Saskatoon Gift Guide
The holidays are just around the corner! If you’re a last-minute shopper like me, let this blog serve as a reminder to shop local this year! There are so many amazing local stores, makers, and gift options!
Culinary
What do you get for the person who has everything? Something consumable, of course! Support your favorite local restaurant by picking up a gift card for someone you love! How about, Hearth, Odla, Primal or Odd Couple? To make the gift a little more personalized, give it with a card that includes some suggested orders! Favourite dishes you think they would love or a wine suggestion will make sure the gift is a lasting memory.
For those who are looking for stocking stuffers, who doesn’t love seeing a bottle of something local sticking out of theirs? Check out your favourite local brewery or distillery and grab a couple of products! Nothing spreads holiday cheer quite like local booze. Not a drinker? Pick them up some Road Coffee!
Children
Looking for the perfect gift for the child or child-like person in your life? Glitch Gifts has something for everyone! Check out their online store and browse through their categories, which include magic, cats, and confectionery. You are sure to find something awesome and completely unique!
The Remai Modern Art and Design Store have awesome options for everyone in your life, but their selection of kids toys and games is especially amazing. They have everything from jewelry kits to Andy Warhol temporary tattoos!
If you know an up-and-coming writer? Check out Soul Paper! They have gorgeous journals, pens, stickers and sketchbooks. Anything you want to get crafty!
Experiences
Saskatoon has some great experiences that would be great gifts! A gift card to one of the many experiences that Meewasin offers like the Birding Breakfast or Grazing Dinner for the warmer months, a night stay at Champêtre County where they can enjoy a winter sleigh ride, a private sauna experience with Back2Nature Wellness & Adventures, or plan for them to stay at one of our SDMH Hotels!
Photo Credit: Sik Pics
Sports and Outdoors
This year, we are all about getting outside and enjoying the winter. Escape Sports has all sorts of cool things for the outdoor adventurer in your life! You can also check out Life Outside Gear Exchange for any sporting gear and rentals! If your sports lover is more of a sport-watcher, think about picking up some Saskatchewan Rattlers, Saskatoon Blades, or Saskatchewan Rush gear!
Photo Credit: Carey Shaw Photography
We could go on forever, but we hope that what we have so far has sparked some local gifting ideas! Let us know in the comments where you will be purchasing gifts locally this year
Darby Sutherland
Darby is a renaissance girl in a specialist’s world. She rounds out her 9 to 5 at Tourism Saskatoon with a collection of side gigs. Catch her hosting her weekly radio show on CFCR 90.5 fm, or upping your girlfriend’s Instagram game with her camera skills, or DJing your 3rd cousins wedding. Now you see her. Now you don’t. @Darbarelli