 Annie Schlechter | For Kids
Animal Backpack BlaBla, $38 This huggable cotton-knit backpack is useful as well as adorable. Perhaps most important, it doesn’t have 78 different parts that will end up evenly divided among all the rooms of your house. Comes in doggy, bunny, butterfly,frog, cat, and monkey. To order: Craftsbury Kids, www.craftsburykids.com; delivery, 3 to 5 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlecter | Mirrored Compacts Notre Monde, $15 each These pocket mirrors are designed for the tween or teen who has outgrown the princess party but can’t bring herself to relinquish the title. In nine patterns, including Princess (shown). To order: 614-444-4596; delivery, 3 to 7 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 | Tool Belt Duluth Trading, $35 This fabric belt holds a real mini hammer, screwdriver, and wrench, and it might inspire your pint-size Ty Pennington to attack the odd loose nail around the house. Teach him how to hang pictures before he learns to say “But the game is on.” To order: www.duluthtrading.com; delivery, 3 to 5 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlechter | Bear-Claw Slippers Old Navy, $7.50 Of all the gifts we considered for this year’s roundup, these monster slippers registered highest on the gasp-o-meter. Maurice Sendak couldn’t have designed them better, and at this price you can buy them for all the little wild things you know. To order: www.oldnavy.com; delivery, 7 to 10 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlechter | Page-Turners The 40th-anniversary edition of a classic, a Laundromat adventure, and a photographic collection of Hollywood spy gear. To order: www.amazon.com; delivery, 3 to 5 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlechter | iTunes Gift Certificate Apple, from $10 to $200 Give your iPod-obsessed teenager a gift certificate good for as many Avril tracks as you think you can handle. Short of a wad of cash tied with a red bow, there’s no gift that delivers more high-volume instant satisfaction. Sold in $10 increments. To order: www.apple.com; delivery, 5 to 10 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlechter | Circus Top Warm Biscuit Bedding Co., $26 This classic spinning circus scene should hold them over until they’re ready for the real three-ring extravaganza. Looks sweet on baby’s bookshelf, too. To order: www.warmbiscuit.com; delivery, 1 to 7 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlechter | Travel Bingo Eboo, $12 It’s probably not going to end the sibling bickering on a road trip (“No, I saw the church before you did!”), but at least it will get them to pay attention to interesting roadside attractions. To order: 800-309-2500; delivery, 3 to 5 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlechter | Lollipop Tee Boden, $24 Anyone who’s given a five-year-old a piece of clothing for a gift knows that no matter how adorable the shirt or pj’s may be, it’s just never going to elicit the kind of shriek that a SpongeBob anything will. This just may buck that trend. For children ages six months to 14 years. To order: www.bodenusa.com; delivery, 2 weeks; overnight not available. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlechter | Purple Moon Shoes Hart Enterprises, $40 Yes, these trampoline shoes (strap them on your feet and start jumping) are in the kids category, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t break them out for anyone who could use a little loosening up. (You perhaps?) They come in one size that fits any foot up to a man’s 9. To order: www.amazon.com; delivery, 3 to 5 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlechter | Typewriter Jewelry Uncommon Goods, necklace, $32; bracelet, $48 She’s probably never heard of a Smith Corona, but any teenage girl will appreciate these authentic vintage typewriter keys. All letters are available; necklace includes chain. Bonus: You'll do good while you shop. Uncommon Goods supports environmental, educational, and emergency-relief organizations. To order: www.uncommongoods.com; Because of a pricing change, the price for the bracelet was printed incorrectly in the magazine. We apologize for the error. Delivery, 3 to 6 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlechter | Tiny Trike Radio Flyer Classic, $49 The folks who gave us the iconic red wagon 85 years ago waved their magic wand over a tricycle, and this was the gorgeous result. What toddler wouldn’t be thrilled to get it? And what grown-up wouldn’t be thrilled to give it? Assembly required (stardust not included). To order: www.llbean.com; delivery, 3 to 5 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
 Annie Schlechter | Fingerprint-Kit Lab Discovery Kids, $30 Give this and there will be no more guessing who stole the cookies from the cookie jar. (Maybe the Mystery of the Missing Tupperware Tops will be solved, too.) Comes with black light, flashlight, ink pad, and duster to collect prints. Ages eight and up. To order: www.shopping.discovery.com; delivery, 3 to 5 days. MORE GIFTS UNDER $50: For Mothers, Sisters, Best Friends | For Fathers, Brothers, Husbands | For Kids | For Everyone |
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