28 Gifts for Tween Boys That Celebrate This Age of Possibilities

Compatible with any iPhone, the Backbone controller allows your tween to play hundreds of titles on a variety of gaming services, including Apple Arcade, Xbox Game Pass, and more.

Add games to your library and record, edit, and share gameplay directly through the Backbone app. You can even voice chat with friends as you play!

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The world is opening up to your tween these days. Why not mark the occasion with this map? On its own, it’s a handsome decoration for any room, but as they travel more, they can scratch off the various states and countries they've visited for an increasingly vibrant, constantly evolving, interactive, conversation-starting piece!

Perfect for the living room or their bedroom, this super-soft bean bag chair is filled with just the right amount of fluffy, lightweight beans for a comfortable gaming, reading, TV, or homework spot.

As beans compress over time (it happens), keep the seat cozy (and reduce waste) by refilling the shell. New beans are sold separately.

For the perfect combination of comfort, quality, durability, and design, you can’t do better than The North Face. Just ask folks who live in places with harsh winters — we’ll tell you!

We love this simple hoodie and its craggy mountain graphic on the back. A tween boy can never have too many hoodies!

This fast-paced role-playing card game is as brutal as it is adorable! You and up to five friends are bands of heroes who must gather all different card types into your hand to win… or, you can use your cards to defeat three monsters. Easy to learn, but delightfully frustrating to conquer!

Perfect for the tween boy who wants to blow off steam outside or down in the basement, this assortment of obstacles is all he’ll need to build strength and coordination, or just have fun.

The set comes with two slack lines and various accessories and obstacles. With a weight limit of up to 600 pounds, he can even invite over a few friends!

This isn’t a little-kid Lego set. We love this beautiful kit with true-to-form models of real Tokyo landmarks, including Tokyo Tower, Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo Skytree, Chidorigafuchi Park, Shibuya Crossing, and more. Each landmark is scaled to give an accurate representation of the comparative size of each.

Whether your tween likes the old-time charm of Fenway Park, the modern grandeur of Yankee Stadium, or just baseball in any way they can get it, this frameable piece of art by Seth and Maddy Lucas is a perfect tribute to America’s pastime.

With all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums artfully rendered, this poster is a great addition to their (probably messy) room.

The hilarious illustration and captions on the cards are half the fun in this Russian Roulette-esque game. Players draw a series of cards to control the action of the game with one goal in mind: Don’t pick up the Exploding Kitten. If you do, don’t worry! There are defuse cards, but use them wisely.

With this monthly subscription box, your tween boy will have a chance to try hands-on projects that promote timeless skills like wood carving, basket weaving, and even scrimshaw. Each crate includes all the materials they’ll need, including reusable tools and easy-to-follow instructions.

From the creators of The Oatmeal and Exploding Kittens, this game is all about building hideous monsters who eat delicious babies! (Don’t worry: The babies are awful.) It sounds scary (and disturbed), but it’s actually family fun for two to five players. Highly strategic and hilarious, each game only takes about 20 minutes.

A cushion of air helps this contraption glide on hardwood, tile, short carpets, and even asphalt. It's perfect for practicing fancy footwork when you can’t make it to the field (and for helping ensure he doesn’t kick a soccer ball in the house and knock over that fragile family heirloom… again).

Doesn’t it feel like we all had that one friend with a foosball table in their basement when we were growing up? Every time you went, that’s what you wanted to play. Why not give your tween boy the chance to be that friend? This table set has 10 options for friendly competition, from foosball to pool to ping pong.

Online gamers are often a tween boy’s favorite celebrities, and what do they all have in common (other than millions of followers on YouTube)? A sick gaming chair.

Optimally designed for comfort as well as style, they’ll take their gaming to the next level — or at least feel pretty cool.

Your tween boy will get to explore from above with this mini drone. Equipped with an HD camera, it captures pictures and live video and can even stream beautiful scenery in real time.

Voice and gesture control make it easy to use, with commands like “take off” and “landing.”

In this energetic, competitive game, players have up to three hits to return or spike the ball on the circular net. No doubt your kid will try to make as dramatic a spike as possible, and that’s part of the fun.

The game can be played outdoors or in — as long as there’s enough room for a few energetic tweens.

Everyone should know how to play poker, and it’s probably about time your young man learned. This handsome set includes 300 high-quality chips in five different colors, a deck of playing cards, a dealer button, two betting buttons, and five poker dice in a sleek, aluminum carry case.

These noise-canceling, waterproof Bluetooth earbuds can be charged for up to 5 hours of battery life and controlled with a simple touch.

Recharge in the carry case, which holds 80 hours of charge time, conveniently displays charge levels, and can also be used for phones and other devices.

Nothing soothes the mind and encourages concentration while having fun quite like a puzzle. For added relaxation, this puzzle pairs via the Calm app (a 30-day trial subscription is included with purchase), which provides an accompanying soundscape or mediation to listen to while putting it together. Perfect for the tween boy.

Every year in Palmer’s town, 10-year-old boys serve as “wringers” at the Family Fest pigeon shoot — assistants who snap the necks of injured birds. Palmer doesn’t want to hurt pigeons but doesn’t feel as though he can break the tradition. A beautiful exploration of toxic masculinity and compassion, Wringer is a must-read for tween boys.