Holiday Gift Ideas: Gifts to Help Get Kids Outside

Look no further for gift ideas that help get kids outside. We have many suggestions over several lists if you’re shopping for a kid you want to encourage outdoors, or for a kid who already loves the outdoors.

We can’t deny it — most kids like stuff. It could be a cardboard box or a shiny new toy, a favorite stick or a brand new tool, but kids do enjoy opening gifts for holidays. Experience gifts are the best (memories to last a lifetime!), but are hard to open and leave kids temporarily empty-handed. So if you’re giving a gift anyway, make it one that they can use for experiences to come — and better yet, experiences outdoors. What better gift than time outdoors?

Our gift lists’ suggestions vary in price, from a carabiner to a trampoline, so hopefully you’ll be able to find something that fits your budget. I’ve also tried to keep in mind kids of different interests and ages — the reader, the artist, the scientist or the adventurer. You may even find something that you’d like to put on your own personal wish list!

Jump to:

• budget-friendly gifts
• non-toy gifts
• outdoor toys
• gifts for teens
• stocking stuffers
• non-fiction
• fiction
• irreverent & funny nature books

Gift Lists

Gift Lists with Items to Help Get Kids Outside

Gift Lists with Books to Help Get Kids Outside

In Iceland, the best Christmas gift is a book, and their love of giving books is reflected in the tradition of the Jolabokaflod, or the “Christmas Book Flood.” Let’s join in and make this a family tradition for all! A world-wide tradition! A year-round tradition, not limited to the holidays!

If you’re searching for gift ideas for a child who loves nature and the outdoors — or for whom you want to foster a love of the outdoors — look no further! You’re sure to find a useful suggestion among our gift lists, designed to help get kids outside. Make it a gift that counts — one that encourages them to spend even more time outdoors.