40 Non-Toy Holiday Gift Ideas for ANYONE
If you’re looking for non-toy gift or stocking stuffer ideas for just about anyone on your shopping list (including family, friends, neighbors, teachers, and more), here are 40 ideas for you!
1.) Gift Cards (movies, restaurants, iTunes, etc) – get discounts on Raise.com
2.) Bowling Passes (check Groupon & LivingSocial)
3.) One of your favorite books
4.) Savings bond
5.) Beauty Voucher for a Free Massage, Facial, Mani/Pedi (check Groupon & LivingSocial)
6.) Magazine Subscription
7.) Local Museum or Zoo membership (check Groupon & LivingSocial)
8.) Personalized Christmas Ornament for current year
9.) Monthly Subscription Box (Kiwi Crate, Birchbox, etc)
10.) Homemade cookies, bread, or holiday treat
11.) Amazon Prime Membership – one of the best gifts! 🙂
12.) Custom Photo Book or Photo Album with Pictures
13.) Photo Blanket
14.) Local Concert Tickets (check Groupon & LivingSocial)
15.) 3D Puzzles
16.) Photo Calendar
17.) Homemade Coupon Book for various services (laundry, dishes, etc)
18.) Bath & Body Works or other Bath gifts (+ free printables)
19.) Crayons, Markers, Chalk, or other Art Supplies
20.) Fuzzy Socks or Slippers
21.) Popcorn Tin
22.) Corn Hole Outdoor Game
23.) Bubbles
24.) Shadowbox filled with memories
25.) Outdoor Sports Chair
26.) Nail polish and accessories
27.) Photo Canvas
28.) Fresh Flowers
29.) Hammock
30.) Bird Feeder and Seed
31.) Wind Chime
32.) Family Camping Tent
33.) Pajamas
34.) Wagon to pull kids on walks
35.) Fresh Fruit Basket or even a Fresh Pineapple
36.) Amusement Park passes (check Groupon & LivingSocial)
37.) Voucher for a Free Fitness/Cooking/Paint Class, etc. (check Groupon & LivingSocial)
38.) Redbox Gift Certificate (+ free printable)
39.) Family Name Wall Sticker Decal (love mine! 😀 )
40.) Roller Skating or Ice Skating Vouchers (check Groupon & LivingSocial)
What a FANTASTIC post…. Thank you & Merry Christmas!
PS- i’m going to suggest that my kids GIVE me a homemade coupon book, that way they can spend what little they have on other people. I’m going to give them some ideas, and hopefully they’ll come up with others 😊 (and it’s a fantastic way to show children that you don’t have to spend money to be thoughtful and in the holiday spirit!)
I always use the free photo books from shutterfly and make recipe books! That way I dont have a huge stack of papers and the quality is great. I have seperate ones for chicken, beef, desserts etc and then I also have family favorites volume 1 volume 2 etc 🙂 Just an idea
Great idea! Sometimes I have so many codes I don’t know what to do with them.
Yes, that’s a fantastic idea… Especially for the children I foster who “age out,” and are going out into the big scary world of adulthood. What a way to make memories, too!
What a great idea! I will have to keep that in mind.
You are so welcome! Merry Christmas! 😀
Anyone have info about #4-savings bond? I have read that they really aren’t a good investment and value could actually go down because of inflation?? Is there something better? I would like to set something up for my newborn, but am at a loss. Thanks for any information.
Remember, any money you put away is better than nothing! We always liked bonds when the kids were little because you can’t easily “touch” it, and there is plenty of time to a rye interest. Bonds will always be worth their original purchase price at a minimum–the interest rates are what varies, so then the maturity date does too. So, you purchase a series EE for $25, it’s printed $50 on the face– which is what it matures to eventually. You will eventually get there, it just takes time. Series I are purchased at the face price (so $50 buys you a $50 bond) but the interest rate tends to be higher. You can look at all of it online if you search US Savings bonds–just be sure you are at a .gov site. Hope that helps!
Thank you so much for responding!!!
529 college plan!
Completely agree about 529 plan. My uncle is a broker and he highly recommended we set up one for each of our boys. 🙂 We did, and they are now well on their way to having a substantial amount when they graduate and go to college.
We started buying silver for our son.
Jackie,
I just checked the US Treasury site. Any EE series bond purchased now would only earn %1 for the LIFE of the bond. Sadly this would be terrible investment for your baby. Bond interest rates are set twice a year so they might be a good option in future years. I have 2 grandchildren 1 and 3. I have been sending our daughter money to put into a 529. Not all 529’s are the same so do some research. We felt it was best to give the money to the parents instead of starting our own 529 because of the way colleges count the distribution as the student’s income instead of part of the family’s contribution. A much higher percentage of the student’s income is included when figuring out how much need based money a student receives. The only way for grandparents not to impact need based aid is to not give any 529 money until the student’s senior year. Since tax laws can change yearly you will have to continue to research this topic until your children are through college.
Good neighbors don’t give neighbors wind chimes — EVER!
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So agree! Don’t like to hear those all day and night when it’s windy! 🙉
I love to listen to wind chimes!
I love the fruit basket idea!! Thank you
Stephanie-would you explain how you make the recipe books. I really need to organize my recipes and this sounds like a great idea.
Thank you
I love the idea of a zoo or aquarium pass for my child he has too many toys a lot of them don’t even get played with much that would be an awesome gift!!
These are great ideas! Thank you Collin! Merry Christmas!
We are giving my husband’s brother and sister Amazon prime for Christmas! What’s nice is if they already have prime or if they decide they don’t want it (which why wouldn’t you want it?!?) you can turn it into an Amazon gift card. If they choose the prime membership, it starts whenever they activate it if I’m not mistaken. It doesn’t start when you purchase the gift.
That’s it! I’m giving nail polish and accessories to my brother!! 😉
Polly, lol! 🙂
Beef jerky is always well received by our bus driver.