Are you looking for a special stocking stuffer this year? We've rounded up some of our favorite goodies to gift this year!
Hallmark "itty bittys" Kelce and Mahomes
Chiefs fans will LOVE Hallmark's "itty bittys" Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes ($8.99). Available at Amy's Hallmark located on Level 2 of Crown Center.
Taco Vs. Burrito
Our family LOVES to play games together and we LOVE to try new games. Taco Vs. Burrito is our FAVORITE new game to try this year by far (for all of my kids ages 11-17)! This fun card game was designed by a 7-year-old, which you'll quickly see when you discover the rather funny (and disgusting) combinations you create in this game. The goal is to build the "most valuable" taco or burrito before the game ends. Cards help you to gain or lose points. This fast, easy-to-learn game, is tons of fun and simple to play. Each game lasts about 15 minutes, making it a favorite "before bedtime" game in our house. If you love games like Sushi-Go or Moose in the House, you'll love this. Purchase online here.
Snoopy
Purchase a souvenir for The Coterie's holiday show, A Charlie Brown Christmas, with a plush Snoopy for $5.00. You may also purchase gift certificates for upcoming shows. Visit The Coterie Box Office on Level 1 of Crown Center to purchase a Snoopy.
The To Do Game
The To Do Game comes in baby, toddler, family, and couples versions. We love the Family Edition. If you're looking for quick, easy, and fun ways to connect with your family without screens, this game is the tool for you. Each set is a collection of activities that encourage creativity, bonding, and family time. Each activity takes between 20 minutes to an hour and can be played over and over again. Sometimes the activity we draw is not ideal for that moment (driving, or amount of time) so we'll delay it and try another activity first. Purchase online here.
Girls Can CRATE Subscription Box
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Monthly subscription boxes are always a hit with kids - ESPECIALLY in winter months. As a mom to four girls, my family loves the Girls Can Crate subscription box. In the sample we tried, the girls learned about volcanology, made a miniature volcano, and a lava bracelet, and learned about a scientist, Katia Krafft. The kit included all the materials needed for the science project and craft, a button celebrating Katia Krafft as a reminder of what they learned, a learning guide for parents, and a book about Katia. After completing the projects, my girls were inspired to check out books about volcanoes from the library and watch a National Geographic video. This is a win-win! Each month girls are introduced to new women and they are inspired to learn about S.T.E.A.M. through fun and educational hands-on projects. Subscribe at https://www.girlscancrate.com/.
Lilla Rose Hair Clips
I have four daughters with long hair and styling takes time. They LOVE Lilla Rose Hair Clips (sold in every color of the rainbow and a variety of styles from casual to more formal). These easy-to-use clips work beautifully for fine to thick hair as they are easily adjustable. The Flexi Sport clip (shown here), easily holds hair in place without pulling, keeps it in place all day, and easily slides without causing split ends or damage. The clips are also waterproof and latex-free. You may purchase them online where you'll also find videos to use the clips.
Yummy Treats
The Louisburg Cider Mill Country Store is open year-round and you'll find a variety of delicious sweet treats, candy, Lost Trail sodas, fun toys, and kitchen items perfect for stockings.
SnowCandy Peppermint Candy Tube
I'm a big fan of screen-free outdoor fun and I'm a big fan of playing in the snow! That's why this SnowCandy Peppermint Candy Tube is the perfect way to add some cheerful fun to snowy winter days in KC! I can't wait for my girls to open this gift and try it out on our first snowy day. This Peppermint SnowCandy Tube is 42 inches - perfect for tweens and teens! The tube comes with comfortable grip handles and can easily deflate for easy storage. Tip: Use our guide to the Best Sled Hills in KC when you take your Peppermint Candy Tube on its first winter run!
Big Dill Pickleball Co.
My girls LOVE pickleball. These new pickleball paddles from the Big Dill Pickleball Co. are hilarious and fun! Our family loves the grip, and the kids love the fun design. Purchase at bigdillpickleballcompany.com. Tip: Chicken N Pickle is our favorite local hangout for pickleball - learn more about this amazing local attraction where you can play pickleball, ice skate, enjoy shuffleboard and bocce, and delicious food!
