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1. A Lego movie activity kit if you've watched every episode of Lego Masters and want to put your Lego-building skills to the test. This movie-making kit also challenges your story-building skills while introducing you to the world of stop motion animation.
2. Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, a fast-paced card-slapping game so you can destroy your kids at the next game night.
3. A National Geographic geode kit that'll make for a ~smashing~ gift. Now hand me those goggles, please!
4. Mario Party Superstars to race your friends and family to collect the most stars. And with Superstars, you can play using five classic boards from the Nintendo 64 Mario Party games.
5. A pick-and-peel stone because it's a fantastic outlet for anxious hands and minds. Reviewers, especially folks who compulsive pick their skin and nails, swear by it for keeping their hands busy.
6. A waterproof Kindle Paperwhite for the minimalist who's in desperate need of a good read but who also hates the idea of cluttering their home with more books.
7. A mini donut maker if you've got some spare time and a hankering for hot apple cider donuts. 🤤 Need I say more?
8. A TikTok-famous pink cleaning paste so you can restore your walls and dressers when your little ones go Baby Picasso on your furniture with a permanent marker. Some people's idea of fun is cleaning (it me!) OK??
9. A pack of marble nail wraps or floral nail wraps that'll make you rethink your expensive nail salon habit. These wraps don't need to dry, last forever according to reviewers, and come off with just water.
10. An Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K to bring you thousands — literally thousands — of streaming channels, movies, and shows, as well as live TV, news, and sports.
11. A TikTok-famous 1,000-piece puzzle from The Magic Puzzle Company because there's more to it than meets the eye! Not only is the illustration so beautiful that you'll probably glue and frame it when it's completed, but it also features 50 Easter eggs throughout *and* a magical twist that reveals itself once the puzzle is finished.
12. Or a 1,000-piece murder mystery puzzles for keeping the whole family occupied for hours. And it's basically two products in one; once you put together the puzzle, read the included booklet and try and figure out whodunnit.
13. An immersive Oculus Quest 2 if you've been itching to give virtual reality a try. It'll take gaming, exercising, and even just movie-watching to a whole new level.
14. The Adventure Challenge: Couples Edition — a book of scratch-off dates to add some spontaneity to your relationship. Each activity is a surprise until you scratch it off. You'll also get an instant camera so you can snap a pic of all the fun you have during each challenge.
15. A mini Pusheen cross-stitch kit that'll keep your hands busy while combining two things you love: chonky cats and ridiculously adorable embroidery.
16. A Drinking Animals Coloring Book or a Jason Momoa coloring book to take the edge off — with coloring, a cocktail recipe, and fantasies of Aquaman.
17. An Obé fitness subscription because ~exercise gives you endorphins~ and ~endorphins make you happy~ (sorry, I had to)! Your body will thank you for spending some of your free time getting your heart pumping and that blood flowing.
18. A pack of shelf dividers for anyone who would love a bit of free time to spend organizing their clothes into neat and distinct piles. These dividers provide stability for soft clothes that tend to fall over into one big pile of mess.
19. A pet hair remover if after organizing your closet you're excited to clean the dog hair from your couch. You love your fur baby but hate how much they shed...on everything. Roll it over your couch, bed, favorite blanket, you name it, and watch it lift the fur away. See, we can own nice things!!
20. A 100 Things To Do scratch-off bucket list so your plans no longer consist of the following exchange with your partner: "What do you want to do today?" followed by, "IDK, what do you want to do today?"
21. A box of pore-tightening, skin-lifting face masks that'll occupy your time on a quiet Sunday evening when there's nothing else to do. You'll look like a zombie once you've applied it, but it's so darn effective at reducing the appearance of wrinkles.
22. An adorable bookmark book tracker to gamify reading and entice you to finally finish the story on your nightstand.
23. A fiery Southeast Asian flavor sampler because it serves up all the flavors you love — spicy, sweet, salty, and tart — *and* you finally have some free time to cook. The starter packet contains all the sauce and seasonings. Just add veggies and meat (or vegetarian protein) to complete the meal.
24. A dream balm for anyone who would choose to spend their adult winter break catching up on sleep. Rub it on your temples, feet, wrists, or chest and let the soothing mixture of lavender, chamomile, passionflower, and mugwort de-stress and relax you.
25. Hand Lettering 101 if you want to improve your penmanship. Also, Meghan Markle did calligraphy before she met Prince Harry, and I'm not saying that this book will help you marry your own prince, but I'm also not saying that that is outside the realm of possibility.
26. A trivia game so you can prove you're no scrub when it comes to your knowledge of '90s and '00s hip-hop and R&B.
27. A book of only the New York Times' Monday crosswords (the easiest day of the week) that'll work your brain and give ya a little challenge...but not too much.
28. A Tamagotchi Pix to revisit your childhood when you spent hours raising your Tamagotchi pet. In this updated version, you can find new virtual friends, go on play dates, earn Gotchi points, and even take pictures — a brand-new feature.
29. A pack of floral wall decals because you've been watching home makeover shows before bed and now you fancy yourself a bit of an interior decorator. These peel and stick flowers provide all the fun of a big reveal without the stress of literally waiting for paint to dry.
You when you graduate college and realize there are no more winter breaks:
