44 | DECEMBER 8 • 2022 

GIFT GUIDE

for Kids

Give Great Gifts

Farm Steady’s JELLY 
DOUGHNUT MAKING KIT 
($30.95) has everything you 
need for this perfect sub for 
sufganiyot. Rail & Anchor, Royal 
Oak. Railandanchor.com.

Happy feet: Plush 
fleece “SMILE, LOVE” 
SLIPPERS. Guys N 
Gals, West Bloomfield. 
Shopguysngals.com.

Anthropologie’s semi-
precious BEADED STRETCH 
BRACELET includes delicious 
hues of jade, howlite, 
crystal, turquoise and more. 
Anthropologie.com.

During the pandemic, Mara Starr 
taught herself to crochet with the 
help of YouTube videos. Photos 
of her amigurumi (the Japanese 
term for small knitted toys) got 
so much attention that she 
launched Simply Starr Creations 
out of her home in Oak Park. 
Visit her Facebook or Etsy pages 
to see her so-adorable dinos, 
elephants, cows, mini-monsters 
and this SWEET CROCHETED 
DUCK. Etsy.com/shop/
simplystarrcreations.com. 

The original starter kit of MAGNA-TILES includes 32 pieces of 
translucent, colorful tiles for flat or 3-D play that helps develop 
math, science, spatial and tactile skills. Area Toyology stores. 
Toyologytoys.com.

Find Alice and her friends in Rifle Paper 
Co.’s 500-piece WONDERLAND PUZZLE 
(perfect for ages 8 and up). Zieben Mare, 
Franklin. Ziebenmare.com.

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