Family Gifts
When we exchange gifts, we love to give (and get!) gifts for the whole family, rather than for each individual family member. It’s a great way to keep things simple for the holidays. For more ideas on gifts for the whole family, check out Everything Christmas.
Give them a picnic
I don’t know exactly why, but a picnic makes any meal more exciting. My kids would eat broccoli for breakfast if we took it to the park and called it a picnic.
It’s fun, it gets us outdoors, and it doesn’t have to involve a ton of preparation—there’s no reason a picnic has to be a traditional meal.
Cookies on a blanket? Picnic.
Trail mix in a basket on a nature walk? Picnic.
Soup on a blanket in the living room, when it’s raining outside? Indoor picnic for the win!
Why not give the gift of a picnic?
What to give
Choose a picnic basket (these can even be personalized), or make a DIY picnic crate.
Consider adding a picnic blanket, or maybe stainless-steel water bottles.
Toss in some picnicky food that won’t go bad (cough—Trader Joe’s kettle corn!—cough).
Print out a map of a nature preserve or park or other likely picnic destination, if you think they’d like the suggestion. (We would!)
Picnic gift: accomplished.
What’s your favorite picnic food?
My kids would say: croissants from the bakery, eaten at the neighborhood park. (I know they would say this, because they tell me so all the time. We’ve done that approximately twice. Ever. Hmm.)
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For more gift ideas (along with crafts and books and advent and stories and more), see Everything Christmas.
