It’s time for the beast of all beasts— the Mommy Shorts 2014 Holiday Gift Guide! I say it’s a beast because I spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME scouring the internet for everything I think is worthy of the holidays. There are gifts for moms, gifts for dads, gifts for babies, and gifts for children who still can’t let go of their Frozen obsession (*cough cough* Mazzy and Harlow).
There are also a few sponsored items which each have Mommy Shorts holiday discount codes and will be part of the Holiday Gift Guide Giveaway at the bottom of this post.
Hope you find one or two or ten things for your family on here!
These are some of the toys in my house that have stood the test of time and been favorites of both my girls: 1) Melissa & Doug Portable Dollhouse 2) Hape Mini Kitchen 3) Melissa & Doug Ice Cream Set 4) Melissa & Doug Basic 60 Wooden Block Set and 5) Soft Unbreakable Tea Party Set .
Kiwi Crate is a monthly subscription service that delivers all the hands-on materials you need to inspire 2-3 craft projects per crate. The crates have different themes like music, color, robots, and safari, along with educational materials to make it an intereactive learning experience.
Promotion: For 25% off your first month’s subscription, use code MS25. New subscribers also receive free shipping PLUS a bonus welcome kit. Valid until 12/31
1) Warm or cool face mugs 2) Foodie Dice 3) Zoo Friends Pancake Pan 4) Julia, Child book
and 5) Bicycle Pizza Cutter.
Cutie Tattootie from North American Bear ($25) is a woven cotton doll that comes with 12 Tattly temporary tattoos complementing each character— a girl, a shark, a fox, a bunny, a monster, and a DJ— six for your kid and six for their super cool doll too. All tattoos are one-time use and non-toxic ink, removable from your child’s skin and machine washable for the doll.
Promotion: For 20% off AND Free Shipping on all orders of $25+, use code SHORTS20, good until 12/17
1) Frozen themed sweatshirt 2) Ridley’s Balloon Modelling Kit 3) Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids and 4) Domo Monster Toaster.
1) Seedling Fashion Designer Kit 2) Sew Cool Machine 3) My Wonderful World of Fashion Coloring Book and 4) Fashion Design Portfolio.
1) Umbrella Doll Stroller 2) Little Henry Vacuum 3) Get Out n’ Grill Kitchen Set and 4) Groovy Boy Doll.
Apple Park’s Baby Gift Crate ($46) is all packed up and ready to gift with some of Apple Parks’ best sellers, curated in a cute box fashioned after a wooden crate. Each crate includes a soft teething rattle, a baby burp cloth and a finger puppet, all made of 100% organic cotton. Plus, it includes Apple Park’s beloved board book introducing their Picnic Pal characters.
Promotion: For 20% off, use code MS20, good until 12/20
1) Crochet headphone cover 2) Chat Books to print out your entire Instagram feed in mini books of 60 pics a piece 3) Poste Smartphone Wallet and 4) Cardboard camera phone projector.
1) Simon Game 2) Connect Four 3) Clue 4) Go Fish 5) Retro Mastermind and 6) Monopoly.
Babiators Sunglasses are the most stylish aviators for adventurous and fashionable babies and kids. They are made out of flexible rubber frames which are virtually indestructible. The lenses are shatter-resistant with100% UV protection. Plus, Babiators offers a Lost & Found Guarantee! If a child’s loses or breaks their Babiators within one year of purchase, Babiators will replace them. Limited edition Holiday Babiators come in four fun winter colors. Plus, they come in a holiday-themed box, making them the ultimate gift or stocking stuffer.
Promotion: Use code “HolidayBabiators” for 20% off, good until December 20th.
1) Tulip Tree-to-Be 2) Customized Children’s book with your kid’s name 3) The Baby Owner’s Manual and 4) Mysterio Baby Tees which come emblazoned with an unknown and totally random future for your baby.
1) Make Your Own Snow Globe 2) Story Box Circus 3) Big Box of Art 4) Scribble On Your Own Leggings and 5) Bo The Rainbow Creature Kit.
BoomBoom Prints features kid-friendly designs from independent artists all over the world on a wide variety of products like wall prints, onesies, tote bags, phone cases, and more. You can also upload your own artwork to sell. The photos above were both taken by me. When I posted those pics, a few of my Instagram followers asked if they could purchase them. Yep, now you can! Canvas prints are printed on high quality canvas, laminated, and stretched on 1 3/8″ wooden bars. The artwork comes complete with a sawtooth hanger.
