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Top 5 Things to NOT Buy Your Grandkids (and 4 to consider instead): A Grandparent's Gift Guide

There are so many great gifts out there and kids are all so very different. This guide to buying a present for your grandkids will help you

Top 20 Stocking Stuffers for Teens and Adults that Aren't Awful

I've done the hard work of gathering some sweet gift ideas. Now you just have to click and relax in the knowledge that your presents are

Christmas Stockings Stuffers that are Creative, Unusual, & Non-Junk (because Santa loves YOU)

Christmas stockings are equal parts fun and the worst. This awesome list will help take the pain out of finding the perfect gifts.

Perfect Gift Quest: Kid-Authored Book

I just found out that one of my sisters does not play Monopoly at Safeway and I wonder if I ever knew her at all. I mean, sure I've never won a big prize or anything, but I COULD. Last year I won a $5 for groceries coupon. Five dollars! That was a sweet little perk. Granted if you put the time I spent trying to put the dang pieces in the right spot into an hourly rate, it would be like 7 cents an hour or something. And the fact that I never did go to customer service to cash

Quest for the Perfect Gift: Family Values Book

I'm pretty sure my siblings inwardly groan when they see my number calling them. I have a tendency to come up with these great ideas and then invite/force them all to participate. A few years back I came up with this winner: A Family Values Book. A what? It's a book where members of your family help reinforce to your children the values you think are important by writing of a time when they learned a lesson as a child. My siblings loved me for this one. So I'm not going to li

EASY Minivan Express- You. Will. Love. This. (and so will your kids!)

This is the easiest, funnest Christmas activity of all time. The best part is how fun it is for everyone, kids AND adults. All you need is a

Special Gift? Do a Treasure Hunt!

Fun Alert: This idea would be perfect for a special Christmas gift. Or Father's Day. Or Easter. Or any other time you want to be Totally Awesome. My dad is a Master Treasure Hunt Giver. His very clever brain works overtime coming up with some fun treasure hunt clues for his grandkids. Unfortunately I did NOT inherit my treasure hunting skilz from him. I'm more of a "Go to the dryer" kind of clue writer. I was in charge of ordering his gift this year for his birthday from my s

Homemade Pillow? Stuffed Animal? Whatever. It's Cute.

These little gems are a great combo: they're easy, cheap, and they give the kids a chance to go nutso with the sharpies. So I need to start this post by very clearly stating that I am not one who sews. A few years back I distinctly remember referring to the thread as string. And then I was mocked accordingly. I'm more of a Please Don't Look Closely type. But I can get'er done. What I'm saying is, if you have a sewing machine you can do this. Or if you are real good with a nee

Homemade Memory

Thoughtful gifts. Dang. They kill me. And the demand for them is constant. I swear, it is one holiday after another, which is a great thing. But really, how many Perfect Gifts in the world are there?! This memory game was an attempt to create something special for my kids for Christmas. I wanted something sturdy but not just laminated paper, which would totally work too if that floats your boat. I found these wooden dinosaurs at the Dollar Tree. They also had flowers but that