The Christmas Gift Guide has arrived for 2023 after many late nights browsing for things I love. This year I've added the prices to everything so you know right away if it's in or out of your budget.
Keep in mind however, that prices change and could be different from what I've written down so always double check.
All prices on my site are in American dollars but if you're in Canada and you click on something it will bring you to that product on the Canadian site. The price will be different there.
I'm an affiliate and therefore make commissions off of anything you buy.
Here we go!
Table of Contents
Practical (ish) Gifts
- I love the no soliciting sign. It a classy way to say get the hell off my porch.
- The welding gloves I OWN and use instaed of oven mitts. GREAT for the pizza oven.
- The old school alphabetized address book has a section for website, user names, and passwords.
- This Wusthof knife is the one I own have owned and used for over 20 years.
Kids at Heart
How beautiful is this "little" guy? Very.
- The giraffe is big & beautiful. Over 4' tall.
- The Viewmaster includes a CUSTOM photo reel. You upload 7 photos, they put them on a reel and include it with your purchase.
- Kinetic sand is like a cross between slime and sand. It's sand that sticks together so you can mould it.
- Geodes from National Geographic. Smash them open to reveal the crystals.
Lego
- Yep. Those are olden days plastic farm animals. I had them as a kid. Obviously I loved them.
- I WANT THE BOOMERANG BALL. It's a weird, floating, thing that comes back to you when you throw it.
I own and LOVE
I BOUGHT THE ABOVE COMBINATION for my nephew's birthday this year.
The baseball (or anything small) can go into the case. The case then sits perfectly on the display light base, making the case glow.
- A reader recommended I get this battery operated vacuum sealer so I did! It is amazing. I use it for sealing everything from marshmallows to oatmeal in mason jars.
- The gold pill case was recommended to my by my niece. I bought it and love it.
- The only vegetable peeler I will ever use.
- A safer way to chop kindling. I use it every night in the winter. Works really well.
- Confession: this isn't the *exact* pillow I have. The one I have is made by Wemore and it isn't available anymore BUT it's the same thing. A curved pillow filled with shredded memory foam. The pillow case and pillow have zippers so you can remove as much filling as you want to make it comfortable for you. The curve fits under your neck perfectly AND it's adjustable. I love this pillow more than i can say. I was going to write an ENTIRE post on it in fact.
- The condiment station is perfect for anyone who grills or makes pizza outside. It changed my pizza game.
- These are just great coats. Comfortable, warm & wash really well.
Weird Things
Kitchen
I just really like these
Dogs
- Philip has trouble grabbing a regular rubber dog frisbee so I'm going to get him this one that's easier to grab.
- The dog ice cream intrigued me so I took a look. You just add water and freeze. Lots of flavours.
Advent Calendars
Cold Room Vegetable Storage
And now for the category that makes me (and possibly only me) giddy.
Thank you for allowing me to indulge my cold room/fruit cellar/root cellar dreams.
Gardening Gifts
- A good house plant watering can.
- This countertop potting mat is genius. It snaps apart and rolls up.
- I get asked about how to label plants outside so that they're still readable at the end of the season. This pen should accomplish that.
- This is the apron I used to forage for greenery earlier this month. I use it at the garden for walking around and harvest pretty much everything other than pumpkins.
Books & Games
That's it. The 2023 gift guide. TOMORROW I'm going to give you the best present buying tip for anyone you cannot figure out what to get. See you then. Happy shopping. Save some money though ... Saturday is shop local Saturday.
Brainy gift ideas: http://www.cafepress.com/neuro4kids
Thanks for all the great ideas It can be difficult picking out gifts for adult children. Your ideas offered something different.
Oh good, I'm glad. :) ~ karen!
I thought the $9 garden marker looked interesting, so I clicked on it: $36.84! LOL! As if!
You've gotta have a sense of humour to shop in Canada. :D
Thank you for doing this. It’s fun to scroll through.
Very interested in the pillow, but the Canadian link is $83!
The toast sponges make me giggle. No idea why. Lol
Me too! ~ karen
Loved the *new* cold room vegetable storage category as well as the indigenous book selection. Always look forward to your posts and gift guides. Thank you. :-)
This year I truly just picked stuff I would like. :) First i need the cold room though. ~ karen!
So Sad! The $6 squirrel toy is $33 in Canada. 😢
Hi Jane. Here you go - $7 for the squirrel toy. ~ karen!
Thank you
I have been using cloth napkins since the 🦇💩🦠 in 2020. Some are stained as they were cheap polyester ones I received as gifts many years ago. The cotton one are easier to get clean. I just might find some new ones under the tree this year. Thanks for the link.
I click on the Furlow Gatwood book and the decoder game comes up
Sorry about that Sande, I've fixed the link. Here it is ... https://amzn.to/47JSu2z ~ karen!
You need to change the price as well. I was shocked when I saw $17. I do appreciate all the work that went into this list. And I did buy the book at the ‘real” price. Thank you.
Yikes to our Canadian prices! The metal chicken sign says $8, but it's $44.55 on amazondotca.
Uch. I know. Amazon .ca and Amazon .com don't always play nicely together. Sometimes you can find it from another seller on Amazon .ca for a more normal price. ~ karen!
Great ideas but the prices are much, much higher than posted. 😳😩😭
Well, the items I liked anyway.😫
I’ve just reread the post. Oops, quick draw McGraw here. These are American prices. I do apologize.
Hi Karen, I want to order the Orolay down jacket that you have suggested before. I am 5’7” and 148 pounds. Not sure if the large or extra large would be right. I know you don’t know for sure either, but I found the measurements to be strange in the description of the coat.
Hi Peggy. I've found the fit is generous. Not by an entire size but by a little bit. I would order your normal size. ~ karen!
Be sure to check out the game “It’s Bananas”. At least 3 people on my list will be lucky recipients of this hilarious game. It seriously makes me laugh so hard I pee when I play it with my kids.
My Thanksgiving turkey and all the fixins are consumed in sufficient quantity and I am therefore now officially able to consider all things Christmas related. Ho flippin' Ho, Jack Frost roasting on an open fire and all that neato yuletide stuff. I'd make a small wager that were you to put a tiny asterisk on items YOU'D like to find under your tree come Christmas morn, some of your fans might just make those wishes come true? Just sayin'.
I was intrigued by the battery operated vacuum sealer but the link takes me to "Navaris Salt and Pepper Mill Set" which in guessing was #96 and didn't make the cut. What sealer do you recommend?
Me, too!
Hi Phoebe! Sorry, you're exactly right. I *do* like those salt & pepper mills though! I've fixed the link. You can get the vacuum sealer here. https://amzn.to/3MZrg05. ~ karen!