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8 Wild, Last-Minute Gifts to Stock in Your Kid’s Easter Basket

Because you need something to go along with those jelly beans.

by Joe Jackson
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A classic Easter egg hunt is an amazing way to get your kid outside and engaged with the natural world. The following presents that will fit in an Easter basket will help them build a relationship with the outside world around them after that last egg has been found. We spoke with Jason Brooks, a field biologist who has worked in the field for over 25 years, treats birding like a contact sport and has an impressive 30-plus year climbing and backcountry skiing resume to match. His eight-year-old son is also a lizard, bird, and plant encyclopedia and has been herping (identifying reptiles) and calling mosses by their Latin names since he was four. Brooks called on both his outdoor and fathering experience to help put this list together.

Ledlensor Kidled 4R Children's Headlamp

While Brooks says a kid’s headlamp is an excellent piece of camping gear for kiddos, it is also an excellent way to get your kids outside in your everyday life. Giving your child their own headlamp paints even the simplest nighttime walk with a shade of magic. The single button design of the Kidled 4r is easy enough to use that toddlers can easily control their own light source. The fact that they are rechargeable means you won’t burn through batteries when they are inevitably left on unnecessarily.

Kikkerland Huckleberry Dual Magnifier
Nocs Provisions Standard Issue 8x25 Waterproof Binoculars
Sunday Afternoons Little Kids Play Hat
Shindel Telescopic Butterfly Fishing Nets
Little Learners Kids' Walkie Talkies

Different parents have different tolerances for letting their kids out of their sight. If you are in a safe outdoor environment, a great way to help your kids feel some autonomy and an extra layer of adventurous is to go off on their own and communicate with you on walkie talkies like this simple set from Little Learners. On top of delivering some confidence it is just fun as hell to play with walkie talkies. As a bonus to the parents: kids are pretty much guaranteed to say some ridiculously cute things into the units.

Sibley Backyard Birding Flashcards: 100 Common Birds of Eastern and Western North America
Deuter Kikki Kid's Backpack

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