While the holidays are only a few short weeks away, gift planning actually started a few months ago at our house when the Sears Wish Book arrived at our door. While the Wish Book helps most people to get in the mindset for the holidays, it helped us figure out what to get my son for his birthday. I gave my son the book and told him to circle the toys that he wanted for his birthday. Even though he pretty much circled every toy in the book it gave us the opportunity to go through the toys together to figure out exactly what he wanted.
Now that the holidays are here I find myself turning to my trusty Sears catalog. Specifically, the Toy Book, a full catalog dedicated to toys. The Sears catalogues are truly parent helpers, not just Santa’s helpers! I don’t need to stress about buying the right gift because my son can show me exactly what he wants. The catalog also provides me with one place to check out all of the latest and greatest toys on the market. As an added bonus the book gives me a nice twenty minute break while my son gets completely caught up flipping through the pages admiring the endless amounts of toys. 
Not surprisingly, my son selected everything on the NHL page, even the toasters!!! Some of Kyle’s other favourite items include Jake and The Never Land Pirates: The Pirate Boat and the the Tiki Hideout, Mario Brothers and Toy Story dolls and figurines, Maisto radio-controlled cars, Nano blocks, and sports equipment galore.
The book is great as it also caters to kids of all ages on your shopping list. It helped me figure out what I can buy for my younger son Ryan. He’s a budding musician just like his dad so we’ve been on the look-out for a mini-drum set. To my surprise, there were a handful of sets I could pick from.
Lastly, we have a slight bias towards the Sears catalogue because my son was featured in the Sears Wish Book back in 2011! Isn’t he cute (‘E’)?
What does your family do to ensure everyone gets exactly what they want? Do your kids create lists? Circle pictures from flyers and catalogues?
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Enter the Sears Wishes of Joy Contest on now until December 15. In order to win, you will need to SHARE your wish lists. This and many more opportunities to win up to $10,000 in prizes. It’s lots of fun so make sure you enter. Good-luck!
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A toaster – Ha! Well…it is a pretty cool toaster!
hahah! it sure, but I think we’ll probably get him one of the other million things he wanted instead 😉
Oh my gosh, he is so adorable in the Sears Christmas Wish Book! Too cute. 🙂 Also, I love the squiggly circles they drew around the toys! My kids want just about everything too. We definitely need to narrow it down. 😉
lol our wish book ends up looking like that too!
you mean…EVERYTHING circled? lol
don’t forget about all the fine-motor skills he is learning/practicing when circling the items he wants, the sears wish book is great for a fine-motor activity!
You’re so right! His circles have improved & it helps him learn how to old pens / markers properly. Great point 🙂
Aww, so cute how they circled it! 🙂 We draw a star next to the item we want. 🙂 They seem to want it all. 🙂
I think when it’s going to be both of them checking out what they want we’ll have to use different colours or different ways to mark up their wish list.
The Wish Book is such a fun holiday tradition! I still love using it for inspiration after all these years. If I were you, I don’t think I could resist getting him an NHL toaster, haha!
Jonnie
I know what you mean but I see it ending up in a garage sale… Maybe when he’s older 😉
I have to agree, that NHL toaster is awesome! I want one, lol! 😀 Thats so smart to get your kids to mark the book in two diff colours, I’ll have to remember that trick in the future. 🙂 And your E son is adorable, awwwwwh! So cute!
I have such amazing memories of that Wish Book from when I was a kid… it was a little slice of Christmas heaven when it arrived!