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squeakysqueakysqueak t1_j1lvjb2 wrote
Reply to comment by theprocrastatron in LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
Oh man you have come to the right place! Glad to have you join the community!
hellogirlsandgays t1_j1lv2tf wrote
Reply to comment by Greyh4m in LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
such a beautiful idea, and i love seeing videos of people getting stuff for their tots!
hellogirlsandgays t1_j1lv1vj wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
i dont remember most of the gifts i recieved as a child tbh, but i do remember that my mom would always say they were from random celebrities/characters that were vaguely related to whatever the gift was. so when my brothers got new shoes it would be from “michael jordan”. i got a diary one year addressed to me from greg heffley lol.
revengecow t1_j1lulk7 wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
My marriage proposal was in the form of a treasure hunt! This is our 19th xmas together. 🎄
Monkfich t1_j1lueur wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
Can confirm this works - I once had a treasure hunt using our Amazon Alexa dots - all bought cheaply on sales, and one in each room. My son would start in the living room, ask Alexa a keyword phrase to start, then the dot will give him a new clue and a room to take the answer to. He’d go to the next room, say, “alexa, the answer is xyz”, and if he got it right (and to the right dot), the dot would recognise it and give the next clue.
About 10 clues later he got a reward - good fun that doesn’t take huge amounts of money, and many households have a fair few alexa things kicking about by now.
revengecow t1_j1ludon wrote
buffchixdip t1_j1lts02 wrote
Reply to comment by tvieno in LPT: People don't necessarily like receiving the "extra strong" version of the thing they're known for liking as a gift. by SpyralHam
Aw man I dove into a jar of ghost pepper honey last night. Some of us love the self-torture
tvieno t1_j1ltp37 wrote
Reply to comment by lets_bang_blue in LPT: People don't necessarily like receiving the "extra strong" version of the thing they're known for liking as a gift. by SpyralHam
"oh, you like hot food! Then you must love the ghost pepper chili!"
No, I like how the heat adds to the dish. Too hot (spicy) detracts from the food and makes the meal unenjoyable.
SeegurkeK t1_j1ltlcz wrote
Reply to comment by Droidlivesmatter in LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
Yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
Princess_Little t1_j1ltb9i wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
Can confirm, my mom did this 30 years ago. Classic move.
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theprocrastatron t1_j1lsxat wrote
Reply to comment by squeakysqueakysqueak in LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
Thanks for this, I do something like this every Easter but it's a challenge coming up with ideas every time!
zubzub147 t1_j1ls43b wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
I love and have have done this for years now. When I first divorced I was broke and could only afford a couple gifts for her Xmas and bday. She loved running around trying to hunt her presents down that I kept up the practice. Now anytime I have a gift, she immediately starts running around the house. I hope she keep the tradition up when she's a parent.
TinaLikesButz t1_j1lrxfu wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
I used to do this for my daughter. She was an only child, and it seemed more fun than just opening everything in 5 minutes lol.
Sylogz t1_j1lrrua wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
We do this too cause I loved my treasure hunts as a kid. I don't remember the gifts I got but I do remember how much fun it was with all clues.
DroolingSlothCarpet t1_j1lrpq3 wrote
Reply to LPT: People don't necessarily like receiving the "extra strong" version of the thing they're known for liking as a gift. by SpyralHam
You've got to be kidding me.
RockyCasino t1_j1lrl3w wrote
lets_bang_blue t1_j1lrdat wrote
Reply to LPT: People don't necessarily like receiving the "extra strong" version of the thing they're known for liking as a gift. by SpyralHam
Hot sauce is great. Light your asshole on fire for the next 3 days hot sauce, not great. Atleast for most yet same situation. Mention you like hot sauce once and it's the easy go to gift
keepthetips t1_j1lr6ic wrote
Reply to LPT: People don't necessarily like receiving the "extra strong" version of the thing they're known for liking as a gift. by SpyralHam
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DeathStandin t1_j1lq6jt wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
Thank you for the great advice, hurting for money or not I agree with the comments below. The memories are the experience!
I hope those that are hurting find some relief soon.
Punchinyourpface t1_j1lnjwa wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
My friend does something similar for her son's "big" gift every year. He absolutely loves it. When he found out this year won't be quite as good as previous years, he said he still hoped they could play that game because it's the best game ever.
caydenslayz t1_j1lnhk1 wrote
Reply to comment by RunawayHobbit in LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
So did mine! But instead of clues there was a string and I had to follow it all over the house, outside, back in the house, back outside until I found the basket. Me, my sister, and cousins all loved that
HolIerer t1_j1lm4ps wrote
Reply to comment by Droidlivesmatter in LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
Presently, presence presents the prayer-sent present of presents.
charoula t1_j1lvt9f wrote
Reply to LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade
I'm not a mom or planning to become one, so I can't really put myself in those shoes, but I can clearly imagine my parents doing it once or twice and then half-assing it and then giving up altogether. I have no doubts that's how it would have ended up and I'm glad it never even started.
Where I'm getting at us, if you're going to disappoint your kids with "oh I'm tired because I'm hosting" "oh I'm tired from work", please ignore this LPT.