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Holiday Gift Guide 2022

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I’ve done a little searching and have found several great items I want to recommend in this year’s Holiday Gift Guide! It’s short and sweet, and I snuck in some recipes too! (Plus some realllllly good deals.) ;)

Holiday Gift Guide 2022

Obviously, everyone needs these cookbooks. :)

I discounted these for a limited time so you can order as many as you need for yourself and your loved ones! Simple Real Food Recipes is just $10.95 right now and High Five Recipes is only $9.95. Get them for teachers, aunts, sisters, brothers, uncles, friends, plus teen and adult children…. :)

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Gifts for Kids

Everything on this page is less than $20, and they are worth much more than $20. The items change frequently, so check it out and take advantage of these great toy deals!

Look through these offers from ChristianBook.com! We love every Peaceable Kingdom game we’ve played and plan to add to our kids’ collection this year. I recommend searching for those and supporting this site!

 

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Stocking Stuffers

Yum Earth!! These candies are free from artificial food dyes, high fructose corn syrup, and these allergens:

What a fun treat to put in your kids’ stockings!! Get $10 off your first purchase of $20 or more! (Plus get free shipping if you spend $40.)

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We go through cases of applesauce pouches at our house. But these Brainiac snacks are a step above and would make a great stocking stuffer that your family would consider a great treat! Get free shipping on orders over $35, which makes this even better!

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Our friends at MadeOn skin care have been helping people fix their dry skin with their 3-ingredient Beesilk lotion bars for years. I LOVE using their products, and all of my kids do too. That’s why I put several lotion bars and lip balms in all my kids’ stockings. I’m going to buy them anyway, might as well use them as gifts, right?!

THIS LINK will get you $3.00 off the regular-sized lotion bar. Plus use the code: HH10 for an additional 10% off your entire order!

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Lilla Rose is a company I’ve loved for years. Their Flexi-Clips are gorgeous and practical, which makes them a perfect gift.

To learn more about the Flexi clip and determine your perfect size, click here: https://beautifullifebypaula.com/HHstart
If you already know your Flexi size, click here to shop! https://beautifullifebypaula.com/HHshop
Also THIS: Ladies are loving the new Flexi FLIPS, because the pin is reversible and you can get up to 3 sizes with just one clip. They include the SPORT as well, which is the super grip no slip hair clip. The newest Flips have attached reversible wood pins, which are beautiful.

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Gifts for Men

If you think men are harder to shop for, this page will prove you wrong by giving you really great ideas! These gifts are highly discounted also. I can find great gifts for all five of my men here!

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Two years ago, we surprised Matt with a Pellet Smoker. This thing is amazing and we use it all the time (even in the winter sometimes!). This makes a great gift for the entire family!

Gifts for the Coffee Lover

Look through all of these wonderful products from Barista Warrior for the coffee lovers in your life. They have lovely French Presses or beautiful Pour Over Kettles. Look around at their Black Friday deals here!

Brewpoint Coffee has some delicious selections of whole bean or ground coffee to choose from to go with your gift or to be a stand alone gift.

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Gifts for YOU

See more great Jane.com deals here. But to get you started, this adorable sweatshirt is only $8.99!


More gifts for women here. 

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Homemade Gifts

Click through these recipe links to make inexpensive and tasty gifts!

I’ll continue to update this page as I find more great offers!

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Easy and Inexpensive Stocking Stuffers

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Perhaps you’ve gotten the majority of your shopping done for Christmas, but you still need a few small gifts for stockings? I’ve got you covered! Today I am sharing a list of my absolute favorite easy and inexpensive stocking stuffers!

Can you let you in on a little secret? Stocking stuffers are my favorite thing to make or buy. There is something about a stocking stuffer that’s so much fun! Throughout the years, I’ve discovered many ideas for fun stocking stuffers including homemade goodies, purchased trinkets, and other fun gift ideas!

When we were kids, our parents always put a pomegranate in the toe of every stocking. So we would open every little gift, and then fish out our pomegranate. We never purchased pomegranates any other time of year, and even now, whenever I eat a pomegranate it makes me feel like it is Christmas day!

Side note: if you, as the mom, love stuffing your family’s stockings, but yours always seems kinda empty, might I suggest you stuff a friend’s stocking, and she stuffs yours? Laura’s done this for years! She shares all the details here!

