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Are you stuck for a gift, wondering “What is a good birthday gift?” or “What kind of present should I get?” Here are a few ideas for presents that I found, with gift ideas for adults and children’s birthday present ideas, too.

Personalized Gifts

2Blockheads has fun personalized gifts for kids, like music CDs where they actulaly sing the child’s name into the songs. My kids got them when they were little and LOVED them. In fact, when my 12 yr old is down, I sing her one of the goofier songs and she smiles. She probably thinks I’m a total nerd.

Gifts for Geeks

ThinkGeek.com has some of the most amazing products. They’re like Spencers, only instead of extreme trashy gifts, they have extremely smart gifts. Like a garden stake that sends you a tweet on twitter if the plant needs water, an Electronic Drum Kit Shirt that really lets you play the drums just by poking yourself in the chest and of course the stuffed zombies. Because those are smart, right?

(EDITED- hey if you get the shirt, use the coupon promo: DNDRUM for a discount)

Handmade Gifts can save the economy

Not such a lofty claim, really. Buying handmade Christmas gifts really can save the economy in the United States. Recently, since Americans were having trouble paying their mortgages, several United States banks faced bankruptcy. Instead of bailing out the people and allowing us to save our homes by paying our mortgages, the US government decided to bail out the banks, keeping many families on the brink of homelessness and securing the financial future of the banks, instead of the people. Learn how buying handmade gifts can save the economy, and find places to buy handmade gifts.

Gifts for Couples

If you’re shopping for couples gifts, for part of a gift exchange or even as an anniversary gift or for Christmas, try to look beyond the obvious gift cards and think outside the box. Try some of these out-of-the-box ideas for presents for couples on your shopping list.

Gifts for Homeschoolers

Kids educational toys make learning fun. Homeschooling families appreciate educational gifts and developmental toys for learning. Shop for kids educational toys online.

Law of Attraction gifts

If you or someone you love is a fan of The Secret, or A Course in Miracles, you can find Law of attraction gifts to give them during the holidays. It’s really nice to see people improving their lives and making better decisions when they finally “get it” and LOA gifts make great Christmas presents. Learn about this year’s hottest Law of Attraction gifts.

Planning a Homeschool Birthday Party

No cupcakes in the classroom.  For homeschool families, birthday parties are a different story. Accommodating the needs of a homeschooled birthday party can be complicated. With friends in several different age groups, and stronger sibling ties, many homeschooled families have birthday parties that look very different from the ones we’re used to seeing. Learn what I (A homeschooling mother of six) have learned about homeschool birthday parties over the years.

Let Kids Help Plan Parties

Enlist the help of siblings in decorating. Your homeschooled kid will be impressed with the grandeur of a house that looks different and splendid, and the other children will enjoy serving their sibling and creating a spectacle. Kids feel special waking up on their birthday to a decorated house. Let the siblings stay up late decorating the night before.

Cheap Birthday Planning

Create a birthday box filled with decorations, paper plates and cups. Buy them on clearance, and at discount. Birthdays arrive every year on a predictable schedule, there’s no reason to shop at the last minute. Most homeschoolers are a one-income family and I think it’s just courteous to the person bringing home the income.

Birthday Party Social Skills

Allow your homeschooler to invite several of his or her friends to the house or to the park for a birthday party. You might be surprised when they ask to invite kids of all ages, and even adults. One great reason for homeschooling is to provide children with reality-based socialization, so don’t be tempted to edit their invite list to meet your school-based vision of what a birthday party should be.

Birthday Party Games & Activities

Create a list of games and activities for the party. Ask you child to help you determine what kinds of things they’d like to do. You can make homemade bowling games with empty 2 liter bottles. You can have a dance contest, you can do arts and crafts projects together. Many kids just want to play in the yard and visit.

Party favors for a Homeschool Birthday Party

Give your child a budget for party favors. Be creative about the gift bags, instead of just buying the plastic party favors that everyone knows are wasteful, consider a box of crayons, markers or other art supplies. Crafts kits are also popular.  If your party has a theme, then choose items that coincide with your party’s theme. Our popular bug party. plans include directions for making a bug-catching box that can be used as a party favor or an activity.

Homeschool Birthday Party Tip:

Make homemade thank-you cards from the heart, and be sure that your child sends them out to his or her friends after the party. If you’ve taken pictures during the party, or if you’ve got a photo of the birthday kid enjoying their gift, include it with the card.Have one of your other children videotape the present-opening or keep a list of who gave which gift, so that the information is available when it’s time to send thank-you’s.

Recognizing the differences between a homeschool birthday party and a traditional birthday party can give you the freedom to plan wisely, scheduling a time that works best for all of your guests and activities that are designed to cater to the wide variety of age groups and attention spans that make up your favorite families.