Best Christmas gifts for teens and young adults

As kids head into their teenage years and beyond, they’ll develop their own unique interests, and their Christmas gifts need to reflect these growing passions.

To help you find the perfect treat for your teenager this festive season, we’ve put together a list of the best LEGO® Christmas toys for teens and young adults. Whether they’re into Marvel movies, cool vehicles, beautiful bouquets, or K-pop bands, these sets are sure to bring plenty of cheer to your loved ones this Christmas!

NINJAGO® City Markets

Enter the world of the ninja with the biggest LEGO® NINJAGO® set ever!

With over 6,000 pieces, the 4-floor NINJAGO City Markets set makes the perfect Christmas gift for any teen aged 14+. Whether they’re eating at the rooftop food court, playing pool at the karaoke club, picking up fresh pretzels at the bakery, or even using the flushing toilet at the sushi bar, there are so many fun features to discover.

Twenty-one minifigures bring the set to life, and there’s even a working cable car to help the ninja travel between levels. For even more fun, combine the whole set with the NINJAGO City Gardens set to expand the action. Want more? Take a look at the 10 biggest LEGO sets ever.

Mandalorian Fang Fighter vs. TIE Interceptor™

Ready to head to a galaxy far, far away this Christmas?

Kids will love recreating epic Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 3 battles with the Fang Fighter and TIE Interceptor models. Built for action, each starfighter has 2 spring-loaded shooters and an opening cockpit with room for a minifigure. Plus, the Fang Fighter comes equipped with a weapons storage compartment!

The set also includes 4 LEGO® Star Wars™ minifigures, including The Mandalorian with the darksaber, and an R2-E6 LEGO Droid figure. Once all the action-packed adventure has finished for the day, the models make a great display.

Why not also take a look at our best LEGO Star Wars™ sets for Christmas.

Expecto Patronum

Bring some extra-special magic to Christmas this year with this LEGO® Harry Potter™ 2-in-1 set.

An enchanting Christmas gift for any Harry Potter™ fan aged 14+, teens can build Harry Potter’s Patronus, a stag, complete with posable legs and translucent light-blue elements, before rebuilding the bricks into Professor Remus Lupin’s wolf Patronus.

Also included are Harry Potter™ and Remus Lupin LEGO minifigures, who both come complete with a wand, plus LEGO elements that create the effect of a spell being cast. Designed for display, the set also features an integrated decorative display stand with room for the minifigures.

BTS Dynamite

Light up Christmas like Dynamite with this amazing 18+ LEGO® Ideas set!

If you love the iconic pop band BTS, you will have an absolute blast with this play-and-display set, which recreates the band’s music video for their smash hit "Dynamite". Packed full of authentic details, the set includes brick-built versions of locations such as the disco, the record shop, the doughnut shop and the ice-cream van – plus BTS records, a buildable palm tree and a basketball hoop.

Bringing the set to life are the seven band members – and there’s even a detachable stage that the BTS minifigures can dance on together.

Orchid

Let your loved one’s creativity bloom this festive season.

A mindful building project for those aged 18 and over, this elegant orchid makes the perfect decor piece for any home or office space. Along with the beautiful pink and white flowers, the true-to-life model includes 5 leaves at its base, and 2 wandering air roots to create an authentic display.

The stems, blooms, roots and leaves are all customisable, so you can create your preferred look, and the set even includes a buildable blue-fluted vase that can be filled with brown LEGO® elements to recreate the bark mix used for potting real orchids.

Learn about the secret meanings behind the plants in the LEGO Botanical Collection, so you can give a gift that really means something to your loved ones.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Bring The Amazing Spider-Man to life with this epic dimensional piece of art!

Containing 2,099 pieces, this set makes the perfect Christmas gift for young adults aged 18 and over. Marvel fans can recreate their own comic book art, depicting Spidey as he breaks out of the frame, complete with posable head and fingers!

