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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Essential summer gifts for sunny parties in Sangamon County

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There’s nothing worse than trying to find a gift for someone and not knowing what to get them.

To take the guesswork out of gift buying, we’ve found practical and helpful gifts for any occasion, sorted by theme to help find everything you are looking for.

Top 5 “Summer Essentials” Gifts

1) Neutrally Buoyant Water Ball
For your next swimming pool game, toss around a Watermelon... Ball. Modeled after a real-life watermelon, this rubber ball can be dribbled, kicked, passed, and bounced—all under water. Fill it up with water and a little bit of air to make it neutrally buoyant—its density will match that of the surrounding water, so it doesn’t sink or float. Instead, it stays suspended in the H2O.

2) Reinforced Clean-Up Tarp
The EZ Reinforced Clean-Up Tarp makes yard work a lot less hard. With reinforced sides, sturdy ground stakes, and six built-in handles, this tarp can hold and drag up to four times more than a wheelbarrow can. Lightweight and durable, it folds up compactly for streamlined storage.

3) SmartFuel
Bio-ethanol fuel burns clean and without soot, smoke, or ashes. Emits no toxins, odor, or offensive fumes.

4) 24" Stake Rain Gauge
World's Coolest: 24" Stake Rain Gauge - Resin

5) Octopus Air Planter with Stand
ApricotMint: Octopus Air Planter with Stand - Carolina Blue

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