Non-Toy Gift Ideas For Children

Here are my favourite non toy gift ideas for children. Also includes a big reveal of Ramona's sixth birthday present - we are giving it to her today! See the whole list of sixty over at http://lulastic.co.uk

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We spent six months travelling around Europe in a campervan. We had a tiny stash of playthings and our three year old toddler Ramona thrived. She was a case study for how kids play in nature. She had a twig that would be a wand one minute, a baby the next, a spade in the morning and a guitar in the afternoon.

During that time I came to believe that too many toys can push a child's imagination right under the bed and will eventually wreck the planet our children have got to enjoy for the rest of their lives. (Read my thoughts on that here.)

These days I think that rather than having such a negative view of toys we can just view them as one part of the big picture of childhood. As parents (or caring adults in a child's life) we need to provide a nurturing environment that values fun, communal games, imagination play, art, creating, music, nature. Toys aren't evil. They bring kids a whole heap of enjoyment, so let's not be too harsh on them!

However, we all want to be that awesome adult that opens the doors a little more on a child's imagination. We want to give a kid a gift that they will remember forever!

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