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The Art of Creative Gift Giving with Barnes & Noble make finding gifts for your friends and family easy! They have the best selections of unique gifts that one might be looking for to make their family happy! When we shop for gifts we look for one of the following things:
1. Educational: We want our kids to be able to advance educationally. We also want to continue making learning fun!
2. Practical: It has to be a useful gift that isn’t lame! If it is practical it has to be something that they like.
3. FUN: Okay if we find something entertaining and fun! Then this is usually the gift that people enjoy the most! A blender isn’t fun, dude. 🙂
Right now some of the coolest and hottest toys are the coding kits, the popular art activities, and video games! I found the first of those two things listed to be the most creative gift giving item!
Barnes and Noble HOTTEST Gifts:
If you are going shopping online at Barnes & Noble here are some of the featured gifts that you will want to take a look at…see if it fits anyone on your list! Also if you are like me…I love to color and the adult coloring pages are super hot this year!
- Tropical World
- Intricate designs offer a wonderful way to fire up your imagination and relieve stress
- Multi-Colored Brush Markers
- 12-piece brush markers mimic the action of a paint brush, offering delicate effects of watercolor painting
- Studio Series Colored Pencil Set
- 30-color artist pencil set with soft-core leads
- Da Vinci Junior 1.0
- 3D printer with robust build size, offers best value in its class
- Lightup Tesla Kit
- Hands-on, electronics platform and interactive iOS mobile app for kids
- Original Buddha Board
- Paint on the board with water to bring your creation to life; watch it fade as the water evaporates. Clean slate, clear mind
- Ozobot
- One of the world’s smallest, programmable robots; teaches kids basics of coding and programming
- Make: Raspberry Pi Kit
- Enables people of all ages to explore computing; build a computer and learn software design
Barnes and Noble Family Events:
- Friday, November 27 – Black Friday Signed Editions
Barnes & Noble will unveil 500K signed books for customers to be able to purchase signed books! Pretty COOL!
- Saturday, November 28 – Elf of the Shelf – Adoption Event
“Join us for Storytime and activities including Elf on the Shelf adoption proceedings (including adoption certificate) for families taking home their own Elf on the Shelf. ”
- Friday, December 4 – Polar Express Storytime
The Annual Polar Express 30th Anniversary celebration, complete with storytime, sing-along, hot cocoa, and special giveaways!
- Saturday, December 5 – How the Grinch Stole Christmas Event (Grinch Costume Character)
- Saturday, December 12 – Waiting Is Not Easy Storytime (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
- Saturday, December 19 – How to Catch Santa Storytime
Another read along for kids!
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