2022 Holiday Gift Guides

Today, tomorrow, and Friday are your last chance to shop the Den before school lets out for the holidays! We’ve been showcasing gifts on our Instagram, and today, for this blog post, we’ve got a wrap (pun intended!) on all of our featured gifts with links for easy shopping!

• SLOCA squeeze bicycle water bottle (also available in green!)
• Water Wow! (mess-free painting for littles!)
• SLOCA hat
• Around the World in 80 Puzzles (not available online, but you can always check the store!)

For the stargazer: These gifts are perfect for the celestial daydreamer!

• The Girl Who Named Pluto picture book
• I Wonder journal
• The Challenger Disaster comic book
• Ten Thousand Stars CD
• Glow-in-the-dark mini puzzle (perfect for stocking stuffers!)

For the tiny teether: Have a baby, toddler, or parent-to-be on your gift list this year? These teething toys are cute and practical to boot! Learn shapes or inspire wonder about space—all while growing lil chompers. 

• Haakaa teething shape puzzle
• Rosie Bee silicone lunar rocket

Gifts to take block play to the next level: A great gift idea for your littles (from little little to big littles): games and kits that take block play to the next level! What a fun way to stoke imaginations this holiday season!

• Buildzi by Tenzi game
• Wooden rainbow stacking toy
• Febira sorting game (not available online, but you can always check the store!)
• Tegu magnetic block set

For the LEGO nerd: Shopping for the LEGO nerd in your life? We’ve got books, puzzles, and pens all inspired by our favorite building blocks! P.S. stay tuned for more details on our countywide LEGO challenge in the new year!

• Rainbow Bricks puzzle
• The LEGO Ideas book
• The Lego Architect
• LEGO gel pens (12 pack and 3 pack)

For the wooden puzzler:

• Horse 3D Wooden Puzzle
• DIY Mechanical Music Box: Romantic Carousel (we also have Secret Garden and Starry Night versions!)
• Eagle 3D Wooden Puzzle
• Ferris Wheel Wooden Puzzle (not available online, but you can always check the store!)
• DIY 3D Wooden Puzzle: Sea Animals (we also have wild animals and birds!)

For the artsy adventurer: We’re picturing gathering natural materials to create crafts from Maker Camp, coloring desert and national park scenes with fancy pen sets, and grabbing your notebook or sketchbook before you head out for your next nature adventure!

• Desert Dreams coloring book
• National Parks coloring book
• 24 Brilliant Bee wax crayons
• National Parks of the USA Activity Book
• Maker Camp: Heritage Crafts and Skill-Building Projects for Kids book
• Poppies decomposition book
• Littly by Little notebook (check out our matching sticker too!)
• Puffy pens
• Fine Line Marker Set (we also have lots of other pen and marker sets in store and online!)

Little Thinker Dolls

These historical dolls from @philosophersguild are a tangible, cuddly, way to bring history to life! Every 11″ plush is distinctively dressed and wields a biographical tag with essential dates, acts, and a personal quote.

• Frederick Douglass: Little Thinker doll + Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (also available as a graphic novel!)
• Frida Kahlo: Little Thinker doll + Frida board book (not available online, but you can always check the store!)
• Alexander Hamilton: Little Thinker doll + The Story of Alexander Hamilton book
• Marie Curie: Little Thinker doll + Marie board book (not available online, but you can always check the store!)
• William Shakespeare: Little Thinker doll + No Fear Shakespeare Hamlet (we also have lots of other Shakespeare

Also available in limited quantities:
Harriett Tubman 
Vincent Van Gogh
Mahatma Gandhi
Socrates

Cozy SLOCA gear is a great gift idea for a child or parent! We have hats, beanies, and grizzly stuffies in the Den! 

• SLOCA hat
• SLOCA beanie (in granola, also available in sage + military olive)
• Large grizzly stuffy

Stocking Stuffers: Come to the Den for all your stocking stuffer needs!

• SLOCA lanyard
• Eco Logicals bamboo puzzle (not available online, but check the store!)
• Maurice Sendak Nutshell Library (these books are so tiny and cute!)
• Semper Discentes necklace (Latin for always learning!)
• Mini gummy packs (not available online, but you check the store! Our bigger packs would also be great!)
• Finger puppets (Shakespeare and Plato shown here, these lil guys are also magnetic and great for fridge display!)
• Book Darts (these come in a variety of packs and are perfect for elegantly holding your place in your current read or marking a passage you want to come back to!)
• Note pals sticky tabs: Arctic Animals (we have many more animal options as well!)
• Balm Standard chapstick (not available online, but check the store!)
• SLOCA shoelaces
• Imagine sticker

Don’t forget: 1) we offer gift bags 2) SLOCA Rewards members get 10% off! We can’t wait to see you in the Den!