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A Baby Yoda puzzle, an indoor s'mores maker, and games on games on games — we've got you covered.
Promising review: "This has really gotten the party started in the bathroom, the cat is even more jealous." —Firebox Customer
Get it from Firebox for $7.99 (originally $12.99).
The themes for each set include Teen, What Would You Do, Family, Couples, Original, and Inspiring Women Table Topics.
Promising review: "I was so excited about this game! We are a big family so it's not often for all of us to be home and together. This was a great and low-key game to play and get to know each other even more. I want to buy all the different sets and the travel versions they have! I can't wait to break this out during the holidays too. Plus it comes in such a cute little glass box, love love love!!" —Sydney
Get it from UncommonGoods for $25.
The game is played like a standard Monopoly game, with Frozen II twists. The objective is to go around the board using play money you've earned to buy "properties" — or, in this case, magical places that Elsa and Anna journey to in the film. Once you've purchased a property, you can put a Snowflake on it and charge rent to anyone whose game piece lands there. Whoever still has money when the rest of the players are bankrupt wins. This game is perfect for two to six players, unless you want to play it with teams, in which case you can add more.
Get it from Macy's for $18 (originally $22).
Each kit comes complete with dark chocolate, cocoa powder, coconut flakes, sugar, peppermint extract, vanilla extract, and sea salt, plus a thermometer and instructions for how to make truffles with the ingredients provided, and ways to ~jazz~ them up with your own flavors. All you need to provide is cream — swap it with coconut cream for a vegan treat!
Promising review: "Simple recipes, easy to follow and had good suggestions for altering. I made chocolate with toasted coconut, raspberry and peppermint. All were well received as gifts to others and delicious. Neat little kit too, several things left over with some more base chocolate." —Rich
Get it from UncommonGoods for $35.
Promising review: "If you have any doubts on this product, don't! It actually does what it says and works! I have been a loyal Poo-Pourri costumer for two years now and I will never stop buying it! It helped tremendously when my bf would have to use the restroom and then I would have to get in to do my makeup. Buy this product!!!" —NightWithEnvy
Get it from Ulta for $9.99 (available in five scents).
If you're new to UNO, the game deals everyone a random set of cards, and puts a pile of the rest of them in the middle. Everyone starts drawing cards from the middle deck clockwise in turns. The objective is to get rid of the cards in your hand faster than everyone else — which you can do if you if the player to the left of you has a card that matches one of your card's colors, numbers, or symbols. Cards will also have instructions on them, like to skip player's turns, or throw in a ~wild card~ that matches anything. Perfect for 2-6 players!
Promising review: "This product was a good way to bring me, my brothers, our kids, and my parents together. A fun & familiar game featuring imagery we all share a bond with." —jlb2099
Get it from GameStop for $5.
Promising review: "Does the job. Perfect for watching movies on your laptop with someone else." —Staples Customer
Get it from Staples for $10.99.
The cookbook includes 50 easy-to-make recipes that span meals, snacks, and desserts, and were all designed with aspiring cooks ages seven and up in mind!
Get it from shopDisney for $15.95, Bookshop for $14.71 (to support local bookstores), or check your local library.
Each set comes complete with three containers of Play-Doh, molds for flowers, pots, and water cans, and two gardening tools.
Get it from Barnes & Noble for $9.99.
The themed decks in each game are Picture, Kids, Family, Hollywood, Animal Party, and Time Capsule. In each game, you'll have two teams; a member of a team will draw a card with a topic on it, and then has a certain amount of time to act out that card without speaking for their other team members to guess. Whoever's team guesses the most cards correctly wins the game. Perfect for for to twelve players.
Promising review: "This was a Christmas gift for my 13-year-old niece. She loved it! We immediately started playing it as a family and it was so much fun. The words are challenging too. Love that it has different Charade games within one box. You can tailor the game to your audience." —Rossbeigh
Get it from Uncommon Goods for $26.
If you're waffling on the waffles, you can also use it for hash browns, paninis, biscuits, and even (gasp) PIZZA. If you can dream it, you can mini waffle it.
Promising review: "I absolutely love this little purchase!! Great quality and it’s even cuter in person. The waffles cook in a minute and 30 seconds and is extremely easy to clean. It’s the perfect mini and makes the perfect size to fill you up quickly and efficiently. It even comes with a recipe book:)" —dyannsophia
Get it from Urban Outfitters for $18 (available in four colors).
Promising review: "This was the first piping bag I bought before I started practicing cake decorating. I have to say that this is a wonderful set and it has just a great variety of different tips for you to choose from. The quality of the bag is really sturdy so it can really hold whatever you have in there whether it be just cream cheese frosting or your homemade custard. It definitely enticed me to try cake decorating more. Definitely recommend this!" —bakingaddict
Get it from Sur La Table for $20.
Heads up: these are recommended for third grade and up!
Promising review: "The stories are great, but let me tell you... The artwork WILL give you nightmares. I'd give it 6 stars if I could." —Peekabloo
Get a set of three from Barnes & Noble for $21.57, Bookshop for $21.57 (to support local bookstores), or check your local library.
The questions include prompts like, "If you could have a super power, what would it be?" and "What's the grossest thing you've ever seen?", and have spaces for everyone to fill in their answers for the next three years.
Get it from Barnes & Noble for $15.59.
The concept of the game is super simple: Everyone gets a random assortment of noun cards from the deck. The first dealer, or "judge," draws an adjective card, and everyone gets the opportunity to choose one of their noun cards to play that is either funniest or best fits the adjective. The judge decides which noun wins, and then whoever put the card down gets a point, and becomes the judge for the next round. Whoever has the most points at the end wins. Perfect for four to eight players.
Get it from Barnes & Noble for $22.99.
In this game, everyone is dealt a set of dogs that are all ranked on very important thinks, like boopability and floof. After choosing one dog from the hand they're dealt, each player has to slay the other competing boopable dogs to win "Best In Show," which you can do using Event Cards that either boost (boop?) your ratings or affect other players'. It's like the Hunger Games, but much cuter and furrier. Perfect for three to six players.
Get it from FireBox for $26.99.
Better yet, if you have family members scattered in multiple places, you can actually put these lamps in a family CHAIN. It lets you assign each person in the group a color so when they tap the lamp and it turns blue, everyone will know who tapped it to send their love 💕.
Promising review: "I wanted the perfect gift to give to my mother for Christmas. One lamp is at her home, and the other is at my home. She knows that every time that I, using my lamp, send a light or new-color light to her lamp, I am thinking of her. Love this gift for her, and she sends 'light' thoughts back to me. Great for busy people to let each other know that they are thinking of each other." —Gale
Get one from Uncommon Goods for $99 and a set of two for $198.
I've had this book for a long time, and i really think there's no better moment to have it than right now. Have you ever read a sentence that started out cute and fun and then ended with your breath catching in your throat and your brain going, "Oh my god, THIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR IN THIS PRECISE MOMENT to feel better down to the core of my soul?" With this book you'll get that feeling on every page (and every reread).
Promising review: "Sneak a copy to a friend, a cop, a nurse/aide, retail clerk, mother/father of children at home, chronic illness sufferer, teenager, and absolutely everyone whether you know them or not! And keep one at your bedside to help you remember how wonderful you are!" —Tangen
Get it from Barnes & Noble for $19.80, Bookshop for $19.80 (to support local bookstores), or check your local library.
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