If you’re scrambling to think of some last minute gift ideas for kids, then I have good news. In this post, I give you 5 gifts that you can purchase in minutes–without leaving home!
I must admit: Left to my own devices, I’m a last minute gift getter.
(Thankfully, my gift-giving husband is more on the ball, or our kids might never have gifts under the tree!)
I don’t know what parents did before the advent of digital gifts, but I’m thankful we now have that option.
Whether it be for your own child or for a niece, nephew, or one of your children’s friends, the following are my top 5 picks for last minute gift ideas for kids. As a bonus? All of these gifts are all clutter-free!
5 Last Minute Gift Ideas for Kids
1. Subscription Box
We tried several subscription boxes, including Kiwi Co and Green Kid Craft and MEL Science and Little Passports. My girls LOVE them all!
With a box subscription, I don’t have to be crafty or “sciency” or look for materials. I don’t even have to come up with ideas on my own. All the work–the planning, the ideas, the instructions and even the supplies–are all in the boxes for me!
With Little Passports, we can instill loving and learning about other cultures and countries. With boxes like Kiwi Co and MEL Science, we can encourage interest in STEM and science. With Green Kid Craft, we can promote creativity and art.
Kiwi Co and Green Kid Crafts and MEL Science and Little Passports all have a variety of boxes to choose from.
If you’re looking for something else, you can also try CrateJoy as they have hundreds of boxes to choose from that fit any interest.
2. E-Course
This gift will take some parental involvement unless your kids are quite a bit older, but it can be a fun gift for parents and grandparents to partake in with their kids.
With the increase in online learning has come a plethora of educational and entertaining online courses for kids!
My top 3 recommendations are:
If you’re kids are artistic or are interested in art, then Emily’s art class for kids are great place to start. They are an amazing value for everything you get with them. Your kids will learn the basis and also more advanced techniques.
Our kids have been going through these classes, and they love them. They’ve created some cute little masterpieces.
If you want to teach your kids or grandkids how to cook, then I highly recommend Katie Kimball’s Kids Cook Real Food e-course.
This comprehensive cooking course is for kids age 3 and up (and even adults can learn from the course as well!).
View the curriculum map for Kids Cook Real Food here.
From quilting to sewing to cake decorating and more, Creativebug offers online classes for every craft-lover in your life. My oldest daughter is a crafter, and I am keeping these courses in mind for her in the future.
3. ABCmouse or Adventure Academy Membership
We recently gifted our girls with a membership to ABCmouse for the little ones and Adventure Academy for the older ones, and they LOVE it.
ABCmouse is a leading and comprehensive digital early learning resource for preschool and early elementary school age children. The program now has over 8,500 standards- based learning activities and 850+ lessons across 10 levels.
Our family is using both ABCmouse and Adventure Academy as a fun supplement on our homeschool days and as a reward for our girls when they get their other schoolwork completed.
My three girls are never bored with the games. There are read-aloud digital books, games, music, puzzles, and even online drawing and “crafts” on the site.
The site allows up to 3 child profiles, and you can set the profiles to include games, etc. of only certain skill levels. For example, I set my 5-year-old’s profile to offer beginning kindergarten skills, and my 7-year-old’s profile to offer 1st grade level skills.
Even my younger ones love ABCmouse while the older ones love Adventure Academy, and they beg to use it daily.
4. Gift Card
My girls are 12, 10, and 8, and they already know how valuable gift cards are–and they love using them! We’ve been getting gift cards for our 10-year-old niece for the past couple years. Kids love to be able to pick out their own gifts!
Our girls particularly Amazon gift cards.
5. Magazine Subscription
ages preschool+
Our kids love getting mail, and a magazine subscription is an affordable gift that keeps on giving! We gifted our older girls Clubhouse magazine in the past. Some magazine subscriptions that kids love include:
Clubhouse: ages 7+ (Christian perspective)
Clubhouse Jr.: ages 4-7 (Christian perspective)
Brio: for teen girls (Christian perspective)
Highlights: ages 4-8
American Girl: ages 7+
What are your favorite last minute gift ideas for kids?
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