Fidget toys for kids are the ultimate calming tool to help you focus and concentrate.
Does your child have anxiety, ADHD, sensory challenges, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, or likes to twiddle things in their hands?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, a fidget toy may be the perfect play tool for them.
With that said, here is our top 15 recommended rated and reviewed fidget toys for kids.
Be sure to stick around from start to finish to find out how these fidget toys are unique from the others to narrow down your options or needs. Plus, we will cover commonly asked questions and answers. 🙂
Fidget Dodecagon Cube
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Focus
Get in the play zone.
There are 12 tactile tools to keep busy fingers moving…
- Gears
- Buttons
- Stress balls
- Joystick
- And MORE
This lightweight fidget cube is pocket-size making it perfect to take on the go.
Final Verdict: A portable fidget tool to improve mood and attention.
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Fidget Slime Kit (Glow In The Dark)
For Ages: 5 Years and Up
Best For: Creativity, Hand-Eye Coordination
Does your child like to play with slime?
If you answered yes, this is the ultimate kit to inspire creativity!
Mix n’ match over 50 different things to create your one of a kind slime:
- 18 vibrant slime colors
- 12 tubes of colored glitter
- 6 bags of foam balls
- 3 bags of beads
- Glow in the dark powder
- Plastic cutting and shaping utensils
Final Verdict: A creative fidget toy for the aspiring artist or slime lover.
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Glow-In-The-Dark Magnetic Rings
For Ages: 8 Years and Up
Best For: Stress Relief
A new n’ cool nighttime activity to relieve stress, these glow-in-the-dark magnetic rings will light up your world, literally.
The rings are super easy to play with, gliding smoothly over your fingers.
It’s stable enough allowing you to move the rings using one hand.
Perform amazing fidgeting tricks like:
- Put one ring on your index finger and spin
- Use your thumb to move the connected rings from the bottom of the pile to the top
- Take three rings and put one around the index finger and middle, then use your thumb to spin the free ring around
Final Verdict: An entertaining fidget activity that glows in the dark.
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Liquid Sensory Motion Bubbler
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: High Energy, Anxiety
It’s mesmerizing to stare at this bubbler in motion.
Watch the descending colorful droplets slowly move to the bottom.
After the bubbles drop, simply flip it over to start the fun all over again.
Final Verdict: Calming fidget toys for anxiety or hyperactive kids to promote visual stimulation.
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Monkey Fidgetz Mesh-and-Marble Fidget Toy
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Anxiety, Focus
Keep busy hands moving!
This toy is made of high-quality plastic mesh with one marble in it.
Push the ball back and forth in the sealed pouch.
If your kiddo likes to put things in their mouth, rest assured the toy is non-toxic and free of harmful additives.
Final Verdict: A mindless activity to reduce stress and increase focus.
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Pop Fidget Spinner
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Stress, Concentration
With minimal effort, easily spin this travel-size fidget toy.
Simply hold the center with one hand or use your other hand to give it a spin.
For a satisfying sensory experience, poke and pop the bubbles.
Final Verdict: A two-in-one fidget toy that spins and pops to keep hands entertained.
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Pop Tubes Sensory Toy
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Auditory Stimulation, Fine Motor Skills
For kids who like to fidget or grasp things, these pop tubes are an excellent outlet.
To play…simply connect, stretch, or pop.
This is a wonderful activity to get little fingers moving to improve fine motor strength.
Final Verdict: A fun therapeutic tool to promote tactile and auditory stimulation. Use it during physical therapy sessions, at home, in the classroom, or in clinics.
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Push Pop Bubble Fidget Toy
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Mood, Anxiety
Have you ever popped bubble wrap?
There is something so satisfying and soothing about it.
This soft silicone toy allows you to push n’ pop the bubbles over and over again.
Final Verdict: One of the best fidget toys to release stress and anxiety.
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Push Pop Building Blocks
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Relaxation, Sensory Interaction
Does your child like to build things with their hands?
If you answered yes, this building toy may inspire creativity.
Design numbers, letters, robots, and a dinosaur…there are endless shapes to create.
Each push pop is smooth to the touch with no tiny parts, making it a safe fidget toy for toddlers.
Final Verdict: A wonderful hands-on sensory activity to build learning skills.
