Exclusive MindWare Educational Toys & Games - 8-Year Olds

Check out these creative toys for 8-year-olds that are MindWare exclusives!

MindWare has curated an amazing collection of brainy toys for eight-year-olds... including family games, fun brain teasers, building toys, arts and crafts, as well as science kits and active games for kids. At MindWare we take great pride in giving you creative toys you can proudly put in the hands of your children and in your classroom. And you'll know the fun is never ending with our collection of games, creative toys and academic challenges!

MindWare's own series of Perplexors books is an outstanding way to introduce kids 8 and up to logical deduction and reasoning – important skills for standardized tests in the upper grades. You'll find word based Perplexors and Perplexors that emphasize math skills as well. There's even a series of Grid Perplexors that teaches kids how to keep their logic focused and moving.

MindWare's Extreme Dot to Dot worksheets will challenge your child's mind while sparking endless creativity. Extreme Dot to Dot worksheets start at 500 and working up to 1,400 dots in one puzzle. Some puzzles even cover a two-page spread. And there is a book for everyone – animal lovers explorers, history buffs, travel fans and more. Dot to dot puzzles are great creative toys for building concentration skills in eight-year-olds!

Treat kids to lessons in power, force and momentum with the Demolition Lab and Blast Factory or the Demolition Lab and Quad Blaster for build-it-up and demolish-it-down fun! While Remote Control Animals has 100 pieces and will let kids create a robotic “zoo” with numerous animals to construct. Kids will learn about animal locomotion and biomechanics as they build each model.

Our own line of Dig It Up! paleontology sets bring home the excitement of discovery. Carefully encased in plaster, young scientist use heavy duty tools to free the Tyrannosaurus Rex or Triceratops skeleton that becomes a complete model once washed and assembled. For the younger ages, or as a party activity, excavate the dinosaurs from individual eggs with Dig It Up! Dinosaur Eggs.

Our very own Science Academy learning kits include a Volcano Lab, Slime Lab, Perfume Lab, Soap Lab and more. These top quality kits are created with 100% non-toxic ingredients and will provide hours of creative fun for your future scientist.

Think your kids will build something when pigs fly? Then get them the Weird & Wacky Contraption Lab with Exclusive Ring of Fire! This zany contraption let's kids build and build until they create a path for the steel marble that will send the pig flying. It's a different game every time and eight-year-olds think it's a blast.