Icons Flower Bouquet

This is now a classic set with more than 20,000 five-star Amazon reviews. You build 15 stems of LEGO leaves and flowers to form an artificial bouquet that then doubles as room decor.

Additionally, there's another popular adult set for building nine LEGO cactus and other artificial, indoor potted plants called the LEGO Icons Tiny Plants Building Set. And new to 2024 is the LEGO Icons Poinsettias in a woven-looking basket — a pet-safe, artificial poinsettia. These are both under $50.

My personal favorite adult set is the LEGO Ideas A-Frame Cabin, the closest I will come to having a weekend house. It's pricier, but it includes beautiful trees, butterflies, furniture, and an otter squirrel.

Ages: 18+ | Number of pieces: 10,280

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Large Silly Ceramic Mug

If you're buying for an adult and have no idea what they have or don't have, you can always put a smile on their face with a mug shaped like a LEGO minifigure head. It comes in other variations too, like a girl winking and the more classic LEGO face.

The LEGO web site has other ideas for brick lovers too, like botanical-themed playing cards, and you can find plenty on Amazon, like a 2025 LEGO wall calendar and LEGO notecards.

Harry Potter Mandrake

This new-to-2024 set is freaking me out. It's the first LEGO Mandrake — a magical plant with a face, from Harry Potter — and you can make its mouth open and close for screaming or crying, if you're being true to the Harry Potter series.

You can also pull the mandrake out of its pot to show off its body, then set it back into the pot where, stored, it looks pretty much like any decorative, artificial plant.

We haven't tried this new one with testers but it's picking up excellent online reviews. Of the Harry Potter sets we've tested with kids, a favorite has been the LEGO Harry Potter Quidditch Trunk, for ages 9+, which includes lots of minifigure pieces so you can create different characters.

Ages: 10+ | Number of pieces: 579

LEGO Ninjago Ninja Warrior 13" Plush

If you're not sure what sets a kid has, but you know they love LEGO, Manhattan Toys makes a line of 13-inch plush figures that our Senior Parenting & Relationships Editor Marisa LaScala recommends as gifts. This is Jay, from LEGO Ninjago, popular especially with school-age kids, but there are a ton of others to choose from:

• LEGO Shark Suit Guy Plush
• LEGO Star Wars Mandalorian
• LEGO Santa plush
• LEGO Lord Voldemort Plush

For a young kid who really would rather have an epic LEGO Ninjago LEGO set, we got great tester feedback about Lloyd’s Legendary Dragon Toy for ages 8+.

Ages: 0+ | Number of pieces: N/A

Friends Space Research Rover

My kids went through a period where they were deeply into the Mars Rover and its adventures on Mars. I know plenty of boys and girls go through an "outer space" phase, and this set — a winner in our Best Toys of the Year list — plays into that in an imaginative way. It comes with two astronauts, a dog, friendly aliens, otherworldly flowers and of course the rolling rover.

Kids liked the rover itself which comes with lots of STEM-inspired features, including a retractable arm with a mounted camera and a magnifying glass. Research tables flip over to become beds for the two LEGO Friends figures.

For older kids who love science and want a set that's more true to the real rover, there's a more advanced LEGO Technic NASA Mars Rover Perseverance for ages 10+. A 15-year-old who tested it said it's very interactive, with an augmented-reality function in addition to the build.

Ages: 8+ | Number of pieces: 514

LEGO Pet Pals 1000-Piece Puzzle

The whole family can get together to work on this new puzzle featuring LEGO pets. It includes pictures from the LEGO BrickHeadz line, including these BrickHeadz goldfish.

We think this one is a nice medium-difficulty puzzle, with background colors that help. If you're up for a bigger challenge, there's a classic LEGO Minifigure Puzzle with 78 minifigures on a white background.

If on the other hand you want something easier for school-aged kids, there's a new 4-in-1 LEGO Christmas Tree Puzzle that contains four 100-piece puzzles that connect, for ages 7+.

Ages: 9+ | Number of pieces: 1,000

Creator Main Street

If you're not familiar with Creator sets, they have directions for three different builds. Use the 1000+ pieces in this set to build an old-fashioned main street, then take it apart to make an Art Deco skyscraper, and take it apart again to build an arched marketplace.

Judging from online reviews, this set is popular with kids, teens and adults. In our own testing, families said they liked that it appeals to both boys and girls and includes unique accessories like a guitar and drum set. Families also liked that the set features six minifigures, including one in a wheelchair, and is elaborate enough to keep a LEGO lover happily occupied for a long stretch of time.

"After we built one of the models, we put the finished set in a sealed box and shook it up. Then we built a different model," said one of our kid testers, who played with his little cousin. "We also took the rooms apart to make our own imaginative world."

Alternatively, if you're looking for an under-$30 Creator set that is age-graded to include kids ages 7 and 8, LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Adorable Dogs also earned high marks from our testers.

Ages: 9+ | Number of pieces: 1,459

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Classic Medium Creative Brick Box

Any LEGO lover would be psyched to get a box of bricks in 35 different colors. There are also wheels, windows and eyes included to help a builder create their own unique pieces. The Amazon box is frequently on sale.

While some tester kids stuck strictly to their own inventions, others used an included booklet for project ideas. "Our boys liked some of the items in the book. They were simple but very clever, like making LEGO sushi — we love sushi," one parent said.

A small baseplate is included. You could also add a larger baseplate (so cheap and so useful!) on to your gift.

Ages: 4+ | Number of pieces: 484

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Disney Princess Ultimate Adventure Castle

My eldest was into the princesses, and what mattered was that you got all of them together. That's why I recommend this set, with five Disney princesses sharing a fabulous five-bedroom castle. The housemates are Ariel, Moana, Rapunzel, Snow White and Tiana.

Accessories include five animals, like lobster Sebastian for Ariel; instruments, like Rapunzel's guitar; plus a palm tree and a giant celebration cake.

If you're buying for a kid who is very deeply into a specific franchise, we have some suggestions for those, too. Preschoolers are most often into Cinderella, and the chunky Cinderella’s Castle Celebration, for ages 4+, is for them.

My niece who sang, "I am Moana!" most of the year she was 6 needed Moana’s Wayfinding Boat Building Toy, for ages 6+, which includes a dolphin along with Moana and her mother.

Ages: 6+ | Number of pieces: 698

City Emergency Vehicles HQ

The LEGO City line is all about vehicles, aircrafts, stores and restaurants that kids can use to role-play real-life scenarios. In testing, kids liked this headquarters for LEGO emergency vehicles which comes with a helicopter, motorbike, ambulance and police car.

A parent told us that the vehicles are faster and easier to complete than the headquarters, though the opening windows and doors on the building were popular with the kids.

"This is a really fun set. The vehicles are extremely engaging, and my son liked some of the small details in the headquarters like the coffee, couch and television," one mom said. "Some details went over his head, but I enjoyed them as an adult."

Ages: 6+ | Number of pieces: 706

Marvel Spider-Man Webquarters Hangout

The popularity of Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends on Disney Junior is making this a coveted set for preschoolers. A mom of a 5-year-old told us, "This was his first LEGO build that wasn't DUPLO. The instructions were very easy for him to understand, which boosted his confidence. He loves playing with the character figures and acting out scenes from the show." (FYI, DUPLO bricks are LEGO bricks that are twice the size, designed for small hands).

The set comes with four heroes — Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, Miles Morales, Ms Marvel — and villain Green Goblin. The two webs were particularly popular with our kid testers.

Ages: 4+ | Number of pieces: 155