My kids have more than enough ‘stuff’. They have less than they did when they were toddlers, but they still have plenty. I used to cringe when I’d find toys they’d hardly touched and boxes they’d barely opened. That’s when we decided to give ‘experiences’ rather than ‘stuff’.
Giving a ‘gift experience’ can give kids more than just another object for their room. It can create life-long memories, help build new skills or hobbies and provide fun for the whole family.
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- Zoo, aquarium or wildlife park pass or yearly membership
- A farm stay experience
- Concert tickets
- Pottery making classes
- Favorite family restaurant gift voucher
- Trampoline jump passes
- Indoor rock climbing passes
- Skiing lesson
- Cooking class for kids
- Theatre or show tickets
- Sports holiday programme
- Trip to the bookstore to pick out new books
- Passes to an indoor playground
- Family pass to the movies
- Subscription to a children’s magazine
- A train ride to somewhere they've never been
- Golf clubs & lessons
- Musical instrument & lessons
- Flower or herb seeds to plant a garden
- Ballet lessons & a tutu
- Ceramic painting class
- Horse-riding lessons
- Art lessons
- Zip-lining adventure
- Cheese-making class
- Tickets to a sports match
- Miniature golf adventure
- Baby and Me Music classes
- Passes to the local swimming pool, waterpark or hot pools
- Whale watching day trip
- Materials to build a fairy house
- Adventure or bike park passes
- Binoculars & bird watching book
- Arts & crafts kit
- Go-carting voucher
- Court hire (basketball, cricket nets or indoor football)
- Digital technology classes
- Singing lessons
- Fishing adventure
- Ferry ride
- Double-decker bus ride or city tour
- Observatory visit
- Escape room voucher
- Community theatre season passes
- Ice-skating family pass
- One on one coaching clinic (for a favourite sport)
- Mini break to another city
- Teepee Slumber Sleepover party
- Tennis ratchet & lessons
- Swimming with dolphins
- Cubs, Scouts or Brigade membership
- Camera and photography lessons