Best Toys for 5 Year Old Boys - Top Christmas and Birthday Gift Ideas

Choosing the best gifts and toys for 5 year old boys can be difficult. Read on for suggestions of some popular and cool toys from big birthday gifts to stocking fillers at Christmas. Every child is different and choosing the best toys for them often depends on the child's personality? Do they like bugs, superheros, playing outdoors or being creative? When choosing the best toys for a 5 year old boy, they tend to fall into one or even a few the following categories:

• Construction toys - Boys of 5 years love construction toys. Lego, construction marble runs and dado squares, all make great toys for this age group. Read on for specific suggestion of construction toys including all of the above themed lego set such as Star Wars
• Character and Superhero toys - many 5 year old boys like TV and movie characters. At the moment, Disney/ Pixar Cars 2 is very popular and merchandise and toys for this movie are popular with this age group. They may also like superhero toys such as spiderman and batman.
• Toys with wheels - 5 year old boys will love outdoor toys with wheels such scooters and bikes. Indoor toys with wheels include remote control cars and race tracks. They will probably still like the traditional trains and cars.
• Creative toys - many 5 year old boys love to draw, paint and generally create and there are lots of options on the market for this age group. Sticker books are also popular with this age.
• Toys for role play - 5 year old boys love to take part in imaginative role play so toys which facilitate this are good. Examples include dinosaurs, playmobil, castles, props, dressing up outfits and figures to play with.
• Other great toys - other toys that are great for 5 year old boys include stomp rockets, jigsaws, games, bug disovery kits and dinosaur toys.

Check out the suggestions below for best suggestions of toys and gifts for 5 year old boys.

Marble runs are a really fun toy.

5 year old boys can spend hours constructing different kinds of marble runs using the equipment and then have fun running marbles down them.

Adults can get involved too by helping out.

In fact you may find the adults enjoying themselves as much as the child.

Check out the different kinds marble run toys opposite

Shopping from the UK? Click here for Marble Run Basic 45pc at amazon.co.uk. Price: £9.99

Lego is a really great toy for 5 year old boys. If you just buy them a set of bricks they will have lots of fun building things from their imagination and then playing with them afterwards. You can also buy sets where they build specific things such as the sets below. Other lego sets include boats, cars, construction vehicles, police and fire stations.

Star Wars lego is extremely popular with boys of this age who have seen the movies. There are some fantastic star wars lego sets available. Most 5 year olds may need a bit of help constructing the lego (as they are aimed at slightly older children) but if so it makes a good project to work on with an adult. And, once constructed these sets can provide hours of imaginative play.

if you're not keen on actually building a set with your 5 year old, there are lots of lego Star Wars figures that they can play with, with their normal lego too.

There are also Star Wars lego accessories like the LEGO Star Wars ZipBin Medium Toybox & Playmat. This box provides a storage solution for all lego, but when you unzip it, it becomes a fantastic Star Wars play mat.

There are lots of themed lego sets which features character from books, movies and TV that 5 year old boys will love. They include:

• Sponge Bob Square Pants
• Disney Pixar Cars Mack's Team Truck
• Toy Story (the Toy Story lego featured opposite is great for a stocking filler).
• Harry Potter

The only thing to note is that many of these sets will require adult help to build.

Check out some ideas opposite.

Knex is another great little construction toy. 5 year old boys can build lots of different constructions and creatures (depending on which set you buy) and then play with them. There are different building ideas that come with the toy and can be copied or you can make your own constructions from your imagination. The pieces are big and easy for little hands to manipulate. It is also a good toy that spans different age ranges and there are reviews on Amazon that say brothers and sisters also enjoy the toy. There are some options on amazon.com opposite.

My own son loves this toy and it keeps him occupied for quite a time.

If you look on ebay you can quite often buy lots of Kid Knex blocks and buddies for a lot cheaper too.

