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Yeah, sorry, the stuff that sticks in my mind 20 years later are all kind of expensive options. Mostly I just used to read books, which are cheap. If you can get him onto something that uses raw materials like whittling or something rather than expensive electronics kits, that would help a lot. Even silver-smithing is pretty cheap as long as you stick to wire and semi-precious stones, though I doubt you have the space.
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and I have never ever used the free account to do semi-professional work.EDIT: the lego sets are probably a bad idea, you want their make-anything kits rather than sets that can be finished.
EDIT EDIT: try those "101 Things A Boy Can Do" books from the 1930s for cheaper ideas.
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