Gift Ideas 2024

[GAME05]

I'll try this again on the chance people might appreciate it. I'm just thinking a thread to ask for gift suggestions or to throw out ideas or maybe what's gone over well for you in the past.

 

The Brother is always a challenge. I'm known for the odd-but-good gift and I don't have much for ideas this year. Last year it was good boots and the year before was a Canadian board game. One year it was indian clubs which were great.

Sister in law a Sassenhaus bread slicer, as she's into baking. It's in the "fancy but useless" range. Pre-teen girls I guess an air diffuser and a slam ball and a weighted blanket (both anxiety aides). Teen nephew a castable fish sonar. Sister a really nice pen or potentially a nice scarf. Tried the heated doormat last year, but the water just ran off it and froze immediately off the mat which kinda defeated the purpose.

[Baldkin]

I'm a board game nerd. Giving family a wonderful gateway boardgame is my jam.

Monopoly sucks.

It's the golden age of boardgames right now.

[GAME05]

I mentioned this last year, but I bought a Crokinole board a couple years ago (Canadian carroms) and it was great. There's also the Unique Dice company for dice games like D&D.

I know a few people who do "board game nights" with friends once a week. Really a great idea. Must be all the adults who played co-op video games as kids and want the same thing back but more social.

[GAME05]

Still trying to come up with an idea for a girl who is something like 7-9 years old. Too young for the teen-girl stuff but also doesn't want to be thought of as that little kid.

The other two around the same age I think I'm going with a Lululemon backpack (for the ~11 year old one). I think girls really like that brand and maybe she's reached the point of being brand-conscious. The other one is getting a kids' metal detector.

I'm leaning to the idea of one of those big bags of sand which have non-prescious but pretty minerals in them and telling her I took the bag from a gem-mining company and I don't know if there's anything in it or not.

Nah, think I'm going with a bonsai tree and trimmers for the other one. Good chance of hating it but girls like plants.