25 Best Toys & Gift Ideas for 9-Year-Old Boys: 2025 Picks

Let your child’s imagination run riot with this kit, which lets them power electric model cars, build doodling robots, add motors to Legos, and more.

This introduction to electronics comes with challenge cards to give your tweenager ideas of what to build.

Boys of all ages enjoy creating with Legos. This kit lets them use it to enter the world of coding by creating fun robots.

Instructions for five different robots are included in the free app, suitable for iOS or Android. Because of this, the set requires access to a tablet or smartphone.

This educational set from the world of K’NEX introduces kids to basic engineering and technology skills by creating a fully functioning fairground ride. There are three amusement park ride models to choose from and build.

It comes with all the pieces you need, plus a battery-operated motor.

Wonder Workshop brings us this robot, which can be coded to follow mazes or race around a track. Once your child masters basic coding on paper or a tablet, they can begin block-based coding with the free Blockly app.

This award-winning coding robot toy is sure to be a hit with any 9-year-old boy.

This is one of many kits from Engino that help your child discover the world of technology and mechanics. Your child can use it to create 16 different working models while learning how levers and linkages work.

As well as a full instruction booklet, there’s online support via the company website or a free app.

This guessing card game lets you and your kids enter the exciting world of city exploration within the United States. It’s suitable for two to six players ages 8 and over.

We particularly like that this learning game allows parents to interact with kids away from today’s technology. It’s getting back to the basics. Plus, you get to teach your child about geography in a subtle and fun way!

Is your 9-year-old son a fan of the video game phenomenon Minecraft? Are they also still into their Lego kits? If so, this is the ideal gift.

With this set, your child can build a Minecraft-based farm, use their imagination to help Steve maintain it, and fight off the skeleton and his bow.

Hone your skills by navigating a ball through this 3D maze enclosed in a clear plastic sphere. There are 22 feet of track and 125 obstacles to keep your child focused for hours.

This puzzle game will develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills while enhancing hand-eye coordination.

Release your boy’s inner Criss Angel with this 56-piece magic kit. There are instructions for 100 easy-to-learn tricks that they can use to wow family and friends.

The set even includes a magic top hat and wand to add to the theatrics of the magic show.

It’s time to leave the kiddie cars behind and enter the world of battery-operated, radio-controlled action. This car has three motors (one for steering, two for driving), front and rear suspension, and a 3-channel transmitter.

It can be used indoors or outdoors and is rugged and tough enough for all terrains.

This lightweight skateboard has been crafted with kids in mind. The shorter wheelbase is good for a tween’s smaller size, but it still performs at the skatepark.

It has 360-degree inclined casters with high-grade urethane wheels. The board has a concave deck for increased control when carving turns.

The Nerf N-Strike Elite is a massive hit amongst 9-year-old boys. With six darts they can fire in quick action, this gun will satisfy any Nerf war addict. It’s quick and easy to load.

If six darts aren’t enough, you can purchase extras separately.

Keep active by jumping on this blast pad to launch a rocket over 200 feet into the air. Your boy can play with friends to see who can launch the highest rocket.

Once the kids have finished having fun with this outdoor toy, everything packs neatly into the base. This is the perfect solution for storage and keeping everything together for the next playtime.

If you have a boy who likes baseball, but you aren’t always around to pitch for him to practice, go electronic. This battery-operated pitching machine will launch one of the six plastic balls every 20 seconds.

We like that this is height adjustable, so you can set it just right for your kid’s swing.

Your 9-year-old will be whizzing off to the store for you on this battery-powered scooter. It’s one way to get them to volunteer to run an errand.

This best electric scooter for kids has a throttle in the handle and a hand-operated front brake. Just push off to kick start it and get to a thrilling speed of up to 10 miles per hour.

Cozmo is the ideal robot buddy for a 9-year-old boy. Apart from all the games he can play straight out of the box, some simple programming with a free app lets him control Cozmo to do his bidding.

We love the simple drag-and-drop coding method, as it makes it quick for new coders to use and see results.

Enjoy 60 different challenges that get progressively harder to create a maze that carries a marble from the starting point to a target tower.

This game combines building and engineering and comes with clear and easy-to-follow instructions.

This game for two to four players over the age of 8 covers all sorts of science subjects. Kids can learn about chemistry, biology, astronomy, anatomy, zoology, and physics.

It’s family-friendly learning made fun. Just stretch your line of gross slime to the end of the board to win.

Kids love video games. This gift lets them create their own game, test it, and then play it. They can even share it with friends, which is really cool.

The free app that enables this game can be downloaded to a compatible device, which will have to be available for use.

Anyone for candy? This kit has a complete instruction book for 40 different experiments your kids can follow to make different types of candy. They can learn about food science and then eat the end results.

While the kit includes 27 tools and ingredients, you’ll need to add some pantry staples for the experiments.

Lighthearted and fun, this box set of books from award-winning author Jeff Kinney are favorites with kids worldwide. Easy to pick up but hard to put down, they’ll provide lots of laughs and encourage your 9-year-old to read.

You might even find yourself sneaking one out of the box to read yourself.

This microscope is ready to be used out of the box and will enchant boys who love looking into what things are made of. There are three different magnification levels and easy-to-use focus knobs.

They can examine the wings of a fly, see its eye close up, or grow bacteria and examine it.

This lightweight tracing pad has LED lights, making it easy to trace through. It’s really thin and portable. A graphite pencil and 12 colored pencils are included, along with 10 tracing sheets.

Arts and crafts are an excellent way for a tween to unwind and relax. This kit comes with the puzzle pieces to create nine 3D designs. It also comes with 40 markers for coloring them in.

Your child can assemble houses, buildings, animals, or insects and then get creative coloring them in.

You’ll probably be asking them to share with you, as these projects are good for stress relief.

No review of boys’ toys would be complete without a basketball hoop. This mini version fits over a door and comes with a mini-basketball. The shatter-resistant backboard has foam backing to prevent damage.

This is great for kids to let off steam on rainy days indoors or just for practicing their skills whenever they want.