Here is our annual list of fun, educational, and creative gift suggestions for 2020! Because so many people will be shopping online this year rather than going out to the stores, we recommend you do your own shopping early this month to ensure the items that you want will still be in stock and will be delivered to your home in time for the holidays!
1. Children who are curious about birds, bees, and the natural world, will appreciate the gift of a pair of these great Dreamingbox binoculars.
Amazon.com: Dreamingbox Toys for 3-12 Year Olds, 8x21 Compact Binoculars
2. For those who love to build: a Zoob Mind-Building Modeling System. Gears, axels, and joints all snap together, enabling kids to move and rotate whatever it is that they build.
Amazon.com: ZOOB BuilderZ 500 Piece Kit
3. Science-minded children will love GraviTrax. It’s a cool kit that enables them to design and build their own marble runs. No electronics here, just gravity, magnetism, and kinetics. This kit includes over 100 pieces and 18 different construction elements, including junctions and a magnetic cannon.
Ravensburger Gravitrax - Starter Set : Target
4. You can bring the world to your doorstep with a subscription to Little Global Citizens. What child doesn’t love to get mail! Bi-monthly boxes of crafts, activities, and books, all tied to learning about a different country.
Little Global Citizens | Kids Subscription Box | Countries & Cultures (little-global-citizens.com)
5. The Root Coding Robot lets children learn to code. Download the companion app and they’ll quickly master putting together sequences of code to make Root do things like draw pictures, sing songs, and even walk up a wall.
Amazon.com: Root rt1 iRobot Coding Robot: Programmable STEM/STEAM Toy That Grows with You, Creative Play Through Art, Music, and Code, Voice-Activated, Bluetooth Connection, App-Enabled (Android, iOS Compatible)
6. Here’s your new favorite board game! Bugs in the Kitchen is loads of fun for all ages. Guide the battery-operated bug into the trap by strategically adjusting the maze.
Amazon.com: Bugs in the Kitchen - Children's Board Game
7. Gnomes at Night is a really fun search-and-find maze game. Think of it as an at-home escape room, where the gnomes won’t get out unless every member of the team works together.
Amazon.com: Peaceable Kingdom/ Gnomes at Night- A Cooperative Maze Game for Kids!
8. National Geographic describes 5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) as “brain candy and eye candy rolled into one.” This book is so fun and stimulating, your children won’t even realize that they’re learning!
Amazon.com: 5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!)- National Geographic Kids
9. You loved these books as a child, and now you can introduce your own children to the joys of The Boxcar Children. This box set includes the first 4 mysteries, all in a cardboard case.
Amazon.com: The Boxcar Children Books 1-4: Warner, Gertrude Chandler
10. This is a special edition of Storymatic, a game full of zany story prompts that will get imaginations spinning. Great for bedtime stories, car trips, creative writing activities, and family game nights.
Storymatic Kids Game | Writing Prompts, How To Tell A Story | Uncommon Goods