Consumable Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Everybody

Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Kids

  • A homemade gift certificate for an Experience Gift
  • Veggie Tales DVDs
  • Card games like Blink, Old Maid, Skip-Bo…
  • Regular decks of cards
  • Mittens or gloves, hats, scarves, ear muffs
  • Socks
  • Fun bandaids
  • CDs
  • Books
  • Hair clips and such for little girls (although I have no experience in this area!!)
  • School supplies

Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Women

  • Good quality pens
  • A Butter is My Love Language Shirt
  • Small (and pretty) note pads
  • Kitchen Towels
  • Earrings
  • Lotion Bars from MadeOn – this stuff works miracles on my dry skin!
  • Wooden Spoons and other Kitchen Utensils
  • Warm Fuzzy Slipper Socks
  • Flexi-Clip from Lilla Rose – because they’re beautiful and SO easy to use and inexpensive and pretty and…
  • Chapstick holder for a keychain
  • Sunglasses
  • A nice hat or gloves
  • A pretty scarf

Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Men

  • A new tie
  • A nice pair of socks
  • Good quality beef jerky
  • A back scratcher
  • A grill scraper
  • A magnetic wrist band to catch screws and nails
  • This neat pen tool
  • A pack of cards
  • A fun brain teaser
  • A bag of good quality coffee
  • A head massager

Your turn to share! What is one of your favorite stocking stuffer ideas?

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Dozens of LEGO Sets for Less than $10

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How about a list of LEGO sets that all cost less than $10? This comes at a perfect timing with Christmas right around the corner!

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This year I made two mistakes: 1) I asked Malachi if he still thought he’d want to put LEGOS on his Christmas list and 2) I mentioned that it didn’t seem as if he played with LEGOS as much anymore. I got quickly put in my place seeing as 1) of course he still wants LEGOS on his Christmas list and 2) he doesn’t play with LEGOS; he builds with them.

My bad.

My youngest LEGO lover is turning 13 this month, but “old age” has not stopped him from loving the bricks. He still has a room dedicated to LEGO and still spends hours working with them. I truly won’t be surprised if he somehow makes a career out of LEGO some day, somehow.

For all who have LEGO lovers in your life, you will enjoy looking through all of these great sets that cost less than $10. Many are less than $5!

Grab them for stocking stuffers. Grab them for party gifts. Grab them for gift exchanges. Grab them for incentives or rewards.

Dozens of LEGO Sets for Less than $10

First, check out these two pages that feature 43 Lego sets that are less than $10. Look around and see which are best for the kids on your Christmas list!

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And now for a little more of a specific break down of sets. Keep in mind that not only are all of these sets less than $10, many of them are only $5 or $6!

Classic Creativity Boxes

I love these colored Classic Creativity Boxes! You can buy them as a set of four then divide them among four recipients. Or you can buy them individually if you prefer. For easy access:

  • Red Creativity Box
  • Green Creativity Box
  • Blue Creativity Box
  • Yellow Creativity Box

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Have little bitties? Check out these My First sets!

  • LEGO DUPLO My First Bus (this one is just $3.99!)
  • LEGO DUPLO My First Bird
  • LEGO DUPLO My First Cakes
  • LEGO DUPLO My First Plane

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These Creator sets are fun because kids can make 3 different items out of the one set!

(These range between $5-$6)

  • LEGO Red Racer
  • LEGO Creator Blue Express Train 3-in-1
  • LEGO Creator Super Soarer

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The LEGO City sets are probably my favorite because I overall, my kids have used them more than other specific themed sets. 

  • LEGO City police ATV
  • LEGO City Fire Starter Set
  • LEGO City Stunt Truck

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LEGO Star Wars is always a hit!

  • LEGO Star Wars Tie Fighter
  • LEGO Star Wars Kylo Ren Command Shuttle
  • LEGO Star Wars Y-Wing

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Don’t forget LEGO Friends…

  • LEGO Friends Puppy Pampering
  • LEGO Friends Puppy Playground
  • LEGO Friends Puppy Treats and Tricks
  • LEGO Friends Foal’s Washing Station
  • LEGO Friends Puppy Parade (marked down from $14.99!)

