This article is part of the “Have a Sustainable Holiday Season” series presented by the Moscow Food Co-op’s owner-ran Sustainability Committee.
If your house is overflowing with forgotten toys, try these gift-giving alternatives this year (or invent your own). Friends and relatives might also appreciate your suggestions for practical, meaningful gifts for your child.
Subscriptions - Children’s magazines, book clubs, activity books, pay television channels like (Disney+).
Lessons - Music, art, gymnastics, ballet, swimming.
Games - Concentration, Memory, deck of playing cards, dice, marbles, Crazy Eights, number/math games.
Tools for Creativity - Special kinds of paper, felt tip markers, crayons, stickers, rubber stamp sets, paints, pipe cleaners.
Things to Build With - Blocks, building sets, hammers, pliers, screwdrivers, nails, scrap wood.
Special Keepsakes - Photo of you as a child, a favorite old toy or book, your first teddy bear.
Entertainment - Tickets to a play movie or other special performance, videocassettes, roller skating passes, zoo passes.
New Hobbies - Art posters and children’s art books, camera, film and photo album, soccer ball and jersey, kid’s cookbook, apron and cooking utensils.
You - A special day spent together doing an activity of the child’s choice.
Resourced provided by Miriam K. and Totline.
Look for future editions of the “Have a Sustainable Holiday Season” series from Miriam and the Sustainability Committee here!