gifts / kid
Looking for a gift for a kid
Open-ended. No batteries. Doesn't beep. Plays well in five years still.
- Lego — open-build, not the licensed kits $30-100Classic 11005 box, etc.
- A really good kid's book $20Make-Up by Sandra Boynton if very young, Phantom Tollbooth if older.
- A roll of butcher paper + a box of markers $30Hours of drawing.
- A magnifying glass + bug-watching kit $25Outside time.
- Building blocks — wooden, not plastic $50Tegu. Heirloom-quality.
- Marble run — Hape $40-100Open-ended physics.
- Camera — used point-and-shoot $30 thriftReal one, not a kid one.
- Rock-tumbler kit $60Patience training.
- Watercolor + heavy paper $25Real quality, not crayola junior.
- A library card + an outing to use it $0Most underrated gift.