What I got my kids for Christmas as a minimalist
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2023
- Christmas is such a joyful time of year, but gifts can be hard! And, if you've been working at simplifying your home it can feel like you're backsliding. In today's video, I give you the lowdown on how we approach gift giving for our kids, encompassing gifts from us, from extended family, and from "the big guy." I've also thrown in a bonus filling of a stocking with consumable gifts that will be enjoyed, but used up for under $30.
HOW I CATEGORIZE GIFTS
Head: Books, learning toys
Heart: Interests, asked for
Hands: Arts and crafts materials
Home: Family activities (e.g., games, memberships, subscriptions)
HOW I CATEGORIZE STOCKING STUFFERS
Food/Treats (e.g., chocolates, candies, baked goods, hot chocolate packets, tea pouches, fruit, chips)
Arts/Crafts (e.g., play-doh, clay, kinetic sand, watercolors, crayons, tempera paints, tape [masking/washi], stickers)
Toys (e.g., bubbles, play silks, accessories for larger gifts)
Toiletries (e.g., toothbrushes, floss picks/floss, bath bubbles, peel-able nail polish, lotion, lip balm)
Winter gear (e.g., hats, gloves, woolen socks)
🎙 MENTIONED
The Biggest Story Bible Storybook: amzn.to/3GpEhMH
A Little House Picture Book Treasury: amzn.to/3sRXIL3
The Story About Ping: amzn.to/46GgRgO
Guess How Much I Love You (not the same version shown in video): amzn.to/3R4QYRV
Little House Paper Dolls: amzn.to/3t07EC0
Play-Doh Bulk Winter Colors: amzn.to/47V0Jsw
Off to Bed: amzn.to/47URQjr
Roll and Play toddler game: amzn.to/3Ndax9E
Tempera paint sticks: amzn.to/482etlk
Sculpey clay: amzn.to/3uEaq09
Washi tape: amzn.to/3Naidth
Chicken coop, Hearth & Hand: www.target.com/p/toy-chicken-...
Dollhouse furniture, Hearth & Hand: www.target.com/p/toy-dollhous...
American Girl Bitty Baby: www.americangirl.com/pages/bi...
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What are you most excited to give your kids for Christmas?🎄
The great thing about minimizing gifts is that they end up being so much more thoughtful, IMO. Great job, and I love the categories!
Thank you for the santa warning!!
The more "unhealthy" not often eaten snacks in the stocking are such a great idea!
So I have just recently been reducing the amount of clutter in my home. I would not at all consider ourselves minimalists, but I realize less clutter makes my child happier. So I am thinking ahead to Christmas as I often find bargains ahead if I look early. Very thoughtful gifts. I always buy my son books for special occasions and he loves his books! Thanks. Please consider doing another one of these for this year when Christmas time approaches.
Great gifts and I love the head, heart, hands, home categories! I can see a lot of people picking that up and running with it. We bought both the book and paper dolls for Little House on the Prairie for my granddaughter when she was around 5. She loved them 😊. Just an observation based on experience with the ornaments in the stockings. We have done a similar thing for years, but we attach an ornament each to the outside of one of their gifts, as obviously their parents fill their actual stockings. We had one year when they were younger when we had a meltdown because one of them received a felt puppy ornament very similar to the one you showed and it was HIGHLY coveted by the other kids 😄😄😄. We learned a lesson and now buy them all something very similar. Some years it’s a variation of little felt mice or it might be car ornaments, etc. It’s just something to watch out for when you end up with a cute ornament that almost looks like a toy 😊. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
Brilliant video, your description of the toys and ideas is amazing. Companies should be employing you to sell their products. Lots of hugs xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oh you guys will love the Biggest story book Bible!!!!! It’s been such a sweet blessing to my kids for a year now!! We also love their curriculum!!!
I remember when I was a child, I’m 75 now, but we always got in the toe of our stockings and orange every year, what a sweet surprise that was 🍊
This was absolutely lovely. We were guaranteed a book every Christmas which was great ( we got books all year round too) but the Christmas ones were always a surprise. Often a brand new author or genre. Very fun to get. This is a sweet, lovely way to do gift giving. Another wonderful video, thanks!
Great gift ideas 🎄😊❤️
Such a great video! Good job 👍
Oh my I had the little house on the prairie paper doll set! I think that exact one ❤
I am not minimalist but I chose to do like you. I picked a lot of books.
Love this idea! Do you do something similar for birthdays?
I loved this video! Took me right back to my old set of hardback Little House on the Prairie books that my grandmother gave me when I was ten and older (I'm 68) LOVE them!! The titles you got for your children look fantastic!
I loved these ideas; where did you purchase those ornaments? I didn’t see a link. Thanks for the video!
Really love your head, heart, hands, home categories!
I love all your stocking stuffers. I stocked up on treats at the dollar tree myself for St. Nick although we're doing it tonight. I feel like it was never clarified which was the actual day. Does he come on the night of the fourth of the fifth?
Where did you get the stockings? I feel like stocking now are tight, and it’s hard to feel them.