Christmas shopping for the unshoppable

[wegotchickens]

Think Geek has a gadget that helps pput the bubbles from a vinegar and baking soda combo into your fruit juice so you have fizzy juice. I think it's $7.
They also have a home fermentation kit for less that $15 (I think that's right).

There are a lot of science-y gadgets on there for those adults that are in touch with their inner child.
Unique things that are not everywhere, and not unaffordable.


I think I will be making fizzy drinks with my nieces this Christmas

Most everyone else gets homemade jelly: Irony is that my family doesn't eat my gifts, but all my friends and co-workers LOVE IT.

 

[SparksNV]

Another idea: you can make a calendar with photos you have taken - you edit the calendar & put the pics where you want. Maybe get photos sent to you on CD by other family members. Or you can make a photo book - I did that for my dh - my dd's and I have a friend just getting started in photography - did a fabulous shoot for $50 - I made the photo book for $30. I did mine on Kodak Gallery (they also offer calendars). I think the calendars are inexpensive maybe $15??

carol

 

[Pelican49]

My MIL & FIL were like that. And they absolutely hated getting anything that would need dusting. They made it clear they wanted nothing that would sit on a shelf or hang on a wall. The brands of clothes they wore I could not afford. We usually just stuck with gift cards from their favorite restuarants and theaters. They loved going out to dinner and a movie.

 

[krcote]

My dad is much like this and he always has said "If I can't eat it or read it I don't want it". So I usually bake cookies, buy beer and/or find informational books with many pictures

Often times we get caught up in getting something "really special" but what could be better than cookies?!!?

 

[verity]

last year we found some neat night-lights -- they change colors and are like the old 'lava lamps' ---
we gave those things to the kids, teen-agers, and the old-folks -- they were a big hit -- so we had to get one for ourselves --

unusual gadgets like that usually go over big with our crowd --