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Creative Gifts That Will Keep Kids Entertained For Hours

These holiday gifts will help the kiddos unleash their creativity — and keep them entertained for hours.

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Creative Gifts That Will Keep Kids Entertained For Hours
Stacking Cups Baby Building Toy, Fun Dough Pasta Maker, Crayola Mess Free Touch Lights and Marvin's Amazing Magic Pens
Amazon, KiwiCo, Target
Stacking Cups Baby Building Toy, Fun Dough Pasta Maker, Crayola Mess Free Touch Lights and Marvin's Amazing Magic Pens

So you’ve got a little artist. They love color. They pick out their own clothes. And they love making projects to hang up around the house. If your baby Banksy already has every crayon and marker a kid could want, you may wonder what to get them during the holidays. Rest assured, we put on our creative hat to find you the most unique and engaging gifts for kids.

From clay pasta makers to DIY play houses, we’ve found activities for kiddos of all ages. Bring some color into your home and some excitement into your little one’s life with these 15 creative holiday presents for kids.

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Amazon

A festive, customizable gingerbread playhouse

Standing over three feet tall, this cardboard playhouse provides an (almost) blank canvas for your child’s imagination — and it's perfectly on theme for the upcoming holiday.

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Target

Crayola mess-free touch lights stage

Get your little one into drawing without using paper or markers. This light-up drawing board shines in 12 different colors and plays six songs.
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Target

Kaplan Early Learning Musical Wooden Marble Tree

This musical decor item invites several layers of exploration by your curious kiddo. Each branch produces a different tone when hit by the marbles, so kids can make their own chorus.

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Amazon

Dowsabel bracelet-making kit

Beading also toes the line between messy and not messy, but it keeps little hands engaged and produces the cutest jewelry you could imagine.
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Amazon

Buddha Board water painting set

This one toes the line between no mess and little mess because while you do "paint," you're painting with water. It's a reusable board that dries quickly, letting artists of all ages express themselves with ease.
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Amazon

A DIY squishy toy maker

Kids fill the molds with the included gel color mixtures and then dip the molds into a solution to activate their creations. The kit includes glow-in-the-dark and sparkly gels for extra fun.

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Amazon

Fisher-Price maracas

Bring some rhythm to your little one with this set of soft baby maracas. The tapered handle is easy for small hands to grip.
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KiwiCo

Pasta playdough set

Roll, stamp, cut and mash with this pasta play set. It comes with three shape cutters, a cutting wheel, two colors of playdough and three shape pattern cards.
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Amazon

Picasso tiles

Clean, quiet and creative? PicassoTiles may be the best toy of all time. These magnetic, stackable shapes will keep little hands busy for hours building castles, buildings, shapes and more.
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Uncommon Goods

Light Up Sensory Play Jars

Think of these jars are more durable and customizable snow globes. This kit features light-activated water to enhance the sensory experience. Each jar includes mix-ins like silicone balls and animal-shaped beads.

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Amazon

BOBXIN stacking cups

Bring them to the beach, play with them in the bath or spend hours on the living room floor stacking and knocking them over. This set of soft stacking cups will keep little engaged.
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Amazon

Jumbo colorful eyedroppers

For STEM projects, art projects and learning about mixing colors, these jumbo eyedroppers are a must. Your kiddo will love pulling up different liquids and mixing them all together.
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Amazon

Crayola Color Wonder mess-free coloring activity set

These art sets only show color on special Crayola Color Wonder paper. The set includes an ink stamp pad, five stamps, a stamp holder, a 24-page blank Color Wonder book, three sticker sheets and five Color Wonder markers.
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Amazon

Wooden sorting stacking rocks

Make your own version of Ugo Rondinone’s Las Vagas-based Seven Magic Mountains, with this wooden stacking rock kit. An elevated take on classic blocks, these wooden rocks come in different sizes and weights, with smooth sides that you can learn how to balance.
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Amazon

Pixel building and puzzle bricks

These colorful and interlocking bricks can be used to create both 2D and 3D structures that seamlessly blend art and engineering skills.
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Amazon

Little Partners three-in-one art easel

Play with chalk, crayons, dry-erase or real markers with this versatile kid's easel. It comes with storage space, including two fabric bins for easy cleanup.
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Amazon

Marvin's amazing magic pens

Write secret codes, erase your markers, change colors and make 3D-looking patterns with this set of magic pens.