Gift list for your outdoorsy kid 🎁

November 18, 2021

After consulting Rocko and his friends, I've come up with this wish list of things kids love and will find useful for outdoor adventures.

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Outdoor adventure gear:

Anything from National Geographic!

National Geographic Store

You need the tools to explore! How about a safe multi-tool? For ages 5+, this kit includes

1 Telescoping Magnet
1 Field Tongs
1 Field Spade
1 Field Brush
1 Magnifing Mirror
1 Safety Whistle
1 Carabiner Clip

Backyard Safari 6-in-1 Field Tools

Outdoor necessities:

Our family is outfitted with Klean Kanteens. We like that they are easy to clean, can take a beating (or a dropping, again and again and again). We also like that they are mostly without plastic (except part of the cap).

Klean Kanteen for Children

Not going to lie, this mineral-based sunscreen does make us look a little like mimes. However, the lack of chemicals and safe nature of this brand has us using it exclusively.

ThinkBaby Mineral Sunscreen

Educational toys:

The National Geographic Ultimate Rock, Mineral and Fossil Kit includes over 200 fossils, minerals, and rocks; can you think of a better way to begin your collection?

Fossils from prehistoric sea life like Clams, Ammonites, Brachiopods, and Gastropods
Polished gemstones & minerals like Red Jasper, Desert Rose, Blue Quartz, Red Quartz, Pumice, Snowflake Obsidian, and Aventurine
3 genuine geodes, one broken and ready for display, 2 unbroken specimens for you to crack open yourself!
A full-color learning guide

National Geographic Ultimate Rock, Mineral and Fossil Kit

This geode science kit by National Geographic provides a hands-on science experiment that you and your children are guaranteed to love.

This science kit includes:

10 high-quality crystal filled geodes
1 set safety goggles
3 display stands
1 Full-color learning guide

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Geode Kit

Rocko won't stop asking about making a volcano! Well that will be easy with this National Geographic Mega Science Series Earth Science Kit.

With this kit, you’ll be able to:

Grow a Real Crystal (in as little as 3 days!)
Create Your Own Reusable Volcano
Paint Your Volcano Anyway You’d Like
Make Your Volcano Erupt
Cause an Even Bigger Eruption
See How a Chewable Mint Candy Makes an Eruption
See How a Popping Candy Makes an Eruption
Dig Up a Rose Quartz Specimen
Dig Up Two Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Specimens
Generate a Whirling Water Tornado
Race Dueling Water Tornadoes
Make a Glow-in-the-Dark Vortex
See a Vegetable Oil Vortex
Experiment with a Dish Soap Vortex
Read Through a Rock (Selenite)
Start a Rock Collection (with snowflake obsidian, tiger’s eye, green fluorite, pumice, desert rose, blue calcite, a geode, and agate)