The Larson House

Hello hello- I’m finally posting my last gift guide I made during election week. 🙂

Games and puzzles are for sure our most used toys (well, aside from Nova’s beloved piggy). We have done the United States puzzle *so* many times this year and it really taught Nova to recognize a huge number of states. The matching game is our newest addition and we’ve been playing it this past week. Matching games are really the only game that works with both our kids ages at the moment (2 and 5). The one from this list I really want the most is the giant connect four game. Anyway- I hope this helps with ideas. 🙂

1. Giant Connect Four
(here’s a smaller, but still handmade, version)

2. Magnetic Blocks

3. Dream World Matching Game 

4. Little People Big Dreams Matching Game

5. Emotions Game

6. Alphabet Puzzle 

7. United States Puzzle

8. Light Bright. So nostalgic!

9. Classic Wooden Checkers Game 

Incase you missed them, here are my other gift guides:
–Gift Guide: Kitchen Favorites 

–Gift Guide: Hard-to-shop-for husband

–Gift Guide: Wooden Toys 

–Gift Guide: Personalized Jewelry

xx! Elsie

Kitchen stuff is by FAR my favorite holiday gifts to give and to get because they’re so useful and bring a little joy to every day. I’m linking to some of our most-used and favorite items from our own home, things I love to give and *at least* one gift I already bought for myself.

1. Kitchenaid mixer
I love my kitchenaid mixer and use it often. If you already have a mixer I highly recommend the pasta maker attachment it’s so much fun to use. Jeremy and I have been talking about starting a pasta making night (Sundays?) with our kids because they love to help with cooking stuff too… and of course- we all love pasta.

2. Our Place Pan 
Hands down this is the best non-toxic and nonstick pan I have ever used. It’s beautiful and works so well. We love it so much that we just got a second one about eight months later. Big fans!

3. Our Place Steamers
I’m so excited about this. It’s a steaming basket that fits perfectly in the our place pan. We make steamed dumplings pretty often and we love tamales too.

4. Ravioli Stamp Set 
Perfect for family pasta night!

5. Tortilla Press (note- linking a different one because we liked it better!)
We recently started making homemade wheat and corn tortillas and they are so, so good.

6. Smeg Coffee Maker
We love this coffee maker and use it every day.

7. Pink Pour Over Kettle
Perfect for making coffee and I also use it for making tea and hot chocolate.

Here’s a similar one for a lower price.

8. Mastering The Art Of French Cooking 

9. Kitchen Torch 
So much fun for making crème brûlée or brûléed grapefruit or ,you know, s’mores haha.

Ah! I love kitchen stuff. 🙂 Have a good night!

I used to have a tough time shopping for my husband but in almost ten years of marriage, I’ve improved! I do shop year round for my husband though, just to make it less pressure because I don’t like buying gifts I’m not 100% sure on and excited about. Anyway! That’s why we’ve had a pizza oven sitting in our closet since last summer. haha

1. KJP sweater. These sweaters are so good. They’re collectibles as far as I am concerned because I love kjp so much!

2. Pizza Oven. Shhhhhh- I ordered this for Christmas and I am so so excited. I feel like it will be fun memories making homemade pizza with the kiddos.

3. Massage Gun. Ok… so we ordered this on November 4th (lol) and we’ve been LOVING it and using it constantly. I read a bunch of reviews to find a good one that wasn’t super expensive and it really works. It has different heads you can swap and adjustable speed. 10/10

Note- our exact massage gun is sold out so here is another one that has the same features, good ratings and is under $60. 

4. JCrew Boots always a classic!

5. Twin Peaks Sweatshirt  Comes in different colors but I kind of like the grey.

6.  Socks. The best stocking stuffer, right?

7. PJs. These are so cute and classic.

8. Smartphone Gloves. 

9. Pullover sweater.

The other thing I usually get Jeremy are cookbooks and records. I hope this was helpful!