The Album Amicorum Blog

Gift ideas & guides for kids' friendships

Thoughtful, screen-free, keepsake-worthy gift ideas for the friendships your child treasures most.

End-of-Period Gifts

The last day of school deserves better than a dollar-store favor. Keepsake gift ideas kids can give the friends they'll miss all summer.

Friendship Gifts

Kids' friendships are the real thing. Meaningful, keepsake-worthy gift ideas that celebrate a best friend — by occasion and by age.

Friendship Gifts

When a best friend moves away, it's a child's first hard goodbye. Gift ideas that help kids remember the friendship — and keep it going.

Screen-Free Gifts

Bringing a gift to a birthday party and want something that isn't another plastic toy or a screen? Ideas that stand out on the gift table.

Screen-Free Gifts

Gifts that can compete with a tablet — screen-free ideas by age and type, from creative kits to keepsakes kids actually come back to.

End-of-Period Gifts

Camp friendships are fast and fierce — then camp ends. Goodbye gift ideas that help kids remember the summer and stay connected after.