Pando
Our family loves playing games and Pando is an excellent and easy game you can play over and over. Billed as the "trivia game about us," you guess and learn random facts about one another. Readers ask three trivia questions on each card about themselves and guessers must correctly answer all three to score a point. Turns are taken around the table so everyone can answer. Some questions are general (favorite movie), others are thought-provoking (what superhero attribute would you like to have), and some are more specific. Note that the game is intended for ages 14+ as some questions are a bit grown-up. Our family chose to alter or eliminate a few questions that were a bit ruder than we enjoyed (see sample questions on the back of the box at the purchase link). Purchase Pando online here.
Astronaut Ice Cream
Astronaut ice cream, fun books, science experiments, and other S.T.E.M.-themed toys are available at Science City's unique gift shop.
Kansas City Zoo Membership and Plush
Purchase a 2023 Premier FOTZ Kansas City Zoo Family Membership as a gift and receive a free plush in an adorable bag that is ready to go under the tree. The cost for shipping is $15. Gift memberships may also be purchased in person at Guest Relations. An additional plush can be purchased for $15, plus shipping. To ensure delivery by Christmas Day, we recommend ordering by Dec. 18. Visit https://bit.ly/3hLZash to learn more!
Table Topics
Table Topics has become a nightly dinner-time ritual for our family. This little box is beautiful and jam-packed with fun questions. We choose a few questions each night to discuss as a family. We've learned a lot about one another with these great topics. Samples include: What’s your favorite thing to do at recess? If you could speak another language, which would you choose? Is it more fun to be a parent or a child? What family or school rule would you most like to change? The questions range from silly to thought-provoking and there are no wrong answers. Many answers lead to stories and deeper sharing making this an EXCELLENT gift for families. We have the family set, but they also sell teen, dinner party, grandparents, what would you do, book club, and MANY more themes! Purchase Table Topics online here.
Candy, Movie Gift Certificates, Accessories, and more
Legends Outlets is a great one-stop shop for all your shopping needs. Purchase accessories at Claire's, movie gift cards at AMC, lotions at Bath and Body Works, books at Books-A-Million, and more great gifts for all ages at their wide variety of shops and eateries.
Tickets and Gift Certificates
Chicken N Pickle Overland Park
Give Experiences this holiday season! Tickets to a show at Coterie or Midwest Trust Center, Monster Jam, Disney on Ice, and gift certificates or memberships for Chicken N Pickle, Urban Air, RoKC, Legoland, Sea Life, and more are all in our guide to Experiences in KC!
Head Spin
Head Spin is a great logic game from Project Genius that takes about 15 minutes to play. My girls LOVE to play games before bedtime, but you don't want to crack open Monopoly or Catan right before everyone heads to bed for the night. We have a collection of short games for a quick round of fun in the evenings. Head Spin is a great family game that encourages code-breaking and puzzle-solving. Each game comes with a deck of cards with color-coded puzzles to solve and a spinner for each competitor to "lock in their answers." You award points for the fastest correct answers. For escape room enthusiasts (such as us), this is a go-to for a quick brain teaser or puzzle to solve. The original set comes with two spinners, but you may purchase a 4 player expansion pack. Purchase from Project Genius. Tip: Project Genius offers a variety of fabulous brainteasers for all ages!
Fandex
My girls have enjoyed Fandex throughout their childhoods. These decks of trivia fan out making them fun and easy to use when you travel or are out and about. We've enjoyed the 50 States and Presidential Fandex in our family - both available at the Truman Library gift shop. The shop also sells apparel, books, and games.
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Chicken N Pickle: Kansas City
Our unique, indoor/outdoor entertainment complex includes a casual, chef-driven restaurant and sports bar that boasts pickleball courts, a variety of yard games and enough space to kick back and relax with your favorite peeps.
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Chicken N Pickle: Overland Park
An indoor/outdoor entertainment complex including a casual, chef-driven restaurant and sports bar that boasts pickleball courts, a variety of yard games and enough space to kick back and relax with your favorite peeps.
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Colonial Gardens
Colonial Gardens is a garden center and agritourism destination in Blue Springs, MO. We are shaping hearts and minds through food, flowers and trees.
