If your kids can barely wait for summer to roll around and backpacking season to begin, then the High Sierra Badger 40 Backpacking Pack will be the best gift ever. This external frame backpack has an exposed welded steel frame with contoured shoulder straps, a stretched mesh back panel and an adjustable padded hipbelt to keep them hiking happily. The 40-liter volume is great for a weekend in the woods or even a multi-day trip with their troop and the side zippered pockets carry the little extras they can't leave home without.