Gifts

We spent more than 30 hours trying 35 recommendations from experts, educators, and parents to pick the best learning and STEM toys. Here's what we found.

Wrapping paper is pricey and often not recyclable. Here’s how to make inexpensive gift wrap dupes like newspaper and craft paper look fabulous.

These 100 items are the most-purchased Wirecutter gifts so far this year.

We tested electronics kits with kids ages 7 to 12 and got feedback from parents and makers to find the most engaging ways for kids to learn about electronics.

We’ve got the stockings covered with mini delights for everyone on your list.

From durable cookie cutters to a nimble rolling pin, these are the tools we recommend to make holiday cookie baking fun and stress-free.

Nothing brings me more joy than making my family laugh—which is why I turn funny photos of myself into holiday gifts year after year.

After considering more than 45 Christmas tree stands and testing five models, we’ve found the Krinner Tree Genie XXL to be the best overall and easiest to use.

We set you up for Thanksgiving success with gifts that’ll either help your host or just plain delight them.

Once a week in our new newsletter, The Gift, our gifting experts will help answer readers’ biggest gifting conundrums.

Finding gifts for the aesthetes in your life can be hard, so we gathered the best recommendations from Wirecutter staffers with impeccable taste.

Whether you barely know them or they’re your work spouse, we have that perfect gift for that officemate on your list.

Kin and colleagues, kiddos and teens: Here are our favorite picks from our 2024 holiday gift guides, all in one place.

We combed our pages to find the most luxurious, extravagant, and, yes, expensive picks in our guides.

Commemorate the sparkle of your favorite newly engaged couple with just the right finds.

We’re making the case for a DIY Advent calendar—and sharing our favorite adorably tiny gifts. Plus: the best presents for grown-ups who don’t want to grow up.

Teachers appreciate any heartfelt gesture from students, but you can also give them something thoughtful for their classroom—or themselves.

These gift picks—from the luxe to the more quotidian—are the things we buy for ourselves to make everyday life just a little bit better.