Unique Holiday Gift Ideas: Something for Everyone on Your List

Jingle all the damn way, friends, it’s (kind of, fairly close to) Christmas. It’s never too early to start Christmas shopping for our loved ones. And what better way to prepare than a holiday gift guide for unique holiday gift ideas?

Because basically all I do is trawl the internet and save favorites to my lists, I’ve got a whole bunch of cool, unique holiday gift ideas for everyone in the family (and even a few ideas for that coworker/in-law/acquaintance you’re kind of obligated to buy a gift for but don’t actually know that well… you know the guy).

FOR YOUR NEW HOMEOWNER FRIENDS

Marshmallow roasting sticks

I think we can all agree foraging for sticks is kind of gross when you think about what could’ve touched that ground filth beforehand. Also, if you’re anything like us you’ve picked poorly and your marshmallow falls into the fiery abyss when your stick breaks. These are so cute, so practical, and something you wouldn’t usually think of (plus I’d bet your friend doesn’t already own these).

Marshmallow Roasting Sticks, Set of 4

Personalized pie plate

If you’re a parent, grandparent or family member of any kind really, you’d be hard-pressed to find something more sentimental or tear-inducing than this gift.

BRB, making sweet childhood memories with our girl so I can gift this to her in 20 years.

Oven safe pie pan

FOR YOUR FOODIE FRIEND

Bike six-pack holder

Have you ever been meeting friends in the park and needed a place to store your beer? Yeah, us too. We’ve done the awkward stick-the-six-pack-under-your-wing thing, too. This would be perfect for your cyclist friend, and it can be used to keep other items safe in transit, too.

Bike six-pack holder

Foodie dice

This is such a cool idea for a friend that’s always hosting dinner parties, shopping at the farmers market or narrates their own cooking show while making dinner. Basically you roll the dice to figure out what you’ll cook that night and use it as inspiration or stick to it exactly.

Just as I was writing this I had a thought about how fun it would be to do as a friends group and make a potluck out of it!

Food dice

Cocktail print

Perfect for a bar cart, right? Love this as a gift for a young girl or guy decorating their first apartment or house, too. You know the type, they own like three dishes, one wooden spoon, they have a bare fridge but a full liquor cabinet.

Cocktail print

Head chef/Sous chef shirts

ADORABLE. Like, if you’re a foodie parent and have a little assistant it couldn’t be any cuter.

Matching chef shirts

Taco holder

Another one that falls under the category of ‘they probably don’t already own this but will get a lot of use out of it’. When the taco falls over and all the toppings fall out? That hits different. Don’t let it happen. Get a taco holder.

Taco holder

FOR YOUR CRAFTY FRIEND

Retro camper bird feeder

This is adorable, and a cute project your crafty friend or family could do. It’s a dream of ours to one day make over a camper, but for now we can do a bird house, which is kind of the same, right?

Paintable Camper Bird House playset

Funny embroidery kit

For your friend that’s taken up approximately 1,257 hobbies during quarantine, this will probably just about sum them all up into one.

Funny embroidery kit

FOR KIDS

Name puzzle

Kids love anything with their name on it, especially if you named your kid something like Asheleigh’e or Taiylore and they can’t ever get a keychain. Ever. This name puzzle is perfect.

Wood name puzzle

Be a friendly face print

Another sentiment we could all use, and you could even sneak this one in as an adult gift.

Be A Friendly Face Art Print

FOR PARENTS

Drawing necklace

If you want to make every mom and grandma cry for the rest of time, this is the gift to do it. What a sweet idea.

Actual Kids Drawing Necklace

Initial necklace

While we’re on the sentimental necklace train, this one is a little more subtle and an everyday item. You can also add to it if you’ve got more kids or grandkids on the way.

Initial necklace

FOR PET LOVERS

Custom pet portrait

This would be so cute by a leash holder at the back door, or displayed in a bookcase or on a shelf. If that bitch 2020 has taken away your friend’s best furry friend, this would also be such a sweet way to commemorate them.

Custom pet portrait

Cute pet bowls

To round out the adorable pet products, these personalized pet bowls add the perfect touch to your pet’s little area. We personally have these god-awful giant metal bowls that spill water everywhere and clang when our hungry dogs decide to sing us the song of their people, but I strive to have a cute dog food/leash/bed space because why shouldn’t it fit in with the rest of your decor?

Personalized Dog Bowl

STOCKING STUFFERS UNDER $20

Bingo

Before you laugh at us for being senior citizens, we have this exact set and have used it so much already. We originally bought it as a socially distant activity to do with friends (because you can stay spread out and don’t all touch the same things), but have grown to legitimately love it.

Bingo Deluxe Set

Ice cream coozie

Okay, so I got this for Alex last year and it has been used more than we’re proud of. If you’re a Ben & Jerry’s fiend like us, get it. Just trust us.

Ice Cream Pint Holder

Cooler light

If you’ve ever been camping or at a house party and had to dig your hand through an icy cooler tundra to find your drink, you know how valuable this bad boy would be.

Coghlan’s Inside Cooler Lid Light

Cord keeper

Dangling cords grind my gears like nothing else, and especially since we’re all working at home with our laptops, phone chargers, essential oil diffusers, coffee cup warmer, whatever else, we may as well do it in style. Another plus is that these cute little guys look way more expensive than they are!

Large personalized cord keeper