This year we’re sharing our Holiday Gift Guide with you, because 2020 is hard enough. And searching for the perfect gift doesn’t need to add a moment of stress to your life. Every item is one we absolutely love, and we hope you will too!
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Stocking Stuffers:
- Handmade Ornaments and Mugs – we love making stocking stuffers personal and special, and Pupoco’s hand-lettered gifts and mugs are absolute perfection! Add a name, choose from a Friends-inspired theme that’s already created, or come up with something special of your own!
- Natural Soaps and Lotions – if we’re going to be washing out hands constantly, and slapping on some extra sanitizer, why not enjoy the process? Rocky Mountain Soap Co. uses natural ingredients and you’ll fall in love with how great their products feel and how great they smell!
- Grown Up Face Masks – getting to the spa right now might be a stretch, but a Skin Republic Face or Foot mask is the next best thing. I’m obsessed with the collagen eye patches and the foot peel!
- Multicultural Crayons – Crayola’s Multicultural Crayons will make art projects more inclusive and let your kids draw their friends and family with just the perfect skin tone!
- Kids Water-based Nail Polish – Glama Gals has the perfect water-based nail polish for the little ones in your life who love a bit of extra sparkle! It’s safe and adorable. And they also have amazing DIY spa kits for kids!
Gift Guide for Adults:
- Handmade Upcycled Fanny Packs – Roncy Packs not only makes gorgeous, functional fanny packs, but they do it locally in Toronto using upcycled materials. I have an oversized leather one, and I’ve used it daily since I bought it!
- The Perfect Tee – North Standard never fails to deliver on quality clothing. They’re a Toronto biz that delivers on classic staples, with a modern touch. I promise, no matter what you buy, it’ll quickly become the thing you reach for first in your closet!
- Glass Kettle – perfect for any tea lover, I use this beauty in my kitchen every day and it saves me time, but also looks gorgeous on the counter! You can have fresh steeped loose leaf tea in minutes.
- Something Sparkly – you can’t go wrong with Canadian made jewelry for that special someone. Check out Mejuri and Suetables, two of our favourite local businesses to find the perfect necklace stack or arm candy!
- Plants, Plants and More Plants – you knew I couldn’t have a gift guide without plants, right?! Check out locally owned Foli for the perfect touch of green. Plants come in beautiful pots and can be shipped across Canada to your favourite green thumb!
- Handmade Custom Doormats – just about anything you can dream up The Uptown Marker can create for your doorstep. Create your own, or choose from something fabulous she’s already created. It’s the perfect gift for the person who’s hard to shop for!
Gift Guide for Kids 2-4 Years Old:
- Play-Doh – you can never go wrong with a little Play-Doh magic. And this Play-Doh Cluck-a-Dee Feather Fun Chicken is brilliant. A combination of interactive play and imagination make the feathers sprout from your clucky friend, or have her lay a Play-Doh egg. Hours of fun for you and the kids!
- Cooperative Play – the VTech Helping Heroes Fire Station is the best way to get your kiddos playing together. Audio cues prompt your kiddos to tackle different rescues, and then the whole station transforms into a truck, so the team can head out and be the helping heroes themselves!
- Books – a no-brainer, and something we always include for our kids. Two of our favourite this year are: Race Cars (a brilliant book that explains white privilege to young kids), and The Adventures of Grandmasaurus (an intergenerational tale of a zany field trip with Grandma!).
- Wooden Toys – handmade wooden toys that focus on inclusivity? That’s what The Lockwood These heirloom quality toys are absolute perfection, and they’re the perfect way to have disability representation in the toy box.
Gift Guide for Kids 5-8 Years Old:
- The Perfect Cozy Layer – your kids need Pikas. These unbelievably soft layers feel like butter, and our kids wear them as PJs, as a light thermal layer, and sometimes just around the house. They’re that cozy! They’re also made in Canada by a fabulous women-led business!
- More Books – I know we mentioned this above, but you can never have enough! Em’s new favourite is the Dragon Masters They’re a series of intro-level chapter books that bourgeoning readers will love!
- Disney Princess Magic – the Disney Princess Comfy Squad Dolls are perfection! Think all the Disney magic your kids love, but these princesses are dressed in modern, relatable comfy clothes. They’re the best of both worlds and we love them!
- Kids Camera – the Vtech KidiZoom Creator Cam is the perfect kids camera for any budding content creator. It’s durable, has parental control for sharing built in, can shoot photos or video AND comes with it’s own tripod and green screen! This one is HOURS of creative fun for your older kiddos!
- Kids Affirmation Cards – the adorable and thoughtful Joyful Hearts affirmation cards are the perfect way to start the new year off on a positive note for your little ones. We read them each morning to start our day, but they’re perfect lunchbox notes too!
- Transformer Magic – if your kids are as nuts about Transformers as mine are, the Bumblebee Cyberverse Officer Class figure is a no-brainer. It had voice-activated commands, and enough interactive components to keep them engaged in play for hours!
