When I was a kid, both sets of grandparents lived with us, so with my 6 sisters and my brother and my folks that was 14 people in the house. On Christmas day, all the cousins from 2 other families would come over, so there would be 25 kids running around. Now my Granpa Clff was a nice guy, a grumpy, quiet old nice guy. And on Christmas day he wanted to make sure all his grand kids got a present from him, but to make a big deal out of it would have embarrassed him. So he would go off to Sears (maybe, could have been McAlisters) and buy 30 or so pairs of slippers, various sizes, colors, styles etc. And on the big day he would dump them out and tell us to take what we wanted. We looked forward to this, wrestling around trying to get a pair that not only fit, but weren't too ugly. Was great fun.
So I'm gonna try my own version of Grandpa Cliff's method: I have 3 kids, 4 grand kids, 4 great grand kids, and 2 neighborhood kids. That's 13 boxes I'm gonna make, put them on the floor and say take your pick. I'm sure they won't be ready for it, and there will be a lot more decorum than when we went diving for slippers. I have saved a bunch of cut offs from various projects, and I got a great deal from Cassen's lumber on some small gnarly slabs with some cool figure that I was able to buck out nice material from. And he threw in a 7' piece of sassafras, which I have never used before - quite an interesting odor when cut.
So far it has been pretty cool - no plan, just designing as I go, using templates from other projects, mixing woods, letting the wood dictate size, style, etc. Lotsa sawdust - lotsa fun. A couple of them will even incorporate my wife's stained glass work. Nothing like spending time with the LOML in our shop working together. Life is good.