With Christmas just around the corner, it’s time to get searching for the best gifts for your friends and family members who love everything space-related. Who knows where their imaginations could take them?
Here are the 11 best space toys for aspiring intergalactic explorers this Christmas!
Blast off into space and explore new planets with this LEGO Creator 3in1 Space Astronaut building set, which offers 3 cool building options. Designed for kids aged 9 and up, the set makes a great holiday gift for little builders with a passion for space.
The astronaut figure includes a detachable jet propulsion backpack, posable legs, feet, arms and fingers and a golden opening visor with a seat inside for a minifigure (not included). Kids can then use the same bricks to build a futuristic space dog with posable legs and tail, or a space viper jet with a seat for a minifigure (not included) to pilot it.
All 3 models can be made with the LEGO Builder app and come with stands for display.
Discover new worlds this festive season with this 311-piece LEGO City Space Explorer Rover and Alien Life toy playset for kids aged 6 and up to enjoy amazing role-play.
The Space Explorer Rover vehicle has a 2-person cockpit, 6 large tires and advanced suspension for dealing with the tricky terrain of alien planets. The set also comes with strange steam-jetting geysers, 2 space crew minifigures, and robot and alien figures.
The set comes with simple step-by-step instructions and an interactive digital building guide, making it suitable for beginner builders.
Know a kid who wants to travel to another galaxy and play among the stars this holiday season? The LEGO City Space Base and Rocket Launchpad playset for ages 8 and up is packed with cool features and is the perfect set for them!
The playset includes a control room and 360° space crane tower above the main sector, which opens for access to an equipment carousel, science lab and refreshment area. There is also a spaceship, launchpad, construction vehicle and a planet scene with toy energy crystals and vegetation, plus 6 space crew minifigures, 1 robot and 2 alien figures for kids to stage their own space adventures.
Budding astronauts aged 7 and up can have fun floating around space at Christmas with the LEGO City Modular Space Station model playset.
The space ring building set features an orbiting anchor for docking spacecraft and detailed room pod modules, including a satellite, space bike, shuttle, exploration science lab, repair workshop, kitchen, sleeping quarters and a biodome. Kids can also switch the modules to create their perfect space station and connect them to the shuttle to create a space train.
The set also comes with 6 space crew minifigures for kids to role-play amazing space action.
Encourage toddlers to develop their building and storytelling skills with the LEGO DUPLO® 3in1 Space Shuttle Adventure playset! This holiday season, little ones aged 3 and up will be enthralled as they pretend to be astronauts traveling in a spaceship and meeting aliens.
The space rocket toy can be rebuilt into a lunar vehicle, a planet base or whatever inventions little builders dream up! The fun never stops!
The playset also comes with 2 LEGO DUPLO astronaut figures and a friendly alien figure for kids to stage their own adventures in space!
Give this LEGO Icons NASA Artemis Space Launch System building set as a Christmas gift to the space enthusiast in your life.
The 3,601-piece set for adults offers LEGO and space fans an immersive project to create an imposing premium model, which can be proudly displayed on a shelf or table.
This NASA-inspired LEGO replica includes retractable launch tower umbilicals, rocket support and crew bridge, detachable solid-fuel boosters and separating rocket stages.
The set also includes a model of the Orion spacecraft with foldout solar panels, which can be placed inside the rocket or on a separate display stand, and a printed plaque.
Surprise kids aged 10 and up at Christmas with this LEGO Technic™ Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit building set – a fun and educational gift to help them learn about the solar system.
The interactive set makes it easy to understand the orbit of the Earth and the Moon, the Earth’s gravitational pull and how the rotations affect the seasons. Cool features include a crankshaft that kids can turn to create the rotations. There are also months and moon phases to show the progress of the Earth, Sun and Moon throughout the year.
The 526-piece set is great for building together with family and friends during the holiday period and you can download the LEGO Builder app to guide you through all the steps.
Kids aged 8 and up who want to discover new planets during the holidays will adore the LEGO Friends Space Research Rover building set.
The space vehicle with 4 large wheels is packed with features including a cabin, a camera on a retractable arm and a research area with a magnifying glass where there are fold-down beds, plus a bed and food for the dog.
The set also comes with 2 LEGO Friends mini-dolls of Olivia and William, a hover scooter, a dog figure, 2 alien figures and space flowers for kids to enjoy endless play possibilities!
Give kids aged 8 and up a path into the LEGO DREAMZzz™ world, where they can recreate action-packed scenes from the TV show with Mr. Oz’s Space Car.
The 350-piece set can be built in 2 ways for kids to choose their adventure: a space rover with a retractable grabber arm, a moving satellite and a mini rover toy, or a space shuttle with 2 large shooting cannons and a mini-shuttle toy.
The playset also comes with LEGO DREAMZzz minifigure characters Mr. Oz, Jayden, plus Albert and a Grimspawn monster, which has tentacles that wrap around Jayden.
Relax this Christmas by creating the LEGO Art The Milky Way Galaxy brick-built artwork – the perfect home décor holiday gift idea for creative adults.
This 3,091-piece wall art features a 3D effect of incredible depth and texture and includes some of the Milky Way’s most famous points of interest, including Trappist-1, The Pleiades, The Crab Nebula and The Pillars of Creation.
This space-themed gift idea is made with 5 different panels, each with its own building instructions booklet, so a group of friends can create together, and you can scan a QR code to access fascinating content about the Milky Way.
Space fans aged 10 and up will love playing out intergalactic adventures with the LEGO Technic NASA Mars Rover Perseverance.
It comes packed with features that help kids learn more about the NASA Perseverance rover and its companion robot helicopter Ingenuity, including 360° steering and a movable arm. It also has a fully articulated suspension that lets the vehicle maintain traction on all 6 wheels across uneven surfaces, plus exciting elements including a power unit, antennae and cameras.
The set is great for building together with family and friends – download the LEGO Builder app for a guide to completing the build as a team.
Are you shopping for people whose interests lie beyond space? We’ve got you covered.
Find jaw-dropping Christmas gifts for all your loved ones, whether they go crazy for classic cars or are passionate about princesses – there’s a LEGO set for everyone!
