22 Incredible Outdoor Toys for 9 Year Olds Who Love to Explore

From the tiniest specks to the constellations in the sky, finding toys for 9 year olds is quite the journey. We’ve narrowed it down for you while including choices to reveal the specks with magnifiers or to study the stars with telescopes. And a few things in between to make the earth move.

Beachcombers, bug catchers, gardeners, or fishermen - we have toys for 9 year olds that enjoy communing with nature!

Emarth Telescope for Kids

Emarth Telescope for Kids

The Emarth telescope bundle for kids is the ideal setup for youngsters interested in checking out heavenly bodies. An adjustable tripod, multiple high-magnification lenses, and high-quality optics make this a serious piece of equipment for any young star-gazer or moon-walker looking for extra points in science, astronomy, or math. The sky truly is the limit.$159.98

Adventure Cub Kids Walkie Talkies

Adventure Cub Kids Walkie Talkies

The first name in “Adventure Cub” is “Adventure”, and when you choose this superb long-range walkie-talkie an adventure is bound to happen. Long range is seriously long — two miles! This isn’t just a backyard radio, with a built-in flashlight and belt clip, it’s perfect for camping adventures as well as enhanced play at home.$19.99

OutdoorIQ Ultimate Fishing Guide Just For Kids!

OutdoorIQ Ultimate Fishing Guide Just For Kids!

Raising a child includes sharing some of the great experiences we enjoyed as kids. So when your youngster is ready to graduate from ‘drowning worms’ to ‘serious fisherman’ “The Ultimate Fishing Guide Just for Kids” covers all the ‘anglers.’ It’s everything you ever wanted to know about fishing – but were afraid to ask – written just for kids.$19.95

JustForKids Kids Garden Tools Set

JustForKids Kids Garden Tools Set

You call a spade a spade, and a rake a rake, right? This garden tools set is junior-sized, made just for kids from G & F Products. Now, we’re not talking a faux hoe, here, but the real deal with a metal head and wooden handle. They’re ideal for gardening and yard work. Blisters not included.$17.00

Telescopic Kids Butterfly and Bug Net Set

Telescopic Kids Butterfly and Bug Net Set

This isn’t your grandma’s butterfly net, we’re talking state of the art, insect-safe netting on an extendable handle which stretches more than two feet in length, perfect for capturing the more elusive species. Set of three allows for sharing the adventure, whether you’re studying bugs, butterflies, or fish, you’re ready for catch, learn, and release.$21.99

Carson BugView Quick-Release Bug Catching Tool

Carson BugView Quick-Release Bug Catching Tool

Have you ever seen a lightning bug up close? It goes without saying that kids are curious about the critters with whom we share our outdoor space. The Carson BugView Quick-Release bug catching tool makes it easy for kids to capture a creepy-crawly, check it out with the built-in magnifier, then simply let it go.$8.19

Kids Fishing Pole

Kids Fishing Pole

When your child is ready for serious angling, s/he will need a rod and reel sized just right for them. We’re talking a real reel, metal hooks and weights, and bright bobs. The fishing line and a little tackle box are included. This combo from PLUSINNO has everything but the boat and the bait.$34.59

Adventure Kidz Outdoor Exploration Kit

Adventure Kidz Outdoor Exploration Kit

Adventure Kidz has a backpack full of fun toys for 9 year olds bound for great adventures. Whether it’s an outdoor camping jaunt or an indoor investigation (who DID steal the cookie from the cookie jar?) they’ll have cool tools to search, magnify, locate, and signal. Backpack holds binoculars, flashlight, magnifying glass, compass, and whistle.$29.99

Binoculars for Kids

Binoculars for Kids

Real binoculars, with all the features you expect in a quality pair, coupled with shock-absorbing plastic and rubber coating makes for a rugged, child-sized set suitable for camping, hiking, and exploring the great outdoors. Designed to fit little hands and larger eyepieces to protect little eyes, this is the ideal first binocular for junior outdoorsmen.$19.81

Deluxe Outdoor Kids Binoculars Exploring Set

Deluxe Outdoor Kids Binoculars Exploring Set

Sometimes the best learning isn’t in a classroom, and the most fun isn’t a video game. The Klos Family Deluxe Outdoor Kids’ Binocular exploring set has everything to put the secrets of the great outdoors within your children’s reach. There’s even a journal to keep notes about interesting creatures, weather, or directions to the campsite.$59.99

Nature Bound Bug Catcher Vacuum with Light Up Habitat

Nature Bound Bug Catcher Vacuum with Light Up Habitat

Nature Bound Bug Catcher Vacuum is everything a budding entomologist could want. It has a gentle suction to pull insects, arachnids, or other household and garden invaders into a capture chamber. An easy release feature allows youngsters to transfer them to the included habitat so they can observe creatures without harm to kid or critter.$25.99

$TwinStar Beginner Compact Refractor Travel Telescope$

TwinStar Beginner Compact Refractor Travel Telescope

The TwinStar Beginner Telescope is everything you’d expect a child’s telescope to be: compact, easy to transport, simple to use. What will surprise you is the high-quality features such as a full-size tripod, two eyepieces for different magnification, and precision optical glass for optimal refraction. Your youngster can bring outer space up close and personal.PRICES VARY

