This holiday season, Code Ninjas is bringing you a variety of amazing gift ideas kids are sure to love! From pocket-sized game creating tools, to gadgets and activities that will let their creativity soar, find the right gift today!
Gifts for Ages 5+
Perfect for young coders, this beginner-friendly activity set helps kids learn sequencing and logic skills. With a programmable mouse and maze-building pieces, kids can design courses and code the mouse to find its way through. It’s a wonderful way for kids to practice early coding in a fun, hands-on way!
The Bee-Bot is a friendly, programmable floor robot that’s perfect for introducing young kids to sequencing. With directional buttons on its back, children can easily program Bee-Bot to follow a sequence of moves, helping them learn basic coding concepts like sequencing and debugging. The larger, rechargeable design compared to a Robot Mouse is ideal for small hands and classroom use. The Blue-Bot with Bluetooth allows children to see their code in an app, and the Blue-Bots are able to interact with other Bee-Bots and Blue-Bots. Bee-Bots are one of the most popular STEM stations for JR Ninjas at many Code Ninjas Dojos, making them a favorite tool for young learners in coding education.
Snap Circuits makes it easy for kids to explore the basics of electronics. With color-coded, easy-to-connect pieces, kids can build real working circuits for a wide range of projects, from alarms to flashing lights. Perfect for hands-on learners, Snap Circuits teaches problem-solving and introduces essential STEM concepts through play. Snap Circuits are also a very popular STEM station for JR Ninjas at many Code Ninjas Dojos, making them a favorite for young learners discovering the world of electronics and circuitry.
A marble run toy is a fantastic way for little engineers to develop problem-solving, spatial awareness, and fine motor skills. By designing and building tracks, kids learn about gravity, momentum, and cause-and-effect through hands-on exploration. It’s an engaging tool for fostering creativity and critical thinking as they experiment with different designs to see how marbles will move.
3D magnetic cubes bring the imaginative building of games such as Minecraft into real life, allowing kids to create structures they can touch and modify. These cubes encourage spatial reasoning, problem-solving, and creativity as kids experiment with different designs and shapes. Perfect for hands-on learners, they make abstract concepts of geometry and architecture tangible and fun. Ninjas who have enjoyed Code Ninjas Minecraft modding or Redstone camps or the Minecraft Modding Club will enjoy this hands-on activity, as it brings their digital creativity into the physical world.
The Learning Resources STEM Explorers Pixel Art Challenge is a fun and interactive way for kids to explore the world of pixel art while developing problem-solving and creativity skills. By using color-coded tiles, kids can create their own pixel art designs, learning about patterns, symmetry, and spatial awareness in the process. This toy is a perfect tie-in for Code Ninjas, where Ninjas use the MakeCode Arcade pixel editor to create digital pixel art while coding. It provides a tangible, hands-on way to reinforce the concepts they’re learning in coding, allowing them to see their creative ideas come to life both on and off the screen.
The Crayola Wixels Animals Activity & Coloring Set allows younger kids to explore the world of pixel art in a fun and hands-on way. With colorful, bendable Wixels, children can create their own pixelated animal designs by snapping the pieces together and adding their own creativity. This activity encourages fine motor skills, pattern recognition, and artistic expression. It’s a perfect tie-in for Code Ninjas, where Ninjas use the MakeCode Arcade pixel editor to create digital pixel art while coding. The Wixels set provides a tangible, interactive way for kids to reinforce the concepts they’re learning in coding, bringing their creative ideas to life both on and off the screen.
Magna-Tiles are an excellent STEM tool that helps children develop essential engineering skills through hands-on play. By building structures with colorful, magnetic tiles, kids experiment with geometry, balance, and symmetry while strengthening their problem-solving and spatial reasoning abilities. These open-ended building sets encourage creativity and critical thinking, allowing children to design, build, and test their own structures, fostering a deeper understanding of engineering principles.
Gifts for Ages 8+
The Meowbit is a handheld gaming console that brings the fun of coding to life, allowing kids to create their own games and projects using the MakeCode Arcade platform. Perfect for Ninjas currently learning to code on IMPACT at Code Ninjas, the Meowbit offers a hands-on way to practice coding while building playable games. With its vibrant screen, programmable buttons, and compatibility with MakeCode, it’s a fantastic gift that enhances coding skills and encourages creativity both on and off the screen. Ninjas can even download projects they’ve made onto the Meowbit and share them with their friends, bringing their creations to life in the real world.
For young inventors, the Makey Makey Invention Kit offers an exciting introduction to electronics and coding. With a Makey Makey, kids can turn almost anything into a touchpad—bananas become piano keys, play dough turns into game controllers, and much more. It’s a playful way to explore circuitry and bring imagination to life. Code Ninjas offers a huge variety of fun camps and clubs that teach kids how to create amazing projects while learning about conductivity, circuitry, and the world of electronics. Children can continue learning and creating even after the camp or club is over, bringing their new skills into endless future projects.
For young inventors, the Makey Makey Invention Kit offers an exciting introduction to electronics and coding. With a Makey Makey, kids can turn almost anything into a touchpad—bananas become piano keys, play dough turns into game controllers, and much more. It’s a playful way to explore circuitry and bring imagination to life. Code Ninjas offers a huge variety of fun camps and clubs that teach kids how to create amazing projects while learning about conductivity, circuitry, and the world of electronics. Children can continue learning and creating even after the camp or club is over, bringing their new skills into endless future projects.
