I attended The Big Toy Book #SweetSuite14 event at Blogger Bash in New York last month where I got to play with, learn about, and in some cases, get some of the toys I saw. But I’m so excited about finding so much cool stuff for boys that I’m sharing just out of pure excitement. All opinions are my own.
I cannot believe how many awesome toys there were at Sweet Suite! And while they had toys for all ages and both boys and girls, I’m going to share my favorites for boys since I’m an all-boy mom. My three troublemakers are 6, 8, and 9 so these are the toys that would appeal the most to them. If you have boys close to this age range, be sure to check these out. Many are good for girls as well- but you know: boy mom here.
Skylanders Trap Team This was the one my boys were the most excited about, after they took a look at some of the brands I’d get to meet with in New York. They are HUGE Skylanders Swap Force Fans, and they are counting down until the release of this new video game this fall. They thought it was so cool that I got to have my picture taken with a Skylander and preview the new game.
Disney Infinity This is a game we don’t have yet and like Skylanders, there are different character figurines you can get that changes the game. The 2.0 version has Marvel Super Heroes characters, which will appeal to my boys.
Hexbug My boys have a few of the Hexbug sets and they love to build. The new Hexbugs give them even more to build. My oldest loves any type of engineering project, so this is right up his alley, as is LEGO, which was also at Sweet Suite. A classic, of course, but a classic for a reason.
Kurio At lunch right before Sweet Suite, Kristen and I were chatting about getting our children phones. How we never thought we’d do it this early, but how convenient it would be. Though we’d want lots of safety features built in. So we completely flipped over the Kurio kids’ phone. This might be my oldest’s 10th birthday present this fall. Kurio also has kids’ tablets, but it was the phone I was most interested in for my tween.
Razor Anytime I see these scooters anywhere, I swear that I’m going to get my boys them, because they are awesome(though their Crazy Cart is what I really want so that I can drive around in it). We don’t have any of these yet, but soon!
Wowee had these really awesome robots. And if you have more than one, you can make them battle each other. Hey, I have three boys: you KNOW if they had these robots, the first thing they would do would be to have them battle. Better the robots than my boys.
Bananagrams Okay, so it’s me who LOVES words and any sort of word games. But we have a set of Bananagrams and I’ve gotten all of the boys to play this fun game with me.
MINECRAFT! I’ve probably mentioned a time or a thousand that my boys are all die-hard Minecraft fans. At #SweetSuite14, there were Minecraft toys from Jazwares. Out of the huge box of goodies we were sent from this event, it was the Minecraft toy that my boys arguing over who got to play with it first(though maybe only because they already had the Skylander we were sent).
The great part about #SweetSuite14 is getting to play with the toys and learn more about them, all without the kids tagging along, asking if we could please buy ALL THE TOYS RIGHT NOW. I learned about brands we already love and got to find out more info about new-to-me brands. For example, I would have looked at Sands Alive from Play Visions and shook my head, thinking it was messy and never going to make it in my house. Yet, I learned that it could land on your living room carpet and come up all in one piece, so now I think it would make a great gift.
Which of these toys is your favorite?
You can see the toys from last year’s Sweet Suite event here: Best Gifts for Boys, Part 1
Photo credit for all pictures in this post to Janice Croze of 5 Minutes for Mom along with Blogger Bash, since apparently I was too busy ooh’ing and aah’ing over all the cool toys to get good pics during the event, though I did post some on instagram.
My boys love Skylanders. They would have a field day with everything you have listed here.
My daughter has been telling me how fun Bananagrams is, so that would be my pick. I love games though!
I do, too! Our favorite these days, for game nights with friends, is Wits and Wagers.
Kurio might be my favorite right now. My son is a little too young for most of the toys mentioned (but I’m glad that boys have more OPTIONS!)
I was sad I had to miss Sweet Suite this year but it looks like you had an amazing time! Lots of great toys!
No turtles? All members of our family are raging TMNT fans!
My boys do like them, too! Though the TMNT toys I saw there were skewed a little younger. We did get a great one in our box of goodies, though!
I have to agree with you, the toys ROCK! My son would just love the minecraft ones and the little robots. How cool are those!? Wow!
Those MineCraft toys are cool. My son would love them, he is all about MineCraft.
I did like Mip, bu then again, there was Minecraft stuff. Minecraft is the obsession for the elementary school crowd these days!
Oh! This is so great! My son loves many of these but some I am not even familiar with yet. Thanks so much.
Skylanders and Minecraft are big with my 7 year old. We’re taking our Bananagram sgame with us when we go to the beach in two weeks – I think he’d like it alot.
These are some cool toys. They’re not just for boys! My granddaughter would like these as much as my grandson.
Absolutely! I mentioned many would work for girls’ as well. I just went for the boy list b/c I only have boys!
Epic toys! EPIC! I absolutely love the Minecraft toys and the Hexbug. Those are awesome.
The wowee looks great. All of them are fantastic choices/.
As a mom of two boys, I can say all those toys look like winners! My younger son has been asking for a razor scooter.
Oh how fun. My kiddos would love these!!
My boys would totally love those toys. They sure knew what to pick and those are a huge hit. Thanks for sharing and now I know what to get my boys for the holidays.
Thanks for all the gift ideas for boys. Now I have ideas for Christmas.
I agree with all of those. My son would love that new razor!
These really are great toys for boys. My son loves to play Skylanders.
How fun are these gifts? I have heard Bananagrams is a lot of fun.
It amazes me how toys have evolved over the years! That Kurio tablet looks like an awesome tablet for kids!
What a great selection. You can’t go wrong with Lego!
I’d love to try Bananagrams. I have a 6yr old who is a minecraft nut. We got him the dragon for his upcoming birthday.
I’m totally taking notes on these for my son! Christmas will be here soon
Those are great toys for both boys and girls. My daughter isn’t much into pink princess type toys and she tends to grab for toys like these. Just wanted to put that out there.
That’s why I said “Many are good for girls, too.” 😉 I just tend to focus on the boy, since I’m an all boy mama.
Thank you for the list! I only have girls, and I always get stumped as to what a good toy for my nephew will be. I will definitely keep these in mind for his October birthday!
So awesome. I’m a boy mom so I totally appreciate your list. I can’t wait to see the new Hexbugs and we’re always a Lego family.
What a great list! I would love to get my son the Razor ! That thing looks AWESOME!
Great list! These look like fun!
Aww, I have a little nephew now so I’ll be buying toys for boys now too. Glad to finally be able to! These look fun.
What fun stuff. I always get stuck on what to buy for my nephew, my niece is easy! I think he’d like the Razor.
Why is it that boys get the coolest toys?! I hope when I have children I can have a little boy so i can play with all the neato toys they get!
Some cool toys! We don’t have boys in our family, but I think some of the girls would like these!
My nephew will be turning 10 this year so I definitely would love to get him a Kurio and then for Christmas a Razor. Thanks for the suggestions!
We love bananagrams in his house. I just realized this morning I can’t find it! Maybe we need a backup set?