Collection: Gift Ideas

Thoughtful wooden gifts for people who appreciate creativity, patience, craftsmanship, and meaningful objects.

A model kit is an unusual gift because it arrives as two things at once: an experience and an object. The recipient spends an evening or a weekend building it, then keeps the result in view. That makes it a natural fit for birthdays, housewarmings, anniversaries and Christmas — and a better fit than most for anyone who already owns plenty of things that get used once.

Build times span roughly an hour and a half to four hours. Illuminated models such as the Villa and the Taj Mahal suit someone who wants presence in a room; the Marble Run and the Owl Clock suit someone who would rather have a mechanism to play with.