6 Fun Holiday Gift Ideas

These fun gift ideas will make anyone on your Christmas list smile.

Tired of giving your friends and family gift cards and IOUs as Christmas gifts every year? Try some of these affordable and fun gift ideas to make this year of gift giving the best one yet!

Specialty Hot Beverage Set


Most people love all of the delicious specialty drinks coffee shops have in the winter, but may not love having to spend five dollars per beverage. Why not pick up a nice pack of instant coffee and put it in a nice basket along with whipped cream, chocolate sauce, spices and peppermint extract for a heart and stomach-warming present? Who doesn’t like creating their own steamy concoction on a cold winter’s day? You can even purchase some wafer cookie straws to dip and sip the sweet seasonal beverage.
 


A Musical Storage Box


For all of your friends who are music freaks, make them a personalized box covered with music references. It’s the perfect gift for them to store all their ticket stubs, photos and other souvenirs from their favourite concerts. Use any cardboard box or a shoebox and cover it with pictures of your friend’s favourite bands and song lyrics. You can use a hot glue gun and get creative with other elements as well!



Bath Beauty Box


Pamper your friend with all she needs for a relaxing bath experience. Grab some scented bath bombs, soaps, shampoos and shower gels and put them all in a nice little basket. There are lots of great bath shops to check out, including Lush, which carries products perfect for the holiday season. Check out Lush’s festive soaps that look like candy canes or the Abominaball bath bombs. Few people can resist the delicious scents and steam of a hot winter’s bath, so sniff around to find the items your friend will like the best.



Internet Humour Poster


If you have a friend who is known for making people laugh until their stomachs hurt, rather than giving them an ordinary present, make a poster with Internet jokes and references on it. Whether the poster is based on Lolcats, other Internet memes or clips from funny sites like College Humor, a few pictures and some witty quotes are all you need for your gift to be truly hilarious.


Ugly Sweater


We have all seen the horrible itchy sweaters our parents wore in the ‘80s, but now you can give Christmas presents with that theme as well. If you have a few friends to buy gifts for, go to a local thrift store and pick out the ugliest sweaters you can find. Then, your entire group of friends can wear their sweaters out to a movie or dinner and call yourselves something cheesy like “The Polyester Pack.” It is a ridiculous and hilarious gift that will surely give you and your friends some fun holiday memories to remember and laugh about every Christmas season.
 


How-To Book


Can you French braid, perform card tricks or knit? Whatever your skill or talent is, why not pass on your knowledge to a friend? This is an ideal present for all of your friends who love to try new things. Make them a personalized how-to book, where each guide contains the best gift of all: a new skill set. Just sit back and watch how quickly your companion falls in love with magic rather than gift certificates.

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