5 Kansas City-crafted gifts for kids

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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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.

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Startland News 2019 Gift Guide

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