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.

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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

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Collective Ex collaboration with MADE MOBB

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

For more information, visit www.kauffman.org and connect at www.twitter.com/kauffmanfdn and www.facebook.com/kauffmanfdn

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Startland News 2019 Gift Guide

• 10 ways to wear (or gift) KC’s maker scene

• 10 gift exchange ideas from Kansas City startups

• 5 gifts for yourself (courtesy of KC makers)

• 7 ways to deck the halls in Kansas City style

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