We’ve collected 7 of what we think are the best educational Star Wars toys and reviewed them so you can easily choose from the winners to keep your children entertained while teaching them about science and math!
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What are the best educational Star Wars toys?
Here’s our list of the best educational Star Wars toys for you to choose from:.
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littleBits Star Wars Droid Inventor Kit. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.
First up on our list of the best educational Star Wars toys is this awesome droid inventor kit from littleBits. Children learn to code by creating Block-Based coding missions. This toy has won many awards, including Creative Toy of the Year.
Children can invent new droids and give them personality, encouraging their creative skills as well as teaching them coding and working with electronics.
Users love that children can assemble the toy themselves with the video instructions, as well as the iconic droid sounds from Star Wars’ films.
Some users build the R2D2 together as a family.
Users also love the customization factor: children are proud of themselves once they’ve built their droid, and they become curious about how electronics work in other items around the house. So be prepared for questions!
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VTech Kidizoom Smartwatch Star Wars BB-8 Toy. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.
If your children are struggling to tell the time, this could be the toy for them. This smartwatch has 36 different Star Wars-themed clock faces, with a camera app that has Star Wars-themed photo effects.
The built-in memory is enough for children to store approximately 1600 photos, and eleven short videos (1 minute long). There is also a voice recorder for children to record themselves sounding like a robot, and a touch screen.
A calendar and calculator are also included to assist children with math operations.
Children enjoy triggering the light saber, space ship, and droid sound effects, as well as playing the built-in games. Users can practice blasting asteroids, escaping from Storm Troopers, and racing with the BB-8.
Users love that this toy is easy to use and to charge, and that children can use it to set alarms, time themselves brushing their teeth, and take pictures, all without having to connect to a phone network or the internet.
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Kano Star Wars The Force Coding Kit. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.
This multiple award-winning STEM learning and coding toy will teach children to build a sensor to detect 3D hand motions. Children can then make their own stories, whether it’s making Yoda levitate, filling the Falcon with Porgs, or flying the BB-8.
Children can also play with using ‘the Force’: pushing Storm Troopers, swinging light sabers, and piloting X-wings.
Coding music is also possible: beats, melodies, sound effects, and music, all inspired by the Star Wars films.
No coding skills are necessary, and children can share their creations with members of what the manufacturer calls ‘the safest kids coding community’.
Users love that this toy is kid-friendly: easy to set up and use, simple colored system for learning how to code, and fun while being educational.
Users also love the wide variety of things to do, and that the company is releasing more all the time, so children can always explore new activities.
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Star Wars Science Death Star Planetarium. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.
This tabletop projector enables children to project and compare the Star Wars galaxy and the Earth’s solar system. Comes with a full color science learning poster as part of studying astronomy.
For children who love the Death Star, this is a fun toy for an at-home planetarium experience. The Death Star is small and lightweight.
Users love that this toy’s soft lighting means it can also act as a night light, and that it can switch between showing the Star Wars galaxy and our current constellations. Some children enjoy learning the names of the constellations with this toy.
Younger Star Wars fans (children 5-7 years old) also enjoy this toy as a light, or just to watch the constellations. Also worth checking out if this toy interests you would be our review of the best light up terrariums.
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Star Wars Science Lightsaber Crystal Growing Lab. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.
This kit allows children to grow a real dilithium crystal by mixing a liquid solution, and then lighting up their crystal with either Jedi blue or Sith red. The crystal grows over approximately 7-10 days.
A science learning poster is included which relates the crystal of a lightsaber in the Star Wars galaxy to different kinds of crystals on Earth and their uses.
STEM learning: geology, electronics and physics.
Users love that children can see the growth of the crystals after the first day, and that they can create crystals together as a family. Children are excited to check the growth daily of their crystal, and then they look forward to switching on the light.
Users also love that because children see a result quickly, they remain interested. Children who love science and rocks in addition to Star Wars really enjoy the kit.
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Hasbro Gaming Star Wars Retro Game. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.
This game combines the fun of a board game with interactive digital content, so there’s something for everyone. The game is based on the original retro board game Star Wars Escape from Death Star that was released by Kenner in 1977, and comes with a Retro Collection Grand Moff Tarkin action figure that is exclusive to the game.
Players help their favorite characters escape the Death Star trash compactor and escape to freedom. Characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo and Chewbacca are helped to choose the right passageways, with players deciding if they’ll take shortcuts that may risk encounters with the Force.
The winner is the first player to fight their way through the TIE fighters and get to the Rebel Base.
Users really like the retro action figure (the game is the only way to purchase one), and that the entire family can play together, even with younger children (5-7 year olds).
They also like that the game is great for display, either the figure or the box, and that the game is a lot like the old game that many remember.
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Star Wars Workbook: Preschool Number Fun. Click the photo to see the price on Amazon.
This workbook, one of a series, reinforces early math for preschool children. The book comes with 10 Star Wars finger puppets, and focuses on counting and writing numbers up to 10, understanding number values, and solving number puzzles and games.
Children love learning math with Star Wars figures: for example, ‘Yoda is holding 7 lightsabers. 5 of the lightsabers are blue. The rest are green. How many green lightsabers is he holding?’
The workbook has thousands of original illustrations from all 6 Star Wars movies and the Star Wars universe. Featured characters are Luke Skywalker, Queen Amidala, Yoda, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, plus Jedi and Sith monsters, and other creatures.
The Best Educational Star Wars Toys – Thanks for Reading!
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