Holiday gift ideas for pandemic winter

[Anonymous]

Snow toys. Stuff for making igloo blocks, plastic sled, etc.

[Anonymous]

For Divali, lots of handmade crafting and decorating. We are making cookies too. So lots of experiences and quality time “gifts.”

For Xmas, letting kids pick their own gifts and we’ll wrap them.

Other gift ideas:
Bicycle
Whiteboard or chalkboard for playing games
Board games (I’ve heard great things about Throw Throw Burrito)
Paints, canvases, paintbrushes
Bath bombs
Electronics (iPad/kindle fire)
Books
Coloring books
Word search, crossword, sudoku books

[Anonymous]

kiwico.com kits were a huge hit with my STEM-loving kids

[Anonymous]

Laser tag sets are great -- we have one and my kids (tweens and teens) definitely blow off some steam running around with them. Magnatiles are a perennial favorite for all ages -- there is something satisfying about them.
My kids mostly just want electronics but I'm also trying to think of other alternatives.

[Anonymous]

For my almost 4 year old we are getting this tree building set that should work really well with her daniel tiger figures and paw patrol figures:

https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/blocks-manipulatives/building-sets/treehouse-imagination-builders/p/HH238

earlier this year we got 2 of their fort building sets, and although we have to help her, they are amazing and store in a fairly compact space when not put together.

https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/blocks-manipulatives/building-sets/the-ultimate-fort-builder/p/HH938

[Anonymous]

Someone mentioned this on another thread, but I love the idea of a glow-in-the-dark soccer ball and hockey puck for my 9-year-old boys.

[Anonymous]

Our kids (between 4 & 9) are getting a bunch of new-to-them accessories for our old Wii. Electronics, but to keep them somewhat moving indoors.

And a lot of building toys, because that's all 2 out of my 3 kids do.

[Anonymous]

I found a Classic lego set with 1500 pieces on walmart.com for 30 bucks so I got that.
Maybe the Dogman books they don't already have.
The sticker by number books have been a hit- we like the Melissa and Doug ones and the Paint by Sticker books.
Any suggestions for uncomplicated board games that a 5 year old and a 7 year old can play together- they like Monopoly Junior and Chutes and Ladders (the retro version is the best). They just broke their Battleship game...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I found a Classic lego set with 1500 pieces on walmart.com for 30 bucks so I got that.
Maybe the Dogman books they don't already have.
The sticker by number books have been a hit- we like the Melissa and Doug ones and the Paint by Sticker books.
Any suggestions for uncomplicated board games that a 5 year old and a 7 year old can play together- they like Monopoly Junior and Chutes and Ladders (the retro version is the best). They just broke their Battleship game...

Sleeping Queens is a good one, or possibly The Ladybug Game.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have a Laser Tag set that they recommend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have a Laser Tag set that they recommend?

Laser X

[Anonymous]

Snow toys
Science kits
Robot-building kits
Craft supplies
Lego sets
Headlamp
Glow sticks/other glow-in-the-dark items

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone mentioned this on another thread, but I love the idea of a glow-in-the-dark soccer ball and hockey puck for my 9-year-old boys.

My kids got Glo-balls last Christmas and they were a hit.

[Anonymous]

My kid has become a big fan of all things cozy. Nice fuzzy slippers, a big bathrobe, blankets, hot tea, nice bath stuff.

[Anonymous]

OP here - for others - one thing we’ve been enjoying this month is an outdoor movie projector. We actually didn’t purchase it & I don’t know how much it costs if you buy it. We are using something my husband had from work trade shows but it hooks up to a computer and there’s a screen and now we are using it for outdoor movies.