10 Gift Ideas for the Curious Kids in Your Life (2024)

Looking for a gift that will spark your child’s imagination and ignite their curiosity about anatomy and science?

Skip the usual toys and explore hands-on kits and educational keepsakes to make sure young minds are engaged while they learn about the wonders of the human body. See our curated list of gifts and stocking stuffers to keep your curious kids’ brains occupied and active straight from Chicago’s ✨only✨ surgical history museum.

1. Giant Microbe Gift Box Sets

Keep your tiny human giggling through sniffles, heartache, and morbid curiosity with one of our giant microbe gift box sets – where science meets silly! These cozy care packages come with adorably giant and plush versions of microscopic microbes, fun activities plus either a delicious treat or historical artifacts. It’s the perfect way to spark some ‘a-ha!’ learning opportunities.

2. Super-Smart Tees

Anatomical and science based t-shirts for the kid who likes to wear -and share- what they know. From anatomical designs to retro robots to surgical tools, you little genius will love showing off every little detail to other curious kids.

3. Coloring Book

Perfect for the tiny human who can’t decide if they want to be an artist or a doctor when they grow up. They can have both in this quirky coloring book which lets mini medical historians unleash their creativity on vintage surgical tools and anatomical drawings (don’t worry, it’s all PG!).

4. Stainless steel 18oz water bottle

This tactile water bottle features squishy brain patterns you can actually feel! The vacuum-sealed design keeps hot chocolate toasty and juice ice-cold even through the longest study sessions. Perfect for young ones who keep forgetting to stay hydrated while solving world problems.

5. Notebooks

This isn’t just a notebook—it’s a top-secret mission log for junior researchers! Watch your curious kid document groundbreaking discoveries or make elaborate doodles of their last science experiment. Small enough to fit in a backpack, serious enough to nurture a scientific curiosity.

6. Pencil Bags

Pencil bags with the perfect balance of nerdy and cool, your mini-scientist will be the envy of the classroom. From amazing anatomy to molecular mayhem, these designs turn ordinary school supplies into a portable museum of medical marvel.

7. Puzzles

Put your mini-me’s problem-solving skills to the test with this unique 18-piece brain-teaser that highlights the coolest medical equipment used by anesthesiologists. Watch them master spatial awareness as they piece together high-tech hospital gear. A perfect blend of fun and learning for your future mastermind.

Perfect for ages 12 years and up.

8. Plush Keychain

When your curious kid starts exploring the world on their own, what better way to make sure they never lose their keys than with these giant plushie keychains. Choose from not-so-microscopic microbes to amicable organs to past plague doctors that are always soft and always adorable.

9. Hippocrates Bookmark

Level up your little bookworm’s reading game with the ‘Father of Medicine’! Let Hippocrates keep your kid’s spot while secretly teaching them about medicine’s coolest ancestor.

10. Tiny Human Skeleton

Calling all young Frankensteins! The kit lets kids assemble a miniature 2-inch skeleton model, piece by tiny piece. This fun and educational project includes everything needed for your tiny human to make their own tiny human including pre-cut bones, glass display dome and base, glue, tweezers, and a magnifier. Great for sparking interest in anatomy and hands-on learning!

Suitable for ages 13.