Gifting for the Wanderlust Child

When considering gifts for your Wanderlust Children why not think about items that will help them be excited about future adventures! Here is my list of ideas to get you started.. 

Small World Woodland Animals

Let children create their own re-tellings of their adventures with a set of some beautiful handmade wooden figures. 

A Cosy Nature Based Book

Get cosy and snuggle up together with a cosy book. On Christmas Eve the Icelandic people practice something called 'jolabokaflod,'  which translates to 'Christmas book flood. ' Jolabokaflod involves giving books as presents on Christmas Eve, so that friends and family can spend the cozy night in curled up with a good story.

Wanderlust Patches 

Whether you're following the Wanderlust Child Nature Study or you're making up your own nature challenges, these make a wonderful gift for young children to collect and be proud of their achievements. 

 Bird and Bug Boxes

Encourage young children to invite wildlife into their outdoor space by gifting a bird box or hedgehog home.

Wooden Loose Parts

We love using these versatile Grapat loose parts in our play and offer so many opportunities for learning. 

Water Bottles and Flasks

Make sure you have everything you need for your next outdoor adventure.

Nature Prints

These can be used as a spotter sheet or frame them and add them to your setting or playroom to help young children learn the different types of wildlife around them. 

A Den Building Kit

This could either be a premade kit or one you put together yourself. You could include different sized pegs and clips, a PVC transparent sheet (Great for den building in the rain and standing under it to listen to the raindrops), different sized sheets and a waterproof sheet. 

Waterproof Clothing, Warm Fluffy Socks and Lined Waterproof Boots

Make sure your children are ready for any weather with their own snuggly waterproof clothing and boots. 

A Tinker Tray 

Collect loose parts and add your own natural ones to promote creative and imaginative play. 

Explorer Backpack

Make up your own adventure backpack for your own adventurers! These could include a bug collector kit, magnifying glasses, bark pencils, a notebook, nature spotter sheets, compass, headtorch and binoculars.

Microscope

Take a look at your natural collections up close!

Nature Journal

A nature journal gives you a year of memories to look create and then look back on and treasure forever. 

Nature Stickers

These could be added onto wooden tree slices and kept forever or used in a nature journal for adults and children alike!

These stickers could be used on tree cookies for a woodland scavenger hunt!

Walkie Talkies

Take your adventures to the next level with your children and their friends. 

Flower Press

Keep a collection of your favourite flowers from the season by gifting a flower press. 

Wooden Nature Stampers and Ink

A few beautiful stamps to use in young children's early writing is a great motivator to write more and send letters. 

Art Materals

Give your children the opportunity to record down their findings and make their own representations with their own high quality art materials. Think watercolour paints, charcoal sticks, clay and pastels.

Why not wrap your presents up using some recycled paper and decorate with some stamp prints of natural foliage :)