisbee….just trust me!
- Balance beam
- Obstacle course stuff
- Mud Kitchen – Here are directions for how to build a mud kitchen!
- Bug Catcher
- Stomp Rocket
- Punching bag
- Gardening/digging tools
- Bow and arrow with target
- Saucer Swing – outdoor swing
- Pod swing – indoor swing
- Slackline
- Ninja course
Imagination Toys for Kids
Look for all this stuff secondhand! I scored a great deal on a dollhouse in perfect condition plus a huge bunch of barbies. Around and after Halloween is a great time to look for dress up clothes.
- Dollhouse – look for these secondhand! Kids are always outgrowing them
- Barbies
- Baby dolls
- Costumes
- Hot wheels
- Superheros
- Doctor kit
- Vet kit
- Digital camera – in my opinion it’s better to just get an inexpensive real digital camera vs a “kid one”
- Animal figurines – dinosaurs, Little People, robots etc
- Play food for restaurant, ice cream shop etc. Mine love to get new sets and then still use our play kitchen as well
Whew! There you go. Hope that helps give you some ideas. Would love to hear your favs in the comments.
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
