Glam Slam: The Friday Five: Holiday Gift Ideas For Kids

My family keeps asking me for gift ideas for my 2-year-old and I am stumped! If you’ve got a kid you need to buy for and need some gifting inspiration, Jenny Cooper, Head of Crewcuts Design, shares her suggestions.

1. Because I want to give the gift that will stand out the most and be the sparkliest—the girls’ starlet dress. That would definitely make me the favorite godmother, if I’m not already!!!

2. A stack of books from our Crewcuts Book Club, where a new associate from J. Crew picks their favorite book that they love to read to their children and we sell it online. One book is never enough and reading is the most useful and enduring skill a little person can acquire. For a boy—“The Boy Who Bit Picasso,” “The Complete Book of United States History” (because my boys are always asking me questions I WISH I knew the answers to!) and a green marbled composition notebook for them to write their own book in. For a girl—“The Book About Moomin,” “Mymble and Little My” (which I grew up with), “The Angry Fairy” (which tells a funny story about a fairy with blank pages and no illustrations so she can create her own masterpiece!) and she would get the neon pink composition notebook to also write her own story!

3. I would have to get the Playforever Bruno Racing Car—I don’t care how old your kids are, this one is timeless! The sleek shape and the rubber wheels with the little helmeted head will look so chic on the mantelpiece after once the little one has outgrown it. He will never end up in a tag sale!

4. The cashmere cable crewneck for kids, to keep them warm on snowy days. I think the cashmere cable goes with anything—the amazing, dyed-in-Italy colors make any outfit! Wear it with a tuxedo pant to holiday events and switch out to jeans when you get home.

5. The girls’ letter pins are going in with EVERY gift, even boys, because who doesn’t love their own initials? Boys can pin their letters on their backpack. Or use them as a tie pin. That’s what’s so great about the pins—they can go on almost anything and they are just $7.50 so I can get them for everyone and some special people can get both or even three!

For more info, check out www.jcrew.com.