Best Gifts for Animal Lovers

Looking for the purr-fect gift for the animal-lover in your life?

We’ve been making LEGO® animal sets since 1935, but with so many critter-based options to choose from, it can be hard deciding on the perfect one. To help you make the all-important decision, we’ve put together a list of the best gifts for any animal enthusiast, no matter how old they are.

Whether they’re exploring the ocean alongside whales and dolphins, heading into the wild with lions and tigers, or walking with dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, there are so many exciting creatures to discover in our epic animal collection.

Playful Cat

Are you a cat lover, dog lover or can’t quite decide? Why not enjoy both with this LEGO® Creator 3in1 Playful Cat (31163) set, perfect for animal lovers.

Build and rebuild three different animal figures from the same set of bricks, including a playful cat, a cheerful dog or even a curious pigeon! Each figure has movable parts, so you can position them in whatever pose you’d like. The set also comes with themed accessories like a food bowl, mouse toy and yarn for the cat, a bone for the dog and a pile of breadcrumbs for the pigeon to peck.

Whatever your favorite animal, this dynamic set allows you to display the version of your choice, making for a fun addition to the decor in any pet-lover’s room.

Wild Animals: Panda Family

Get ready for a wild adventure with the LEGO® Creator 3in1 Wild Animals: Panda Family (31165) set!

Perfect for animal lovers, this set lets your creativity run wild as you build and rebuild not one, not two, but three adorable animal families—using the very same bricks.

Start by assembling a panda and its cute cub munching on bamboo, then switch things up with a majestic orca and its calf. Finally, bring a touch of coolness to your space with a waddling penguin and its chick on a patch of ice. Each creature comes with posable parts, making them perfect to display in your room once the adventure is over!

The Insect Collection

Delight the nature-lover in your life with The Insect Collection.

Featuring 3 life-size, posable models, this set allows LEGO® builders the chance to get up close with some of the world’s most extraordinary insects in their natural habitats.

The blue morpho butterfly comes complete with adjustable wings, buildable flower, and a honeybee. The Hercules beetle has attachable wings and horns, and the Chinese mantis shares its habitat with a 7-spotted ladybird.

For even more insect inspiration, accompanying the set is a playlist curated by award-winning Foley artist Sanaa Kelley, who has recreated each insect’s unique sounds using only LEGO bricks and packaging!

3in1 LEGO® Animal Sets

Prepare to have triple the fun with one of our awesome 3in1 sets! Designed to set imaginations soaring, each of these toys lets you choose to put the model together in three different ways, so kids (and adults) can enjoy endless hours of creative fun.

Step into the great outdoors this festive season with the Birdhouse (31143). Kids can build the super-cute birdhouse, complete with five birds, before turning it into a hedgehog and squirrel, or a beehive with 4 bees and some honeycomb.

The posable White Rabbit (31133) makes a super-cute gift for any animal-lover, and can be turned into a white seal, or cockatoo parrot! Puppy fans will love the Adorable Dogs (31137) set which lets kids build some of their favorite breeds including a beagle, poodle, or a husky.

If you’re looking for something a little more tropical, the Exotic Pink Parrot (31144) is a colorful model that can also be turned into a swimming fish or leaping frog. And if you want to add an extra touch of magic, why not give the gift of a Magical Unicorn (31140), which can also be turned into a seahorse, or an enchanted peacock!

Dog Rescue Center

Calling all dog lovers!

A great gift for kids aged 7 and over, they will love creating their own pup-inspired tales as they care for the cute dogs waiting to be adopted at the Rescue Center.

Whether kids are washing and brushing Pickle the dog at the grooming station or playing with the dog duo of Dash and Grace on the obstacle course, there is so much fun to be had with this set. LEGO® Friends characters Autumn, Zac, and Dr. Gabriela Silva are on hand to help with tons of cute accessories such as toys, scales, medicine, water, and a bed.

For even more play possibilities, the modular style means the Dog Rescue Center can also be rearranged in countless different ways!

Brachiosaurus Discovery

Step into the awe-inspiring world of Jurassic Park with this epic set.

The perfect gift for dinosaur fans aged 9+, kids can recreate the iconic scene from the Jurassic Park movie where Dr. Ellie Satler and Dr. Alan Grant see the Brachiosaurus for the very first time.

At over 9.5 in (24 cm) high, the posable Brachiosaurus figure is the tallest LEGO® dinosaur to date. The set also includes a brick-built Jeep Wrangler and tree, complete with a viewing platform and detachable leaves that kids can feed to the dinosaur – just like Dr. Alan Grant did in the movie!

