Tiny gifts for kids

Almost everything on this page comes in a pack, because presents for children are bought by the table rather than by the person: a party of twelve, a class of twenty-four, a swimming group of eight. That changes what a price means. Twenty dollars is not the price of the present, it is the price of the whole box, and the number that matters is the one underneath: eighty cents a child, thirty cents a child. The pages here print both so the sum is done before you order.

The measurement matters more here than anywhere else on the site. A small object and a child under three is the one combination this shop treats as a rule rather than a preference: the federal small-parts ban is written about products meant for the under-threes, and a keyring or a resin animal sold to an adult sits outside it entirely. That is not a promise that a piece is safe or unsafe for the child in your house. It means the age on the packet is the maker's opinion, the size on our card is a fact, and you are better placed than either of us to decide.