My daughter and my husband love the Lego Botanicals collection. These gorgeous tree and flower sets work well as holiday centerpieces once you’re finished building—you can leave them right out on the table, instead of hiding them away in your Lego basement once you’re done. My 11-year-old built this lovely rose bouquet, which has articulated heads so you can arrange them in the case. For the winter holidays, we also recommend the Lego poinsettia set ($50), which was our centerpiece last year. —Adrienne So

A superbly loving parody that throws the best of Batman’s movie outings into the blender with a pinch of slapstick comedy and plenty of charm. Gotham is packed with collectibles, puzzles to solve, and an endless supply of thugs to bash. Melee combat is fun, as you counter and dodge to build combos, and there’s plenty of gadgetry to try out. This is the most fun I’ve had with a Lego game in years, and it’s perfect for split-screen couch co-op. If you’re not a Batman fan, there are tons of other great Lego games, based on other worlds, like Star Wars, Ninjago, and Marvel.

Who doesn’t love Snoopy? This set is an easy build and includes Snoopy, his doghouse, and Woodstock. There’s also a typewriter (fans will recognize the line, “It was a dark and stormy night”) and a campfire, with alternative legs if you want Snoopy to stand, hunch over to type, or lie back on the top of his doghouse. The Ideas range from Lego is based on fan creations that have been shared and voted on to become real sets. This one is lovely, but it’s definitely a display set, not something you’d actively play with.

If you have a coworker who likes Lego and would like to gift him or her something tiny and thoughtful, I suggest this little notepad. It’s very cute, with 224 pieces of paper, and one side looks like a brick. The notes themselves are about 5 inches long, which is big enough for a pretty substantial note! Chronicle Books has a whole line of Lego books, puzzles, and stationery for your Lego-obsessed friend. You could also throw in a pack of these brick erasers ($36) to make a little care package. —Adrienne So

If you also have an 8- or a 10-year-old, let me recommend a simple life hack—instead of caving to their demands to let them look at your phone while you’re out, just always carry a deck of cards in your bag. It’s crazy how many times my kids have settled down and waited patiently in a doctor’s office or restaurant, as long as they can start a game of Crazy Eights or Go Fish (I do not recommend Speed). These Lego playing cards are beautiful and brightly colored, feel sturdy, and have held up to several rounds of shuffling around a table. The box comes in a pack of two, so your kids can split it. —Adrienne So

With the holidays approaching, this is a great alternative to regular advent calendars. You get a Star Wars–related minifigure or build behind each door, including irresistibly cute Mando and Grogu figures in Christmas jumpers, critters like a Bantha and Dewback, and tiny ships like an X-wing and the Razor Crest.

I wish we were a family that kept treasured family heirlooms all wrapped up in tissue paper, ready to be marveled over at the next year’s tree decorating. Unfortunately, every year finds us with some Christmas tree–related disaster or the other. Our new puppy has chewed the stuffed animals that an uncle has sent us; my son has sent a baseball crashing into the ceramic horse head that I got as a kid. We always need new ornaments, so why not new Lego ones? These are very cute, and my son assembled them in a matter of minutes. —Adrienne So

Have all your sets now become disassembled, and do you need some inspiration while looking at the giant wheelbarrow of Lego bricks on your front porch? This is my kids’ favorite book for ideas on what to build. It has been a struggle to not “lose” it from the library.

All of the builds are fairly easy, and so far I haven’t seen any that require specialized pieces. However, you will probably need more than just 12 red bricks or 14 yellow ones to make many of the builds, so you should make sure your Lego loved one has a substantial collection already. If you want other sources of inspiration, we also like The Art of the Brick ($40), and I would be remiss if I did not include our own Brian Barrett’s book, The Art of the Minifigure ($35). —Adrienne So

If you’re having relatives over for the holidays, I suggest having a little puzzle like this to whip out while everyone’s waiting for you to put the final touches on dinner. It’s not one big puzzle, which can feel overwhelming and makes it hard to get off the dinner table—it’s four separate little puzzles. Your kids, or parents, or fun uncle (“funcle”) can work on each small puzzle separately and attach them together later. Each of the backs is patterned differently, so you can tell the different puzzles apart when you’re putting them away or back together again. —Adrienne So

As Lego-branded toys rolled into my house, I do have the caveat that my kids were very confused. (“Why are all these Lego gifts coming in but none of them are Legos?”) However, my son was immediately thrilled and delighted with this mug and demands that I wash it every morning for him to drink out of.

There are several faces to choose from if your children don’t want to match. It’s ceramic and can hold about 17 ounces of liquid—so, pretty big for a 7-year-old but nothing their little hands can’t handle. It’s dishwasher-safe. We’ve also received these off-brand Lego mugs ($13) as gifts, but again, the clutch power of off-brand Lego bricks is unsatisfactory and the bricks don’t stick on very well. —Adrienne So

You can bring some of your favorite Lego sets to life with third-party light kits. There are various options, but the best brand might be Light My Bricks. This particular light kit is for the Lego Icons Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D set, and it’s pretty pricey. That said, the kit is very well-made, with slim components that slot into place neatly; thin, flat cables; and no exposed solder or circuitry. The kits are also globally certified as safe, and the finished effect is awesome. Light My Bricks also makes light kits for a ton of other sets.

Do you have an artsy little Lego lover? My daughter has been obsessed with this notebook and carries it around everywhere she goes. It’s about 6 inches square, so small enough to fit in a backpack or tote bag, with a decent 176 lined sheets. It has a wonderful conceit—the Lego gel pen matches the color of the binding and clicks right into it, so it both locks the notebook shut and ensures you never lose your pen. That’s unless you’re 10 and leave your pen on the kitchen table, where your puppy finds it and eats it (see next). —Adrienne So