Thursday 13: Gift guides we love

A holiday round-up for last minute wannabe gift-givers

1. Thingamababy shares the five hottest (and freeest gifts for small ones. Reminds me I’m still planning to nab one of those appliance boxes from work for a giant fort!
2. The Mighty Goods Gift Guide is the mother of all gift guides (and sort of the opposite of our first pick). We love fellow rookie mom Andrea’s superhero necklaces.
3. Dutch’s 2006 Holiday Shopping Guide for the Indie Sonofabitch Parent — ‘nuf said.
4. Uncle Mark’s Gift Guide and Almanac — he narrows down all the choices to the best pick of cameras, phones (the same!), and now a baby gift guide that looks suspiciously like our own registry list. Right on.
5. Design*Sponge Bloggers Wishlist is what Whitney would have put together if she had more time and less children. Gorgeous, handmade, and fun.
6. Cool Mom Picks have both the Holiday Gift Guide and Safer Toy Guide in case you wouldn’t be happy just giving your baby a cardboard box.
7. Gastronomic gifts that rock from the Food Section gift guide — I’d like to see what Milo would do with that Loopabowl!



8. Urban Outfitters has collected three pages worth of gifts under $50, including these brightly colored Lomography fish-eye cameras for the sibling who fancies himself hip and artsy. Whitney will be buying the Florida Gators tee for her husband.
9. CityMama’s easy and cheap (and local) guide to homemade gifts. Now step away from the mouse and make something.
10. The Design Public Gift Guide is another favorite for well-designed adorability. If you’re too cheap to shop here, start a wishlist.
11. The Mominatrix holiday gift guide is like none other on our list. Oh snap.
12. Auntie Karen’s guide of potentially impractical but completely fabulous gifts for families
13. More? Check out 39 mom-tested holiday gift ideas in the Rookie Moms Holiday Shopping Guide.

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