r/Gifts

This year, my mother in law and I are hosting a family womens gift exchange. She said all the women in her family did this when they were younger and she wanted to try again! She reached out to her family and 22 have agreed to do it.

I am SO excited but that now means I have to make 22 gifts. Part of the “rules” are homemade/DIY gifts only and you give a gift to everyone. I need to get started on the gifts, like, yesterday lol!!

I am a fairly crafty person and I’d really like to make everyone a nice gift, hopefully without spending too much $$. I can draw and paint well, I know the basics of sewing and how to use my embroidery machine, and I’m a very crafty/ thrifty person. I’ve been looking up ideas but most are food related and I prefer to not go that route unless I’m really out of time 😂

Does anyone have any ideas? I’d love to do something unique that everyone loves… The only thing I have come up with so far is painted door hangers or painted cutting boards, but that can add up quick!! lol.

As the title says, I need gift suggestions for my soon to be one year old niece for her birthday. We’ve never met her in person, only over FaceTime because we don’t live in the same province. She’s starting to walk, more like just stands but she’s getting there. Loves toys and has a ton of them but we want to give her something she will cherish but doesn’t cost an arm and a leg and is easy to ship. We live in a very rural community so going to a store is not really an option.

We also don’t have children, so I’m at a loss of what to get such a young child. I don’t really want to give her the usual clothes etc because anyone can get that. I want her first present from her aunt and uncle to be special. Please help! :)

Hi all!

Making this post partly for my mom and partly for me. My dad is turning 50 in a month and we've been wracking our brains to no avail trying to come up with gifts.

Context, avoid if you want:

Now the title is a little misleading in that my dad isn't "high maintenance" but he is about his birthday and about gifts. He's quite particular and will hold his bday not being appropriately celebrated over you down the line even if he is like "oh I don't feel like celebrating"

That said, I love the man to bits and I do want to get him something nice, especially because I will be missing his birthday this year. My partner's has elderly family that live abroad who aren't doing so well that he wants me to have a chance to meet while they are around and I a) want to meet them too and b) have been working myself to the bone without stop for years trying to be a doctor. I haven't taken a vacation or real break in years and this short period of 2 weeks is the only time that works for the both of us since he's ending a job just before the trip and starting at a new one just after. It does mean though that I'm missing his bday, and my mom planned a trip with him, partly because he loves to travel and partly to save me lol. All that to say I really need to make this up to him. But idk wtf to get and neither does my mom

Budgets/constraints:

My budget is probably around 100-150 dollar. My mom's is 1K.

They'll be traveling and I won't be with them for the day so either needs to be purchasable in scandinavia, small enough to bring, or I guess a picture of it / "coupon" being like this is waiting for you works.

He has a wallet he loves, probably too many colognes, a skin care routine, a handmade italian leather belt.

I'll be getting his favorite cake delivered to their hotel if possible too.

Interests:

Woodworking (I think he has all the things though)

Photography (same here lol)

Electronics

Sci-Fi (man loves his sci fi books and like star trek and such)

A nice scotch/whiskey

Loves food but is low carb

Other details:

My dad does value well made things - me and my mom have gotten him things like really high end perfume from a niche fragrance house, handmade italian leather belt, etc. He has almost a European fashion taste.

He's also a higher up in an organization and needs to look professional a lot.

Thank you all for your help!

hi! looking for gift ideas for my (27F) little brother who's turning 13 next week. he truly would be happy with a grain of sand but looking to be a little creative than that. he won't give me ideas so I'm at a loss and looking for suggestions

things he likes:

- legos (please don't suggest sets (he has most, and the ones he doesn't have are outside my budget) but if there is anything outside the box I could do that's lego adjacent I am all ears)

- space - he has a telescope already but idk what other ideas that are adjacent to this

- sharks - loves sharks/favorite is a hammerhead

- loves drawing & making things (in the past I have gotten him paint markers, sketchbooks, arts & craft supplies - he loved this but also want to switch it up a little)

- plays hockey, soccer and more recently started football

- more recently has gotten into marvel

would like to spend around $100

thank you :)

My aunt is a rich but very very humble woman, she doesn’t like receiving expensive gifts or even gifts at all, doesn’t like perfume. She doesn’t drink. She is picky about clothes and bags and shoes. She is almost 40. We are super close, like we do everything together. She is my mom’s brother’s wife. My uncle told us all to think about something to do like plan something for her birthday but we are clueless about it, we have never really planned anything for her birthday. Idk if this is the right group but is there anything older people would love to do? She is into meditation and stuff but she would rather spend the whole day with us than go to a spa or meditation camp because she does that quite often.

Hello everyone- my newish (2-3month) friend is turning 30 this weekend and I want to get her a good gift but I haven’t been around long enough to have a notes app going.
Here’s her hobbies:
- sour dough baking
- cross stitch
- musicals (phantom of opera, she made me watch moulin rouge)
- Disney
- she is very cool and stylish so I don’t want to get any clothes or decor for fear of missing the mark

I was thinking maybe some fancy butter for one of her loaves? Is that lame (lol see what I did there)?

She mentioned before how her last birthday was a flop so I would really like to make her feel seen.

Thanks for the help and ideas <3

I am someone who has purchased almost everything like not in a flexing way but generally that trending skin care, fragrance, bags shoes everything as gift, I have also made hand made gifts.

but this time my mother just came and said I don't want anything I have everything, Ik she wants something different but I am just not able to understand what would be a great gifting idea? my budget for now is only 10-15K.

My brother is getting his PhD and I want to get him something for the occasion. He is very outdoorsy, does ski touring, hiking, bouldering, climbing, mountain biking, likes to travel, likes good quality stuff, good quality food, is a decent cook, is currently between jobs and between homes. Is not sure where life will take him next.

My thoughts so far are a nice watch or a really good Swiss Army knife. I'd love to invite him on a weekend trip but there's no chance I can get away from the kids for a weekend. Any other ideas are much appreciated.

ETA budget can be between a few hundreds to $2000 for the right gift.

My friends birthday is coming up and I have no idea what to gift! I asked if there was anything she would like, and she said I wallet. I gifted her years ago was nice, but it's not like I could gift her another wallet!! I don't know what to do, I feel that im terrible at gifts, I had gifted them a salon experience last year, but they still haven't used that either, so im lost on things to get 😕

My sister(late 20s) has a birthday coming up, and I need to get her something! She's a nurse who globe trots and goes hiking in her spare time. My gifts have been well received in the past few years... but I'm running out of travel related gift ideas.

What I've gotten her in the past/semi recently: leather luggage tags, a personalized passport holder, the Beis weekender bag and a travel blanket from Gravel. She already has packing cubes, a travel jewelry box and makeup bag, all kinds of adapters for international travel, battery packs and a ton of different reusable water bottles. I think she already has a National Parks Pass as well.

Any thoughts on something I could possibly get her that she doesn't already have?

I (26F) am looking for a wedding gift for my groom (26m) for our wedding in November. All the websites are saying boudoir photos or something of that same vibe but I just couldn’t do that personally. I’m normally a very good gift giver but this is just hard. I want it to be sentimental but something he will use everyday. He’s already got a good watch, a leatherman, and just about everything he needs. Does anyone have any suggestions? I’ll take anything off the wall you got to suggest.

I have to give gifts to 3 girls age around 24. My budget is around $70 to $100 for each person. Can you all please recommend me something good.