 Many 5 year old boys love batman and there are some great batman toys available. Fisher Price makes the Super Friends Batcave which is a very popular toy with this age group There are lots of accessories that come with the cave including batman, robin, bat-computer, bat-cycle, Robin's staff/hook weapon, 2 batarangs. There is an elevator which stops on three different levels and a working draw bridge with spinning feature to make sure the bat cycle is always ready for action. The toys is well designed and it's great for encouraging imaginative role play. There's props, levers, and lots of little nooks and doors and windows that open, close, and interconnect.  Kids love it and it can be folded away for easy storage. It also has a handle for carrying so is easy to transport to other people's houses.

As already said, 5 year old boys do tend to like superheros and spiderman is another favorite of these age group.

If you are looking for some spiderman toys find a few idesa opposite including:

• A spiderman costume
• Spiderman chutes and ladders
• Talking spiderman
• Spiderman truck

Other ideas of themed spiderman toys and gifts include:

• jigsaw puzzles
• books
• comics
• Action figures
• DVDs

A scooter is a great toys for boys of 5 years and older. My son, who is almost 5 rides his scooter to and from school everyday. And it's great for getting them to burn off excess energy. They are also good if you have to walk anywhere and don't want to be dawdling with a small child.

At 5 years most children will be able to handle a 2 wheel scooter. A good choice is the Razor Kick scooter featured below. Or if you're looking for a 2 wheel scooter that is a little bit more sturdy check out the Radio Flyer scooter. The radio flyer scooter has wider wheels for easier balance and a lower deck for safety.

Many 5 year old boys still love cars but their choices of toy may be a bit more sophisticated then when they used to play with toy cars. Below are some suggestions of good race tracks to buy. Or what about a remote control car which they will have great fun zooming around inside or outside.

There are lots of top toys for boys who love to draw, paint and make things.

One of my own sons is nearly five and he is currently crazy about drawing. He will happily spend hours with crayons, pens and paper just drawing creations. He also loves sticking, making things, painting and creating.

For boys like my son, a craft box, paper, a set of felt tip pens, pencils, crayons, paints, glue or any craft supplies would make a great gift.

There are also some excellent craft kits. Melissa and Doug do a great set of toys which involves decorating a toy supplied in their kits. For boys, there are trains, planes and treasure chests.

This is a tough little camera to withstand the play of 5 year old boys. It works like a normal camera, takes video clips, and has 5 different games to play. Connect to a TV to view your photos and video clips on a larger screen. Also features dual viewfinders, colour screen, built-in flash and SD card slot.

Your 5 year old will love taking pictures of everything he sees.

Shopping from the UK. Check the VTech Kidizoom Plus Multimedia Digital Camera (Blue) on amazon.co.uk

Another option is the Vtech Kidizoom video camera. It shoots videos which can be edited and takes photos too.

There are lots of good board games for 5 year old boys, ranging for ones which you play just for lots of fun and those which have educational value too.

Ideas include classic games such as Candyland and chutes and ladders to more modern games such as Richard Scarry's busytown where you race around the town solving mysteries. Check this game and a couple of others out below.

Many toys already featured in this article have some educational value as kids learn so much through play. However, here are a few more toy ideas which will help boys of 5 years and above learn about science, letters and more.

The Mind Blowing science kit contains a variety of scientific experiments which are fun too. Learn about volcanos, colors, crystals and more.

You can also learn about caterpillars and grow butterflies with the butterfly kit featured.

The jigsaw puzzles of the map of the USA is a 45 piece puzzle where 5 year old boys can learn about the geography of the US.

Here are some more top toy suggestions boys aged 5 years.

Moon in my room is such a cool toy. Hang the illuminated moon in a 5 year old boys room and they will love it. It has a remote control and 12 different light settings to show the different stages of the moon.

The featured microscope is such a cool toy for an amazing price. Take this microscope everywhere and see what you can find to look at, at 30x magnification. Great for exploring and a great stocking filler.

Stomp rockets are great fun. Stomp on the pump at the bottom of the rocket and see how high you can shoot it in the air. Everybody in the family will be queuing up to have a go, not just 5 year old boys

Also what about some superhero costumes featured below.