5 Kansas City-crafted gifts for kids
November 27, 2019 | Startland News Staff
Editor’s note: Below you’ll find a list of five Kansas City-crafted gift ideas for the kids on your holiday shopping list. Click here to check out the rest of Startland News’ 2019 Gift Guide.
Nanables
Created by the minds at Kansas City’s Tesseract Ventures, miniature, unique houses show kids seeing is believing — with a colorful dash of augmented reality — in the world of the Nanables.
Price: $20 or less
Where to buy: Online, Target, Claire’s, Walmart, Best Buy
Maker: Tesseract Ventures, Jazwares LLC
Follow: nanables
Triple Threat Blakcats Skate Deck
Made of maple plywood, the The Triple Threat BLAKCATS skate deck is a collaboration between Made MOBB, Collective Ex, and Young Gunz. Click here to read more about Collective Ex or here for a closer look at MADE MOBB.
Price: $50
Where to buy: Made in KC, Collective Ex, online
Maker: MADE MOBB, Collective Ex
Follow: mademobb, collective.ex
My Bear Jeff
My Bear Jeff supports kids who have been through trauma using a buy one give one model called Bear For Bear™. Fun Fact: My Bear Jeff just launched. Click here to check out the Kickstarter campaign.
Price: Pre-orders only, Dec. 1
Where to buy: Online
Maker: Rachel Cohen, My Bear Jeff
Follow: mybearjeff
Handcrafted Wooden Dinosaurs
Detour Goods wooden dinosaurs are designed to last — unlike plastic counterparts. Each dinosaur includes a maple wood build and magnetically articulated joints. Fun Fact: Stick horses and solitaire sets also are available from this Kansas City maker.
Price: $15-$100
Where to buy: Online
Maker: Brent EuDaly, Detour Goods
Follow: detourgoods
Tell Me a Story 12-piece Story Stone Set
Hand-painted in KC, each set of story stones is hand-painted using child-safe, non-toxic paints and 12 stones.
Price: $20
Where to buy: Online
Maker: The Stone Soup Workshop
Follow: the_stonesoup_workshop
The Startland News 2019 Gift Guide is possible thanks to support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a private, nonpartisan foundation that works together with communities in education and entrepreneurship to create uncommon solutions and empower people to shape their futures and be successful.
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