Kids Gifts: A Roundup for the Doers + Thinkers

Clixo’s Grip & Stick Pack | 3D Creations, $31.99

Clixo is for fundamental future builders and engineer-minded kids. Clixo is an innovative, creative tool for children to click and construct 3D creations from flexible 2D shapes and powerful magnets. These activities will keep your kids active while building and developing hands-on motor skills.

 

Metta Play | Affirmation cards, $15.00

Metta Play brews positivity for your kiddos this holiday season, since it empowers their self-esteem and provides more tools for their growing brains with Metta Play Cards. These cards are nine beautifully illustrated, double-sided affirmation cards written in two languages; they are easily packable for holiday travel, and printed on environmentally friendly paper.

 

Our Friend Moon | Moon Shaped Book, $18.95

Our Friend Moon, written by Lea Redmond and published by the Collective Book studio®, an all-women-owned independent publisher with award-winning books. This book has a moon shape which makes it educational and playful as well as a practical learning tool. “The moon is a small hello in the sky. Shining bright as it passes us by.” This book shows young children, how to search and explore space with Our Friend Moon, a beautiful, circle-shaped ode to the moon. 

 

Music Attic’s Animated 18-Note Wooden Cute Bears on a See-Saw Musical Keepsake | Music Box, $77.65

Wooden Bears Music Box will remain when all the dust has settled from the toys and gadgets that your kids will outgrow. This music box will be a family keepsake and heirloom for generations to come. It’s beautifully wood-crafted and provides a lovely melody to lull your child to sleep on restless holiday nights.

 

Hape Go-Fish-Go | Fishing Game, $14.99

Let’s go fishing without the lake with the Fishing Game, it’s a traditional fishing game that you can play with your kids and have your kiddos be actively engaged without their tablets. It can build and improve early childhood development skills with refined logic and problem-solving skills as well as help develop key motor skills. The maze puzzle is made of high-quality wood, which means the Go-Fish-Go is a friendly companion toy for life.

 

Isis Swaby

Culture and Lifestyle Writer

Isis Swaby is a culture and lifestyle writer, artist, and DJ, as well as a native New Yorker. Isis's love for fashion and travel extends into food palettes of amazing world cuisines and spirits. Isis has traveled to Japan and to the tropics of Jamaica, and has completed art residencies with the InterCultural-ODYSSEYS Artist Residency in San Ramon, Costa Rica and the Chashama Studio Artist Residency in Harlem. Worked with brands as likes of Sonos, Apple Music, NTS Radio, Kangol, Redbull, Supreme and VP Records. Based in Brooklyn, NYC and Jersey City, NJ.