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Push Pop Jigsaw Puzzle
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Anxiety, Sensory Challenges
A combination of one of the most popular push pop fidgets and jigsaw puzzles all in one!
If you’re familiar with the addictively engaging games Tetris or Bubble Pop, this one will surely do the same.
Combine 26 vibrantly colored geometric patterns to challenge your thinking.
Plus, it’s soft to the touch, easy to clean, and a safe toy for kids.
Final Verdict: If you need a fun brain game that’s soothing to play while honing mathematical skills, this is the one.
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Sensory Fidget Toy Set
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Variety Seekers, Sensory Fun
Undecided about which fidget toy to get?
Here’s a solution…
An individual fidget toy is a great choice if you know it suits your child’s needs or they will like it.
But, if you aren’t sure which toy to try out, a Fidget Toy Set may be a better option for you.
This budget-friendly set has 38 toys ranging from pop tubes, stress balls, fidget spinners, push pop, a puzzle ball, and more.
Final Verdict: A variety of durable yet cheap fidget toys to help soothe and stimulate.
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Sensory Spiky Rollers
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Tactile Stimulation, Stress
Did you ever have a rubber squishy stress ball?
That’s basically what this toy is with spikes all over it.
While you play, do homework, or sit, explore rolling this ball over your fingers, legs, or feet.
The soft gentle pressure on your body helps soothe and stimulate the senses.
Final Verdict: A trendy fidget toy for the ultimate sensory experience.
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Shape-Shifting Fidget Magnet Cube
For Ages: 8 Years and Up
Best For: Concentration, Problem-Solving
This award-winning innovative fidget toy has been kicked up a notch.
It’s a magnetic cube that allows you to create 3D art patterns.
Move and shift the design of your cube into over 70 cool shapes.
Final Verdict: The ultimate brain tease, to keep you hyper-focused and entertained.
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Stretchy Happy Man Sensory Gel Toy
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Sensory Challenges
Are you ready for some squeezy fun?
Stretch and pull as much as you want because this gel toy shrinks back to its original size.
The stretchy man passes along a subtle positive message to our youth…to smile and be happy. 🙂
Final Verdict: A humorous fidget toy to brighten your day that’s safe for toddlers and kids to explore.
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Textured Stretchy Strings
For Ages: 3 Years and Up
Best For: Stress Relief
Does your child need a fun outlet to relieve anxious energy?
Pull, wrap, snap and stretch different textures for the ultimate sensory experience.
The bumpy surfaces allow you to feel different sensations with your hands.
Final Verdict: A high-quality fidget toy for sensory exploration.
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Commonly Asked Questions and Answers…
What are the benefits of a fidget toy?
Fidget toys may increase the levels of dopamine and norepinephrine (which are two key chemicals to sharpen focus and attention).
This is basically the same thing ADHD medications do…
A fidget toy helps you concentrate with numerous benefits:
- Improve learning
- Reduce anxiety
- Lower stress
- Improve coordination
- Strengthen fine motor skills
- Sensory exploration to calm or soothe
Do kids need fidget toys?
Every child needs playtime.
That’s what a fidget toy provides…a productive outlet to occupy busy hands.
It’s a mindless activity to break up your day from schoolwork or tasks.
Are fidget toys for Autism only?
Not at all.
In addition to Autism, fidget toys benefit kids to improve mood and focus, or to help those diagnosed with ADHD or sensory challenges.
When should fidget toys be used?
Notably, when a child experiences sensory challenges or anxiety, these toys are an outlet that may help calm or soothe.
Final Thoughts
Fidget toys are designed to hold a child’s attention while creating a soothing and enjoyable play environment.
Various benefits include:
- Sensory exploration
- Fine motor development
- Concentration
In a nutshell, it’s a therapeutic tool to positively impact mood and focus!
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About the Author
Lindsey is the co-founder of The LENN Foundation and content creator of the Intensive Therapy for Kids blog.
When she isn’t busy playing Godzilla with her son or chasing around her mischievous Rottweiler pup, she loves creating experiences and memories with her loved ones (traveling, watching a good flick, trying new n’ yummy restaurants). Speaking of restaurants, one of her favs is Taco Bell!
Most of all, she is grateful for her supportive circle of family, friends, and to live out her passion for helping kids with Cerebral Palsy (like her sweet nephew Lenny).
