We have been digging thru and hunting for the BEST Gift Ideas for kids. Make sure you check out our Full Holiday Gift Guide where we have broken it down by age group for gift ideas that is FULL of amazing toys, and other items that we think kids will love!
Our Top 10 Gift Ideas for Kids
Gift Idea: Songs With My Name Personalized Albums
Songs With My Name Albums are personalized compilations that include your child’s favorite songs with their name sung and spoken throughout each album…up to 80 times… by the actual characters! There are 5 different albums to choose from, each with a different set of songs and dialog tracks…and each available in either digital download or physical CD formats! You can pick from Disney Princesses, two different Veggie Tales albums, Sesame Street with Elmo and his friends, plus Mickey, Minnie & Goofy!
Why We Love it:
Every kid loves having their name attached to something. These personalized albums have amazing sound quality on top of just having the kids name in the songs and dialog. My kids loved hearing their names in the songs as we listened to them. They have been perfect for car rides and the kids have enjoyed listening to them at home as well.
You can purchase Songs With My Name albums here on their website. Ordering is simple…. and you can hear how your child’s name will sound before you order. Remember to use coupon code MIDGET20 to save 20% when ordering online or by phone!
Gift Idea: Story Craze Board Game
Story Craze Board Game is a fun-filled learning game in which children write outrageously witty, laugh out-loud, three chapter stories by selecting PEOPLE, PLACES and THINGS cards that add crazy twists and silly turns throughout their stories. The game encourages children to write, and when children write together, there are no limits to their creativity!
Why We love it:
First I have to say I was shocked my kids picked this as a top gift. I mean don’t get me wrong, the game is AWESOME and a ton of fun. But I was not expecting a game that involved writing and learning to be at the top of their list for what kids would love. We love it though because it involves creativity, it involves getting them to think and the kids said its a ton of fun to create stories!
Gift Idea: Crayola Fashion SuperStars
The Crayola Fashion SuperStars is for the 8-12 crowd, however we can see kids as old as 13 and 14 enjoying this one. The design kit lets young designers create their own unique fashion style, they can designs into free app to build a virtual closet and mix-and-match your fashion combinations. It includes 62-page design book, 24 colored pencils, 18 SuperTip markers, and designer case.
Why We Love it:
The ability to be creative is easy to have flowing. The work in of learning technology skills combined with it means the kids are being creative while learning how to use technology. Both of the girls (ages 8 and 12) had a good time using and they were very proud of their work after they would create an outfit.
Gift Idea: GOTRAX Hoverfly Hover board
The GOTRAX Hoverfly Hover board is an easy to use, budget friendly hover board. It comes in a variety of different colors that are sure to make any kiddo have their favorite color!
Why We Love it:
Hover Boards are the “it” thing for kids, however cost wise they can be up there in price. We love that the GOTRAX has all the safety features and quality of the more expensive ones but at a lower price point. We also love the ability to have a color that is not just black! It is so much fun for the kids to ride on too! Also simple enough that mom and dad can ride it too. 😉
Gift Idea: Little Tikes 2-in-1 Food Truck
The Little Tikes 2-in-1 Food Truck is a stationary food truck and kitchen in one. Comes with reversible signage with two themes – Ice Cream and Hot Dogs, customizable chalkboard with chalk, cash register and order notepad, “Order up” bell, steering wheel with working horn, trash bin that doubles as seat and storage, pull out serving counter, play soda fountain, oven, microwave and fridge. Plus 40 food and utensil accessory pieces come with it!
Why We Love It:
We have a play kitchen, I mean really anyone who has a little kid gets them a play kitchen. However thinking outside the box of normal and making it more creative is right up our alley! The Little Tikes 2-in-1 Food Truck bring the fun of a kitchen playset in with the newness of being a food truck! I also like that it will make the kids think out of the box even more!
