Tinderbox Table Co.
Harvest Moon Strategy Game
This is the "how did you know?" gift. A 30-minute engine-builder about orchards that plays as well at 2 players as 5.
$49
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Gifts for the kid who loves games under $60
Consider this the short list: 8 maker-made gifts between $23 and $58. If you only look at one, look at the Harvest Moon Strategy Game.
Field Day Toys
Old Growth Wooden Puzzle
This is the "how did you know?" gift. A 250-piece whimsy-cut wooden puzzle with hidden animal-shaped pieces.
$32
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Field Day Toys
Cascade Marble Run Set
At $58 it reads like twice that. 48 beechwood ramps, funnels, and chimes that build a different machine every time.
$58
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Field Day Toys
Meadow Friends Plush Rabbit
This is the "how did you know?" gift. Organic cotton velour rabbit, hand-sewn with embroidered eyes — no plastic parts.
$23
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Slowform Studio
Wanderer's Watercolor Set
This is the "how did you know?" gift. Twelve handmade honey-based pans in a brass tin that fits a jacket pocket.
$42
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Pressed & Plume
Fieldnotes Leather Journal
No occasion needed — refillable veg-tan leather cover that molds to its owner within a month.
$24
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Biscuit & Bone
Good Dog Bakery Box
The kind of thing a kid would never buy themselves, which is exactly why you should.
$24
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Pressed & Plume
Wax Seal Starter Kit
I got this for a kid once and heard about it for months. Brass botanical seal, two wax colors, and a melting spoon in a keepsake tin.
$35
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