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WOOM BIKES // GLOBE // LEGO SET // SNAP CIRCUITS SET // OWALA WATER BOTTLE // CUSTOM “TICKETS” TO DISNEY // JANSPORT BACKPACK
The big gift this year is — tickets to Disney! My kids have been begging for ages and we feel like their ages are perfect (5 and 7). Itinerary/plans still in formation but this is the big one. Any suggestions on how to “wrap” this welcome: I know there are many creative videos along these lines all over the Internet — Mickey ears, etc? My top thought right now is one of these custom “tickets” for the trip — they can each unwrap!
The big gift from Santa will be Woom bikes! This one for my son; this one for my daughter. If you have these bikes and don’t love them, don’t tell me — lol. (I already ordered them!) We did a lot of research and kept landing here. Mini needs a new helmet (she’s outgrown her Banwood — I think they make the best prints/styles for young kids), and a few in contention are this Smith, this Thousand (the cutest of the litter), this Linus, and the Giro Scamp. The Smith and Giro are the sportier picks; I think she’ll outgrow the Linus within a year or two from a style standpoint. I can’t decide!
My girl specifically asked for this Lego set, a journal (I’m giving her this one), a Jansport backpack (!!!! what comes around goes around — I had one too at her age), an Owala water bottle, and Squishmallows (she has many of the bigger ones so we got her a mini Squishville set).
She also asked for books (specifically Roald Dahl and Charlotte’s Web) and “arts and crafts stuff.” We had fun in this last category — Mr. Magpie found her this Klutz eraser making kit and a comic book making set (she’s big into drawing her own comics), while I got her these cool paintbrush tip pens my friend recommended and these layering markers from Ooly.
My son asked for a globe (!!!) and the brand Replogle came top recommended in my research, so I got him this one; Legos (we got him this Pirate ship); and a puzzle (we got him this Lego minifigure themed one).
He’s very into puzzles and Magnatiles, so we wanted to find him more STEM-type toys that require him to fit pieces together — Mr. Magpie ordered him a Snap Circuits set and a Gravitraxx set that honestly Mr. Magpie can’t wait to play with (can you tell he’s an engineer by training?). He said he first found both of these in a hobby store he loves to take my son to out in Rockville and has been waiting for the day they might be age appropriate for him. We also got him a few books and some Ooly markers, too.
What are you getting your children this year?
P.S. Stocking stuffers for kids.
P.P.S. My top rec for making gift-giving as pleasant and stress free as possible: order early and then plan one or two “wrap nights” where you put on music or a holiday movie, mix up a batch of cocktails and snacks, and hang with your spouse while wrapping!
P.P.P.S. If you could go back to school to study anything you’d like, what would it be?