Finding great children’s Christmas gifts on a tight budget can be difficult. When selecting gifts for kids, it may help to keep in mind that Christmas will fall on a Friday, this year. Since families will have the whole weekend together, this is a good year for craft and model kits, as well as board games. “Some assembly required”, is a less daunting phrase when you know you have plenty of time.

Traditional kids board games can be played by the whole family over the long weekend, and are usually reasonably priced. Look for old stand-bys like Monopoly, Candy Land, Risk and Battleship.  You already know how to play, so it will be far easier to show the kids, rather than going over directions, when the children want to start playing.

Craft and model kits, can bring children a sense of accomplishment. Even more importantly, these kinds of Christmas gifts leave children with priceless memories, of working on them with a loved one, something an electronic gadget or video game just can’t supply. Some of these “project” style toys even result in a new toy or other item for the child to use or display.