The Lilypad Sewable Starter Kit is a fun and creative way for kids to explore e-textiles and wearable technology. This kit includes everything needed to sew lights, sensors, and other electronics into fabric, allowing kids to design their own interactive clothing and accessories. Perfect for young makers, it combines sewing and coding skills, introducing kids to the exciting world of wearable tech while fostering creativity and problem-solving. Kids who attended the Maker Club would enjoy having their own Lilypad e-textile kit to continue designing and creating at home, expanding their projects beyond the club.
Perler Beads are a creative and hands-on way for kids to design colorful, pixel-inspired artwork by arranging beads into patterns that can be fused together. It’s a perfect tie-in for Code Ninjas, where Ninjas use the MakeCode Arcade pixel editor to create digital pixel art while coding. Just like in coding, where they manipulate pixels to create designs, Perler beads encourage attention to detail and pattern recognition, helping reinforce their understanding of pixel-based art while fostering creativity and fine motor skills.
The 3Doodler is a fun and innovative tool that allows kids to bring their creations to life in 3D by drawing with plastic filament that hardens as it cools. With endless possibilities for creativity, Ninjas can design everything from sculptures to functional objects, all while developing spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills. This is a great way to get Ninjas interested and participating in the 3D Design camps at Code Ninjas, where they can apply their newfound skills in creating digital designs and turn them into 3D printed objects.
Snap 2 It is a fun and competitive game where 1 to 4 players race to create a winning circuit by snapping together a path of SNAP CIRCUITS® parts between their light and the communal battery pack. Easy to play, players set up the board, draw three cards, and plan their path between the battery pack and their light. The first player to complete their circuit and turn on their light wins! This game encourages critical thinking, problem-solving, and hands-on learning while introducing kids to the fundamentals of circuitry in an exciting way.
The Gravity Maze Marble Run is a thrilling and challenging puzzle game that combines logic and engineering to guide a marble through a maze of towers. Players use their problem-solving skills to create pathways by strategically placing different pieces, working to drop the marble into the target. With multiple levels of difficulty, this game fosters spatial reasoning, critical thinking, and planning, while offering hours of fun as kids explore gravity, motion, and basic engineering concepts in a hands-on way.
The 4M Green Science Rover Robot Kit is a hands-on science and engineering kit that lets kids build their own solar-powered rover. Using simple materials and easy-to-follow instructions, children can assemble the rover, which is powered by sunlight or a small battery, teaching them about renewable energy and basic robotics. This kit encourages problem-solving and creativity while introducing kids to key STEM concepts like solar power, sustainability, and mechanical engineering, making it a perfect educational project for young inventors and future engineers.
The Sphero Mini Coding Robot Ball is a fun, programmable robot that brings coding to life in a playful way. With its compact, durable design and colorful LED lights, kids can control the Sphero Mini through various coding apps, learning basic programming concepts like loops, sequencing, and debugging while having fun. Perfect for young coders, this robot can navigate obstacle courses, race against other robots, or even be used for custom challenges, making it an engaging tool for developing problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
The Ozobot – Evo Entry Kit is an exciting introduction to robotics and coding, perfect for young learners. This interactive robot uses color-coded lines and basic programming commands to navigate, race, and complete challenges. With the Evo Entry Kit, kids can learn fundamental coding concepts, like sequencing and logic, through fun, hands-on activities. The kit also includes the Ozobot Evo app, which lets kids explore more advanced programming options as they continue to grow their skills. Ideal for both beginners and budding coders, the Ozobot Evo offers a playful way to engage with STEM concepts while sparking creativity.
The Dash Robot from Wonder Workshop is a friendly, interactive robot that introduces kids to the world of coding and robotics in a fun and engaging way. Through the free Blockly app, kids can program Dash to move, light up, make sounds, and even interact with its environment, learning essential coding concepts like sequencing, loops, and problem-solving. Perfect for beginners, Dash is a hands-on tool that helps children develop computational thinking and creativity while having a blast bringing their own robot creations to life. Its versatility and ease of use make it an ideal introduction to robotics for young learners.
The SPIKE Essential is a hands-on robotics kit that introduces kids to the fundamentals of engineering and coding using LEGO bricks. Designed for young learners, it includes motors, sensors, and a colorful, easy-to-use hub that connects with the LEGO Education SPIKE App, allowing kids to bring their creations to life through coding. Ninjas currently in the JR LEGO Club or those interested in robotics will benefit from this kit by building on their foundational skills in a fun, interactive way, while gaining experience in programming, problem-solving, and design. The SPIKE Essential kit helps foster creativity and teamwork while preparing kids for more advanced robotics challenges.
The LEGO SPIKE Prime kit is an advanced robotics and coding set designed to take young builders and coders to the next level. Featuring a powerful hub, motors, sensors, and a wide variety of LEGO bricks, it allows kids to create more complex robots and bring them to life through coding with the LEGO Education SPIKE App. Ninjas currently in the LEGO Robotics or FIRST LEGO League clubs will benefit from having an extra SPIKE Prime set at home, as it provides more opportunities for independent learning and practice. With additional time and resources to experiment with designs and programming, kids can refine their skills, explore new ideas, and prepare for their next big robotics challenge.
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