You’ve arrived at our “30 Best Gifts for 6-year-olds in 2023” page! Your 6-year-old’s quest for independence has likely reached new heights, as has his or her desire to do the opposite of everything you say. Your only chance for survival at this age is to occupy yourself – and your child – with “busy” activities, and the more of them that can be done alone, the better off you both will be.

While younger kids may not have the dexterity to do many arts & crafts activities, 6-year-olds tend to have just enough of that combined with NOT enough patience, which leads to successfully ripping open every crafts box you have in the house, working on whatever is inside for 10 minutes or so, and then tossing it casually to the side and calling it finished. That said, we designed our “30 Best Gifts for 6-year-olds” list to combine some solid outdoor and indoor toys with a few activity kits that can either be finished fairly quickly or that require you to take breaks so they can grow, dry, etc. To be alerted when these (and many other) items go on sale, join our Facebook group.

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