23 Gifts and Toys for 7-Year-Old Boys

From the far end of the yard, he can radio a friend on the porch with Retevis walkie-talkies and hear the reply right away, no shouting across the grass needed.

Whistling through the air on every long pass, the Nerf Vortex makes a backyard throw sound like a big play.

Arcade-style pinball at home means as many turns as he wants, and this classic BRIO game runs on his own aim and timing.

Minecraft in figure form hands a young gamer who retells every world he builds a character to pose and move.

A grade-schooler who plasters his lunchbox with party-bag stickers can design puffy ones of his own with this Klutz kit.

The HEX BOTS Wall Crawler is a prankster's gecko: it crosses the floor, then climbs straight up the wall to a spot where nobody thinks to look.

This voice changer hands a grade-school joker a strange new sound for every line he invents for the family dog.

How far can his memory stretch?

Harry Potter faces on a Guess Who? board belong with a young reader partway through the wizard books.

Memory counts in this Ravensburger treasure hunt, where players take turns moving through the Enchanted Forest and try to keep track of what they have seen.

Rainy afternoon or sunny lawn, Mattel's Toss Across sets up indoors or out and turns aiming into a contest.

Ravensburger Labyrinth puts Pokémon in a maze, a board game for a boy who knows Pikachu by heart.

A boy who turns every meal into a joke gets a card game built around a messy food fight.

Pressman Pick Up Sticks hands a patient second-grader a classic game of nerve and slow, careful lifts.

Minecraft characters he knows from the screen become figures he can hold in this Mattel set, accessories included, all with that pixelated look.

Dinosaurs, a Magic Tree House nonfiction guide, hands a seven-year-old fossil fan facts to read on his own.

Dog Man gives a seven-year-old comic fan a graphic novel he can tear through on his own.

With breakfast cleared, a boy who pries open old toys to see inside can spread K'NEX across the kitchen table.

Each glowing ball draws bright rings around an active boy whose arms never stop moving.

Stones he paints with this Dan&Darci kit keep glowing on his bookshelf after the lights go out.

This National Geographic terrarium gives a dinosaur-obsessed second-grader a prehistoric garden to arrange and look after.