This holiday season I’m shopping for all of my girls at one of my favorite stores, Target! This holiday season Target will inspire and help moms to uncover what their kids are coveting for Christmas through online resources and helpful hints from the Target Kids’ Gift Detective.
This year Target released their kids’ catalog which will provide gift inspiration and savings on the season’s must-have items. Target.com/KidsGifts is a go-to source for browsing and shopping for thousands of gifts! Using Target Kids’ Gift Detective tips for a Covert Christmas Mission we went shopping for some of the hottest gifts this season!
My husband and I both went shopping for our girls so together we disguised the items we put in our cart. TIP: When you arrive at the store, line your cart with “undesirables” (like jumbo packs of frozen Brussels sprouts or books about manners) so your kids can’t see the real gems hidden inside. You can also swing by the container aisle to convert your cart into a covert shopping storage machine. Just place one big, closeable bin into the basket and add their wish list items to the bin while you wheel through the aisles.
I love the idea of hiding presents right under their little noses. Using some high end custom wrapping paper with our family photos I wanted to create something I could hang right on my walls. Since the festive paper has family photos on it, it easily lends itself to being hung on the wall.
That’s exactly what I did! I easily attached a chain, you could use ribbon or even use small nails to attach to the wall.
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Their presents will hang right under their noses and they will look great too! A little Christmas decor doing double duty as a the ultimate Christmas presents!
- Kids’ Gift Detective Tip 1: If you are giving a smaller gift such as the Beats Solo On-Ear Headphones, try wrapping it in a large box to disguise it and with something heavy inside to weigh it down. Or wrap an obvious shaped item in the same package to really throw kids off the trail. Place a basketball on top of a boxed gift and wrap both together – the box will look like the basketball packaging until the wrapping comes off.
- Kids’ Gift Detective Tip 2: Often times on Christmas morning, there’s one big gift that kids are longing for. To build up the excitement for opening “the big gift,” give smaller accessory items that accompany the big gift, creating a scavenger hunt that leaves the presence of the big gift in doubt until the moment it comes into view. For example, if the big gift item you’re giving your daughter is a Barbie Dream House, give her a new Barbie, a couple of Barbie outfits and place a note within one of the smaller gifts that leads her to where the Barbie Dream House is hidden.
You can visit ABullseyeView to view all of the Kids’ Gift Detective tips. Be sure to follow Target on Facebook too!
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Your shopping tips are great! I’m eyeing this Lego set for my nephew:
Happy holidays!
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I like tip #2 and plan on using it.
I like scavenger hunts!
I love Kids’ Gift Detective Tip 1 I use it all the time you have to keep them guessing
I like the idea of faking the weight of the product.
I LOVE #2, the scavenger hunt is such a fun idea!!!
#1- I enjoy disguising gifts for my kids.
wrapping smaller gifts in BIG boxes
wrapping small presents into bigger boxes..i love it
I like tip #2
I like Kids Detective tip #1
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I always do gift tip #1
Small gifts in big packages. Its fun because my dad always tries to guess what his present is. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I like the wrapping small gifts in big boxes. I do that with my teens gift cards
I like the tip to wrap small gifts in big boxes. It would be fun.
#2 build up to the big gift!
i like the idea of creating a scavenger hunt in tip 2!
I found tip #2 to be helpful. I like the idea of giving accessories to a bigger gift and including a “treasure map” of sort to find the hidden bigger item.
I like the scavenger hunt tip! Makes Christmas extra fun for everybody.
Love tip 2, about leading up to the big gift!
I like tip 2. We’ve done a similar thing in the past when the kids were little. Sort of like a scavenger hunt.
I like tip #2. It makes it more fun to get the big gift.
I like to use appliance boxes or just brown cardboard so they have NO idea what’s inside!
wrapping small gifts in large boxes
changing the tags on gifts for the kids
Love the idea of small gift in big box
Thanks
wrapping small gifts in big boxes!
I think the “covert cart” tip is the most helpful for my family!
We always wrap smaller things in bigger boxes, otherwise they’ll usually guess correctly that the item’s a gift card…
Definitely wrapping small things in larger boxes!
I like wrapping small gifts in large boxes
Wrapping small gifts in big boxes.
I love the invisible ink idea from Jonna Mendez. What a cute way to find out what is in the letter to Santa! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
Wrapping a little gift in big packages!
wrapping small gifts in large boxes – I do this.
