Where are my fellow procrastinators at?? This year my family celebrated the holidays early, so I got to be ahead of the normal holiday rush, and I still found myself looking for gifts last minute! I even had some great ideas in August for some personalized gifts, and I waited until it was almost too late to order them. If you are a procrastinator too, here are some last minute gift ideas for you to find that perfect gift this weekend before Christmas!
Games! 🎲
They are easy to find in most big stores and fun for the whole family! My recent favorites are Avocado Smash (under $15. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/261831/avocado-smash.) and NERTZ! Nertz can be found as an actual boxed game, but can also be played with standard decks of cards, so you can even just buy different playing card decks! Don’t know how to play Nertz? Check out this link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7263/nertz. Do you have a favorite game? Let us know what your favorite is in the comments!
Personalized Basket 🧺
I gave these to my family this year and it was so much fun! Rather than looking for that one perfect gift, I created personalized baskets of lots of fun, smaller things for each family member. I thought about what they each liked in terms of snacks, free time activities, passions, etc, and found small items for each basket! The basket for my sister-in-law had a candle, hair clip, face and foot mask, bathbombs, snacks, chocolate, and pens/post it notes. For my brother-in-law, I found a comfy sweatshirt and undershirts, a sign for his wall, an ice cube mold, his favorite snack, and a pair of socks that connected back to a song we both like. Almost everything in each basket was easy to find at big stores, everyone loved their personalized baskets, and I had a ton of fun filling them!
Custom Curated Playlist 🎵🎶
Are you on a tight holiday budget? Curate a custom playlist for someone! Show them how well you know them by creating the perfect list of songs for them. Or create a list of songs that reminds you of special moments in that relationship. If they are anything like me, they will love the personal touch of this gift and having a new playlist made just for them!
Shop local! 🛍
Forget ordering online and shipping deadlines! Shop in your local stores! Champaign/Urbana has some of the best! Yellow & Co. in Mahomet, IL, is one of my most favorite places to buy gifts! They have excellent gifts for people of all ages, and it’s definitely my go-to when I need that perfect gift for someone. They will even help you come up with great ideas! I had a holiday networking event with a gift exchange and I needed a great gift. Elizabeth (Yellow & Co.’s owner) helped me find an amazing gift just minutes before the party, and even wrapped it for me! Thank you, Elizabeth! Check them out on instagram @yellowandcompany
Experiences ✈️
Skip the stuff and give an experience instead! You can create a fun flyer about the experience they will get to have with you (a concert, a trip, an escape room, a special meal out, etc) in canva or other design software, or even make one with markers and paper! Then just put it in a pretty picture frame and wrap it! They will get a tangible gift they can unwrap that notifies them of an experience that they will love in the future with you, and you can prepare the whole thing at home!
Time 🕰
Everyone always says you can’t buy more time, and now you can! Give the gift of Mohr Time and your loved ones will have more time to do what they love with the people they love! Ordering a gift certificate is easy - simply order below, you’ll be emailed a printable gift certificate, and you can put that in a frame and gift it to your loved ones! (Which saves you shopping time so you get “Mohr” time too!) 😉
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(VIP Members - you get your discounted hourly rate on gift certificates! 🥳)