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Find creative and unique gifts at the Exploratorium Store that will make your loved ones smile.

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Set of wooden objects with colorful inner rings on a white background

Eye Spies

$ 3.99
$ 3.99
Blue ice cube-shaped product held in a hand against a white background

NeeDoh Nice Cube

$ 6.99
$ 6.99
Four colorful rock candy sticks on wooden sticks against a white background

Rock Candy

$ 2.50
$ 2.50
Colorful magnetic toy set with packaging labeled 'Clixo' on a white background

Clixo Flexible Building Toy: Itsy Pack

$ 29.99
$ 29.99
Magna-Tiles Micromags packaging with colorful magnetic tiles on a white background

Magna-Tiles MicroMAGS Travel Set

$ 24.99
$ 24.99
LEGO Gravity Drop set packaging with colorful graphics and text on a white background

Klutz LEGO Gravity Drop

$ 29.99
$ 29.99
A lava lamp with white liquid and white and black geometric pattern at the base.

Polygonal White Lava Lamp

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
A transparent cube with different colored sides.

Exploratorium Color-Mixing Cube

$ 15.00
$ 15.00
Assorted colorful marbles on a white background

Solar System Marbles

$ 8.99
$ 8.99
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A crazy green and yellow machine with levers, smoke, wind turbines, umbrellas, tubes, etc., with a little figure in the front running the engine; My Crazy Inventions Sketchbook is written in the marquee.

My Crazy Inventions Sketchbook

$ 16.99
$ 16.99
There is blue, green yellow and red bird with its wings spread out in flight made from mylar and nylon, the head is clear plastic,

Tim Bird

$ 20.95
$ 20.95
"Grandpa Magic" is a softcover book with a yellow, blue, and red illustration of an older male magician doing dazzling an audience of kids with lightning from fingertips.

Grandpa Magic: 116 Easy Tricks, Amazing Brainteasers, and Simple Stunts to Wow the Grandkids by Alan Zola Krenzek

$ 17.99
$ 17.99
A black and white plastic case with holes in it. There are multi colored pegs placed in the holes in the shape of a heart. There is a pile of these pegs and s few sheets of black paper with patterns on them next to the case.

Lite Brite Mini

$ 12.99
$ 12.99
Wooden lantern with orange panes and pieces around it.

DIY Levitating Lantern Kit

$ 30.00
$ 30.00
Packaging of Wandini Magic LED Levitation Wand with colorful design and text.

Wandini Glow.0

$ 34.99
$ 34.99
Hex Bots Wall Climber toy packaging with green and purple gecko-like figure on a white background

Hex Bots Glow in the Dark Gecko

$ 46.99
$ 46.99
Rubik's Perplexus Hybrid puzzle toy packaging with colorful obstacles inside.

Rubik's Perplexus Hybrid 2x2 Maze

$ 24.00
$ 24.00
Snap Circuits Arcade electronic kit packaging with colorful graphics and text.

Snap Circuits Arcade

$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Game box for 'Tacta' with colorful geometric shapes on a black background

Tacta

$ 16.99
$ 16.99
Wooden puzzle game with pieces on a white background

Quoridor Mini

$ 27.00
$ 27.00
A colorful box with a coral reef depicted on the front. There is a sea turtle, clownfish, octopus and shark included in the image.

Ecosystem: Coral Reef

$ 20.00
$ 20.00
SpinDoodle board game box with blue background and white text

Spindoodle

$ 30.99
$ 30.99
Five markers, an open booklet with multiple tabs, a tablet displaying a drawn platformer game, and a box with a kid pictured on it are shown together.

Pixicade: Draw Your Own Games

$ 30.00
$ 30.00
Flipbook kit packaging with illustrations and text on a white background

Flip Book Animation Kit

$ 24.00
$ 24.00

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A blue cube, beetle, dodo, and geometric toy on a pink background
Stocking Stuffers
A hand is holding a plastic device that has neon green string connected to it.
Glow Collection
A robot, chameleon, and tower toys on a purple background
Gifts for Kids
Octopus markers, a train, and a crochet narwhal are on a green background
Gifts for Makers
black book with a wavy rainbow running horizontally across the front. There is a circle cut out of the front cover showing a lenticular-like image.
Exploratorium Originals
A colorful cube, cutting board, mug, and beaker pin are on a blue background
Gifts for Science Lovers

Play in the Light

Step into the art and science of light with this collection of books, toys, and objects.

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Green glowing lights on a black background

Light-Up Nova Flow Attached Juggling Toy

$ 22.00
$ 22.00
A hand is holding a plastic device that has neon green string connected to it.

Loop Lasso Nano

$ 39.99
$ 39.99
This time-lapse photograph shows the blue light trails created by the Spinballs as they are moved about through the air.

Spinballs LED Glow Poi

$ 34.99
$ 34.99
Wooden lantern with orange panes and pieces around it.

DIY Levitating Lantern Kit

$ 30.00
$ 30.00
Snap Circuits Light-Up Bricks packaging with colorful design and toy bricks on a cityscape background.

Snap Circuits Bric Light: Light-Up Bricks

$ 28.99
$ 28.99
A blue toy hovering above an outstretched hand.

Motion Sensing UFO

$ 25.99
$ 25.99
Packaging of Wandini Magic LED Levitation Wand with colorful design and text.

