Top Christmas Gifts for Family Members Of All Ages
Top Christmas Gifts for Family Members Of All Ages: Family Gifts I’m Giving (and Loving) This Holiday Season
Finding the best gift for the whole family can feel like a challenge, but this year, I’ve rounded up thoughtful gift ideas sure to delight nearly anyone on your list. Whether you’re shopping for little ones, game lovers, or your entire crew, there’s something here to make everyone smile. From cool finds in-store to inexpensive gifts that focus on quality time, this list has it all. Of course, I’ve included thoughtful ideas for friends and family that are not only fun to give but also practical to use. If there’s one thing to watch for this holiday season with family gift ideas, it’s gifts that bring people together and make memories. Let’s dive into what I’m giving (and loving) this year for Christmas!
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Family Christmas Gift Ideas for the Whole Crew
Christmas Gifts for Family Game Night
Catan Board Game
Game time is family time! Our entire house LOVES the game, Catan. My boys started off last year with Catan Kids (and I needed an easy reminder of how to play the game).The boys were ages 6 and 8 at the time and while fun, this kids game was a little too simple for all of us. Our family upgraded to Catan last year and we are ready for an expansion pack! Catan is the ultimate family gift for family game night that transforms entire family game nights into epic adventures of strategy and fun, making it a top pick for families looking to connect and create lasting memories together.
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza Card Game
Families that like to go out to eat should embrace playing a card game with each other while waiting for their food (if they are not already coloring with Art 2 the Extreme's Crayon Stix®!). Our go-to card game when traveling or eating out is either an UNO game or the game, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. It is a super simple card game that kids and adults think are funny and a fun way to add more quality time in together.
Presents for Family Movie Night
Portable Movie Projector
My Mini Crayon Crew kids and Mr. Crayon love our family movie night, especially in matching pajamas. Sometimes a certain family member wants to watch a movie with just me instead of the entire family, Mr. Crayon and I pump up the boys for a sleepover in one of their rooms. We set up up this super easy portable projector that not only plays DVS, but can also connect to streaming services. I got mine during a Black Friday sale two years ago for $49, so they could go down a little more, but this is a great price!
Popcorn Maker
It is not a movie night in our house without popcorn. We inherited a popcorn machine on wheels from my in-laws. This is the exact same one in black (without the stand or wheels). This typically goes on sale even cheaper during Black Friday deals online as well!
Super Soft Blanket
Don't forget a super comfy blanket to snuggle up on the couch in your matching pajamas. I purchased a pair of these super soft blankets in two different sizes as an inexpensive gift that I later kept for myself. Our blankets are grey, but these soft blankets from Amazon come in so many fun colors. The price on these blankets should go down around Black Friday weekend, but are a great deal now when you clip the coupon on Amazon! To be a little bit "extra", get these blankets personalized or embroidered for a special person and then take the credit for such an amazing idea!
Personalized Family Member Gift Ideas
Personalized Rainbow Crayon Gift Set
Art 2 the Extreme's personalized name crayons are a great gift for family that adds a magical, individual touch to family stocking stuffers, delighting kids and bringing families together through creative and colorful artistic fun. Add texture rubbing boards from Amazon and a blank sketchbook to make this personalized art gift a gift set!
Personalized Engraved Cutting Board
This personalized cutting board featuring a cherished family recipe makes one of the best gifts you can find on Etsy, offering families a personalized and unique way to celebrate their family name and preserve culinary traditions with an uncommon goods-worthy keepsake.
I love any personalized sweatshirt, bandanna, t-shirt, hat, etc. that is chainstitch. I recently met Etsy shop owner and chainstitch artist, Karen, from Lu and Company when Etsy invited me to the Etsy Holiday Pop Up Shop in NYC a few weeks back. I got a custom chainstitch beanie hat personalized with my name, but I am in love with these bandana style bibs for my niece and multiples would make a great gift set!
Handwriting Tea Towels
Madly Wish is one of my favorite shops on Etsy for personalized linens and embroidery gifts. This custom embroidered hand tea towel with personalized writing would make a great whole family gift for aunts, uncles, grandparents, and parents!
Gift Ideas for Mom and Dad to Enjoy Together
This is a gift I personally own and love! An eye massager with heat is a relaxing gift for parents or grandparents, perfect for easing headaches and enhancing relaxation during time spent unwinding at home—it even will play soothing music to create a spa-like escape right in the house!
Holiday Gift Ideas for the Kids
Instant Print Digital Camera For Kids
This year, I’ll be buying my boys a digital camera that prints photos onto paper, giving them the fun of instantly seeing their creations come to life. This set includes a memory card, rolls of paper for photos, markers to color the photos, and more! My kids loved using my old digital Polaroid camera from the early 2000s to take photos on our road trips and the underwater camera I got them before, so I know having a camera of their own will be a hit!
