The Best Gifts For 9-Year-Olds in 2018 — All $25 and Under!

A STEAM toy with a '90s vibe, the Project Mc2 Lava Experiment ($10) has everything your kid needs to create their own bedside lava lamp.

If collecting PooPeez's line of collectible figurines isn't enough for you, try its new Toilet Launcher playset ($7). The goal of the game is to fling the poop into the toilet bowl using the toilet seat launchers.

Spin Master collaborated with Dr. Pimple Popper to create Pimple Pete ($20), a two-player Russian-roulette style game with water-filled "pimples."

This Connect 4 Shots ($20) is the classic game with a twist — you have to bounce balls into the slots!

Basic Fun is expanding its line of Arcade Classics to include the always popular Ms. Pac Man ($18). The mini version of the classic game is just as fun as the one Mom played with at the bowling alley as a kid.

Engage in some blindfolded, poop-dodging fun with your kids by grabbing Don't Step in It! ($14, originally $20) to add to your family game night stash.

These bejeweled Twisty Petz ($10) turn into bracelets!

Pomsies Patches Plush Interactive Toy ($15) will tell your child when they feel tired, cold, or hungry with adorable light-up eyes, purring, and cute sounds.

Consider Fizz 'n' Surprise ($18) Mermaids and Dinosaurs bath bombs for kids. Place the mysterious ball in a bowl full of water and wait while it fizzes and dissolves to reveal the mermaid or dinosaur kids can add to their collections.

Get those wheels turning with a big book of Origami Brain Teasers ($15) designed to get them thinking outside of the box while improving fine motor skills at the same time.

Kids will learn about alternative energy sources when playing with and building this Tenergy 2-in-1 Salt Water/Solar Powered Robot Car Kit ($20).

Make your kid feel like a beauty entrepreneur with this Creativity For Kids Make Your Own Lip Balm Kit ($22) that produces some sweet, customizable products.

The Monopoly Cheaters Edition ($20) lets players follow, bend, or break the rules to win.

Unicorns and poop are the main stars of Hasbro's Don't Step in It: Unicorn Edition ($20); it has us saying, "If you can't beat 'em (the kids who love the poop craze), join 'em."

They can learn about geography and world landmarks when trying to put together this Round Table Puzzle ($11).

How cute are these Shimmeez ($10), a line of plush dolls whose colouring changes as you rub their sequins?

Kids won't just be blowing bubbles into the sky anymore; they'll be building bubbles within bubbles, stacking bubbles, and amazing their friends with Little Kids's new line of Slick Tricks ($14).

Little gymnasts 8 and up can get some serious air while playing Fantastic Gymnastics Vault Challenge ($15). Compete head to head to make sure you stick that landing.

Hasbro's Blindfolded Twister Game ($15) definitely puts a new spin on an old classic. Players 8 and up use textured squares to feel around and see if they're in the right spot all while totally in the dark.

Your bath-loving child can make four Monster Bath Bombs ($22) with this kit.

Sometimes it feels like emoji were created just for kids — it's the only way they communicate! Top Trenz's Heart Eyes Emoji Pillow ($8) will be hit on your child's bed, or as the star of their selfies!

The poop trend continues with PooPeez's line ($11) of collectible — you guessed it — poop blind packs. Each toilet paper roll comes with two of 36 characters that are hidden in the roll.

Your kids can make their own edible jewellery with the Project Mc2 Gummy Jewellery Science Kit ($17), out now.

A challenge game, Plunge It! ($20) requires kids to pass around the plungers until it's time to plunge the poo — first person to plunge it wins the round!

Your game of catch is about to get a lot more interesting. Meet Helix Sling Stix ($22), an outdoor game in which players 6 and up use sticks with suction cups on the end to pass a superbouncy ball back and forth.

The Shake Shack fiends in your life will want to get their hands on Yummy World's plush Shake Shack Burger ($17).

Everyone loves a weird experiment, and this Gross Gummy Candy Lab ($19) lets you eat the results by making your very own sour worms and spiders, all while learning about the properties of natural polymers.

Transform Ben's aliens in midair from launchable discs into figures with Omni-Launch Battle Figures ($18 each).

The Pteranodon Chase Set ($16) has 126 pieces, as well as a little minifigure Chris Pratt (aka Owen Grady).

The Jedi and Clone Troopers Battle Pack ($15) will let your Lego-lover stage an epic Star Wars battle.

This laugh-inducing Pie Face Cannon Game ($17, originally $25) will up the ante in a serious way. Kids ages 5 and up take turns shooting whipped cream out of a cannon directly into another player's face. But unlike the original game, the person getting pied has a chance to block the attack!

Consider PicWits ($25) the ultimate caption-writing contest. Players have to match photos up with the best captions and submit them to a judge to determine the winner.

You know what's harder than regular Jenga? Jenga without a table to play on! The Jenga's Pass Challenge Game ($12) is meant to be stacked and passed, so saddle up for a bumpy ride. This two-player challenge is recommended for game-lovers 8 and up and is already in stores.

It's a game of gross-out when it comes to the new Snot-It. Players wear glasses with a "runny nose," spin the dial, and try to collect "snot pieces" with the dangling boogers. The Snot-It game ($20) will keep those kids entertained for hours.

Celebrate the coming live-action release of Mulan with Lego's Mulan's Training Day ($12) set, which is out now.

Build a Bot ($17) gives little kids the opportunity to build their own robots from the ground up. Once built, the bots react to sound or teases (like a carrot for the rabbit) and the inner workings can be seen while they move.

For your child with a green thumb, this Creativity For Kids Grow 'n Glow Terrarium ($13) is super cute!

Bring the Phantom Menace baddie, Darth Maul ($18), to life with Legos.

Break Away Ballz ($12) are a puzzle and ball toy in one! Smash the puzzle ball against a wall or on the floor and discover the surprise ball inside, then build the puzzle ball over and over again.

Construct Yoda's Hut ($24), which comes with a young Luke Skywalker and R2-D2.

These . . . interesting . . . plush toys, Fugglers ($15 for medium sizes, $25 for large), or "funny ugly monsters," feature unique toothy grins and eyes. They're oddly adorable and there's over 50 to collect and "adopt" (each Fuggler comes with an adoption certificate for your child to fill out).