Top 3 Christmas Gifts Ideas for the 8 to 11 years-old

#1  Blokus Classic is our #1 Christmas gift recommendation for the 8, 9, 10 and 11 years old. Blokus encourages creative thinking and has received the prestigious Mensa award for promoting healthy brain activity. The goal of this game is very simple: the players have to fit all of their pieces onto the board. However, the player can't place a piece adjacent to his/her other pieces, but must place it touching at least one corner of their pieces already on the board. The winner is the player who gets rid of all of their tiles first. Blokus Classic requires strategic thinking to block moves from the opponents.

$23.41

Warning: Do NOT procrastinate on this one. As the most awarded game of the 21st century, it will fly off the shelves in no time!

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Our list of Christmas Gift Ideas woudn't be complete without a standing easel!

#2  Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel This is another hugely popular Christmas gift! We don't think there's a better way to inspire your artist than with that easel! The Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel is perfect for projects large and small thanks to its generously sized chalk board and dry erase boards. The easel features a colorful paint tray with cup holders and folds ups easily for convenient storage. It also has an easy loading paper roll holder and an extra large tray for holding erasers, clips and chalk. Thank to the paper cutting edge at top of easel, you get clean paper cuts for your artist's work!