Build-Your-Own-Kaleidoscope Kit

Here's a fun stocking stuffer that makes a great parent-and-child activity for later on: a Build-Your-Own-Kaleidoscope Kit. This kit lets you assemble the included plastic lenses, mirrored strips, and cardboard tubes to showcase the colored beads, and you can add your own little decorative bits and trinkets as well. I can also envision drawing on the outside tube to personalize the kaleidoscope, or perhaps decorating it with stickers.

I imagine the crafty among you could also figure out how to do this yourself from scratch -- I think it's a bit beyond me, though!

What: Build-Your-Own-Kaleidoscope Kit
Where: FredFlare.com
How much (as of today's post): $14.00 (plus shipping)