BlsdMama Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 This is the oddest gift I've gotten. 1/2 size medical skeleton for our 10yo. But in the past there have been odd things.... the box of rocks, grit.... Please do share. I think homeschool kids make take the cake for odd gift ideas. :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCB Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 We got our dd an overhead projector for her 7th birthday. She was actually in school at the time, but it must have been a sign that she was going to end up a homeschooler lol! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Two years ago: Himalayan Sea Salt in a grinder for dd, and a ravioli press (she likes to cook, and basically caressed that salt every time we were at the store!) For dd's 18th birthday: a hand crocheted squid hat. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I wasn't homeschooled, but I guess it was already in my heart. ;) When I was in high school, one birthday I asked for a full-sized filing cabinet. I loved that thing! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raifta Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 DS desperately wants an old fashioned balance scale like this. I have no clue where to get one for him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 DS desperately wants an old fashioned balance scale like this. I have no clue where to get one for him. Amazon has everything ;). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I bought DS7 a turtle shell for Christmas. He wanted an assortment of pelts, including chinchilla, but those were out of my price range. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonHemlock Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 DS7 really wants a roll of Reflectex (the insulation that looks like silver bubble wrap). At first he was requesting toys for Christmas, but now he wants Reflectex and a model of the human body... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I'm not sure unusual requests are a homeschooler thing. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 We got our son a wolf sponsorship one year as his main gift, when they were becoming endangered in the 1990s. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 My vegetarian son wanted real animal bones. My FIL saved all of them from some bird they ate. He cleaned them up and everything. Youngest got a pringles can full of bones. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 DS desperately wants an old fashioned balance scale like this. I have no clue where to get one for him. We have a similar one in our bakery. You might try a baking supply store??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I wasn't homeschooled, but I guess it was already in my heart. ;) When I was in high school, one birthday I asked for a full-sized filing cabinet. I loved that thing! My oldest son (not homeschooled) used to be obsessed with office supplies when he was around 11 or 12. He would spend hours looking at things like the Office Max catalog and making out his Christmas wish list. He's almost 26 now and still has plenty of supplies! And he did get a file cabinet for his birthday as well. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 DS started complaining about the educational gifts he was getting for presents. This year there will be a few fun personal gifts, and still educational games wrapped up for everyone, instead of DS. I don't care. It bulks up the tree pile and I buy them anyway. 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadah Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Dd8 wants LfC for Christmas. She did the free trial and is in love. We are making her wait until next year, though. This didn't fit our budget. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 My daughter asked for a filing cabinet one year when she was a teen. We now call it the piling cabinet as it has many items piled upon it. Regards, Kareni 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 My vegetarian son wanted real animal bones. My FIL saved all of them from some bird they ate. He cleaned them up and everything. Youngest got a pringles can full of bones. Not a Christmas gift, but DS7 asked the host of Thanksgiving dinner if he could take the turkey carcass home with him, because he wanted to look at the bones under his microscope. Now there's a pile of dry poultry bones in a bucket on his closet shelf, waiting to be explored. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaceful Isle Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Stem science kits, and educational experiment kits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Two years ago: Himalayan Sea Salt in a grinder for dd, and a ravioli press (she likes to cook, and basically caressed that salt every time we were at the store!) For dd's 18th birthday: a hand crocheted squid hat. I want a hand crocheted squid hat! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Uranium marbles as stocking stuffers. Beartie Bott's Every Flavored Beans mixed with identical looking jelly beans from the specialty candy store so that they wouldn't know which was which. Dissection specimens For me: I get elements for my elements collection. Last year Beryillium and Gallium. Year before pure sodium (lots of fun if you know what you are doing, otherwise, just don't touch the stuff)....anybody know where I can get my hands on Plutonium? LOL :D The radioactive elements are tough to come by except for non pure forms like low grade uranium ore that is rejected for industrial purposes. Yah...orders regularly from a place called United Nuclear. We are SOOOOOO on the Department of Homeland Security's "What On Earth Are Those Loons doing????" list. Just bought dh this t-shirt, "There is no problem that can't be solved with the appropriate application of explosives." :lol: And "Black Holes are where God divided by zero." It will make eldest boy nuts because he has had to explain to so many students that dividing by zero is undefined. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raifta Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 We have a similar one in our bakery. You might try a baking supply store??? Oh that's a thought. We are heading out near one of those today; I will check there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raifta Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I want a hand crocheted squid hat! Which reminds me that I am knitting DS a stuffed squid for Christmas. As you do. Another one of his odd requests. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 DS desperately wants an old fashioned balance scale like this. I have no clue where to get one for him. https://www.amazon.com/Science-Wiz-Metal-Balance-1-100gm/dp/B00KA9SDIM/ref=pd_lpo_229_lp_t_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=8PSDQXHD5Y9CAYF5DDCC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Mushroom is the king of it in our house. He sometimes wants things like a package of new sensors, some LED lights, some extra wiring for something or other, better box cutters for cardboard projects... As a child, there was one Christmas when all I wanted was a set of encyclopedias and stamps for my stamp collection. All my friends got Cabbage Patch Kids that year. I remember my mother probably checked in with me every single day leading up to Christmas... are you sure you just want encyclopedias and an atlas and stamps, pumpkin? Are you SURE? I was SO happy though. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Sort of odd requests for gifts depending on perspective (some while homeschooling and some not)... old fashioned hats for DS (age 10/11/12) dressy walking canes for DS (age 10/11/12) portable microscope for both kids a large history reference book on Romans when DS was 9. Muse magazine real tool kit for doing their own basic repairs (got tired of borrowing the hammer/screw drivers) a bedspread that would work well during a zombie apocalypse collector coins good for long term investment (DS age 7) Architectural magazines (DD age 11) WW II documentaries Horse and Wolf documentaries Chemistry videos Cooking utensils Chef's hat fob watch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk8ermaiden Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 A lathe. She wanted the lathe from the MindWare catalog. I would have gotten it too, if the reviews were better. Not a homeschool thing, but a gymnast thing - she asked for a pumice stone and salve for her extremely calloused hands. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 My son got a didgeridoo one year, per his request. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 A dehydrated baby alligator head. It wasn't requested but older brother gave it to him in the kids' sibling gift exchange. Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) My oldest son (not homeschooled) used to be obsessed with office supplies when he was around 11 or 12. He would spend hours looking at things like the Office Max catalog and making out his Christmas wish list. He's almost 26 now and still has plenty of supplies! And he did get a file cabinet for his birthday as well. :) I :wub: :wub: :wub: office supply stores! ETA: (almost as much as book stores!) Edited December 9, 2016 by Jaybee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 A dehydrated baby alligator head. It wasn't requested but older brother gave it to him in the kids' sibling gift exchange. Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk This wins, in my book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicianmom Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 A dehydrated baby alligator head. It wasn't requested but older brother gave it to him in the kids' sibling gift exchange. Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk Off-topic: my husband brought one of those home from a business trip for ds who was 4 at the time. He took it to preschool for show-and-tell. Big hit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Nothing hugely different (my boys are just hard to buy for in general) but they both get extra notebooks and mechanical pencils as stocking gifts. This year I might add some good graphite drawing pencils. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Whaddya mean weird; these gifts are awesome!!! :wub: Oh, wait, yeah (former) homeschooler here. :o Edited December 10, 2016 by trulycrabby 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfABunch Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 DS desperately wants an old fashioned balance scale like this. I have no clue where to get one for him. Search lawyer scale on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0016Q0XSQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481340622&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=lawyer+scale&dpPl=1&dpID=41EEXazIwFL&ref=plSrch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 DD collects skeletons, 3D animal anatomy models, and stuffed microbes and organs. Her wishlist looks a lot like she's going to be teaching biology :). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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