Promotion: Use the code MommyShorts14 for 15% off, good through 12/31/14
1) Baby Toms 2) Indie Rock Coloring Book 3) Miniature VW Beetle 4) Hape Early Melodies Ukulele 5) Mustachifier and 5) a mason jar sippy cup.
1) Book of Frozen Hairstyles 2) Frozen Castle & Ice Palace Playset (characters not included) 3) Princess Elsa Costume 4) Frozen Karaoke CD and Karaoke Player.
Baby Jives makes adorable handmade mobiles; her cloud mobiles with falling stars being her most popular. This Frozen twist on her classic cloud mobile uses ice blue or turquoise clouds with gold or silver falling snowflakes. Add a custom initial and you’ve got one very special gift for a Frozen fan.
Promotion: Use the code MOMMYSHORTS for free shipping in the US
Tart Collection was founded by a California husband-and-wife team who wanted to create a laid-back line of sexy-cool clothes that would take women seamlessly from day to night. The collection includes a line of versatile maternity dresses like the Rhainnon dress pictured above.
Promotion: Use code Mommy25 for 25% off your entire purchase
1) Disney INFINITY: Toy Box Starter Pack 2) Zoomer Interactive Puppy 3) Laser Pegs Indy Car and 4) Apple iPad Mini .
1) Fifty Shades of Grey Wine 2) Downton Abbey 3 Tin Tea Set 3) What Would Olivia Pope Do tote and 4) Mellark Bakery apron from the Hunger Games.
Baby Jack and Company creates sensory tag blankets with a unique design consisting of sewn shut ribbons, so little fingers do not become intertwined in loops. Their newest blanket design uses an educational print that encourages early learning with basic shapes, colors, ABCs and 123s. All blankets come with a toy link teething ring that can be clipped to car seats, strollers or baby carriers.
Promotion: For 25% off, use code MOMMYSHORTS, good until December 31st
1) Pantone Mini Board Books 2) Wood Alphabet Factory Blocks 3) Miller Goodman Wooden PlayShapes and 4) Font Alphabet puzzle.
1) Cabbage Patch Kid 2) Rubik’s Cube 3) Monchhichi 4) Unicorn headband 5) Lisa Frank Sticker Book and 6) View Finder.
Why invest in a “My First New Year” or “My First Christmas” shirt when baby’s only going to wear it for a few hours and cover it with spit up? This pack of 12 removable holiday stickers from Sticky Bellies guarantees adorable pictures with the look of a custom shirt and the convenience of a sticker. Simply peel, stick, and snap a pic!
Promotion: For 15% off, use code TISTHESEASON
1) Reusable Juice Boxes 2) My Quotable Kid 3) Lego Sort and Store 4) Fortune Cookie Booties 5) The Storymatic Family Game and 6) Soopsori Doctor Play Set.
1) Children’s Toy Drum Set 2) Tub of Loose LEGOs for parents to step on at night 3) Tiny Doll with even tinier clothing and shoes 4) Tots Finger Paint Set and 5) the most annoying cat piano around that every child loves to infinity.
1) Nice Underwear doormat 2) Nose Plug 3) Cookie of the Month Club 4) Toothpaste squeezer 5) F-bomb paperweight and 6) Mommy Shorts mug (the best item on this whole guide).
Phew. That’s it. See what I mean about it being a beast?
Oh wait! That’s not it! The giveaway…
GIVEAWAY RULES
The giveaway includes one pair of Babiators, one Cutie Tatootie, one print from Boom Boom Prints, one crate from Kiwi Crates, two personalized mini Frozen themed mobiles from Baby Jives, one item from Tart Collection, one set of Sticky Belly Happiest Holiday stickers, one Baby Jack Blanket, one Apple Park gift set and one Mommy Shorts mug.
One lucky duck will win EVERYTHING.
To enter:
1) Tell me the gift you are most excited to get your kid this year in the comments below.
2) For a second entry, pin any graphic in this post to Pinterest with the caption “95 awesome holiday gift ideas for babies, kids, moms and dads”. Then leave a second comment saying you did so.
3) For a third entry, tweet the following and leave a third comment saying you did so:
“I hope I win the holiday gift guide giveaway from @mommyshorts! http://bit.ly/1qvtAy5”
Winner will be announced on December 19th.
Good luck!
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I love those fortune cookie booties!
I hope I’m the lucky duck! We’ll I thought the “paint a tea set” toy was going to be her favorite but now that I see the Seedling fashion designer on your list I know that would be the winner. She’s 6…..she wants to be a doctor/dress designer. 🙂
I’m super excited about my son’s toy kitchen. My husband was a professional cook before he stayed at home and my son loves to watch him cook!
