Get-Outside Gifts: Kits for Mini Stargazers, Birders, Gardeners and More

Are you looking for a creative gift that will encourage the kids in your life to get outside and explore? Why not put together a themed kit, packed with fun tools and guides to help kids try on or expand a nature interest?

Here are five ideas for kid-approved outside kits, including kits for camping, gardening, birding, rock hounding and stargazing.

You can add a notebook and colored pencils to any of these so kids can journal or record what they find. (And you can, of course, customize as you wish. The possibilities are endless.)