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Who hasn't dreamed of seeing themselves on a banknote? No, you're not a megalomaniac, but it's a lot of fun to be in George Washington's shoes. He was the hero of the War of Independence and was the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. The American banknotes are illustrated with presidents who have made history in the United States. The first note for the first president. We insert your picture or the picture of the person of your choice on a 1 US dollar bill. What could be more rewarding than to be printed on the famous “greenback”, the symbol of American currency. The dollar is the most widely used currency in international trade. On July 6, 1785, the dollar became the official currency of the United States. At that time there were only coins. It was not until 1861 that the first green notes appeared. An unusual gift to decorate your home. An American dollar personalised with one of your photo, a numismatic gift to offer for a birthday, a Father's Day, a retirement gift, a gift for a graduation... The photo of the newborn baby as a birth gift to wish him or her prosperity and fulfillment. A precious gift that symbolises success and achievement. .

Who doesn't know the card game?

A pack of cards is made up of a number of cards illustrated on the front side, of various subjects on a particular theme and all having a different value and decorated on the back with a common theme to the game to allow for anonymity when a player holds the cards in his hand. When the cards are collected in a pile it is called a card game and is a social game: as it is most often played in society but some card games can be played as solitaire games.

Many regions have card games with their own specific traditions, practices and customs.

The varieties of card games are important: yellow dwarf, canasta, rummy, poker, jass, bridge, crapette, belotte, tarot, battle etc... These games all have different rules, which can vary from one region to another. Some games are played with 32 cards and others with 52 cards or 54 with the 2 jokers.

Some card games are dedicated to a single game and unusable outside a specific context, such as the monopoly card games ("Community Box" and "Chance") Monopoly, which elsewhere cannot be played without its two packs of cards. 

Good fun, giant playing cards for a classic yet unusual party game gift with many possibilities. To play with friends, to decorate during a party, to do magic tricks or to build a house of cards...

Chinese checkers probably do not come from the Far East, despite their name. On the other hand, Chinese checkers are a variant of the game Halma, a game created in England at the end of the 19th century by the American George Howard Monks, who invented a game called Halma, a name derived from the ancient Greek meaning "jump" but also an ancient pentathlon event.

This first version of the game is played on the grids of a 16x16 square board. The version we know today was adapted under the name Stern-Halma (Halma: star) and patented in 1892 by the German company Ravensburger. This version of the game is played on a star-shaped game board. However, it can be seen that there is a rather similar version on a star-shaped board in Asia...

When the game was first marketed in the United States by the company J.Pressman & Co. under the name "Hop Ching", the expression "Chinese Checkers" was used for the first time. However, this game in its initial square form is still called "Halma" in many countries... Gift idea for playing with the family, a very nice wooden board game gift. Original gift idea for a birthday, or for the end of the year celebrations.   

The game of tic-tac-toe is a strategy game for 2 people. An original gift, inspired by the game four on one line but in 3D version. A traditional game revisited in three dimensions instead of two. The rules are simple: the players take turns placing a pawn, as in the classic tic-tac-toe game. You have to line up 4 pawns of the same colour to win in three dimensions: horizontal, vertical and of course diagonally. In this 3D tic-tac-toe game, the goal is to prevent the opposing player from placing four pawns next to or above each other! A nice gift of wooden board games. A 3D board game that makes the game more exciting. A nice challenge and nice evenings ahead. A great gift idea for teenagers or adults. The 3D wooden tic-tac-toe is also an original interior decoration gift: the wooden object brings a delicate nuance and colour to your home. The 3D tic-tac-toe is very nice to display on a piece of furniture in your living room or bedroom. For a trendy decoration. It is always interesting to integrate wooden objects to enrich your interior decoration. The 3D tic-tac-toe is a playful, convivial gift and a beautiful decorative object.