Gift Idea: Elmo’s World Hide and Seek Game
The Elmo’s World Hide and Seek game is a game for the littles! It is made for For ages 6 months to 5 years (depending on game play), and a refreshing new take on a classic game with 3 different game play levels. Set includes: Elmo doll with sound, 24 location cards, and game rules.
Why We Love it:
Having Hannah there is a big age gap between her and our other kiddos. Hannah is 15 months and the other kids are 12, 10 and 7. She sees the bigger kids playing games and she wants to too. The Elmo’s World Hide and Seek brings the fun of games and board games to the littles. They have their own game to play just like the big kids have their board games. This is a great one to get the littles started on the love of board games.
Gift Idea: Dance Code featuring Disney Princess Belle
Princess Belle is now not only a princess but she can dance too with the Dance Code featuring Disney Princess Belle! Well she can only dance with the help of kids creating the dance moves that she will do! Kids create dance routines in the app for Disney’s Belle to perform in real life. Don’t have a device? That is ok! Belle performs 10 dances with a touch of her necklace!
Why We Love it:
What is there not to love about a Disney Princess? Many the little girls dream of being Disney Princesses, especially if they live in a Disney obsessed house like ours. We love it because the creativity feature, having your kids use the app to create the moves that Belle will preform. But on the other side of that we love that it can be enjoyed tech free too. We love the versatility this gift idea has.
Gift Idea: Wonder Workshop Dash Robot
Dash is a real robot for children ages 6 and up that is responsive to its world; your child can bring it to life with our free apps available on iOS and Android. Dash comes with hundreds of exciting coding adventures and projects available in Wonder and Blockly apps. Use your Apple or Android smart phone or tablet to program Dash to move, dance, light up, make sounds, avoid obstacles, and even react to their voice. With the revolutionary free app Wonder, kids can program Dash to be the real robot pet, pal or sidekick of their dreams.
Why We Love it:
It gets the younger ones thinking just a little bit more and they do not even realize it. Its combing learning with playing and the kids have so much fun. Robots are definitely something that kids are sure to enjoy, and this one we have found to be great for the younger kids. If they have older siblings who like to play with robots this is the perfect way to get them started. We also love that the controls are easy, set up is easy and the kids haven’t had much frustration at all when learning how to use it.
Gift Idea: Wonder Workshop Cue Robot
The Wonder Workshop Cue Robot is one for the older kids. Think 11+ when you are looking at this top gift idea on our list. Cue is a witty robot with attitude that is powered by breakthrough Emotive AI. Kids can send and receive text messages to share witty comments, memes and funny jokes, keeping you coming back for more.
Why We Love it:
This one is on our top list because it is keeping the older kids playing! We want our kids to stay kids for as long as possible and to enjoy things like playing. Cue brings the more mature side of playtime with the addition to learning to kids who are tinkering on the age of not wanting to play with toys anymore. Not really a toy persay in their mind but one that is played with like a toy. Well except for the fact that they will be learning coding and other technical things like javascript in the process. But as moms, we don’t need to let the older kids know it can count as playing or that they are learning. 😉
Gift Idea: Wonder Workshop Dot Creativity Pack
Dot is a clever, quirky robot ready to play out of the box. Use the included 20 Project cards are included to play games like robot-enabled Duck Duck Goose or Hot Dotato. Then customize Dot with stickers and costumes and program a matching story.
Why We Love it:
Dot allows kids to mix creativity with technology and being a kid. Playing kid games like Duck Duck Goose with a robot! What kid wouldn’t love that! (Which we haven’t found a kid yet that didn’t enjoy it!). We love that it is a mix between playing, creating and learning and the kids won’t even realize that they are learning to code!
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Great gift ideas! My sister invited me for my niece’s birthday party and I really was confused which gift would make her happy, it’s not easy to find a gift which is nice, safe, and affordable.
I really loved the tent idea, and I think it suits kids from 2 til 7 years old, and loved the kitchen gift, I recently noticed that not only girls are interested in kitchen playset, but also boys!
I enjoyed your article.