Guest Writer: Laura Biehl
The Holiday season is upon us again meaning the countdown is on to plan your family and work celebrations and start checking off items off your gift lists. As you make your holiday plans, remember that Downtown Lansing is a great place for your outings and meals, as well as to find special gifts for everyone on your list!
Check out our list of 25 gifts and ways to celebrate the holidays right here in Downtown Lansing:
- Downtown E-Gift Cards: You can purchase in any amount, and these gift cards are accepted at over 30 downtown businesses! Get them doubled in funds thanks to our partnership with Resch Strategies for a limited time!
- Grab tickets to an upcoming show at Grewal Hall at 224
- Have cupcakes delivered to your door from Sweet Encounter Bakery & Café or get a gift for the kids with a gift certificate for a cooking class or subscription cooking kits sent to their home!
- Purchase Snail Mail Club stationary kits from Dear Ollie
- Bath bombs, headbands, nail polish and other bath and beauty products make the perfect stocking stuffer from Sylvia’s Sudsery
- Give the gift of local art by shopping at the Lansing Art Gallery, Nelson Gallery, Ornamaloo or LaFille Gallery
- Date night dinner at EnVie, Bowdies, or Batter Up Bistro
- Board games, Funko pops comics and more for the kids in all of us at Summit Comics & Games
- Order a fresh flower subscription packages or other fun home goods and gift items from Sparrow Bloom
- Pick up a growlers with your favorite beer from Lansing Brewing Company.
- Purchase cocktail spirits and recipes or their cocktail club from American Fifth Spirits
- Order some fine Jewelry from Arendsen Jewelers in the Boji Tower
- Plan an office, family, or friends party at Lansing Shuffle, Midtown Brewing, or Studio @ 414
- Give the gift of river adventures with a gift certificate for next season from Rivertown Adventures
- Looking for a special gift for the book lover? Look no further than A Novel Concept
- Make mouths water with gift tins and tubs of salty and sweet treats from The Peanut Shop
- Give the gift of style when you shop Kositcheks, BeBe’s Boutique or Capital Hippie
- Gifts that give the whole year round!: Memberships at Impression 5 Science Center or R.E. Olds Transportation Museum
- Did you know Downtown Lansing features one of the best toy and gift shops in Michigan?! And they’re a non-profit? All items purchased from the Impression 5 Gift Shop at the Science Center, or their Market Shop at the Kringle Holiday Market
- Make the baseball fans in your family happy by purchasing season tickets to the Lansing Lugnuts
- Go out for brunch at Tavern and Tap, Bobcat Bonnie’s or Midtown Brewing.
- Give the gift of self care with gift certificates to Clover Joy Collective or Element Massage
- Support your fitness buffs in your family with classes at Firefly Hot Yoga Barre or State of Fitness
- Try out woodworking with a class at Tiny Bit of Wood or stop in to buy one of their unique items.
- Support local theatre by purchasing season tickets at Riverwalk Theatre.
Downtown Lansing has all this and SO much more to choose from and we hope you enjoy it and ensure our downtown businesses feel the love this holiday season. Happy Holidays!
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