My favorite Christmas was when my son was 5 -I gave him a set of real tools for ''beginning carpenters'' they were small enough for little hands. By the end of Christmas day the tree and 3 end tables were shorter but perfectly level. He was the only grand child,and it was 'cute' LOL. Grampa bought him all kinds of wood and they spent a lot of time making things together in the basement. My little sister is only 4 yrs older than my son and they would paint and decorate all the bird houses and feeders together. That little set of tools created so much more than objects for many years. He gave it to his oldest son and now my oldest great grand son has it. And apparently the first projects are suppose to be the shortening of table legs. The best $20 I ever spent