What gift ideas do you have for your naturalist companions? (or what are you hoping Santa will bring you?) [image]

I love the terrarium pendants that I see on Etsy - there are lots of examples but here is one: https://www.etsy.com/listing/530991159/mushroom-necklace-terrarium-jewelry-moss?ref=hp_rv-3&frs=1&cns=1 However, I don’t know how well the resin preserves the natural specimens over time. Has anyone had…

My parents got me a state parks pass and a national parks pass last Christmas, and that’s covered dozens of entrance fees for my adventures this year. I wouldn’t be surprised if they got me the same thing again this Christmas, but I would be quite happy.

[image] aphili8: I don’t know how well the resin preserves the natural specimens over time I have a ginkgo leaf in resin. It was yellow but turned brown eventually.

I have some of these, and one is also on my microwave! When I had guests (back when that was a thing) it would often startle people.

I think this would be a great, timely gift, helping support the conservation of an imperiled endemic plant that just lost 40% of it’s population overnight : [image] https://center-for-biological-diversity.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/short-sleeved-unisex-t-shirt-tiehms-buckwheat

A loupe is a perfect gift if they don’t have one yet. $15-25, small, handy. There are some decent pocket microscopes for cheap, too, or a Foldscope kit. Law’s Guide To Nature Journaling. Got this for my birthday and it is fantastic. Rich and inspiring, even if you never start basket journaling! Th…

Unfortunately, I do not have a 3D printer. Those earrings posted by @michaelpirrello are great ideas. I was thinking of mugs with various taxa. Or Snow Globes, where instead of fake snow, it is falling fake butterflies/ants/animals. I am not a Snow Globe maker, so I do not how it would actually work…

I prefer function over form so I wouldn’t like such earphones or other gadgets that sacrifice function for form. Just a decoration that doesn’t affect the function is okay though and I have entomologically themed socks, shirts, etc. Photocamera (for better iNat observations), digital microscope (mi…

Gift Ideas for Naturalists

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arboretum_amy October 2, 2020, 3:11pm 3

This reminds me of the Christmas we got my nephew fake banana slugs, and he stuck them to surfaces all over the house and his mother was so alarmed!

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