Top Ten Toys for a Six Year Old

All the toys here are for six year old children as the youngest age that the toy is appropriate for, so the child will get years of use out of them before they outgrow them. A six year old is sort of in the middle, getting too big for many toys and not quite big enough for may more, but with a little searching, you can find many age-appropriate selections. The toys arebeginning to be more involved. Puzzles have changed from 48 pieces to 100. Crafts are more detailed. Many sports items are adult size. These are 10 of the most popular categoriesof toys for a six year old, with some of the best products in each one. I hope you find what you are looking for and have fun searching.

Arts and Crafts toys for a six year olds

Arts and Crafts for a six year old are more detailed oriented than for the younger child A six year old has more patience to handle the detailed work.

Paint The Wild Bird Diner Kit From Balitono
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/3871
This is a great project. Not only does the child have the fun of painting , but gets to see his creation in use.

Design Your Own Soccer Ball Kit
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/3920
This kit comes with a regulation size soccer ball and paints to create a one of a kind.

Construction Toys for a six year old

Construction toys for a six year old have more pieces and more involved building plans.

Hexabits Fun Bucket 1350
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/6206
There are enough pieces in this set to build a project as large as 2 square feet.

You-niverse Electronic Marble Race
http://www.toysrus.com/
One special thing about this toy is that the child can play alone or with one or two friends. It has sound effects and the track can be set up according to directions or the child can create his own design, making the race different each time.

Board Games for a six year old

Board games for a six year old take more time to play and have more involved plots and actions.

Enchanted Forest Game From Ravensburger
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/4043
Search the enchanted forest, find three treasures and be the first to get them to the king. This game is full of imagination.

Take Off Game
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/4046
Players race jets along colored route lines to be the first to make it around the world. Learn geography the fun way.

Outdoor Toys for a six year old

Outdoor toys for a six year old more closely resemble adult items and some of them come in adult sizes, especially the sports items.

Power Pitch Horseshoes From Monkey Business Sports
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/4572
Take horseshoes to the next level with this one. The horseshoes are made of foam, so they are safe. And the game can be played indoors as well as outside.

22 Inch Red Hop Ball
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/5170
This is a great fun exerciser. As a matter of fact, they will have so much fun, they will not even realize they are exercising.

Puzzle toys for a six year old

Puzzles for a six year old have more pieces, usually 100 and the pictures are more detailed.

Land Of The Dinosaurs Jigsaw Puzzle From Ravensburger
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/4173
Puzzles do get bigger for six year olds. This one has 100 pieces and of course every child’s favorite creatures.

Pirate’s Bounty Floor Puzzle From Melissa & Doug
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/6594
One hundred pieces of pirate fun.

Science Toys for a six year old

Science toys for a six year old are more complex and detailed. This is a good age to introduce more advanced sciences such as Chemistry.

Chemistry Wiz Science Kit From Norman & Globus
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/4030
With this kit, the child can, make candles, sink and float an egg and then stuff it in a bottle, grow crystals, blow up balloons and that is only part of the fun. There is a 40 page work book included. This is an excellent first chemistry set.

Glow-in-the-Dark Solar System From Educational Insights
http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/4135
This set includes a bright, glowing sun, as well as the other planets that complete the solar system It also comes with everything need to hang the solare system from the ceiling.

Electronic toys for a six year old

Electronic toys for a six year old combine fun with first grade level learning.

Leapster Arcade: Word Chasers
http://www.toysrus.com
What a terrific way to learn spelling You are the cat chasing the mice. Each mouse has a letter on it and you spell words with the mice you catch.

Learning Toys for a six year old

Learning toys for a six year old can take a regular game and turn it into a learning experience.

Old Mummy Game from Birdcage Books
http://www.toysrus.com/
This is a variation on Old Maid. The child collects matching Egyptian artifact cards. And the Old Maid is the Old Mummy, so don’t get left with him.

Books for a six year old

In addition to regular reading, books for a six year old can be instructive and interactive.
Klutz �® Friendship Bracelet Kit
http://shopping.discovery.com/product-54667.html
This book comes with everything the child needs to make friendship bracelets. And when they have used up the material it is easy to get more. It is regular embroidery floss.

Remote Control Toys for six year olds

Remote control toys for a six year old will have more complicated controls and perform more tasks.

Remote Control Robosapien
http://shopping.discovery.com/product-56515.html
This is an award winning toy. It is a winner of the Preferred Choice Award from Creative Child Magazine and named one of the 100 Best Children’s Products by Dr. Toy, so this is one you can buy with confidence that the child will have fun and learn at the same time. It has # 67 pre-programmed functions and walks, dances, yawns, stretches, does kung fu, raps, fetches and throws. The child may have to hide this one from his/hers parents.