These Are the Best Holiday Gifts for Creative Kids

If your kids are anything like mine, they love exploring their creative, artistic sides-that is, until a screen comes on. But it doesn't have to be this way: There are all kind of toys and games available that will effectively lure them from the siren song of their iPads.

If you're looking for a gift that will stimulate your child's brain instead of straining their eyes, we've compiled a list of presents that will get your kid using their imaginations and having fun, to boot.

Learn to Mix & Spin DJ Pad

Check out the beats while your toddler revolves it onthis portable turntablewith an 18-key synth, sound effects, and the ability to create hip-hop fills like the DJ at your favorite club (or the one you went to in college).

Resources Building Blocks

If your LEGO budget is running low,the 72 wooden pieces in this set, inspired by nature, offer a natural alternative to the expensive plastic bricks your creative kid uses. But don't worry-they'll probably still find a way to create a robot bent on destroying the world.

Art-chitect Home Model Building Kit

Ever since I took my oldest son to a Frank Lloyd Wright house, he's been obsessed with design and architecture.This sethas everything he needs to bring his ideas to life, from the walls required to model his 3-D home to floor plan tracing sheets.

Robot Building Toy

When your kid puts together a LEGO set, there isn't much they can do with it after building is complete. Withthis 635-piece toy, you have a remote-controlled device that (hopefully) won't get smashed to bits once it is in motion.

The Woobles Easy Peasy Beginner Bundle Crochet Kit

Chances are your child wants a Squishmallow this year for the holidays. Now they cancrochet their own cute, fluffy friend.OneLifehackereditor can't recommend these enough for DIY-obsessed older kids-they include everything needed to stitch these animals together, including a crochet hook.

Illustory Book Making Kit

The one thing I love about Dav Pilkey's collection of books (Captain Underpants and DogMan series) is that they encourage readers to write their own stories.With this gift, once your kid is done putting pen to paper, they can send in their masterpiece and will have a professionally printed hardcover book in a few weeks.

Create Your Own Video Game Set

Kids can create and play their own 8-bit games onthis Game Boy-like device. It works with the help of a web-based visual editor that will familiarize them with programming languages like JavaScript and Python. It also functions as a smartwatch and pedometer.

Arts and Crafts Vault

If making friendship bracelets for the Taylor Swift tour whetted your child's appetite for making their own jewelry,this kit has over 1000 piecesto get their next project off the ground. It includes everything from pipe cleaners to googly eyes!

Diary of an Awesome Kid

Even the great authors kept a journal. Give your kid a head start withthis one, which has the best title and can be used as a diary, planner, or even a canvas for their illustrations. It comes in a variety of colors.

KidiZoom Creator Cam

Is your kid a movie fiend? Help them evolve from consumer to creator withthis HD video cameradesigned specifically for the younger set. Kids can run away from dinosaurs, visit space, or put on their own newscasts with the included green screen. A selfie stick and tripod are included.

Buddha Board

This painting boardis usually marketed toward adults, but it's also the perfect gift for your creative kid. You paint with water using a bamboo brush, but the masterpiece fades as it dries, returning to a blank slate. Adults see Zen; parents see a mess-free way for kids to express themselves.

Kids Create Absurdity Card Game

This stocking stufferhas been described as Cards Against Humanity for the grade school set, and your entire family can have some fun together during winter break.

Help your kid explore their creativity with one of these gifts:

• Learn to Mix & Spin DJ Pad($47.95)

• Resources Building Blocks($39.99)

• Art-chitect Home Building Kit($67.92)

• Robot Building Toy($63.19)

• The Woobles Easy Peasy Beginner Bundle Crochet Kit($119.99)

• Illustory Book Making Kit($29.95)

• Create Your Own Video Game Set($85)

• Arts and Crafts Vault($29.99)

• Diary of an Awesome Kid($6.87)

• KidiZoom Creator Cam($38.99)

• Buddha Board($37.95)

• Kids Create Absurdity Card Game($13.99)