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10 Gifts For Every Kid In Your Life

Because we know they’re the hardest people to shop for.

By Jasmine Li
Photo: by Ashlie Juarbe
Photo: by Ashlie Juarbe

Shopping for kids is hard. You don’t want to give them a block set or play kitchen, because everyone else has already given them a block set or play kitchen. You need a gift the kid likes that’s still safe, educational, and parent-approved, which can be difficult to find. Thankfully, KiwiCo has something for every type of kid, from toddlers to teenagers: Art kids, tech kids, science kids, geography kids… you name it. Each product is a cool activity or project the kid can work on with the help of adults, designed to foster creativity and innovation. What’s even cooler is that all their toys are safe and educational, so you don’t have to worry about screen time limits or toy toxins. Here are the perfect KiwiCo gifts for every kid in your life, tailored to their personalities.

For the Future Jet-Setter

An Atlas Crate subscription is perfect for the kid who aspires to have a fully stamped passport. From making a Japanese koinobori (fluttering carp windsock) to cooking ​​Peruvian sweet quinoa con leche, they’ll have a great time exploring the globe. These projects will help the kid master geography and navigation skills, while learning to appreciate different cultures and customs.

Atlas Crate
starting at $18/month at KiwiCo

For the Burgeoning Young Baker

Cinnamon swirls, dinner rolls, and garlic butter, oh my! The kid in your life who loves baking will have a blast with the Science of Cooking: Bread and Butter project kit, which comes with a 50+ page cookbook and colorful baking supplies. The instruction set explains how yeast, gluten, and emulsion give baked goods their fluff and flavor. The best part? Gifting this set will probably automatically entitle you to some free pastries.

Science of Cooking: Bread and Butter
$30 AT KiwiCo

For the Teen Who’s, Like, Really Into Crafting

The artsy teen will love receiving a new craft project every month. A Maker Crate subscription provides all the materials and instructions they need to get creative, and each crate introduces a new art technique, so they’ll collect an arsenal of skills to continue crafting on their own. Besides being fun, the craft projects are also super functional, including planters, yarn pillows, and desk organizers.

Maker Crate
starting at $26/month at KiwiCo

For the Kid Who Aspires to Be Doctor Dolittle

For the aspiring animal surgeon, try the Froggie Dissection Lab project kit. It’s an anatomy class without the mess. The “dissectable” plush toy comes with kid-friendly tweezers they can use to explore its plushy internal organs, and game cards that test their biology knowledge. After the operation, they can cuddle with the snuggly Froggie — but make sure to remind them that it’s not medical protocol.

Froggie Dissection Lab
starting at $30 at KiwiCo

For the Older Kid Who Loves to Fix and Build Things

Nothing’s better for a budding engineer than practice, practice, practice. With an Eureka Crate subscription, they’ll receive monthly STEM projects to tinker with concepts like mechanical equilibrium, torque, and sound waves. The crate provides all the materials and tools needed, so they can build products they can use and be proud of — like a desk lamp, pencil sharpener, or even a ukulele.

Eureka Crate
starting at $27/month at KiwiCo

For the Last-Minute Baby Shower

If you want to go beyond onesies and pacifiers, the Panda Crate subscription contains interactive toys and games tailored to the child’s age, from birth to toddlerhood, with a new crate delivered every other month. Parents-to-be can easily add Panda Crate to their baby registry, and KiwiCo offers lots of gifting options for family and friends: you can give a subscription, a one-time gift, or something in-between. The crate for newborns (Bond with Me) helps new parents build a loving bond with their baby in the first two months, one that will encourage development and curiosity as they grow. Or cover the child’s first six months with The Newborn 3-Pack — a perfect gift for closer family and friends. Ship to yourself to give in person, or to the recipients’ home for convenience.

Panda Crate
starting at $17/month at KiwiCo

For the Trendy Kid Who’s Already Into ‘90s Nostalgia

That cool kid in your life is probably really into vinyl records and film cameras — and they’re probably the hardest to shop for. If they have a taste for the analog, they’ll love the Pinball project kit. It’s a fun physics project featuring rubber bands and marbles, but it can also be a history lesson on arcade culture. “Back in my day…”

Pinball Machine
$28 at KiwiCo

For Your 6-Year-Old Niece Who’s Obsessed With Unicorns

The little kid who’s obsessed with unicorns (or wants to be a unicorn?) will love the Glowing Horn Unicorn Costume project kit. It comes with felt and shiny sheets, so they can create the unicorn’s head and colorful mane. On top of that is a light-up horn that helps them explore the science behind iridescence and light. (Plus, it just looks really cool.) It’s physics… but make it fashion. Great gallops guaranteed.

Glowing Horn Unicorn Costume
$30 at KiwiCo

For the Future Deep-Sea Explorer

For the kid who’s fascinated by megalodons and submarines, try this funky cyborg crab project. They can construct mechanical legs that make it crawl like a crab, add a set of arms that wiggle as it walks, or even design their own custom arm connectors. The set also includes a booklet about other incredible walking robots. The Crawling Robot project kit from KiwiCo will definitely get their gears turning.

Crawling Robot
$30 at KiwiCo

For the Starry-Eyed Kid Who Already Knows All of the Constellations

The kid who can tell Orion’s Belt from the Big Dipper probably already has all the telescopes and galaxy posters they need. The Bottle Rocket project kit can take their curiosities to infinity and beyond, and allow them to get hands-on with their astronomy dreams. With step-by-step instructions and all the materials they’ll need, they can build and launch their own rocket, and learn about high-pressure chemistry along the way. (Another great option for a kid who loves outer space is KiwiCo’s Astronaut Starter Kit.)

Bottle Rocket
$28 at KiwiCo

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