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If building puzzles is more his style, the National Geographic 4-D Ancient Egypt Puzzle may be just the ticket! It’s 4-D because it has not only 3-D replica models of monuments that you use to complete the landscape of this over-600-piece puzzle, but it also comes with a free smartphone app that helps you learn all about ancient cities. |
HABA’s pyramid building blocks
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Gifts for Creative Kids 7 to 12 Years Old
Looking for a gift for a young person in your life who not only loves Egypt, but also likes to create? Then the next few gift ideas are for you.
Fun with Hieroglyphs Stamp Set
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First among these is the wonderful Fun with Hieroglyphs stamp set. It’s a set of 24 stamps, each with a common hieroglyphic sign on it. Kids can use these stamps and the included information to learn the sounds of these signs and write out names and words with them. The kit was created by an Egyptologist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and provides an accurate and age-appropriate introduction to hieroglyphs. I had this kit when I was about 10 years old, and I couldn’t get enough of it! Hey, here I am today as an Egyptologist who reads actual ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, so you never know where this could lead! I do recommend purchasing an extra ink pad to go with the stamp set.
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Page from Inside the Fun with Hieroglyphs Stamp Set Booklet
Fun with Egyptian Symbols Stencils offers a variety of ancient Egyptian designs for a very low price. Kids and adults can create their own decorative programs.
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Of course, with all this writing and painting going on, you’re going to want some actual papyrus to decorate or to use to write letters in code to your friends! There are wonderful packages of papyrus sheets in various sizes, even bookmark-sized!
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It’s a bit harder to find these days, but the book Pyramids: 50 Hands-On Activities to Experience Ancient Egypt has wonderful activities. I recommend not paying much attention to the general text about ancient Egypt in this one and just focusing on the fun activities, such as building your own Egyptian Nile Valley and mummifying flowers. |
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Gifts for Kids 4 to 12 Years Old Who Love Action Figures and Play Sets
Is your budding archaeologist more of an action figure and playset aficionado? Fear not, Playmobil makes a variety of wonderfully detailed Egyptian playsets. I wish I had had these when I was a kid! Playmobil makes an amazing variety of ancient Egypt kits, but I’ll stick to just two iconic ones here.
Playmobil Pharaoh’s Pyramid
First, for the Indiana Jones fan, there is the Pharaoh’s Pyramid set, which includes a pyramid with five chambers with treasures and sneaky traps!
If you’re looking for a unique gift for someone into toy soldiers, the Egyptian Soldiers 33 piece set is a perfect fit. It even has some nicely historic features, such as the animal hide shields.
If you’re looking for a unique gift for someone into toy soldiers, the Egyptian Soldiers 33 piece set is a perfect fit. It even has some nicely historic features, such as the animal hide shields.
Gifts for Young Readers 8 to 12 Years Old
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For the reader in your family, here are a few books that are both delightfully illustrated and written by people who understand ancient Egypt. Want to learn about mummification? Leena Pekkalainen and Tamara Bower have you more than covered with their lovely books on the topic. In How I Became a Mummy, Pekkalainen tells the story of Mr. Mummific and the process of mummification that he went through to become a mummy. Make sure to pick up a free coloring page from Pekkalainen's website too! |
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Bower, on the other hand, tells the story of the son of an embalmer and how he helps in the mummification process in her The Mummy Makers of Egypt. This book is also lavishly illustrated in a classic ancient Egyptian style and, for the true Egyptophile, even includes some hieroglyphic vocabulary related to the story.
The Mummy Makers of Egypt by Tamara Bower
Bower also has two other wonderfully illustrated children’s books that are based on actual ancient Egyptian stories: The Shipwrecked Sailor and How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt. They are a little harder to find these days, but are well worth finding.
Gifts for Kids Who Love Card Games and Board Games
Piatnik Egypt Playing Cards
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For your tween, teen, or adult who loves card games or board games, these last two items will be a perfect fit. First, Piatnik’s Egypt Playing Cards pack is a full deck of playing cards with a beautiful ancient Egyptian work of art featured on each card. |
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If board games are more her style, then a board for playing the ancient Egyptian game of senet will be sure to hit the mark. It features a wooden playing board and wooden game pieces, as well as instructions for how to play the game. Even King Tut had games like this one in his tomb! |
Senet Board Game
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Giveaway!
I’m excited to announce also that I’ve teamed up with Leena Pekkalainen to give away a free copy of her book, How I Became a Mummy! Visit the site linked in the description below to enter and win a copy for yourself or for your favorite Egyptologist-in-the-making!
Congratulations to the winners!
Congratulations to the winners!
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