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Coterie Theatre
The Coterie Theatre, named "One of the Five Best Theaters for Young Audiences" in the U.S. by TIME magazine, provides unique theatre experiences for families and young audiences.
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Crown Center
2450 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MissouriCrown Center is the place for pure entertainment. With exciting events and unique attractions. A center full of locally owned shops and restaurants. And two luxury hotels so you can stay at the center of it all.
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Crown Center Ice Terrace
Enjoy ice skating at Kansas City's original outdoor rink, open annually November-March.
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Family Tree Nursery Liberty
A beautiful, modern garden center in the heart of Shawnee! Since opening it’s doors as Family Tree Nursery in 1981, our Nieman location has grown a loyal customer base with great plants and top-notch customer service.
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Family Tree Nursery Overland Park
What sets Family Tree Nursery apart is our passion for plants. Our bedding plants look better because they’re grown better – we grow almost every bedding plant we sell at our own greenhouses.
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Family Tree Nursery Shawnee
A beautiful, modern garden center in the heart of Shawnee! Since opening it’s doors as Family Tree Nursery in 1981, our Nieman location has grown a loyal customer base with great plants and top-notch customer service.
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Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
One of 15 presidential libraries, visitors are able to experience engaging exhibits and programs, the library aspires to reach a broad and diverse audience in a continuous effort to keep President Truman’s life and legacy alive.
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Johnson County Museum
Featuring award-winning long-term and changing exhibitions as well as public and school education programs, the Museum is a great place to spend the day learning about our county’s history and having fun in our hands-on exhibit spaces.
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Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium
Explore the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium, with nearly 10,000 animals on 202 acres, it's the most affordable family fun for kids of all ages! Travel all over the world without ever leaving Kansas City.
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LEGOLAND Discovery Center
Legoland Discovery Center Kansas City offers a fun, highly interactive and educational 2-to 3-hour indoor experience. Based on the ever-popular Lego® brick, Legoland Discovery Center provides a range of interactive play areas.
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Legends Outlets Kansas City
Legends Outlets Kansas City is the only outlet shopping destination serving the greater metropolitan region.
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Louisburg Cider Mill
A fall trip to the Cider Mill is not complete without a stop at our Family Farm! Venture through our 10-acre corn maze, and search for the perfect pumpkin to carve or for one of our special ones in our 10-acre pumpkin patch.
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Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm
Visit the only working stagecoach stop open to the public on the Santa Fe Trail. Relive the adventures of early stagecoach passengers. Tour the home, blacksmith shop and farm. Mahaffie offers many events throughout the year, including hands-on pro...
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Midwest Trust Center
The Performing Arts Series at Johnson County Community College connects and enriches the community with live performances for all ages.
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RoKC Olathe
RoKC’s mission is to bring a state of the art climbing facility to the Olathe community, and provide a fun, adventurous environment, capable of teaching and challenging individuals of all ages and abilities.
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Science City at Union Station
Kansas City’s Science Center, Science City at Union Station Kansas City, is a dynamic, hands-on science center featuring nearly 200 individual interactive exhibits and daily programming. Kids of all ages experience the amazing world of science fir...
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Sea Life Kansas City
This aquarium experience will get you up close and face-to-face with amazing underwater creatures such as sharks, octopus, our green sea turtle named Gertrude, stingrays, sea stars, seahorses, jellyfish and thousands of colorful fish! A favorite a...
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We all grew up playing Slinky and Monopoly. What's more adorable than a miniature version of your favorite toy? Find the World's Smallest Smallest versions of your favorite games and toys ($9.99-12.99) at Toy Time at Crown Center.
Silly Scent Markers
You'll find a variety of great stocking stuffers for your budding artist at The Crayola Store. My girls LOVE the silly scent line, especially the dual-ended markers. Available at the Crayola store located on Level 2 of Crown Center.
Ice Terrace Guest Pass
Guest Passes for the Crown Center Ice Terrace include admission and skate rental during 2022 - 2023. Ice Terrace Guest Pass, $13.00, includes admission and skate rental for one person. This Stocking Stuffer may be purchased at Crown Center Customer Service, Level 2, or at the Ice Terrace Pro Shop.