Merry LEGO Christmas!

Dozens of LEGO Sets for Less than Ten

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Stocking Stuffers for Kids

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I think I love stuffing stockings almost more than any other gift giving at Christmas time!! My mom made our family’s stockings and they are just beautiful! But they’re a little bit small. It seemed that no matter how small I kept the stocking stuffers, half of them still wouldn’t fit through the top! I finally bought the boys new, bigger stockings. My mom’s stockings are still hanging for decoration and will always be among our favorite Christmas decor. You can read more about her hand made stockings here.

christmasdecor0915smI have learned during my last 13 stocking stuffing years that filling stockings with junk is a waste of money and toy box space. There are all kinds of little things on the ends of store aisles that are touted as “Great Stocking Stuffers”, but they’re made of junk. The kids will play with them for a total of two minutes before they get lost under the couch cushions.

I now avoid junkie toys and go with items that are truly usable, educational, or consumable.

This year (don’t tell my kids), they’re getting quite a few consumable items. I got them some treats that we hardly ever buy, which means they’ll be thrilled to find them in their stockings! Here are some consumables they’re either getting this year or have been given in years past:

  • Annie’s Mac and Cheese box
  • Juicy Juice 100% juice
  • Pack of Gum
  • A Can of Black Olives
  • A Favorite Candy
  • Cereal Bars
  • A Small Jar of their Favorite Jelly
  • Sunflower Seeds
  • Beef Jerky
  • Fruit
  • Fruit Leather

I love consumable stocking stuffers because well…they will be quickly consumed. They won’t get lost in a toy box never to be seen again. They’re treats we rarely enjoy, making them a pretty special gift!

Here is a list of items I recommend that are fun, small enough to fit into most stockings and either educational or useful!

  • Veggie Tales DVDs
  • Sewing Kits from The Whole KIT ‘n Kaboodle
  • Card games like Blink, Old Maid, Skip-Bo…
  • Regular decks of cards
  • Mittens or gloves, hats, scarves, ear muffs
  • Socks (okay, bordering on being in the “not fun” category, but my kids are always happy to see socks without holes)
  • Fun bandaids
  • CDs
  • Books
  • Hair clips and such for little girls (although I have no experience in this area!!)
  • School supplies

What items do you put in your kids’ stockings?

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Stocking Stuffers for Moms

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As I’ve mentioned before, my friend Anne and I stuff each other’s stockings each year. It takes the pressure off of our husbands and we have a lot of fun. Several of you have asked for ideas of what we put in each other’s stockings. I’m posting this to answer that question AND so that if you want to, you can print this off and leave it dangling (innocently) in front of your husband if you would prefer that he stuff your stocking instead of having a friend join in the fun.

Anne is very creative and frugal. She’s put some pretty cool and interesting things in my stocking before including fire starters she made from egg cartons, saw dust and melted wax. I loved these for our fireplace! Yes, you are only limited by your imagination when it comes to stuffing a stocking. If you know a person well enough, you know exactly what she needs or loves.

I happen to know that Anne loves Ghiradelli Chocolate Chips, making that perfect for her stocking. I also gave her homemade vanilla last year and a jar of Homemade Ranch and Homemade Italian Dressing Mixes. Oh so practical. And tasty.

Here are more ideas for a lady’s stocking!

  • Pens  – because the stub of a crayon she finds in her purse or by the phone just won’t cut it. She needs pens.
  • Paper Clips – she’ll never think to buy them for herself and she needs them
  • Small (and pretty) note pads – because they’re more fun to make lists on than the back of a school math paper
  • Kitchen Towels – because all of her other ones are stained or torn…or in the hamper
  • Lotion Bars from MadeOn – this stuff works miracles on my dry skin!
  • Wooden Spoons and other Kitchen Utensils – so she can bake you something
  • Warm Fuzzy Slipper Socks – for the same reason she needs Kitchen Towels, plus her feet are cold
  • Flexi-Clip from Lilla Rose – because they’re beautiful and SO easy to use and inexpensive and pretty and…
  • Cake Decorating Supplies – because they’re just fun!

Ladies, fill in the gaps by leaving comments of suggested stocking stuffers you’d have fun finding in YOUR stocking Christmas morning!

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