The puzzles, an original wooden game gift, are from Greece. The first puzzle game dates back to the third century. This gift idea for teenagers, young people, mothers or men is an unusual gift that can be played alone or in groups. But what is a puzzle? It's a game that starts from a situation that is usually random and disordered and ends in a well-defined order, following predetermined rules. There are different types of puzzles, geometric games (i.e. mathematical games), logogram games, numerical games, card games, so the best-known puzzle is undoubtedly success, etc... But the best-known puzzles are the Puzzle and the Rubik's Cube... The first puzzles were called "Stomachion", a square game divided into 14 parts, which had to be put together in a predetermined order and could be combined in many different shapes. Puzzles were very popular at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Professor Hoffmann published a book with the title: "Puzzles old and new." It described 40 puzzles with all the secret mechanical details. This puzzle book has become a reference for this exciting type of game. Wood is undoubtedly the most suitable material for puzzles, despite the fact that it is easy to work with, such as plastic.

If you're looking for a safe way to decorate your home with candles, there's no better way than with LED candles. You'll be sure to have a cosy, romantic and soft atmosphere, and LED candles are the ideal solution. 

They're a much better alternative to traditional candles, so you can enjoy a peaceful evening without worrying about a potential fire.

Looking for a soft, intimate atmosphere this Christmas? You don't have to rely on traditional table lamps, the usual floor lamps, hanging lamps of all kinds, wall lamps and other designer lamps in a wide variety of styles that you can find on the lighting market at all prices, and often with very high wattages. For special occasions, choose from the various scented candles you'll find on the Gifts-custopolis.com website, or opt for the odourless LED candles that present no danger of burning, no more fear of spilling the candle, no more wax that might stain the beautiful tablecloth, armchair or piece of furniture inherited from grandma, candles that won't set your home on fire, ideal for making the environment safe when there are young children around. These LED candles can be used for every festive occasion. LED candles have become a must-have for decorating Christmas, New Year's Eve or any other festive occasion. And so a breath of freedom blows through these candles, updated candelabras. The most sophisticated ones even have a fake flame that moves just as well as the real thing. LED candles are a unique home decor for any festive occasion.

History of the cup We know the story of the pottery kiln from an ancient Chinese poem, the "Shuihuzhuan" (poem about the origin of objects). It reads as follows... There was once a man named Zhou Bo, who had a son named Lu Buwei, who had a daughter named Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei was the first person to make porcelain ware, which she then presented to her father, who liked it so much that he gave her this land, where she built a kiln and started making pots for sale, with her father's blessing (he needed the money, after all!). She sold them very well and soon became rich; however, she wanted to give something back to her parents for their generosity, so she asked her father if he would accept these two cups, which she said were the best ever made. One day Lu Buwei decided to build a kiln so that his sister, Jiang Wei, could make pots. He went into the forest to collect clay and saw beautiful pieces of glazed porcelain lying in the ground among the roots of the trees! He took them home, and the next morning he called his son, Lu Buwei, and told him to take these pieces of porcelain to make pots, and then took him to see the kiln where they had been collected.

A friendly game adapted from the famous TV game show. Have fun at home as if you were on TV. Organising a lottery or a game of chance on the occasion of a fancy-fair, fair, birthday or any other celebration will no longer be an impossible mission, thanks to this wheel of fortune that will amuse young and old alike. This wheel of fortune is a great support for lottery games, games of letters, numbers or any other game from your imagination. Numbers from 1 to 30, letters from A to Z and four jokers! Installed on the stable solid wood base, the wheel rotates easily on your table. Be creative and invent lottery games. Try your luck. For example, if the wheel points to the letter A, look for a star name starting with the letter A. The first one to find it wins a point... Another suggestion: turn the wheel if it indicates the number 8, you have to make 8 small jumps to win the point. If the wheel falls on the joker you win the point easily and effortlessly. It's up to you... The Wheel of Fortune is undoubtedly an original and fun game to play at home, a board game to play with your children at home, a game of chance to have fun with your friends... A nice and original gift to offer at Christmas, or on the occasion of a birthday.