Silipint Waterbottle NEW!
I am a HUGE fan of our family water bottle brand, Owala, but Silipint has a brand new water bottle style that just might be a game changer for quick hydration for soccer and taekwondo practices! I think I have spent over a decade trying to find the ideal water bottle for my husband and kids to take to take to their sports events and practices. Would this count as a gift for the kids or a gift that will make my life easier as a mom and parent?
SO Handmade Travel Toys for Kids
One of my favorite shops for littles, SO Handmade, has the perfect toys for travel in a gift bundle. This is my go-to gift for families who travel a ton or toddlers looking for toys and presents that support creative play. Her collection of stocking stuffers are a great addition for holiday gifting. You can even get these gift sets personalized for an extra special touch! Save 10% off with code THERAINBOWCRAYONLADY at checkout!
Unique Gifts and Presents for Grandparents
Silicone Coffee Mugs
Silipint silicone coffee mugs will make the perfect present for my parents (who are avid coffee drinkers), combining durability and style for their morning coffee—you can’t go wrong with a present they’ll use every day!
Transfer Old Home Movies to Digital and DVD
My favorite presents to give my grandparents when they were alive, were family photos and memory books and ways to relive past holiday memories and special moments family members spent together. Yes, shopping for a digital photo frame was a workaround I tried, but one of the best family gifts for grandparents is the gift of putting their past home movies on Digital Video Archive to stream, share, and access whenever they want! Home Video Studio specializes in transferring Super 8mm, 8mm, & 16mm film, VHS, 8mm, Mini DV videotape, DVDs and video cards and hard drives - basically all your memories stored on your old media - to a digital platform that you can even edit yourself! Home Video Studio can also transfer these old home movies to DVD and Blu-ray if that is your preferred route.
Present Ideas for Friends and Loved Ones Who Are Like Family
Best Gifts for Artists or Art Teachers
Art Dice
For the artist or art teacher in your life, the Two Tumbleweeds Art Dice set makes a cool gift, offering endless creative inspiration with nine dice—perfect for the studio, classroom, or even a group game night. Put paintable pictures with a mini sketchbook and new set of markers (I have purchased these markers for myself and my boys in the past) or a set of Original Rainbow Crayon Stix® as a stocking stuffer for your favorite art lover.
Rainbow Necklace
The rainbow earrings from the Etsy shop Jill Makes are a colorful, handcrafted accessory that’s perfect for any occasion. Pair them with the matching rainbow necklace to create a unique gift set that your daughter or loved one will cherish!
Artist Apron and Artist Carrier Case
As a former elementary art teacher and still a teacher at heart (who spends a good amount of time substitute teaching at my boys' school), I love supporting other art teachers and their companies. Shop Quell is an artist-focused brand dedicated to empowering creators of all skill levels while supporting teachers—the unsung heroes who inspire the next generation—by giving back 1% of every sale to provide art classrooms with the materials they need. I give full credit to Shop Quell for offering mindful and uncommon goods like Shop Quell's functional aprons (with a safe place to keep rings for you ceramic artists out there) and the Quell Carrier Case.
My Christmas Wish List
I am pretty sure it has been over a decade since I made a true Christmas wish list for myself. Just in case my family explores this holiday gift guide, I will drop a few holiday gift hints for myself in case that person wants to pick up a little something for me while shopping. There are a ton of amazing finds on Etsy that I love. The best place to start is on the Etsy Holiday Hub. I suggest you do the same and complete your own holiday gift guide, if not for your families to find, but to keep track of holiday presents for your own self (You have to watch out for your needs too, am I wrong?). I don't even need photos to go along with this... Just a list will do!
This purple and lavender Owala water bottle OR I do not own a 32 Oz Owala water bottle, so any fun color will do. If you want to take this gift a step further, I would love it engraved with my last name, business logo, or a cute drawing from my boys. My favorite shop for engraving is 539 Apparel located in Noblesville, Indiana.
Ok, I said I did not need photos, but this top on Amazon is just too cute and it has been all over TikTok apparently, so I will give social media the credit it deserves. This long sleeve shirt would be great to wear to the park or put on at night during our cruise. I love it in the neons, pink/green combo, the blue and beige... really any of them, Size XL.
Every few years, I run out of perfume and ask my husband to replace it as a gift idea. Bella Notte by Vince Caputo was a "new to me" scent last year, but I am almost out. It smells very similar to Ralph Lauren Women (but better and priced better).
