National Play Day With Dad Day Deals: Save $50 on a 3500-Piece LEGO Kit

Fun fact: Due to the expansion of the universe, the stars outside our galaxy will eventually drift too far away for even our most powerful telescopes to see, leaving us increasingly alone at the cold mercy of entropy. Remind your child of this as you gaze through this Celestron telescope so they appreciate our own galaxy's stars a little more. It features a 70mm aperture objective lens, 20mm and 10mm eyepieces, backpack, tripod, and astronomy software.

Before you start playing air hockey and foosball with your kid, read this article so you don't feel too guilty about beating them, and also so you have a ready-made excuse for when they beat you and your slowing reflexes. This Staff Pick game table folds for easy storage.

If your kid's at the age where all they want to do is play video games (or indeed, if you're still at that age – we fully empathize) then a game or two of NBA 2K20 might be more your speed. This download card costs less than half what you'd pay for this year's installment elsewhere, making this a slam dunk Staff Pick.