Every year we search for the perfect Christmas gift for our children.  The kids usually want the latest and greatest video device along with the most popular video games or apps.  Our team here at Patch Pals actually recommends using the TV, computer, iPad and iPhone with your eye patcher, especially at the beginning of their eye patch therapy because the kids are easily persuaded to wear an eye patch during tech time. However, spending all their eye patch time on an electronic device isn’t always a good thing.  We have researched some alternative toys, games and activities that would be wonderful gifts for your eye patcher.  They are fun, inexpensive and can actually improve hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.  Many of the games on this list you will remember doing yourself as a child.  Remember the best gift you can give your child is your undivided attention, especially during eye patch time. Check out our list:

Lacing Cards                                        Paint by Numbers
Rainbow Loom                                    Bead Stringing
Mazes                                                   Peg Boards
Melty Beads                                         Light Bright
Finger Paints                                       Stencils
Playdough                                            Legos
Lincoln Logs                                        Tinker Toys
Dot-to-Dot Activity Books                 Ants in the Pants
Operation                                            KerPlunk
Jenga                                                   Don’t Break the Ice
Fishin Around                                     Toss Across
Playing Catch with a Ball                  Perfection
Connect Four                                      Dominoes
Puzzles                                                 Memory Games
K’Nex                                                    Jigsaw Puzzles
Scrabble                                              Sand Art