Toy Insider Senior Editor Maddie Michalik joined FOX Weather to show off STEM toys that are so much fun, kids won’t realize they’re also learning. For more on the items featured in this segment, check out the product notes below, and for the complete rundown of the best toys of the holiday season, be sure to check our complete Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide.


CODING CRITTERS MAGICODERS: SKYE THE UNICORN AND BLAZE THE DRAGON

The all-new Coding Critters MagiCoders are the most fantastical Coding Critters yet! Coding Critters are a kid's first coding friend and introduces them to early STEM concepts through 100% screen-free coding activities. Kids can follow the storybook adventures of Skye the Unicorn and Blaze the Dragon to cast cool coding spells without the need for…

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 4+

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3DOODLER START+ ESSENTIALS PEN SET

This easy-to-use 3D printing pen gives kids a unique, hands-on way to make art, design objects, and build things. The pen extrudes a special eco-plastic that quickly hardens and is completely safe to the touch. This easy-to-use 3D printing pen gives kids a unique, hands-on way to make art, design objects, and build things. The…

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  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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OSMO GENIUS STARTER KIT FOR IPAD

This interactive game combines physical pieces with digital apps. The Starter Kit includes five game appsthat promote visual problem-solving, puzzling, math, freehand drawing, and listening skills. Kids can learn physics, spelling, and vocabulary through a variety of levels that range in difficulty from beginner to expert. Real-time audio and visual feedback helps kids learn through…

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  • MSRP:
  • $99.99; $119 CAD
  • Age:
  • 6+

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AMAZING WORMS CHEMISTRY KIT

Kids can create colorful, gooey worms with five chemistry experiments featuring green alginate, color-changing sodium alginate, calcium chloride, and zinc sulfide.

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  • MSRP:
  • $9.99
  • Age:
  • 8+

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HEXMODS PRO SERIES ELITE RACEWAY

This set comes with a hobby-grade, R/C tuner car chassis with thousands of mod combinations, including hoods, bumpers, an LED underglow, and more. Kids can build a track configuration with more than 20 feet of connectable barrier and race up to 18 mph. This set comes with a hobby-grade, R/C tuner car chassis with thousands…

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  • MSRP:
  • $89.99; $129.99 CAD
  • Age:
  • 14+

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Bill Reese

Bill Reese

Bill Reese is Business Operations Manager at Adventure Media & Events, where he's worked since 2014. A former editor at Playbill and graduate of SUNY–Purchase, he spends most weekends rooting for the New York Red Bulls pro soccer team and making subway systems out of Brio trains with his little boy Jonah.

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