Prepping Gift Ideas for Kids

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Getting kids involved in preparedness is a great joy. The holiday season is a great time to add a few things to their overall preparedness.

You know your child best and how they’ll like a certain gift or activity. This gift guide isn’t supposed to name off everything there is out there, but instead give you some ideas to work off of. Your child might also be too young or too old for certain ideas. The ideas below are pretty general and no very specific to age or gender.

Here are some gift ideas to get your kids more prepared for 2020 and beyond:

Shemagh – everyone needs a good shemagh

CamelBak – Kids as young as 2 can start carrying their own water

Swiss Army Knife – Everyone needs at least one swiss army knife in their life

Prepper Pete Prepares – Great resource for kids to learn about prepping

Jake and Miller’s Big Adventure – Another fun way to teach kids about preparedness

CRKT Nathan’s Knife Kit – Great way to teach kids about knife safety

Pint Sized Prepper Projects – Fun way to teach kids about preparedness through action

Headlamp – Everyone needs their own headlamp

Piggy Bank – Teach them financial preparedness early

Toys, Tools, Guns and Rules – Teach them about firearm safety early and often

Other ideas that don’t require a physical gift:

Take them camping
Teach them how to make fire with flint and steel or bow drill
Go bug hunting
Teach them about wild edibles
Show them how to can or dehydrate
Build a bug out bag or other kit with them (with items already on hand)
Get them into self-defense classes
Head to the range
Go hunting
Go fishing
Teach them how to use a sling shot
Build a debris shelter
Build shelter with a tarp
Teach them to sew
Teach them about financial preparedness

And so on and so forth. There are so many ways to teach our kids how to be prepared and sometimes they don’t require a ton of money at all. Sometimes it’s just going people watching or talking to them about strangers, reading to them, going for a walk, collecting trash and generally how to navigate this world and be prepared.