50 Gift Ideas for Kids: No Batteries Required!

What happened to the good ole’ days when toys were just toys?  No batteries required.  Many companies like HearthSong, Magic Cabin, and Melissa and Doug feature loads of educational and fun toys without the need for those batteries.

Toys like these are attractive to me for several reasons: 1- no batteries are required, 2- they are are very open-ended, meaning that they can be played with in several different ways, 3- kids love them, 4- they make great gifts for those hard-to-buy-for kind of kids, and 5-most of them work well for multi-ages; making it a hit for more than one kiddo. For all of these reasons (and more), these gift ideas work well for any occasion!

1.  Tobbles

2. Shake ‘n Match Sorter

3. Chunky Puzzles

4. Wooden Activity Cube

5. Fabric Stacking Cups

6. Fantasy Castle Block Set

7. Stacking Pegs

8. Portable Sorting House

9.  Color Cone

10. Pound and Sound Bench

1. Marble Run- stay tuned for a giveaway with this item in early January!

2. Domino Race Set

3. Wooden Blocks (I thought these looked particuarly cool)

4. Bristle Blocks

5. Suspend Family Game- We just got this one and it is SUPER fun!

6. LEGOS or DUPLO- No engineer would want to do without LEGOS or Duplo Blocks!  Check out this really cool Lay-N-Go Lite (there’s also a Lay-N-Go, which is larger).  We could totally use this for our thousands of LEGOS!

7. Lincoln Logs

8. Magz Construction Set

9. Connectagons- HearthSong has loads of versions, so you can choose the one that fits your young builder.

10. Max Magnetic Construction Set

1. Easel- The IKEA easel is the cheapest one I’ve seen.  We love ours!

2. Stencils

3. Folding Lap Desk-Each of my kiddos is getting one of these for Christmas this year!

4. Doodle Bag

5. Paint-a-Rock Pet Kits

6. Play, Draw, Create-Reusable Drawing and Magnet Kits

7. Car Design Workshop

8. Modeling Clay Set

9. Loopdedoo Bracelet Maker

10. Knot a Quilt

 1. Magnetic Dress Up Set- MBug (currently 2.5 years old is getting one of these this Christmas!)

2. Tea Set or Cupcake Stand

3. Healthy Food Sets

4. Doll Pram

5. Parking Garage and wooden roads

6. Roadway Play Mat

7. Wooden Wind-Up Trucks

8. Legends of Magic

9. String Games

10. Make Believe Hoods

1. Trip Shots Jump Rocket

2. Giant Bowling Game

3. Hop Balls

4. Toss Target Game for doorway

5. Indoor Trampoline

6. Bungee Jumper

7. Jump Rope Fun & book

8. Nerf gun (Some Nerf guns do require batteries.  This is the particular one we have an it does not.)

9. Hopscotch Rug

10. Wingball

Enjoy skipping the battery aisle and the absence of the, “I need new batteries!” mantra from the kids (I know you won’t miss that).  You can also feel better about helping the environment.  A win-win for everyone!  No Batteries Required gifts are definitely the way to go, no matter the occasion!

*Just a quick note: Before buying any toys, please look at the suggested age range.  Young children should always be supervised when playing the toys that contain small pieces.

 

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This post is a part of iHomeschool Network’s 25 Days of Christmas!  To visit more posts in this series, click on the image below.

 

Merry Christmas!

~Becky