Instead of kids getting more toys for Christmas, consider gifting a trip or experience! Here are ten fun ways to wrap an experience under the tree!
Whether your kids are older, you have too many toys, or you enjoy experiences more than things, gifting a family trip toy to our kids for Christmas is not only a fantastic way to celebrate the holidays with family time but also keeps the holidays about spending time together instead of accumulating more things. Here are some creative ways you can reveal your surprise trip!
You can also use these ideas for anniversaries, birthdays, or just revealing your next family vacation to the kids. The gift of travel is priceless, and your family will remember these adventures more than those they got on Christmas morning. I love to gift travel! You can also use some of these ideas for concert tickets, sports tickets, and other expensive gift ideas for your family.
Ten creative ways to gift a trip or experience for Christmas!
1. Wrap up a Christmas ornament that tells the recipient where you’re going!
2. Wrap up a puzzle that shows the destination. You can also wrap up other travel items as clues, such as travel brochures, books, or a guidebook.
3. Wrap up a travel bag, suitcase, packing cubes, backpack, or luggage with a bow. You can even pack the bag if the trip will be over Christmas bread! If you’re not leaving on the trip immediately, you can gift a new travel bag for the journey!
4. Print out a boarding pass from Santa! Here is one you can print out for free!
5. Prepare a passport, plane ticket, travel schedules, and other trip details. Include activities you plan for the trip, photos of your hotel or resort, and wrap up the piece of paper! This will create anticipation for your upcoming trip!
6. Create a video message from Santa. Platforms like Portable North Pole (PNP) and Santa’s Video Call let you customize video messages from Santa by entering details about the recipient (like name, age, favorite activities, and even things on their wish list).
7. Make a beach basket or a basket showing where you are going
8. Wrap up a Map or a globe- showing where you are going.
9. Make a travel kit. You can include travel-sized toiletries and other essentials for the plane. You can also include t-shirts,
10 Wrap any of these things using wrapping paper from that destination. ( the beach, Disney, National Parks, etc.) If you are going to Disney World or Disneyland, you can usually find a lot of choices for wrapping paper.
Florida Flamingo Christmas Paper
Also, check out:
Creative ways to give a gift card.
It turns out that experiences make the best Christmas gift ideas! Did you use these ideas to reveal your surprise vacation to your gift recipient? I would love you to tell me how it turned out by commenting on this blog post. You can also find me on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Your whole family will love their road trip or vacation as a gift and treasure it forever!
