Every year I share some of my favorite gifts for thin line families, and I always like to start by featuring small shops! Whenever possible I love to support small businesses, especially ones that are law enforcement owned and/or support our first responders. Read on for some great gift ideas for the police or first responder kiddo in your life-and snag some promo codes! And psst-almost all of these gift ideas are ones that our family already owns and loves. Double psst-don’t forget that Christmas is about much more than shopping and things. These are all fun ideas-but you don’t need a single one 🫶🏽🎄
Little Bible Stories. This is our family’s new favorite toy! It’s essentially a cute, kiddo friendly speaker that is full of Bible stories, songs, and prayers. It’s rechargeable (the battery lasts for hours) and you can load additional stories and content onto it. There’s multiple colors (we have the blue and orange) including a cute Christmas edition. It’s the perfect internet free, screen free, Bible based activity. You can use code ammoandgrace to save!
Sweet police jammies. Fellow LEOW and longtime a+g follower Ashley launched her small shop earlier this year and it’s full of the softest and sweetest bamboo jammies. All of the prints are precious, but you know I’m partial to the police ones! There’s several TBL ones like the All Nighter and Darling Duty as well as faith based designs. We can use code AMMOGRACE15 to save!
Wooden Matching Game. I got this cute police matching game a couple of years ago and it’s so simple and fun! It’s safe for kids and has all types of fun law enforcement designs on the wooden tokens, like a police station, hat, and motorcycle. It’s sold on Spouse-ly, which is a platform specifically for first responder and service family makers!
GoodKind Advent Blocks. This small shop has an amazing advent block set that makes teaching the Christmas story to your kiddos fun and simple. Essentially you get a book as well as numbered blocks (one for each day in December leading up to Christmas) with little designs, a star block, and an earth block. Each night you move the star block down to the next block towards the earth block, reading the story that corresponds with the design. The star represents God coming down to earth! The stories that the blocks correspond to are age appropriate for toddlers and up. The book is not a direct translation of the Bible but paraphrased to be engaging for kids (think some thing similar to a children’s Bible story). This will be our third year with the advent blocks and it’s one of my all time favorite holiday traditions. You can use code ADVENT15 or BFCM20 and SHIPFREE to save!
The Hero Kit by Endless Imagination by Camille. Camille is a fellow LEOW who creates the most amazing sensory kits and educational tools! She designed The Hero Kit especially for blue families and supporters and it’s absolutely amazing. Our family often gifts her travel size ice cream kits for birthdays, and they’re always a hit! We can use code ammoandgrace10 to save!
Boots by the Door. Fellow LEOWs Michelle and Kristen wrote this sweet children’s book and it’s a staple in our home! It tells the story of blue life for two little boys whose dad is an officer. They also published Donuts at the Station, an equally cute and fun children’s book, and their holiday version Boots by the Door Christmas came out just last year!
A Fun Week at the Police Department. This picture book is written by a law enforcement officer for law enforcement families! It’s one of the most detailed police children’s books I’ve read and covers so many different positions and aspects of the job.
Police Kids Books. This sweet law enforcement owned small shop has so many goodies for our little ones! We have their thin blue line swaddle and lovie and they’re absolutely adorable, as well as several pairs of pajamas. They also have lots of good picture books, jammies, and clothes! My favorite products are their loveys and bears, so they have a special code to save on their entire “blue buddy” category! Use code ammoandgrace to save!
Police ABCs. Fellow LEOW Barb is an extremely talented artist (she painted to cover of my devotional!) and created these law enforcement ABCs for my nursery many years ago when I was first pregnant! It’s the cutest artwork and would work for a police kiddo of any age, boy or girl. Every time I see it hanging on the wall it makes me smile!
Colorable Police Station. Several years ago we got one of these giant coloring playhouses for the kids to work on during Christmas Eve dinner in hopes that it would buy us adults some time to chat. It was such a hit! The littles ones absolutely loved being able to decorate and color while also running in and out of it. This police/fire station is so cute and the perfect activity for any first responder kiddo!
Custom Puzzle. This would be a super cute gift for any little, or even a baby shower gift for an expecting LEOW! We got a similar one as a birthday gift for a sweet one year old and she loved it.
Personalized Badge Nightlight. How cool is this customized nightlight?! The perfect comfort for kiddos who want a little extra light in their bedroom.
Rescue Vehicles & Garage. I’m always on the lookout for first responder toys, and this Melissa & Doug set fits the bill! I always prefer wooden toys to plastic because they seem to hold up better to the inevitable *energetic* play they’re put through.
Police Magnatiles Set. I shared this set last month after I ordered it for a Christmas gift but forgot to hide it in time andddd it was quickly discovered and opened 🤪 it’s been so fun to play with that I also ordered this bigger set when it went on sale. The fire version is equally cute and fun, too!
Paint with Water. We’ve had these Melissa & Doug paint with water sets for years-I love that each page comes with its own set of paints. You just need a brush and pot of water! This set is our favorite because it includes a police car, ambulance, and a fire truck! It’s the perfect under $10 activity to have on hand for rainy days.
Zzz Bears. These sweet bears are for kiddos who love a hero! This family owned small shop makes law enforcement (including sheriff!), fire and military bears that can be personalized to fit your family.
Tactical Teddy Month by Month. The way I squealed out loud when I saw this! Tactical Baby Gear is a favorite small shop-we got their diaper bag backpack as a shower gift years ago and the quality is insane. They just came out with a cute camo teddy that has a Velcro belly for patches-that you can also use for baby’s monthly photos! They also have a version without the numbers here if you want to add your own patch. This would be a great baby shower gift!
**This is NOT a sponsored post-I genuinely love these items! The a+g blog does contain affiliate links and share gifted products.**