Garden gnome

Garden Gnomes exist in The Sims: Livin' Large, The Sims 2 and The Sims 3.

In The Sims 2, A Guest may attempt to steal a Gnome from your lawn, however not when your camera is focused on them. If the Gnome is stolen successfully, any Sim in the Household can retrieve it, and it will appear on his/her Inventory.

In Livin' Large they can be made at the KraftMatic Woodworking Table. One of the spells, in The Sims: Makin' Magic can temporarily bring a garden gnome to life as a gardening gnome, which will take care of plants.

In The Sims 2 and The Sims 3 they can be bought as garden decoration. In the Sims 3, Sims can also find Mysterious Mr. Gnome in the mausoleum.