My daughter (29) is getting a filing cabinet and pastel folders. And a cute EDC kit with knife, pen, and screwdriver. My grandson (2) is getting books, little people, and a cheap drone that floats and is controlled by hand movements.
All 4 of my kids are into scratch but are sort of hitting a wall doing it online, and they also have expressed interest in robotics, so I did research on the two and came up with the mBot series of robots.
One 8 y/o one 3y/o This year:
- Transformer robots
- Origami book & papers
- Some ski gear
- Metal detector
- Climbing harness & slings etc (small climbing frame in the grander they like to attach to and just kinda swing about)
- Kids Cookbook
Past Years Winners:
- Magnatiles - both have loved these, one of the most used toys and reasonably open-ended
- Diablo - the circus toy thing
- Modu - https://modutoy.com
- Potions kit - just a bunch of small pots etc with random glitter and what not in them. pretty good one for an upcycling project
- Playdough - classic for a reason, also DIY'able Little printer roll instant print camera
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My daughter (29) is getting a filing cabinet and pastel folders. And a cute EDC kit with knife, pen, and screwdriver. My grandson (2) is getting books, little people, and a cheap drone that floats and is controlled by hand movements.
My 5-year-old loves the British series Numberblocks, and they have lots of licensed toys.
The numberblocks theme song goes so hard.
All 4 of my kids are into scratch but are sort of hitting a wall doing it online, and they also have expressed interest in robotics, so I did research on the two and came up with the mBot series of robots.
For the 11 and 9 year old: the mBot Ultimate (https://www.makeblock.com/pages/mbot-ultimate-robotics-kit)
For the 7 and 5 year old: I wasnt sure whether to go with the mBot Ranger or the mBot2 Rover and went with the Rover (https://www.makeblock.com/products/buy-mbot2-rover-emo-robot)
My kids are 23 and 28 and both live on their own. We gave them $1000 each. One to help move and the other to get tires for his car.
16 nearly 17
Chromebook
Some paper books
Battlefield 6
Board game
Lego and Sketch book with coloring pens.
3 wheeled scooters and a Switch 2
A subscription to ChatGPT of course. Not like they'd ever get a job in the new world anyway...
beyond the normal stuff: a microscope, speks mini magnetic balls, 3d pen, japanese snacks.