Creative Gifts for Your Child this Easter

By Chris Kullstroem

If you’re looking for the perfect gift to give your child along with his or her Easter basket this year, make it a gift that will utilize and enhance your child’s creativity and give the two of you some fun activities to do together.

A disposable camera and mini photo album will allow your child to explore photography. Suggest that your child take photographs of family members, their room, the backyard, their school and their friends to create a photo album of pictures of all sorts.

A cookbook with an oven mitt and cookie cutters will give your child the opportunity to create an assortment of goodies themselves. Under your supervision, let your child decide which recipes to make and let them put most of the ingredients together to give them a sense of accomplishment and creativity in cooking.

A gift of flower seeds and flower pots is the gift of a personal garden. Let your child plant the seeds themselves and keep the pots in their bedroom window. This will let them experience growing something all on their own, and give them sensitivity for the natural world around them.

A box of craft supplies such as stickers, construction paper, paints, markers and glue is a gift of limitless possibilities. Encourage your child to draw, paint and design pictures and cards to hang in their room, put on the fridge or give to friends and family.

A model ship or car to put together is a hobby that will give you and your child real quality time that they will always remember. Building a model with their own hands will give your child a sense of accomplishment as well as a toy they’ll keep for years to come.

This Easter, give your child opportunity for creativity and exploration with one of these simple and fun presents. Share the gift of photography, cooking, gardening, art or craftsmanship so that your child can use their talents and learn new ones that can last a lifetime.