It’s that time again to determine the best gifts for grandkids. Time to get serious about collecting Christmas gift ideas for your holiday shopping. The process can be long and challenging and not always successful. These ideas will be helpful even if you’re in the panicky, last-minute shopping stage!
This year’s Amazon Catalogue, Share the Adventure, seems like a good tool for grandkid Christmas gifts 2022 research. Target also has a Wish Book. For several reasons, getting the kids to sit down, decide and mark their choices is hard. First, finding the time to get that done in their busy schedules is nearly impossible. And, second, if they do, they mark ALL the things (and one year, they were disappointed they didn’t get alllll those things they marked! We clarified that one right away!)
So, I put together my narrowed-down list of Christmas gift ideas. I’m posting them here as a potential solution for you and your grandkids! Hopefully, it will at least be a starting place. Christmas shopping has become a major component of the holiday season. Shopping can add stress to this magical time. Here’s a way to lessen and possibly eliminate some of that stress with suggestions for 12ish of the best gifts for your grandkids for 2022.
Let Your Fingers do the Shopping
A list of the 12 best gifts for grandkids from various toy categories is included. Each was chosen by a grandma who lives within walking distance of all five of her grandkids and knows what they like (pretty much!)
Check out the gift ideas below as a starting point. Price (most are under $50) and other variables might need to be adjusted as you shop, but as you shop, your creative juices will start flowing, and you might land on the very best gifts for your grandkids! Included below (near the bottom) is a form to track your Christmas shopping purchases. Here’s the link in case you want to check it out early! The FREE Christmas Shopping List is right HERE!
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1. Building Sets Make Great Christmas Gift Ideas
How many Legos sets have you purchased during your days as a grandma? I know I’ve added probably thousands to the tub of connectable pieces! Here’s “LEGO Disney Encanto The Madrigal House; A for Kids Who Love Construction Toys and House Play.”
The LEGO Minecraft The Rabbit Ranch is perfect for 9-year-old grandsons for this year. Who isn’t aware of the Minecraft phenomenon? Building virtually is one thing but this set allows the kids to build physically. And, this grandma thinks that’s a good thing!
2. Best Gifts (with wheels) for Your Grandkids
Bicycles top the list of Christmas best gifts for school-aged kids, but other popular wheelie-type toys in our world are Hot Wheels! And, nothing’s more fun than a tall, long track to run those cool little cars on. Look at this big one! This Hot Wheels Criss Cross Crash Track Set looks like too much fun! Racing and crashing…the best. Most kids have some Hot Wheels already, but here’s a good deal for a collection of them if not. 15 Pack of Hot Wheels
On to another type of wheels! A couple of the older grandkids are moving toward skateboards. This one is a Best Seller on Amazon and is great for beginners. It’s within our price range as well. Scooters were shared last year’s post and they’re still a big hit. (Here’s a nice scooter if that’s on your list.) Below the skateboard is the oh-so-cool hoverboard! The one shown is also a Best Seller but is considerably over our $50 price range (like 3 times!)
3. Best Doll Christmas Gifts
There are several brands of 18″ dolls (similar to American Girl but much cheaper). We like the My Life dolls (available at Walmart). Once you have a doll or two, you need various clothes and accessories, right? And then you’ll need furniture and other accessories. Our granddaughter LOVES all of the accessories…those tiny extras that need perpetual sorting and saving!
What a sweet Barbie set! The description: Barbie Doll, Blonde, Wearing Riding Outfit with Helmet, and Light Brown Horse with Soft White Mane and Tail. And you know Barbie will be the ‘best gift’ for almost any grade-school-aged granddaughter! Since there’s a horse included, that puts this Christmas gift over the top.
4. Best Arts and Science Gifts
Look at all the artistic possibilities in this vault! Over 1000 pieces to create and create and create all the projects you could ever want. It’s appropriate for kids aged 8 and up. 2 drawer case –Dan&Darci Arts and Crafts Vault – 1000+ Piece Craft Supplies Kit Library in a Box. (this is currently on sale!) How fun if you’re nearby the grandkids and can join them in their creating. Or maybe Facetime to do a project together. The cooler, wetter winter months cry out for inside projects. This would be a great alternative to screen time.
There are several amazing science kits in the Amazon Christmas Catalog. This Earth Science Kit appeals to kids from 8-12 (boys and girls of course). Volcanic action is intriguing, so finding out how they work would be fun and educational. So cool. Others include the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Science Magic Kit and the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Stunning Chemistry Set. All three are reasonably priced and jam-packed with fun and learning for the grandkids.
5. Best Technology Gifts
Drones for kids! HR Drone For Kids With 1080p HD FPV Camera appropriate for 14 and up. Amazingly it’s in our price range. It has a camera with real-time transmission and remote controls. More fun features available. There are regulations you and your grandkids need to be aware of, but once that info is regarded, the fun that can be had with this best gift is huge. Have them share their videos and photos with you and you can get in on the fun as well.
Now that I’m sharing the last of the 2022 best gifts for grandkids, I have to admit that there are many of these I could easily put on my own Christmas list! This is a prime example. Does this look fun or what?! The Crayola Light Up Tracing Pad with Eye-Soft Technology is an Amazon’s Choice and is well under our price range. There are several different types and appropriate for ages 6 and up.
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6. Gift Cards ‘can’ be the Best
When there’s no more time and no ideas, a gift card to Amazon or the recipient’s favorite store is a solution. My older grandkids have been known to save them up and then buy what they really want online. Typically you can print out the cards so you’ll have something to wrap and put under the tree. If it’s a long-distance gift, it can simply land in their inbox or as a text.
I love watching real gift reactions on Christmas, but I’ve also seen some big smiles with a gift card. Cash is always acceptable for teen-agers. The most generic gift of all!
Let’s Wrap This Up
While shopping for the best gifts for the grandkids, if you’re anything like me, you might be tempted to do a little shopping for your best gifts. There’s nothing wrong with finding gift ideas to share with those buying you gifts, right?!
You might’ve guessed from my Bookshelf page, and my 5 Favorite Cookbooks post that I love cookbooks. While I was shopping for the Best Gifts for Your Grandkids, I found two cookbooks I would LOVE to own! They’re new and look GREAT.
Who hasn’t seen the Tasty videos on Facebook? They always share such great recipes. And this cookbook has chapters like “One Pan,” “Bowls,” and “5 Ingredients”. Oh, and “Better than Takeout”! I want this one so bad. It’s called Tasty Every Day: All of the Flavor, None of the Fuss…perfect.
The other one that’s going on my list is Ree Drummond’s new cookbook. It’s called, The Pioneer Woman Cooks―Super Easy!: 120 Shortcut Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More. From the website, “The Pioneer Woman Cooks—Super Easy! will free you up and transform your cooking life as well, with 120 recipes that range from effortless breakfasts to breezy skillet meals to speedy soups to ready-in-minutes Tex-Mex delights, so you’ll have lots of options for any given meal.”
Back to shopping for those kiddos, have fun doing the ‘research’. Hopefully, you found some good ideas for you and your grandkids. Here’s a tool for keeping track of shopping for the little kids and the big kids. It’s cool because it’s an editable PDF, so you don’t have to print it out unless you want to!
Here’s wishing you a wonderful Christmas season in 2022! May it be peaceful and meaningful as you and yours celebrate our Savior’s birth. Luke 2: 1-20 NLT
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