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I like to create a “covert cart”. The kids are always distracted at checkout anyway!
wrapping in different boxes so they dont have a clue
I love the Clandestine Communication tip. I need to see if the lemon juice really works.
always tip 2
wrapping small gifts in big boxes! so much fun!
We always do tip #2 🙂
I Like the 1st tip..LOL
We have done this and it is Great!
Like to keep the kids guessing..
I like Kids’ Gift Detective Tip 1 of hiding a small present inside a large box to disguise the present
I love the idea of giving them accessories first….kinda to build up the excitement and make them wonder!
I like tip 2 and have used it before- give the accesories first and lead up to the biggie. Its always fun to watch the excitement!
I like the tip of wrapping small gifts in big boxes
To build up the excitement for opening “the big gift,” give smaller accessory items that accompany the big gift, creating a scavenger hunt that leaves the presence of the big gift in doubt until the moment it comes into view.
i do the small item in a huge box, or i will put other objects in that box so it sounds way different then it is.
wrapping in a bigger box for sure
I love the Kids Gift Detective Tip 1
Love the donation idea. Because it’s also important to teach our kids about helping others.
I like the tip about doing a scavenger hunt for big gifts, what a good idea!
I like the tip to have the babysitter do an art project with them to get ideas for gifts. I’d have the babysitter take it a step further and have them draw *the* one gift they want the most. Especially, since my kids seems to want the entire catalog of toys.
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wrapping small presents in a large box
I like the tip to make friends with the elves!
I like the “wrap smaller gifts in bigger boxes” tip.
I love the scavenger hunt idea! (My father would do that for our larger gifts and it was one of my favorite parts of Christmas morning!!)
I like the idea of using large boxes to disguise gifts.
I like the scavenger hunt tip!
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If you are giving a smaller gift, try wrapping it in a large box to disguise it and with something heavy inside to weigh it down.
This tip is good: Often times on Christmas morning, there’s one big gift that kids are longing for. To build up the excitement for opening “the big gift,” give smaller accessory items that accompany the big gift, creating a scavenger hunt that leaves the presence of the big gift in doubt until the moment it comes into view.
Tip two is the best! I like the scavenger hunt idea…makes that moment last longer….Really great idea!
I like the idea of the scavenger hunt for smaller toys to go with the bigger gift!
I like the “Santa’s Secret Ink”
For me the most helpful tip the detective offered was to use kids’ choice of Halloween costume as a guide for the kind of gifts they’ll like — that’s ingenious! I also like that she covers a lot of the most common costumes and offers specific toys and games that correspond to them.
I like the tip to “To build up the excitement for opening “the big gift,” give smaller accessory items that accompany the big gift”
I like the Covert Observation tip!
Wrapping small gifts in big boxes – my mom loved to do that growing up
I like the scavenger hunt idea
The scavenger hunt idea!
I like tip to give smaller accessory items leading up to the big gift.
I like the “Santa’s Secret Ink” tip. What fun!
I like the disguising the gift idea – make it look like one thing but once it’s opened.. it’s something completely different. Adds to the fun and the surprise.
I like the tip 2 you shared, brilliant. I’m going to try this one. Also I like the idea of being friends with the elves.
I like tip #2 – doling out the smaller accessories and building a scavenger hunt for a big item.
we do both, build up for hte big gift and disguise in small boxes, both are great tips!
I like #1 disguise your gift in a different sized box to throw them off
I love the Kids Gift Detective Tip 1, I have been doing this to my children lately.
I like the tip about making friends with the elves.
I like the idea of wrapping small presents in a large box
I like the scavenger hint idea, my parents did that a few times when I was younger and it made it even more fun and special
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I like the Kids’ Gift Detective Tip 2. All of them are so great!
I like the Jonna’s CIA Tip: Access Agents – thank you.
I liked the first gift of disguising it while wrapping it.
Kids’ Gift Detective Tip 1:I have done similar in the past myself.
I like the idea of disguising the gift.
scavenger hunt is great
Probably the scavenger hunt.
I like Kids’ Gift Detective Tip 1 best.
I like wrapping small gifts in bigboxes
I like the 1st tip, to try wrapped a smaller gift in a much larger than needed type box to disguise the gift!
I like the scavenger hunt idea.