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As your resident elder millennial, I welcomed my newest niece in 2021, HORRAY! Now I get to shop for a newborn, With my guy on the inside (my brother 😉), I have exclusive access to the 411 on gifts for my gen alpha nieces.
Having grown up with the internet, I’ve become a master at finding colorful gifts. Granted my primary focus has been on adults, after my brother and sister-in-law gave me nieces, I put my internet searching skills to work in search of birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, and gifts just because from their favorite Auntie.
Because if the kids are happy; not because they’re mischievous. Okay..they’re probably up to something. Check on the kids now. I’ll wait.
Whether it’s for your nephew or niece, or your BFFs new baby, it can be a challenge to find the perfect gift. Especially, if you like supporting small businesses. And while this Auntie can appreciate gifting educational or age appropriate toys, that’s not my sole focus. This Auntie is about squeals of joy and as they get older, shouts of, “You’re the best, Auntie!”
Besides, we all know that young kids will enjoy wrapping paper and boxes more than the gift anyway! And hopefully, the warm fuzzies from supporting a small business rubs off on them. A girl can hope, right?
If shopping isn’t your jam, I got you. Google Queen at your service. Let me put my expertise to work to help you.
Gifts for the Youngest Gen Alpha Kids
This colorful 10-piece wooden block set is made out of maple wood and non-toxic ink with a non-toxic lacquer finish. Neatly packaged in a box for easy wrapping. There’s also an option to add on two bi-lingual books; one that teaches numbers and one for colors.
Kinda wished I had bought a set for myself these turned out so cute! Art2theextreme has been selling these crayons on Etsy for over 12 years.
Are kids ever too young to learn to craft? The rainbow craft kit comes with the option to include yarn or not and has a smaller version available.
LEGOS are a classic nostalgic gift for kids of millennials. Power Gen Alpha’s imagination and creativity with hours of play. An additional bonus, it teaches parents how to be quiet when they accidentally step on one in the middle of the night and try to not wake others up.
Swatch features a young girl with a wild spirit and Dotty has an invisible, colorfully spotted pal with horns. Both books are delightfully whimsical and filled with an abundance of colorful illustrations. My nieces loved both books and I loved Julia’s illustrations so I had to keep a copy for myself.
Gifts for the Eldest Gen Alpha Kids
It is never too early to teach kids card games like Go Fish, gin rummy, or hearts. These playing cards have colorful illustrations of women who’ve made an impact on the world. I’m excited to help my nieces learn about famous women in hopes that they grow up to make an impact (I’m aiming for an end to global warming or maybe a cure for cancer)!
I’ve enjoyed puzzling for years and remembered how much I enjoyed it during lockdowns in 2020. eeBoo is a woman-owned, mother run company that’s on a mission to create beautiful products to be enjoyed and shared across generations. Dogs in the Park comes in 100 and 1000 pieces making it a great gift for a millennial mom and her gen alpha kiddo.
Colorku is a colorful version of Suduko, but instead of using numbers, brightly colored wooden balls serve as your “numbers”. I suck at Sudoku, so I’m not holding my breath that I could “win”, but I’d love to see my nieces kick my butt. They did have a baby calculus board book so they’re already a few lot of steps ahead of me.
Step up your crafting game by creating your very own nail polish! Teach kids the basics of color mixing and then let them go wild creating unique, one-of-a-kind nail polish colors. Kits include everything needed to customize five polishes and everything can be stored in the tin. The nail polish in this kit is vegan and free of at least 5 common environmental toxins.
I know that shackets are all the rage, but that’s so 1990’s. Just because we didn’t call them that back then… a more timeless trend I can’t wait to share with my nieces are denim jackets. The six color rainbows and their name are sure to get excited squeals.
How many hours did you kill as a kid playing with the plastic version of these labyrinths? I spent way too much time trying to get that damn tiny ball into the center of the maze. But surely those hours improved my hand/eye coordination making it easier to draft emails on tiny keyboards, right?! Besides being handmade, this double-sided labyrinth doubles as a gift for the millennial parent – because you know they’re gonna wanna relive their youth.
Give the Gift of Gratitude
If you read my post about sending handwritten thank you cards, you know I’m passionate about the power of a thank you card. And teaching kids the power of gratitude at an early age sticks with them into their “elder” age. Because handwriting isn’t taught in most schools, these colorful fill-in-the-blank thank you cards are a great way to teach kids the power of a handwritten note (while being legible), the importance of the USPS, and how expressing gratitude gives you warm fuzzies.
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