A Box of Fun: Our 6 Favorite Gift Subscriptions for Kids

Author: Adrienne So / Source: WIRED

Stressed about holiday shopping for a young’un? Give a gift that keeps on giving.

Buying holiday gifts for kids can be stressful. A disappointed look is so much more piercing from a six-year-old than from your sister-in-law. That’s why gift subscriptions are genius.
For an affordable sum, you can continue to surprise and delight the child of your choice for months to come. I tested gift subscription boxes on some of the most willing guinea pigs around—my kids and their friends—and these became our favorites. Hopefully, your children will enjoy these as much as ours did.

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Kiwi Crate offers a bewildering array of gift boxes for all ages and interests, from toddlers under two to teenagers. You can also choose boxes aimed at specific interests, such as music or mazes, holiday crafts, or robots. My almost-four-year-old enjoyed a sample crate on rainbows, which contained fun, age-appropriate activities like making small stained glass windows. It also sparked a lot of questions as to whether black or white was “all the colors” or “none of the colors,” and a lot of Googling from one particular mom.

Amazon’s Prime Book Box for kids takes advantage of Amazon’s access to thousands of wonderful titles. Every month, they send you two books that are up to 40 percent of the list price. It’s a lot harder to find age-appropriate, enjoyable books than it is to find toys, and both of Amazon‘s selections in the sample box were spot-on.