Wandini Glow.0

$ 34.99
$ 34.99
Book cover of 'Glow: The Wild Wonders of Bioluminescence' with colorful illustrations of bioluminescent creatures.

Glow: The Wild Wonders of Bioluminescence

$ 24.95
$ 24.95
Blue flashlight-like toy with the Exploratorium logo on a white background

Exploratorium LED Spinning Wand

$ 9.95
$ 9.95
The red, blue, and yellow kendama's lit up against a dark background.

Light-Up Kendama

$ 18.99
$ 18.99
A glass ball with the solar system depicted inside. There is a wooden base with a wire attached to the side.

3D Solar System Nightlight

$ 35.00
$ 35.00
This is a hardcover book with a black cover; it has a long exposure photograph of light trails created with a flashlight. The title is in grey with the i in the shape of a flashlight.

Exploring the Science of Light: 30+ Illuminating Experiments and Colorful Projects for Kids by the Exploratorium

$ 14.95
$ 14.95
A lava lamp with a silver chrome colored base, red liquid, and black goo.

Red/Black Lava Lamp

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
A lava lamp with white liquid and white and black geometric pattern at the base.

Polygonal White Lava Lamp

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
Erupting Volcano Lava Lamp 14.5oz

Erupting Volcano Lava Lamp 14.5oz

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
Hex Bots Wall Climber toy packaging with green and purple gecko-like figure on a white background

Hex Bots Glow in the Dark Gecko

$ 46.99
$ 46.99
Yellow circular spring on a black background

Glowzi: Glow-in-the-Dark Flow Ring

$ 15.99
$ 15.99
A red dragonhawk creature in full flight mode with wings apart facing forward.

Dragon Hawk Light-Up Glider

$ 39.99
$ 39.99
Three test tubes with white magic snow and green and pink glow powder sit within a dark blue box with a window cut out. Luminescent powders appear on the box.

Luminescent Lab Glow Science Chemistry

$ 19.99
$ 19.99
A blue box with an action image of glowing marbles racing down a plastic marble run track.

Glow-in-the-Dark Marble Run

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
It comes in an aluminum tin with a black and pink sleeve. There are two samples of the pink neon light shaped in a heart and the word neon on the sleeve.

DIY Neon Light Kit

$ 16.00
$ 16.00
Infinity Dodecahedron Lamp

Infinity Dodecahedron Lamp

$ 72.00
$ 72.00
Moon Night Light

Moon Night Light

$ 6.99
$ 6.99
Glow-in-the-dark stars and moon against a dark ceiling.

Starry Night Glow-in-the-Dark Sticker Set.

$ 18.00
$ 18.00
A lava lamp with rainbow colors painted on the outside goes from purple at the bottom to red at the top. The white lava changes colors as it moves through the green, yellow, and red on the glass surface.

Rainbow Lava Lamp 11.5oz

$ 29.95
$ 29.95
A glass light bulb is standing upright illuminated with an LED coil.

Cordless Lightbulb

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
Hexagonal form with blue light LEDs moving back into infinity.

Infinity Mirror Optical Illusion of Light Depth

$ 27.99
$ 27.99
A green, white and black box showcasing the glow-in-the-dark triangles and squares.

Magna-Tiles Glow -16 Piece Set

$ 32.99
$ 32.99

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Dark navy book cover with images of a jellyfish, tentacle, starfish, and other aquatic life.

The Ocean's Menagerie: How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life

$ 32.00
$ 32.00
Book cover of 'How Are Marine Robots Shaping Our Future?' with an underwater scene and robot.

How Are Marine Robots Shaping our Future?

$ 18.95
$ 18.95
Iridescent strips of plastic in the shape of a sphere on a stick against a white background

Rainbow Twirler

$ 5.95
$ 5.95
Snap Circuits Light-Up Bricks packaging with colorful design and toy bricks on a cityscape background.

Snap Circuits Bric Light: Light-Up Bricks

$ 28.99
$ 28.99
Green glowing lights on a black background

Light-Up Nova Flow Attached Juggling Toy

$ 22.00
$ 22.00
Blue socks with various cats in white lab coats and beakers printed on it.

Science Cats Socks

$ 12.00
$ 12.00
A blue toy hovering above an outstretched hand.

Motion Sensing UFO

$ 25.99
$ 25.99
Gold necklace with a Fibonacci spiral pendant on a paper background.

Fibonacci Necklace

$ 32.00
$ 32.00
Rubik's Perplexus Hybrid puzzle toy packaging with colorful obstacles inside.

Rubik's Perplexus Hybrid 2x2 Maze

$ 24.00
$ 24.00
Rock tumbler with accessories and instruction manual on a white background

Rock Tumbler

$ 80.00
$ 80.00
Game box for 'Tacta' with colorful geometric shapes on a black background

Tacta

$ 16.99
$ 16.99
Box cover with cartoon dogs and dice on a blue background

Spots

$ 25.99
$ 25.99
Decrypto game box with retro design elements on a white background

Decrypto

$ 25.00
$ 25.00
Wooden puzzle game with pieces on a white background

Quoridor Mini

$ 27.00
$ 27.00
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Wooden electronic project kit with components on a blue background

DIY Walkie Talkie STEM Kit

$ 37.00
$ 37.00
The Geeky Chef Cookbook

The Geeky Chef Cookbook

$ 16.99
$ 16.99