The backdrop replicates the comic book’s Ben-Day-dot printing technique from the 1960s. The picture features 15 spiders to represent issue no.15 of Amazing Fantasy, where Spider-Man first appeared – back in August 1962.

For an even more immersive superhero building experience, you can scan the QR code to listen to a tailor-made soundtrack.

You can also explore our 10 best Marvel gifts for adults for the Marvel fan in your life.

Scaled-up LEGO® Minifigure

Delight any LEGO® fan this Christmas with the scaled-up LEGO Minifigure.

The figure features a movable head, arms, legs and hands, and even has a hat that opens to reveal a standard-sized minifigure inside – perfect for role-play fun.

This model replica of the figure found in front of the LEGO Campus in Billund, Denmark is suitable for anyone aged 10+. Standing at over 27 cm tall, this classic-style design makes a great display piece in any home or office.

Vespa 125

Celebrate an Italian style icon with this beautiful LEGO® Vespa 125 model kit.

LEGO designers worked closely with the lifestyle brand to recreate this stunning model. Young adults aged 18+ can build and display their own version of an Italian icon, inspired by the classic 1960s Vespa Piaggio.

Presented in a beautiful pastel blue and packed with authentic details, the model comes complete with a brick-built engine and removable cover, 2 seats, realistic steering, a functioning kickstand and a 1960s Italian number plate. Also included are stylish accessories, including a helmet, a basket and a bouquet of flowers.

If this set sparks your interest, you can read all about the history of this iconic scooter.

The Globe

Send your young adult on the trip of a lifetime this Christmas with the LEGO® Ideas Globe!

This impressive LEGO recreation of a vintage globe makes the perfect gift for any travel or geography enthusiast in your life. At over 40 cm high, it makes a stunning display, and it even spins on its axis just like the real thing.

Builders can light up the room with amazing glow-in-the-dark tiles decorated with the names of oceans and continents, add buildable ship and compass icon accessories, and include a charming finishing touch with ‘The Earth’ nameplate.

The world really is yours with this set – all you have to do is open the box.

The Mighty Bowser™

Are you ready to take on the ultimate Super Mario™ boss?

The perfect Christmas gift for Super Mario fans aged 18+, this buildable figure is packed full of authentic features, including Bowser’s spikes, snapping jaw, and a fireball launcher. The figure is also fully posable, with a movable head, neck, arms, hands, legs and tail.

Once built, Bowser can be displayed on the brick-built battle platform, which has 2 towers for him to knock over, plus a hidden POW block and an Action Tag. The set also combines with a LEGO® Super Mario Starter Course (71360, 71387 or 71403 – sold separately) for epic battles with LEGO® Mario™, LEGO® Luigi™ or LEGO® Peach™.

Star-Lord’s Helmet

Delight the Guardian of the Galaxy fan in your life with this highly detailed LEGO® Marvel collector’s item.

Young adults aged 18+ will love this model-making challenge as they build the Guardians of the Galaxy leader’s iconic headgear.

A fascinating centrepiece for any home or office space, the finished model stands over 18 cm high, and the sturdy base comes complete with a cool Infinity Saga Star-Lord nameplate.

The 602-piece set is designed to deliver a rewarding build-and-display experience for model-making enthusiasts, and is bound to bring lots of joy to any Marvel fan this Christmas.

Wildflower Bouquet

Gift your loved one flowers that will last forever.

Containing 8 different species of wildflower, including Welsh poppies, cornflowers, lavender and lupins, this set is the perfect Christmas treat for any nature lovers or budding florists.

Each of the 16 stems is adjustable so you can customise your own bouquet, and once built, the LEGO® flowers can be displayed in your favourite vase to add a colourful piece of decor to any home.

Eco-conscious young adults will also love the fact that this set features elements made from a plant-based plastic produced using sustainably sourced sugarcane.

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Whether you’re after a fun toy for a toddler, a challenging build for someone a little older, or a treat to show a partner that you love them, you’re bound to find the perfect gift this festive season in our wonderful LEGO collection.