Johnson County Treasures
The Johnson County Museum gift shop sells a wide variety of great locally made or inspired items for all ages. You'll find books, apparel, toys, and more.
Stocking Caps
These cute beanies are just one of the great finds at Family Tree Nursery's three locations. You'll find adorable mugs, ornaments, apparel, plants, everything for gardeners, and more at this winter oasis.
Landmark Kids Subscription Box
Landmark Kids is a monthly subscription box incorporating educational elements of geography problem-solving and the fun of a mystery. Each kit includes a map, clues, a souvenir, and a recipe. We learned about Italy in our sample kit and spent an afternoon solving the mystery and the rest of the week trying the recipes and learning more about Italy. This is a fun and engaging kit my girls highly recommend! Every month kids are introduced to a new country and its culture, learning about landmarks, traditions, fun foods, and more! Subscribe at https://thelandmarkkids.com/.
Doozy Dice
Voted the BEST NEW DICE GAME OF 2022, Doozy Dice is an easy-to-learn dice strategy game enjoyed by all ages (in our family grandma liked it BEST). There are 26 doozy combinations you roll and attempt to get. The combinations are demonstrated on cards (shuffled each time), and each player attempts to get five of the combinations in each game with the fewest number of rolls possible. It is reminiscent of Yahtzee, but the combinations add to the fun as it is truly a new game every time you play. Purchase Doozy Dice online.
Local Books
You'll find a variety of local books for all ages in the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop gift shop. Cookbooks, history books, and activity books are all available. Additionally, they offer toys and apparel for children too.
Candy
Chip's Candy Factory is your go-to for more unique and nostalgic sweet treats. Find these stocking stuffers at Chip's Candy Factory, Level 1 of Crown Center.
Spoof
Okay, so Spoof is a little large for a stocking but it still makes our recommendation list - especially if you're looking for a game to gift to an entire family. Spoof is a fun bluffing board game where payers make up answers to questions such as "_______ is the national bird of Japan." The key is that each answer must be only one word. Players then guess which answer is correct and points are awarded both for correct guesses and for fooling friends. This game takes about thirty minutes to play making it a nice simple game for family night. Purchase online here.
Honey
You'll find local honey and other healthy and natural goodies at Colonial Gardens.
Double Ditto
Double Ditto is another "larger than a stocking" but EXCELLENT game to gift to an entire family. This easy-to-learn game is GREAT for parties and family gatherings and can be played with groups (which can be hard to find!). Players write two answers to each prompt (i.e. Dangerous Jobs = Coal Miner and Marine). Unlike Scattergories, you want to have the same answer as others. You play 12 prompts each game and compare answers at the end to award points. The game goes quickly and is tons of fun. Purchase online here.
Don't Go Boom
Don't Go Boom is a creative card game where players attempt to earn the lowest score by totaling up the points on each player's minefield cards. Each card is worth a set point value and accomplishes different goals - look out for the Big Bad Bomb! This game moves quickly and holds attention well. Designed for ages 7_ and 2-6 players, this game can be played in about 25 minutes. This excellent game from Inspiration Play is available online here or on Amazon.
Tangled Twistmas
Tangled Twistmas is a new Elf on the Shelf game kids love. Designed for ages 5+, this 2-6-player game is quick and easy to learn. Players match lights and cords trying to create a complete circuit of Christmas lights. Because of the creative design, this game is new each time you play it as the cords are tangled and untangled over and over again. We found it to be a fun quick game to enjoy with kids. Purchase at Target.
Playfinity's Backyard League Gaming Baseball
Playfinity’s Backyard League Gaming Baseball combines the game of catch with technology. The ball is connected to iOS and Android devices through a mobile app via Bluetooth. The Backyard League Gaming Baseball is the same size and weight as a regulation MLB baseball. It allows players to track different stats about each throw they toss and catch, such as speed, airtime, height, and transfer speed. Once players have tried all six games at least once, they’ll unlock the application’s League Mode, which allows them to compete against other players around the world by playing games and comparing stats. The Backyard League Gaming Baseball is designed for kids 6-14, and it offers 70 hours of playtime on a single-cell battery. Available at https://backyard-league.com/ and Amazon.