Me, I am Tiger woods! I am Jack Nicklaus... This is how a game of minigolf could start between two young friends in the living room, protected from the winter bad weather or at any other time of free time. So it's an original idea for a birthday, an end of year party. It should be noted that the miniature golf course was invented in 1867 to allow women to try their hand at golf, a golf course previously reserved for men. However, miniature golf courses did not appear in geometric format and were mostly made on artificial courses with mostly carpet coverings around the beginning of the twentieth century. Named "Golstacle" in the press, the magazine "The Illustrated London News" referred to it in the magazine "The Illustrated London News" on the 8th of June one thousand nine hundred and twelve. This game of miniature golf has many elements to make a miniature golf course to entertain oneself when one has some time or when a friend comes to the house. This game will undoubtedly make you want to try out the closest miniature golf course to your home. The qualities to play mini golf are self-control, patience, concentration, but often a little luck... However, keep your China vases and crystal vases away from golf balls.

The origin of croquet can be traced back to the game of pall-mall which was played in the French countryside in the Middle Ages. It was Louis XIV who had it transferred to the table in his palace so that it could be played even in winter and the game would then have become billiards. The English copied the game around 1300 and, after many developments, it became golf in Scotland and croquet in Ireland. Popularised during the second half of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, contemporary croquet is mainly practised by Anglo-Saxons: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, etc. For many of us, this croquet game seems to be just a pleasant pastime and an ideal wooden game idea to offer as a birthday present for dad or as a fun gift for young people. Croquet also brings enthusiasts together in a Belgian federation that was founded in 1994 and which organises tournaments. Croquet can be played alone or in teams, most often on grass, but sometimes on the beach (sand) and even on ice. Teams range from two to eight players. The aim is to make the wooden ball go through the field as quickly as possible by advancing it with a mallet. The ball must follow a precise course, delimited by hoops, under which the ball must pass. The courses differ according to the number of hoops to be crossed, the direction of the course, etc. A fun outdoor game to play with family or friends.

This wooden game box offers the possibility to play with the two board games most practiced in many families: chess and jacquet. This box is portable thanks to its handle. It is a remarkable and practical gift that will please the lovers of wooden board games. The box is carefully worked with marquetry in the lid. The learning of the backgammon game is quite fast. The goal of the game is to be the first to have brought all his pieces to his camp, called jan, and to have taken them out of the board one by one. Backgammon is a game in which luck intervenes and where strategy and experience are paramount. While having fun, the game of chess allows children and adults to develop their concentration, creativity, and improve their strategy and memory. It is the king of the board game and has many followers all over the world. It is fairly easy to learn. The chess game is played on the outside of the box. All the pieces, except the king, can be taken from each other. The object of the game is to make the king mate because the king is threatened with capture at the next move and no parry is possible to avoid it. A fun gift for the whole family, from classic games that are passed down from generation to generation, to rules known by everyone, from children to grandparents. Offer these wooden board games, an entertaining gift for moments of relaxation and conviviality.

Bingo is a very popular board game. This game of chance, of American origin is inspired by the lottery. Bingo is played with family, friends or at large gatherings of amateurs. How to play bingo? Choose a leader among your guests. For example, a dynamic person with a sense of humour. He is called the shouter and turns a large metal wheel containing 150 numbered balls. One ball is drawn at random. The crier announces the number. If the number is on a player's grid, he covers it with a token. The object of the bingo game is to be the first player to complete his or her entire grid of 25 numbers. The player must then shout BINGO. It's a lot of fun. A game to have fun during your family evenings or to liven up a birthday party, a simple and fun board game for all ages. The bingo game is the perfect gift for all gambling enthusiasts. You are looking for a board game that is easy and accessible to everyone. You like to have fun with family or friends. The game of Bingo is a nice traditional game for hilarious moments. An original and fun gift idea for children, teenagers and adults.