I am almost embarrassed to share I have this post saved in my favorites to revert back as any of my 3 children’s birthdays come up. 🙂My granddaughter when she was little love the colored liquid soap. This gift for a one-year-old contains 80 building blocks in bright colors that are easily gripped by little hands. As long as it’s within your budget, of course. Another one of my favorite non-toy gift ideas is to surprise your child with a day/weekend trip of their choosing. Those I notice they play with all the time and will include in other play.I love your suggestions of Kiwi Crate and Little Passports! Give your child tickets to an event that allows them to feel grown-up, special, or just something to look forward to. but now say that the experience was their best gift ever. One thing I did this year, was still toys, but instead of getting them the ones that they usually request, but are only wow factor I got them open ended play ones like quality wooden blocks and some other building and creative play. Green Kid Crafts is another great non toy gift for 2 year old and up. Santa drops a big bag off for each child the week prior to Christmas on Christmas night he takes the bags back to the North Pole with him so he can take Some old toys and fix them up to make them new again and give them to another boy/girl. !Check out M is for Monster, it’s a monthly educational box subscription.Personalized stationary and stamps to encourage the old art of writing.Another cool game we love to encourage imagination and creativity is Story Cubes.Play silks also are a hit by such a varied age range – they can be used as superhero capes, for fort building, for dress up, for snuggling up, etc.My little sister loves a scavenger hunt around town!Great idea! They may not jump up and down with such grand enthusiasm on Christmas morning as gifts are unwrapped, but thirty years from now, they'll still be talking about “that time you took me to see…”And there are SO many great options for magazines these days – my husband cherished the gift subscription to Doing a class together can be a twist on this idea – it's time together, it's a great way to demonstrate that you're never to old to learn something new, and – depending on the topic – it can even be a way to teach deeper life skills, like my perpetual favorite, Whether you want to fuel your child's love of discovery with science boxes, inspire their creativity with an art box, or engage them in the larger world with geography-based activities, subscription services that send a box once a month with project supplies like I'm particularly impressed with the boxes (aka “crates”) from KiwiCo, as they're inventive and well constructed, AND there are versions for every age: Also, you can find subscription boxes for nearly any interest – just type an interest (e.g. And she stuck with that all holiday season and was ECSTATIC when she got it (courtesy Etsy) on Christmas morning.I love the image of your daughter hugging her mouse towel on Christmas morning. Thanks for the wonderful ideas.Fabulous post with wonderful ideas! It will really help for our kids for their mental development also.Thanks! No matter how diligent we are at keeping them at bay, it seems to be Gifts are good things! Period.If your home is anything like mine, you've donated more than half your children's toys to your local thrift store and you still don't see the dent.It's amazing how pervasive our mountains of toy possessions can be – and how quickly they can grow.Now, don't get me wrong – there are a lot of toys I really like, some I even love. Boxes include a magazine and activity to dip deep into a topic that your child finds interesting. for Father's Day this year?

Wishing you and your loved ones a very blessed Merry Christmas.Great ideas! Thought I would share an idea my husband did for everyone as a gift, very thoughtful of him and the teens love it! Last year, our family made the decision to give experiences rather than toys. It makes it all part of the Christmas magic for a kid!