The countdown to Christmas is on!
We’re trying something new this year when it comes to gift giving…

We’ll be gifting more experiences than things this year which I’m very excited about! ✨
One of our favorite *experience* gifts that our kids have received are swim lessons. I can’t believe how much the girls have learned in just a few months of swim lessons at Goldfish Swim School. I used to teach swim lessons in high school and college and I am beyond impressed with the program they have. We go to the location in St Charles, IL but they have locations all over the US.
I’ll be sharing more details on our experience in a separate blog post but I waned to share this holiday giveaway with you today (see below to enter!).
Here are a few other ideas that are great experience gifts for kids (adult list coming soon!):
- Zoo passes or museum memberships
- Highlights Magazine Subscription (my kids love these)
- Movie tickets
- Art class (ie: pottery, painting)
- Kiwi Crate (craft box subscription)
- Gift card to favorite family friendly restaurant
- Plane ticket to visit family or a hotel stay
- Owl Crate – book subscription box with a newly released book + goodies from the author
- Swim lessons
- Local resort day pass (some hotels offer this where you can have access to their amenities for the day. Swim, play, etc.)
- Raddish Cooking Club for kids
- Tickets to a show or concert (ie: Disney on Ice)
- Little Passports subscription
Any other ideas that I’ve missed? Send them my way and I’ll be sure to add them to this list!
Here are the details on the swim lessons giveaway:
(ps. you can enter to win for a family or friend too!)
The package includes 2 months of swim lessons at any Goldfish Swim location in Illinois PLUS an array of goodies! You can enter by commenting the following on the latest instagram post (so easy!):
TO WIN:
1. Comment with the ages of your little fishies on this instagram photo. Include the GSS Chicagoland location closest to you.
2.) in the comments use hashtag #GiftTheGoldenExperience ✨
Let me know if you have any questions and GOOD LUCK!
