The holiday season is fast approaching us, curiosity connoisseurs!
We all have a friend or two who has unique taste. Luckily for you, and your freaky friends, we have the perfect holiday gift guide.
1. Fun-Gi's
Do you have a loved one whose house looks more like a rainforest than a home? We have a wide variety of house plants, if you want to feed their addiction. If not, we have some unique ideas!
-Terrarium Dome $39.99: curated by our staff to include succulents and bones!
-Plant Sticks $14.99: in a mushroom or cat shape, this will be sure to spice up their potted plants.
-Glass Plant Mister $14.99: an essential for tropical plants!
-Unique Face Pot $19.99: quirk up one of their plant babies!
-"Little Book of Mushrooms" by Alex Dorr $17.99: an illustrated guide to understanding all the fungi world has to offer.
-"Floriography: the secret language of flowers"
-"Wildscape" by Nancy Lawson
-Handmade Notebook $8.99: with illustrations of carnivorous plants.
-Vintage Poster $7.99: in prints such as Botany Leaves, Cacti, Language of Flowers and Les Champignons
-Seed Paper Greeting Card $5.99: write to them on paper made with basil seeds for their garden!
-Fentimans Rose Lemonade $11.99: With floral notes and a Victorian Recipe, a 4 pack of this lemonade makes a great gift!
Stocking Stuffers:
-Monstera Leaf Keychain $15.99
-Mushroom Pin $11.99
-Stickers
2. Love Bugs
We have the perfect gifts for your friend that takes every spider outside in a cup. For the insect obsessed and the entomology dabblers:
-Our Entomology Kit $64.99: Everything you need to pin you own bugs at home!
-Insect Specimens $4.99-19.99: Boxed and ready to be rehydrated and pinned in your collection.
-Framed Specimens $29.99-149.99: Don't want to pin you own? Our in house entomologist, Sam, is the best at what she does! One of her beautifully pinned insects makes a wonderful gift!
-"Bugs" by George McGavin $24.99: A fascinating pop up journey into the world of creepy crawlers!
-"The Ultimate Bug Field Guide" by Thomas Nelson $16.95: The journal of a nature explorer, complete with detailed notes and watercolor illustrations.
-"Bees: Heroes of the Garden" by Tom Jackson $29.99: An insightful examination in 150 beautiful photographs of mankind's favorite insect.
-Vintage Poster Print $7.99: In prints such as Bugs and Insects, Butterflies and Moths, and Butterflies 2
-Handmade Notebook $8.99: With illustrations of beetles.
-Butterfly Paperweight $39.99: Preserved forever in the flying position, these butterflies make a perfect addition to an office space.
-Butterfly Stationary Set $16.99: With cards, envelopes and stickers featuring beautiful butterfly illustrations.
-Insect Pencil Set $12.99
-Plush Toys $39.99-54.99: We have Isopods, Snails, Cicadas, Beetles, Praying Mantis, Spiders and Moths!
Stocking Stuffers:
-Stickers $3.99: So many moth stickers! Dung beetles! Cicadas!
-Greeting Cards $5.99: The spider card and Pollinate me card would be perfect for bug lovers!
-Bug Marbles $14.99: Real insects encased in glass marbles.
-Racing Snail/Roach $6.99: Funky little plastic bug friends with wheels!
3. Witchy Folks
Whether you know someone just starting to learn tarot, or your loved one is a seasoned witch- we have the perfect gifts for their practice!
-Offertory Candles $1.99: In a variety of colors, each one having a special significance in spiritual practice.
-Brass Candle Holders $6.99: To decorate their alter space.
-Florida Water $15.99: An essential for any witch
-Horn Bowl $14.99: Made of composite horn, this bowl would be perfect for offerings on an alter
-Coyote Paw Bone $5.99: Can be used in bone magic or as alter decor
-Pigeon Foot $1.99: Used as defense from evil.
-Selenite Point $6.99: 4in tower of rough selenite, known for healing properties.
