11 Cool Toys for 11 Year Old Boys (Written By a Boy Who Knows His Stuff)

This is the starter set, and there are also expansion packs you can get to keep this set growing. It's very popular, and just look at all the five star reviews on Amazon! The kids love it. My son actually pre-ordered this and paid for it with his own money... that's how bad he wanted it!

Yes, Star Wars is still popular with the kids. Luke Skywalker, Yoda, Chewy... these guys are always cool. The set we've linked to includes Yoda and R2-D2.

We have friends who bought this laser tag set as a Christmas gift for their kids, and it was so much fun! They would run around outside or in the basement and have a blast together. I think this is a great gift idea if you need to buy a gift for a large family, or for a kid who has friends over often.

Most 11 year old boys we know love video games, and they also enjoy action figures or figmas from their favorite video games. Our son has this figure from Legend of Zelda and loves that it's posable.

Another idea for gifts is a plush (or plushie, as my son says) from their favorite video game. He enjoys Animal Crossing and has a few of the Animal Crossing plushies. The one pictured is of the character Raymond, and it's been well loved.

We aren't sure if this really constitutes as a toy per se, but he has recently began to play foosball with his cousins and grandpa. If you don't have room for a large, stand-alone foosball table, this is a tabletop foosball game that's also budget-friendly.

We're hesitant to share this as a gift idea because it's pretty expensive, but if money isn't tight, one of the cool toys for 11 year old boys is a Lego Mindstorms kit. They are not only fun, but educational, too! This kit allows them to build a robot.

Our son was introduced to VEX in his Robotics club, and he really enjoys working with these pieces to build robotic things. We've linked to this cool ball launcher since it's inexpensive and a fun start to building with VEX. If your kiddo is ready for something more challenging, check out VEX IQ.

He still loves working with his hands, and while play doh is definitely too childish for him, he does like to work with clay. This clay set enables him to build simple animals that actually come out pretty cool.

While he thinks he's too big to color now, he does love to draw. A great Christmas gift or birthday gift idea that won't break the bank is a high quality sketch pad like this one. He'll have it filled with super cool drawings in no time!

These are so fun! This little plane can fly up to 320 feet and has three settings to make it easy, moderate, or more advanced to fly.