Tweeted for a second entry!
Also, if anyone is looking specifically for ethically-made toys, I put together a gift guide on that on my own blog: http://welleatyouupweloveyouso.com/2014/11/21/the-ethically-made-toys-christmas-gift-guide/
My daughter wants an AG doll so we are making a trip to NYC for tea and to pick it out together 🙂 I can’t wait!
My 5yo is convinced he is getting this robot from Santa. I’m super excited to make that dream come true!
i am excited to give my five year old a 4ft doll house for her barbies! i may be excited because it is something big enough that i maybe able to play with too, i mean come on it has an elevator! 🙂
I am thrilled to be able to give my three year old his first hot wheels race track!
All three kids are finally old enough that we can get them Legos/Duplos. The engineer in me is SO excited for my mini builders to get one of my favorite toys ever.
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Love your Blog! Love your vacation house and your decor.
My husband and I got our two year old a kitchen set. It’ll barely fit in our wee townhouse, but I can’t wait to see our daughter’s face when she wakes up and sees it!
I pinned you! 😉
I tweeted you!
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My baby daughter Ella is 18 months old and she loves books. My husband, my baby and I recently moved from my home country to his (USA) and little by little we are furnishing our home. We do not have sofas so our daughter found a cardboard box and made it her sofa. I love to make things with paper and cardboard for her, so I am making a cardboard house so she can sit inside and read her books. I am using all the boxes I have and so far I just need to add the ceiling and make it pretty. This will be her Hanukkah and Christmas gift along with some books. I hope she likes her cardboard boxes house, she is our most beautiful blessing.
Elsa doll like the millions of other parents out there.
My first baby is due in February, but that doesn’t mean she’s not getting gifts this Christmas! I’m most excited about the super sweet, tiny snow suit I bought last week. Can’t wait to bring her home from the hospital in it!
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I am so excited that my oldest is now able to play board games that I loved….Operation, Kerplunk, Connect 4 and Trouble!
I am most excited to give my daughter the new Doc Mcstuffins DVD I bought her two months ago, its been very hard not to let her watch it already!
I am most excited to give my children the gift of spending time with family, especially grandparents!
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“I hope I win the holiday gift guide giveaway from @mommyshorts! http://bit.ly/1qvtAy5″
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I am a new member to the mommy club and I am so excited to give my 4.5 month old son his bouncer!!!!
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I tweeted for a 3rd entry!
I’m excited to do my baby’s first sticking this year- I made them for Christmas last year, but she didn’t come until after!
I’m excited to get my grandson a Zoomer Dino. It’s #1 on his wish list.
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I’m most excited to get my 9 month old a walker for Christmas. He’s almost to the point of walking but a walker would help him immensely.
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Tweeted! https://twitter.com/samkile3314/status/542511322143813632
So excited to give my daughter her play kitchen. Best thing about it? It’s already put together and waiting in the basement! #nothreeamchristmasmorning
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I’m excited to give my daughter a custom board book that I made for her and her cousin. Of course my daughter won’t be too excited about it since she is less than one year old but I think she will like it one day.
I just bought my 7-year old an electric ride-on scooter, and I’m pretty excited about it, because with my short frame, I can ride it too!
I’m so excited to give my daughter a dollhouse. She will love it.
I am so excited to give my son the fart blaster he has been wanting since he saw the movie. However, I am not excited to listen to fart noises for the rest of my life on top of the ones I already deal with. I also think my husband is equally excited for the fart gun.
Any gift really. We don’t really have money for it this year. We had 3 previous build a bear $10 cash cards though so we got my daughter Anna bear at build a bear. For my 9 month old we are giving him spoons tied together to form a rattle.
I left a comment the other day answering the gift question. Just wanted to let you know I just tweeted about this too!
And I’m buying that silver unicorn horn for myself. Is that weird?
I am most excited to give my 3 year old the Frozen boombox so she can sing Let It Go at the top of her lungs (yes, I know I will regret it)!
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I pinned it.
Pinned it! I am most excited to play with the Hape toaster set that I bought for my son because I think the little honey bear that comes with it is the most adorable thing I have ever seen.
I’m excited to give my boys their hogwarts letters, with owls (stuffed owls).
And tweeted!
I’m excited about getting my little boy his first bike….it’s sure to be an adventure 😀
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Play kitchen!