Tumbled Gemstones $0.99:
-Hematoid gemstone is for grounding
-Amazonite is good luck
-Fluorite neutralizes negativity
-Carnelian is said to give courage
- "The Complete Book of Astrology" by Kris Brandt $25.99: This friendly guidebook is the most complete introduction to astrology on the market.
- "Fortune Telling Book of Dreams" by A.M. McCloud $9.95: This book deciphers dreams and offers insights into our unconscious minds.
- "Llewellyn's Little Book of Tarot" by Barbara Moore $14.99: An ideal introduction to using the 78 cards to enhance your life and build a successful divination practice.
- "Love Spells: Rituals, Spells & Potions to Spark Your Romantic Life" by Semra Haksever $14.99: An introduction to simple love magic to give your love life a spiritual boost!
Tarot Decks: An essential for every practice, here's our favorites.
-Glow in the Dark Tarot $24.95: A glowing take on the classic Rider Waite deck.
-OK Tarot $22: The hand-drawn and very pink OK Tarot deck features simple illustrations of the major and minor arcana by artist and author Adam J. Kurtz.
-Tarot Mucha $26.95: A tarot tribute to the art nouveau pioneer Alfonse Mucha.
-Tarot Vintage $26.95: A new spin on the classic Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, this deck has been created with a linen-finish and antiqued look for readers who want a more historical feel.
-The Literary Witches Oracle $19.99: Unearth the wisdom of the witchiest women in literary history and let them guide your path.
Stocking Stuffers:
-Tarot to go $24.99: A 3 card unique tarot reading "to go!"
-Witch Greeting Card $4.99: Hand drawn by our staff, perfect for the witchy woman in your life!
-Let's Party Like It's 1699 Greeting Card $5.99: With a unique vintage illustration of witches running around a fire, this is a card you can be sure they'll hang onto!
-Stickers $3.99: My witchy favorites include the palm reader, planchette, death tarot and zodiac
-Lucky Rabbits Foot $4.99
4. Freaks
For your friends with truly bizarre taste, we have an eclectic collection of gifts.
-Emu Egg $49.99 + Metal Stand $3.99: A very egg-citing addition to any collection!
-Small Alligator Head $29.99: A taxidermy head is always a crowd pleaser.
-Poison Candle $16.99: Fill their home with the unforgettable scent of POISON! Our top four favorites are arsenic, cyanide, ether and strychnine, but they surely won’t cause any long term effects.
-Deer Leg $19.99: A taxidermy deer leg, why not!
-Fentimans Victorian Curiosity Cola $11.99: A 4 pack of cola made with the classic Victorian cola recipe!
- "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs" by Caitlin Doughty $15.95: Doughty blends her mortician’s knowledge of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious, and candid answers.
- "Crap Taxidermy" by Kat Su $13.99: Whether you choose to laugh or cringe at these spectacularly bad attempts at taxidermy, you won't be able to tear your eyes away from the curiosities inside.
- "Sideshows and Other Carnival Curiosities" from Ripley's Believe it or Not! $29.99: Learn the true stories behind some of the most fascinating acts in both sideshow history and modern times.
Stocking Stuffers:
-Raccoon Jaw Necklace $34.99: In gold or silver, a real raccoon jaw bone will make their outfits unforgettable!
-Rattlesnake Eggs $4.99: This envelope of fake eggs will rattle and buzz when opened. Why wait for April Fool’s Day to prank your friends?
-I Love Your Guts Greeting Card $5.99: A fun vintage medical illustration to express your love!
-Skeleton Greeting Card $4.99: Drawn by our staff
-I <3 Dead Stuff Bumper Sticker $3.99: So the world knows how freaky they are!
-Stickers $3.99: My favorites are the Triclops, Bearded Lady, and I love your guts
Still stuck on what to get your loved one? Try one of our Curiosity Boxes!
A Black Curiosity Box $49.99: Contains one specimen, and 3 smaller items. The specimens can be skulls, pelts, tails or small taxidermy!
A Gold Curiosity Box $74.99: Also contains one larger specimen and 3 smaller items, just of a higher price or rarity.
From everyone here at Curious Nature we hope you have a wonderful holiday season and we can't wait to help you curate the perfect gifts for your loved ones!