So, I just starting doing this just this year. My son gets so many gifts from my family for Christmas that it’s embarrassing to carry it all home. I also don’t want my son to be overwhelmed and then quickly underwhelmed with all the toys and other gifts.

I decided to take half of the gifts and put them in a hidden place in the house and wrap and give them to him when he does something special, for example last week he received a “gift” when he entered preschool without tears for a week. Other times he will receive a gift when he goes a week with no accidents at school or when winter time blues hit and he could use a pick me up because playing outdoors isn’t possible due to the cold.

It’s actually a lot of fun because each gift gets a lot more attention and I explain to him who wanted him to have it, etc. Let me me if you do this, too!