The Ultimate List of 100+ Non-Toy Gift Ideas

2021 Edition The Ultimate List of 100+ Non-Toy Gift Ideas

BY HEATHER LYNNE, FELONICE MERRIMAN & JENNIFER PREVILLE

If you are overwhelmed by the growing collection of toys in your home, then you may find this list helpful as you start your holiday shopping.

Yearly Passes

• Palm Beach Zoo • Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning

Center • South Florida Science Center & Aquarium • Local Indoor Play Places such as Adrenaline

Entertainment Center • Sandoway Discovery Center

One-Time Passes or Tickets

• Movies • Bowling • Swimming at local water parks • Performances in theatres and venues such as

Kravis Center of Performing Arts and Maltz

Jupiter Theatre • Tickets to see Ballet Palm Beach's the

Nutcracker • Sporting Events • Roller or Ice Skating • Concert

Experiences for Kids

• Horseback Riding • Train Ride • Ice Cream Vouchers • Special dinner out • Coupon book with “time” gifts (ie. an afternoon making cookies with mom) • Airboat Ride • Mini-golf

Older Kids or Grown-Ups

• Gift Card to a favorite store • Hot Air Balloon Ride

• Wine Tasting Experience • Tickets to Beer Festival • Zip Lining • Trapeze • Helicopter Ride • Trip to the Spa (Mani/Pedi, Massage, Facial, etc.) • Rock Climbing • Trip to Arcade

A Class or Season of Lessons

• Swim Lessons at Live Like Jake • Sports & Gymnastics (Check out programs such as Kids Choice and Genie’s Gymnastics) • Dance (Ballet Palm Beach or Ballet East) • Pottery Class or paint your own pottery (Picasso's Creative Workshop) • Art Class (Kids Need More Art in Jupiter and

ArtNest in Delray Beach and Boca Raton ) • Craft class (ie knitting, sewing, beading) • Horseback riding lessons

Family Experiences

• A holiday vacation to Legoland or Disney

World • A hotel with a water park • Camping (depends where you live & how much you love camping) • Day at the Beach • Trip to a Nature Center such as Loggerhead,

McCarthy’s Wildlife, Sandoway House, Busch

Wildlife or Gumbo Limbo • Road trip • Give them travel/camping gear needed for the experience you’ll be gifting so that they have a physical item to unwrap • If you have more than one child, one-on-one outings. Do an activity together of the child’s choosing.

Physical Gifts that aren’t Toys

• Your favorite books from your childhood • Games

LAST CHANCE! SEE THE DINOSAURS BEFORE THEY'RE EXTINCT!

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• DVD’s - introduce your children to your favorite movies when you were a child • Craft kit • Science kit • New art supplies • Monthly Craft Kit/Box Subscription • Monthly Cooking Kit Subscription like Little

Chefs • Fun Bath Supplies (color-changing water, crayons that write on walls, foamy soap, etc.) • A wagon to pull kids in when you go on walks • Personalized Anywhere Chair • Stationary • Special Christmas Tree Ornament • Wrist watch • Piggy bank • Memory/Photo Book • A digital camera. See the world through your child’s eyes • Adopt a Manatee from the Save the Manatee

Club (Our manatee is Moo Shu) • Journal

Fun “Needs”

• New bedding that they really like • Bedroom décor • New hat, mitts, etc. • Bike or Scooter • Roller skates/blades • Basketball hoop • Trampoline • Swing set (for big ticket items like this,

grandparents can pitch in) • An item they need, but they want a more expensive version than you would normally buy (ie. shoes/clothes) • Colorful band aids - great stocking stuffer! • Pool floats, snorkeling or beach gear • Sleeping bag • Flashlight • Toy box • Jewelry box • New Pajamas or sleeping bags

Learning Tools

• Telescope • Magnifying glass • Science Kit • Magic Kit • Cookbook & Apron/Chef Hat • Easel /Chalkboard • Gardening tools • Bug-catching tools • Binoculars • Globe

Other

• Frame a Family Photo! Check out Lynn

Studios Photography or Warner-Prokos

Photography • Educational App they can play on your phone/ipod/tablet • Computer Game • Items they need for lessons (costume/ instrument/etc.) • A new game for a game console • A refill for an easy bake oven or other toy requiring refills • Pet Accessories/supplies • iTunes gift card

Heather Lynne is a freelance writer and mom to two girls. She also blogs at www.raisingmemories.com. Felonice Merriman & Jennifer Preville (Publisher and Associate Publisher of PB Parenting) are local moms on a mission this holiday season not to add any more toys to their houses that already have too many!