Unique NYC Shops for Buying Birthday Gifts

Always buying a birthday gifts your kid's classmates, friends or cousins? Shop at one of our 11 favorite unique stores to find something different than the norm and in your budget.

By Rachel Sokol August 13, 2014

Feel like you’re always buying a birthday gift for one of your kid’s classmates, friends or cousins? Be sure to show up to the party with something different than the norm and still in your budget by stocking up on presents at some of NYC’s unique gift shops – no trips to giant, tourist-filled, toy stores required! Here are 11 Manhattan and Brooklyn gems to browse for really special birthday gifts including cool kid’s jewelry, funky temporary tattoos and vintage toys.

Photo courtesy of Jennifer L. via Yelp

For Whimsical Gifts

This premiere paperie offers quirky cards, beautiful wrapping paper, personalized invitations, but it's also a great place for niche birthday gifts. Great items for kids include rubber stamps with various themes, a striped ukelele and a bubble wrap calendar.

Paper Source
102 Smith St., Cobble Hill
87 7th Ave., Park Slope
344 W. 14th St., West Village
309 Columbus Ave., Upper West Side
83 Spring St., Soho
1296 3rd Ave., Upper East Side (opening soon)