Costzon Kids Ride-on Sand Digger

Costzon Kids Ride-on Sand Digger

It’s always fun to make the earth move. The Costzon Ride-on Sand Digger is designed for kids to enjoy their favorite earth-moving project. It might be gardening, it might be serious sand castle construction. Whatever it is, they’re going to have a great time enjoying one of life’s simple pleasures – getting good and dirty.$39.99

Nature Bound Bug Catcher with Habitat Bucket

Nature Bound Bug Catcher with Habitat Bucket

Some people take their bugs very seriously. If you know a bug lover, then you know they’ll love the Nature Bound Bug Catcher exploration kit. Everything for a close-up experience with our six-legged friends is in this bucket, including a three-part insect habitat for detailed magnified inspection of these critters without risk of harming them.$19.99

Kids Binocular Fun Set for Bird Watching Adventure

Kids Binocular Fun Set for Bird Watching Adventure

Birds are fascinating. It’s amazing what we are able to learn from them and to learn about them. Migratory patterns, dietary habits, even how they interact with each other and the animals sharing their habitats. The Adee Joy binocular fun set is ideal for the novice ornithologist and includes a colorful fold-out bird identification chart.$37.49

Kids Fishing Rod Kit with Tackle Box

Kids Fishing Rod Kit with Tackle Box

Summer’s coming with long lazy days perfect for fishing. Lanaak offers a bundle with everything a young angler could possibly need to reel in the big one. Rod, spincast reel, tackle box, hooks, lures – even a net for catching live bait. A kid with a great fishing setup just needs a grown-up fishing buddy.PRICES VARY

Outdoor Exploration Kit for Young Kids

Outdoor Exploration Kit for Young Kids

When you’re looking for toys for 9 year olds, you don’t expect something looking back! The Mini Explorer Outdoor Exploration Kit is a bundle of fun from binoculars to a crank-operated flashlight. Whether your kiddos have a backyard expedition to mount or a field trip to spot exotic birds, this is the kit to have.$49.99

Extra Large 20X Magnifying Glass with LED Lights

Extra Large 20X Magnifying Glass with LED Lights

A magnifying glass is like handheld magic – bugs, sidewalk cracks, fine print on trading cards – all grow bigger under the lens. Add LED lighting for even more adventure, like checking out nighttime bugs at camp or reading scary stories at a sleepover. Who would have thought something this simple could be so cool?$59.99

Toysmith Kid's Garden Tool Set

Toysmith Kid's Garden Tool Set

Children learn by doing, and they learn even more when they’re doing things with adults. Plus, it’s a great way to spend time together. Toysmith has designed child-sized hand tools for gardening to give kids the opportunity to learn about planting and growing, with real wood and metal tools they can manage on their own.$7.09

Sand Digger Toy Backhoe With Wheels

Sand Digger Toy Backhoe With Wheels

Childrensneeds.com offers an excavator toy with wheels that’s ideal for digging and moving sand, snow, or dirt with a full 360-degree rotation for maximum backhoe action. Heavy steel construction makes it durable enough for repeated trips to the beach or the backyard, and your toughest kids will get years of use out of it.$79.99

Xtronaut Enterprises Constellations

Xtronaut Enterprises Constellations

Xtronaut is offering a new board game for two to four players that requires clever strategy to build constellations and position them to build a night sky. In the meantime, players are learning fascinating science and astronomy facts along with the myths attributed to each collection of stars. What a marvelous way to be starstruck.$20.00

Carson MicroBrite LED Lighted Pocket Microscope

Carson MicroBrite LED Lighted Pocket Microscope

A portable microscope is a handy thing. The Carson MicroBrite Lighted Pocket Microscope is handheld with a built-in LED light to illuminate the tiniest things. Kids are curious, there’s no doubt about that, so putting this in their hands will give them opportunities to see things in nature that we only saw in books.$9.99

3 Outdoor Diy Hideouts for Kids

Diy Super Simple 5 Minute Backyard Teepee

Diy Super Simple 5 Minute Backyard Teepee

Anybody can buy a tent and put it up in the yard. It’s fun. It’s cool. But it’s not a teepee! This DIY tutorial offers a nostalgic story to go with passing along a family tradition. You’ll need a few things beforehand, but when you have them, you can erect a teepee in five minutes.

Diy: A-Frame Tent

Diy: A-Frame Tent

With a little skill, a novice craftsman can build an A-frame for a tent, and sew the tent part in an afternoon. Set it up for a kid’s’ cozy indoor retreat for reading, napping, or quiet time, and you can take it down and move it for a backyard event or even take it on vacation.

Make Your Own Outdoor Fort

Make Your Own Outdoor Fort

It’s not every kid who’s lucky enough to have their very own fort in the backyard. If you’re thinking that your kid should be so fortunate, then you’re in luck. This tutorial shows a do it yourself build that will be the envy of the neighborhood. Use materials found in the woods for added camouflage.

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