Arts and crafts gifts for kids are always one of our top choices. As we always tell our relatives, our kids can never have too many art supplies. (And not just the relatives who buy them slightly scary talking toys.) These arts and crafts gifts should appeal to grade schoolers and tweens who have outgrown the washable markers and preschool crayons and are onto bigger, better, and probably, messier.
($16.95/mo for 3-month subscription with discounts for longer subscriptions at Kiwi Crate)
Kiwi Crate has been pleasing parents since we first discovered them a few years back, and wow! They've grown from simple craft subscription boxes for little kids to this cool new offering just for older kids. Fabulous gift.
($28 at Cool Mom Picks Indie Shop)
Let your kid paint your own family--then get ready to show your therapist. Ha.
($22.99 at Target)
Our kids were obsessed with the original
My Fashion Show app from Crayola that combined hands-on creativity with digital coolness. Now there's a whole new kit, complete with everything you need to design your dream car. So cool.
($14.46 at Amazon)
It just makes you want to paint something, doesn't it?
($69.99 at beka)
When they've upgraded from making those potholders.
($11.36 at Amazon)
Robots are cool. Always. Making robots, even cooler.
($26.99 at Seedling)
Seedling makes so many super cool craft kits (literally, like hundreds) and we love this new Kokeshi Doll kit that our daughters are clamoring for.
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($20 at Cool Mom Picks Indie Shop)
If you've got a sewer on your hands, our webshop has little stitch kits so kids can make their own puppies, rabbits, and dinosaurs. We're still waiting for hedgehogs.
($30 at uncommon goods)
Yes! The original one! Feel free to borrow it.
($44.36 at Amazon)
Nothing tells a kid you support their artistic aspirations like a fresh set of gorgeous, professional quality art supplies.
($ varies at MakerBot)
It's a new world, and creating isn't always done with a pen and paper. Send your kid to a MakerBot class if you're lucky enough to have one of these 3-D printing storefronts near you.
($17.55 at Amazon)
We can think of a few grandpas--and grandmas--who'd love to sit down with the kids to make model cars.
($25 at Amazon)
Our favorite superheroes? Super Josh. Star Girl. Pony Master. Super Flame Throwing Woman.
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