Arctic Explorer LEGO® City Sets

Your gift just got a whole lot cooler with our Arctic Explorer LEGO® City sets! Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime as you join polar bears, orcas, and seals on the icy tundra.

The floatable Arctic Explorer Ship (60368) is the perfect vessel to explore the frozen waters. The huge boat is packed full of cool vehicles, such as a helicopter, dingy, and underwater sub, plus the set also includes tons of realistic equipment for hours of ocean exploration.

For adventures on land, the Arctic Explorer Snowmobile (60376) comes complete with tracked wheels and skis, plus an Arctic scene and detachable toy camera! Budding explorers will also love the Arctic Explorer Truck and Mobile Lab (60378), which lets them plough through the snowy landscape and retrieve the mysterious meteorite to test in the lab.

Each set is brought to life with awesome LEGO minifigures, amazing animals, and tons of accessories.

LEGO® Friends Sea Sets

Head to the beach with one of our LEGO® Friends sea sets!

Nature-loving kids will enjoy helping Nova and Aliya clean up the shores of Heartlake City with the Sea Rescue Boat (41734). The buildable catamaran rolls over the trash in the ocean to capture it in the nets ready for recycling, and the boat even doubles as a research lab too!

Kids can create even more exciting ocean-rescue stories with the Sea Rescue Center (41736). They can use the water scooter to pull up to the dock, then head inside to clean, feed, and x-ray the otters. Once they’re well again, the otters can slide into the rehab area, or even swim back out into the ocean.

For even more beach-side fun, kids aged 12+ can head to the Beach Amusement Park (41737). Complete with a rotating carousel, a wave machine with moving surfer, and a shooting gallery game, this advanced building challenge includes LEGO Technic™ elements for added movement and realism.

Each set comes complete with several LEGO mini-dolls, plus lots of adorable animals for hours of critter-based fun!

Bird's Nest

Share the joy of this adorable bird family with your loved ones.

The perfect gift for nature-lovers, this LEGO® Bird's Nest set includes a buildable nest complete with flowering branches, plus a space for the mummy bird, 2 chicks, and 3 colorful eggs.

The birds and eggs can be removed and rearranged, plus all 3 birds have movable wings so the nest can be displayed in many different ways.

LEGO® City Explorer Boats Sets

Dive into hours of endless ocean-inspired adventures with our LEGO® City Explorer Boat sets!

Perfect for exploring the sea bed, the super-cool Deep-Sea Explorer Submarine (60379) comes complete with grabber claws, plus a bubble cockpit and internal laboratory. Kids can open the submarine’s fuselage to deploy the water drone, or put one of the 6 minifigures in the mech-style diving suit to get up close and personal with the seabed. Also included is a shipwreck to explore, with jellyfish and circling sharks – plus there’s even an extra surprise shark function for curious divers!

For even more water-based fun, the inflatable Explorer Diving Boat (60377) lets kids deploy a mini submarine to venture down to the seafloor where a treasure chest lies hidden within the colorful coral reef. The set also comes complete with a manta ray, shark, crab, 2 fish, and 2 sea turtles, and 3 minifigures!

Jade Rabbit

Celebrate the joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival all year long with this super-detailed Jade Rabbit model.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important holiday, celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar calendar. One of the festival’s beloved mascots, the Jade Rabbit is depicted sitting on a snow skin mooncake while it creates divine medicine. Eating mooncake is one of the traditions of the festival, and the model also opens up to reveal an egg-yolk and 2 smaller rabbits inside.

The perfect gift for those celebrating the Moon Festival, the bright yellow moon and beautiful clouds make this a fun display piece too!

Wild Animals of the World

Take a walk on the wild side!

Packed full of 22 different animals in their natural habitats, this LEGO® DUPLO® set takes kids aged 2+ on a journey to all 7 continents.

Our big bricks are designed to help little hands and minds to develop. Whether they’re meeting pandas in Asia, lions in Africa, koalas in Australia, or penguins in the Antarctic, there is so much to explore with this build-and-play set. Wild Animals of the World encourages your toddler’s creativity and imagination through play, while expanding their understanding of and care for nature.

Bringing the set to life is a soundbrick that plays realistic animal sounds. There’s even a foldable map that means kids can travel across the globe and back!

Looking for even more LEGO® sets?

Searching for more magical gifts to sneak under the tree? Whether you’re buying for a movie-lover, a car fanatic, or an art enthusiast, we have sets for all ages and interests in our huge LEGO® collection.