Have you heard of the blankz? It’s kind of a cross between the tattoo doll and marker leggings. They’re stuffed animals you can draw all over then just pop em in the washer and do it again. Something your girls might be interested in 🙂
I’m most excited to give my girls my old playschool house with all the furniture and figurines. I hope they love it as much as I did!
I’m excited to give my daughter the lil woodzeez collection from target!
definitely want that mason jar sippy cup for my little hipster 😉
I am most excited to give my 3-year-old son spiderman jammies!
I pinned one of the gift guide images. Love the “has graphic designers for parents” 😉
i can’t wait to give my 4 year old Gonge River Stones! I’m hoping she’ll love them as much as she loves her Bilibo!
I’m buying my one year old a mini pop up tent, he’s really into crawling into baskets/totes/boxes, so I’m hoping he loves it! Awesome giveaway!
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I am most excited to give my daughter lots of books. She’s seven months old and I still haven’t found a toy that holds the same fascination as a good old board book. My favorite is Neil Gaiman’s Chu’s Day.
I’m excited to give my son a Wild Kratts Creature PowerSuit!
I pinned one of the graphics to Pinterest!
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I got my six year old the sew cool sewing machine, she’s watched me see for a while and has always asked to partake, I think the machine is a great intro. I’m so excited to have her interested in my hobbies!
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Can’t wait till he opens Monster bowling
I am most excited to give my (not quite) 1 year old her baby doll and doll stroller. I hope she is able to feel the magic of Christmas even though she is still so young. I know my 4yo son is very aware of the happenings. He checks everyday for new presents under the tree.
I am most excited about my 8 yr old son getting Legos (his fave, and it keeps him busy for hours) and my 5 yr old daughter a Barbie vet set (she wants to be a vet and this comes with animals).
My son is turning 4 months during the holidays, and I am super excited to get him a jumperoo. He loves bouncing on our laps and I hope he loves his new toy. But, most of all, I hope it give us a break from holding him all the time too.
I am excited to give my daughter her first train… it’s wooden and locally crafted.
I am most excited to give my little girl her doll house! I can’t wait to see her imagination run wild!
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I got my 8 month old son, my husband and myself matching winter hats. Can’t wait for a Xmas morning picture with our new gear!
We are giving our daughter an art easel, since she loves drawing/coloring so much. We got her a bunch of art supplies to go with it. She is also getting a membership to the Bronx Zoo. I think she is going to freak out the first time we go and I can’t wait!
We got our kids a puppy!! We adopted him from a Sato rescue organization last week and he came home on Sunday, as a pre-christmas surprise. He is the cutest thing ever and despite being a furry poop machine that I’m now stuck cleaning up after, I’m glad the husband and I did it. : )
I am most excited to give him a set of building blocks.
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I want to get my daughter a nice bookshelf for her room and fill it up with lots of new books!
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I’m so excited for the tickets to mickey’s musical we got for our disney obsessed 3 year old!
I can’t wait to give my daughter the dollhouse I made her! I mean, Mrs. Claus made her 😉
An American girl doll! She has been wanting one forever!! My sin is to young to want anything, but he lives anything with wheels so I got him shine cute v tech car sets
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I am most excited to get my son a drum set! (Bring it on!)
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I’m excited for my girls to get girlie bedding for their room! Not from us though…. I’m giving them some old school magic pen books of frozen characters!
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My husband had a chance to go shopping today. He picked up a kid-size broom with fancy bright stripes on it. I don’t know who will be more excited, my one year old son or me. He loves OUR broom, throws a tantrum if he can’t get it out of the hiding place, and when he does get it, tries to sweep, proceeding to knock things off counters and tables with the long handle.
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-Sally Crone
Our 4 Month old is pint sized (3rd percentile) and starting to teeth and most teethers are much to big for her little mouth, so I am excited for her chew beads necklace to come!
Excited to get my son a doll and stroller since it’s all he plays with at Day Care. Such a generous giveaway!! thank you!!
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I am excited to give my daughter what appears to be a life size dollhouse. She loves pretend play!
I’m a follower!
Gift I’m most excited to give my daughter is the leap pad ultra.
My son is getting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Lair. He asks for it each day & we already have a couple presents under the tree and he keeps saying, “I think that’s part of the Ninja Turtle House Mommy!” And my response, “we’ll have to wait and see…” To then hear, “but I am gonna try my best to be good mommy.” What can a mother say after that…”well, that’s all I can ask you to be, you’re best!” 😉
I’m most excited about a balance beam and gymnastics bar we’re giving our girls…No idea where we’re putting it, but excited 🙂