I NEED YOUR HELP

[conuly]

Okay, listen.

We do Little Christmas, right? To save money, right? And I already bought stuff "from the girls" to my mom, and from me to my mom, and "from the girls" to their parents (of course, both parents did that too, but sure as heck *I* am not getting either one of them anything!), and to various of their friends, right?

Do you know who I forgot?

That's right. I forgot my own nieces.

What the hell am I gonna get them?

Nothing electronic, nothing that has to be shipped, and please - no books. I buy them books every week. Help me out here, people! (No games either unless they're Just That Awesome, thanks.)

Comments

[ancarett]

Crafting stuff? Washable glass paints to decorate the windows through winter? Needlepoint on plastic canvas? Home science fun supplies?

[stexgirl2000.livejournal.com]

You could do a mini-art bag: plain colored gift bag with a blank pad of paper, markers or crayons or colored pencils and sidewalk chalk. Maybe even a mini-etch-a-sketch.

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

Watercolors. Canvas. Frames for stretching canvas? Those $2.99 ready-made canvases that you can buy at craftstores?

Yarn. Knitting needles. Patterns and/or instructional videos?

Seeds. Pots. A growlight?

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

Our nieces are getting a "Fifteen" puzzle and a wooden ball in cup toy for belated Chanukah. These can be found at just about any toy shop.

We try to get them some kind of puzzle every year either for birthdays or Chanukah.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Little soaps and shampoos and lip glosses and such, y'know, all sorts of "girly stuff".

Several yards of swirly sparkly silky fabric for dress-up.

Paper and markers - the metallic gel pens on black paper are particularly cool.

Fancy (but wholesome) food of the kind they don't usually get, like little tins of smoked oysters, dried tropical fruits and nuts, little Laughing Cow cheeses, Clif bars and so on.

*hugs* Enjoy!

[conuly]

I think they're a year or two (add three for Evangeline) too young for soaps, shampoos, and foods to be "fun", alas. (And Ana is banned, as far as I'm concerned, from having lip gloss, we can't even trust her not to write her name with lip balm and she has to have that, her lips get so chapped!)

But playsilks (that's apparently the term for "bits of fabric for dressup), that's a good idea. Ana is fond of tying a tablecloth to her head and calling it long (unbraided) hair.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

I guess now is not the time to tell you that they got a makeup kit to share?

[conuly]

Seriously? Because you'd better not let Mommy know, she was just bitching about that.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

How so?

[conuly]

Because she wanted to get them some make-up and you said no.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

I did? Oops.

Anyway, *I* was not the one that purchased it. That would be Deme, in cahoots with zee kiddos (although apparently only because it was a free throw-in).

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

What's REALLY funny about this is I know you had a list. :p

[conuly]

Yeah... they kinda weren't on it.

[ancarett]

Crafting stuff? Washable glass paints to decorate the windows through winter? Needlepoint on plastic canvas? Home science fun supplies?

[stexgirl2000.livejournal.com]

You could do a mini-art bag: plain colored gift bag with a blank pad of paper, markers or crayons or colored pencils and sidewalk chalk. Maybe even a mini-etch-a-sketch.

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

Watercolors. Canvas. Frames for stretching canvas? Those $2.99 ready-made canvases that you can buy at craftstores?

Yarn. Knitting needles. Patterns and/or instructional videos?

Seeds. Pots. A growlight?

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

Our nieces are getting a "Fifteen" puzzle and a wooden ball in cup toy for belated Chanukah. These can be found at just about any toy shop.

We try to get them some kind of puzzle every year either for birthdays or Chanukah.

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Little soaps and shampoos and lip glosses and such, y'know, all sorts of "girly stuff".

Several yards of swirly sparkly silky fabric for dress-up.

Paper and markers - the metallic gel pens on black paper are particularly cool.

Fancy (but wholesome) food of the kind they don't usually get, like little tins of smoked oysters, dried tropical fruits and nuts, little Laughing Cow cheeses, Clif bars and so on.

*hugs* Enjoy!

[conuly]

I think they're a year or two (add three for Evangeline) too young for soaps, shampoos, and foods to be "fun", alas. (And Ana is banned, as far as I'm concerned, from having lip gloss, we can't even trust her not to write her name with lip balm and she has to have that, her lips get so chapped!)

But playsilks (that's apparently the term for "bits of fabric for dressup), that's a good idea. Ana is fond of tying a tablecloth to her head and calling it long (unbraided) hair.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

I guess now is not the time to tell you that they got a makeup kit to share?

[conuly]

Seriously? Because you'd better not let Mommy know, she was just bitching about that.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

How so?

[conuly]

Because she wanted to get them some make-up and you said no.

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

I did? Oops.

Anyway, *I* was not the one that purchased it. That would be Deme, in cahoots with zee kiddos (although apparently only because it was a free throw-in).

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

What's REALLY funny about this is I know you had a list. :p

[conuly]

Yeah... they kinda weren't on it.