Toy Insider Media Correspondent Deborah Stallings Stumm joined KCAL in Los Angeles to show off the best science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) toys to help get kids ready for the new school year. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best gifts of the season, be sure to check out The Toy Insider’s Spring and Summer Gift Guide.
JET PILOT DASHBOARD
Aspiring pilots can prepare for takeoff with this interactive dashboard, which features lights, buttons, voice playback, a four-position throttle, and more. Kids can turn the steering yolk to move a mini-plane in a scrolling display.
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MAGIC SKETCH GLOW
This glow-in-the-dark art kit comes with a reusable, template-friendly drawing board with a protective cover and eight templates. Kids can draw and doodle, then use the Magic Light Pen to make their creations glow.
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3DOODLER START+ ESSENTIALS 3D PRINTING PEN SET
This 3D printing pen extrudes eco-friendly plastic that rapidly hardens, allowing kids to create anything they can think of in 3D. Kids simply charge up the pen, turn it on, feed in a strand of filament, and start drawing in 3D. Includes 72 strands of plastic in different colors and an activity guide with 10…
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CRAFT YOUR OWN MOSAIC FRAME
Create a colorful photo frame to display your favorite photographs with this craft kit.. Includes one wooden photo frame, shiny mosaic pieces, and plaster powder.
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VR DINOSAURS, OCEANS, & ANIMALS GIFT SETS
Kids can learn about oceans, animals, or dinosaurs with three separate gift sets. Each set comes with an interactive book from DK publishing, virtual reality goggles for educational experiences, and scratch art or fossil activities.
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STEM EXPLORERS PIXEL ART CHALLENGE
Kids can solve STEM-filled art challenges one pixel at a time! This toy’s 40+ screen-free art challenges help kids build cool 2-D and 3-D artwork by solving math and coding problems. Whether following coordinates to make a ladybug or coding up a smiling watermelon, kids build essential STEM skills with every pixel art creation they…
