40 Natural, Tasteful Gift Ideas

Tis the season to think of others!  It is truly satisfying to give a well-received gift that won't end up at the landfills in a month.  A compilation of handmade gift ideas is soon to come, but here is a list of personally-recommended boughten gifts either cherished in our home or on our wish lists:

Stocking Stuffers:

• Soaps & Lip Balm from Graham Gardens
• Organic Mexican Chocolate for eating or making Mexican hot chocolate
• GMO-free vegetable wax candles
• Non-toxic nail polish
• Sling shot with a bag of marshmallows to shoot
• Natural teething toys for baby
• Organic tea

For the Kitchen (some items could be put together in a beautiful gift basket):

• Flour sack dish towels (easily embroider them for an extra personal touch)
• Adjustable measuring spoons
• Fun Measuring Cups (on my wish list)
• Wooden reamer for quick lemon juice for tea and soaking flours/nuts/seeds.
• Lettuce knife
• Pie crust covers
• Kefir, sourdough, vegetable, and other culture starters
• Apple peeler/correr/slicer
• Pretty glass jars for dry food storage (you can fill them with a homemade treat)
• Cast iron skillets (the sizes I use most are 10, 6, and 4-inch)
• Large stoneware bar sheet (I use them as baking sheets)
• Stoneware muffin pans
• Chemex coffee maker
• Iced coffee maker
• Raclette (on my wish list)
• Wusthof knives

For the Children:

• Organic Baby Gift Set
• Wooden Blocks (ages 0 and up)
• Playsilk (ages 0 and up)
• Lincoln Logs (ages 3 and up)
• Beeswax Candle Making Kit (ages 5 and up)
• Felting Kit (ages 8 and up)  

Books

• Candlemaking the Natural Way
• Soapmaking the Natural Way
• Nourishing Traditions
• Raising Organic Chickens
• The Backyard Homestead
• Back to Basics (a fun, family read)
• The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer (or any of Joel Salatin's books)

Big Gifts That Will Make Healthier, Higher Quality, Food & Save Time & Money:

• Excalibur Dehydrator for making fruit roll-ups, crispy nuts, apple chips, beef jerky, and dried fruit and berries
• Vitamix for smoothies, hummus, egg nog, hot cocoa, sipping chocolate, batters, baba ghanoush
• Food processor for grating cheese, mincing onions and peppers, making energy bars & pie crusts
• VitaClay Slow Cooker (on my wish list) 
• Coffee roaster for home-roasting coffee beans to get high-quality, Intelligentsia-esque coffee for the price of Folgers.

What would you add to the list?  

I'm sharing this at Monday Mania, Simple Lives Thursday, Pennywise Platter, Real Food Wednesday.