Birthday Gift Ideas For 11 Year Old Boys

What do you get your little boy when he is not so little anymore?  When a child goes from kid to tween, parents usually get stumped on what the perfect present would be.  Since you want to get him something that he will surely love, and a t-shirt or a CD just doesn’t cut it, here are a couple birthday gift ideas for 11 year old boys that are surely worth taking a look at.

OWI Robotic Arm Edge

Since you do not want to get your child something too kiddie, even though in your eyes he is and always will be your baby, why not opt for something a little more techy?  The OWI Robotic Arm Edge is a great way to introduce your son to the interesting world of electronics, if he hasn’t been fascinated by it already, that is.  With this set, your child will actually start off constructing the whole thing- putting together the 5 motors, 5 gear boxes, and 5 joints and wiring it up to the 5-switch controller.

But the fund does not stop there.  Once everything is in perfect working order, he can now control the Robotic arm and order it to do a couple of cool things.  The OWI has 120° wrist motion, 300° elbow motion, 180° base motion with 270° rotation.  It can reach for things that are up to 15 inches away vertically and 12.6 inches away horizontally.  Plus it can carry objects that are up to 100g.

Aside from that, this also boasts of some extra features like the search light on the gripper and the audible safety gear indicator.

Girder and Panel Hydrodynamic Deluxe Set

Another toy that has been making some serious waves in the toy market is the Girder and Panel Hydrodynamic Deluxe Set.  Your son will be able to actually build a plant complete with all of the water works- form the tanks, to the pipes, to the valves, to the very pump itself.  This is definitely one interesting take on your typical construction toy

This 300 pieces set comes complete with everything your child needs to build some cool structures, like an ice cream factory or a distillation plant, and understand the dynamics of fluids and water flow.  It has an electric pump, a large square tank, a siphon tank, small and big cone bottom tanks, a tilt scale, ad a float valve.  Aside from that, it also has a ball flow meter, a water wheel, spray head, pipes and pipe holders, and various valves.

LEGO Indiana Jones The Temple of Doom (7199)

So far, all gifts seem to be connected to construction.  But when it comes to building, nothing quite beats LEGO.  The LEGO Indiana Jones The Temple of Doom (7199)  comes with 652 pieces that when put together creates the ever famous wild mine cart chase of Indiana Jones deep under the temple.

With this set, your child will be able to set up parts of the mine as well as the track which comes to be 37 inches long altogether.  That is one pretty long ride for the small mini figures that are also part of the package.  You will get Indiana Jones, Short Round, Willie, Mola Ram, and 2 Temple guards.  These characters actually get to zip away on the 2 rail carts that run through the action packed journey with a trap door in the temple, stone and barrier traps on the track, and a sword trap under the temple.