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Hello there!
That is a wonderful guide you have there. Kids love toys a lot but it is unfortunate to see that many kids are not able to get the toys they desire simply because their parents or gudiance are not able to afford them. However, the suggested affordable toys mentioned in the article will help parents who can’t afford much to also be able to get their kids toys too.
Thanks.
Thanks for sharing! I appreciate hearing your thoughts. 🙂
I have to say that this is a neatly compiled sample of great fidgety toys. I can relate to them all because upon reading and looking at them they are all screaming at me to touch them.
The colors are so vibrant which also add to their appeal. Since I am an adult and I can feel the connection, I have no doubt that any kid will fall in love with these toys at first sight and touch.
I must admit that I find the magic spring toy also to be such a stress reliever. My teenage daughter and I both have one and they are quite soothing.
Thanks so much for this lovely post.
Thank you for sharing Carol! I appreciate your feedback. 🙂
Amazing content you have here.
When shopping for toys and gifts for boys, you want to make sure that whatever you pick challenges their growing abilities — they’re going into third grade, after all! by this And yet you still want to get them items that encourage or fosters play, get them outside and active, or teach them something cool, like a new art skill or how to code
Thanks for sharing Lucas! So glad the information was helpful to you. 🙂
Hello there! This is an amazing review you have got here. I am sure this information here will be of great help to any one who come across it as it is to me. Thanks for sharing this review, I am sure my daughter will be happy when I purchase this Stretchy Happy Man Sensory Gel Toy for her.
I appreciate the feedback Joy!
Thank you so much for sharing a beautiful and insightful article with us. The prime element of this article is Fidget Toys for Kids. It is truly impressive that you covered this subject so well in your post. I’ve learned a lot from reading your article and developed a lot of knowledge about it. I like the super Z outlet liquid motion bubbler of the points mentioned in your article. I really enjoyed the feature for which I gave this toy to my son on his birthday.
That is so wonderful to hear! Thanks for sharing and I’m glad the post was helpful to you. 🙂
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Interesting to learn just how many benefits fidget toys come with. As a parent I have seen instances where a child just won’t settle and is so anxious that they make you anxious as well. Glad to know that there is a solution. Your list of fidget toys seems perfect and I must get one of those for my boy. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing Martin!
Wow! This can really be a great help to any kid under the age of just development and recognition stages to the very basic things. Toys are a good way to get them familiarised with some very basic concept and what you shared here is simply great to see here. I really appreciate all you have shared here and thumbs up to you
Thanks Kimberly! So glad you enjoyed the post. I appreciate your feedback. 🙂
HI,
Thank you very much for this. As I parent I know just what you mean about a child just not being able to settle. I have definitely been through it with my two. Also as an educator and parent, I can relate to the information here using your hands to sharpen focus and increase attention. We learn that using a combination visual, auditory, and kinesthetic/tactile methods actually help children to learn better.
I have two fidgeters, which is usually a sign of a kinesthetic learner, and what I have found is that they learn much more slowly when kinesthetic methods are not employed. So what I do is I change the way they study by having activities to improve their learning environment. I am always scouring the internet for ideas to do this so I find your fidget toys quite interesting. I will look into getting a few.
Regards,
Candy Benn
Thanks so much for sharing Candy! I’m glad the information was helpful to you. I think it’s wonderful how you are changing up their learning environment with different activities. If I can ever help you along the way just let me know. 🙂
And now I know what to give to my grandson! I had no idea there were so many different options for fidget spinners.
In fact, I thought this was a passing fad, maybe similar to the pet rock of the 70’s. But with so many options and all the places selling them, it might be a fad that stays.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I’ll be checking out the links and seeing which my little darling grandson might like best!
Wonderful Diane! Thanks so much for sharing and glad you may have found a fidget toy your grandson will enjoy. 🙂
It seems almost everything has their benefit these days because I had no idea a fidget toy had so many benefits that would be of great use to a child. This would surely help calm them down and even take their mind away from different things. The fidget toys listed here are all amazing and it would be nice to get some of these for my kids as I am pretty sure they would love and appreciate them.
Thanks for sharing Manuel! Glad you enjoyed the post and found some toys that could benefit your kids. 🙂