The long dog days of summer stretch on, seemingly endless when the kids have exhausted all types of activities You could think of providing. Coming up with new ways to keep them busy can be a tiresome job, so here is our summer gift guide to offer you some inspiration and hopefully some peace and quite!
Some of the most trying days are the wet and dreary ones, finding things to keep everyone happy until the sun comes back out doesn’t have to be a chore. For the tween crowd all you need is several roles of colourful duct tape and this awesome book! From the author of the #1 best-sellers, Tape It & Make It, Tape It & Make More and Tape It & Wear It comes the fourth book in this revolutionary “duct tape craft series:” Duct Tape Bags: 40 Projects for Totes, Clutches, Messenger Bags, and Bowlers. Who knew you could create everyday, useful and cool items from DUCT TAPE?
Keep the little ones happy with a PLAYMOBIL Fun in the Sun playset, bringing the outdoors in and their imaginations take off. Each set features three figures, a plane with spinning propeller, floating boat, beach umbrella, and a bright orange floating fish, offering loads of creative play indoors and out.
Schoolaged kids go crazy for lego, and imagine their excitement if they had a box delivered monthly! Brick Loot is a monthly subscription, delivering Lego to your door and into the hands of your kids. Beat the doldrums with a special delivery your kids will love.
When the sun finally comes out but you have work to do around the house, get the kids out in the yard with some fun water play. NERF has some great products to cool them off and keep things fun in the sun. Cool off anytime with Nerf Super Soakers like the Nerf Super Soaker Tri Strike Crossbow and Nerf Super Soaker Barrage water toys.
Older teens can be a trial, how to entertain someone who doesn’t want to be entertained? A portable speaker equipped with Bluetooth Let’s them bring their music wherever you go, be it the backyard or the beach. Polaroid cameras have made a comeback with smaller, easy to use cameras that the teen crowd loves. Taking pics and seeing them print instantly, and then creating scrapbooks of those pics is a great way to remember a special day or trip for them.
Sometimes going back to basics is all you need, older teen guys who are sentenced to a family camping trip will be pleasantly surprised by a bin of rope, hammer, nails and zip ties. Raft making and dam building supplies will get their creativity flowing and provide them with something to do that doesn’t feel little kiddish.
Summer can zip by in a flash when everyone is happy and entertained with cool and creative toys and activities like these.
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