white elephant gift ideas

i have a white elephant gift exchange coming up and i had a few ideas but i definitely wanted to see what gifts have been hits at your exchanges! so naturally i posted a submission on my stories and i received a flood of recommendations! in addition to all of your amazing ideas, i received so many messages from you all asking me to share the submissions so i’ve compiled them all to this blog post for ease and tried my best to categorize them.

i included as many links as i could so you can quickly shop for your white elephant needs. most of these items are under or around $25 but there are a few that push that limit a bit (going up to $35). happy shopping!!

now…look at me posting twice in one year on my blog hahaha! watch out world!

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WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT IDEAS

Gift Cards:

• Amazon

• Sephora

• Target

• TJ Maxx/Marshalls/Homegoods

• Starbucks 

Technology & Accessories:

• Apple airtag (tons of recs!)

• Mini portable speaker

• Charging pad

• Portable charger

• Rechargeable hand warmers

• Rechargeable lighter

• Electronic wine opener

• Electric Pepper grinder

• Rechargeable lamp

• Battery Daddy

• Selfie light

Home & Lifestyle

• Cookbooks:

• Snoop Dogg (tons of recs!)

• Matty Matheson

• Claire Saffitz

• Stanley Tucci

• What’s Gaby Cooking

• The Defined Dish

• peanut butter cookbook

• cheese board deck

• Cooking kits: 

• Gingerbread cookie

• Mini waffle iron & mix

• Tabletop fire pit & s’mores kit

• Mulled wine kit

• Bagel making kit

• Mini massage gun

• French press

• Thrifted art 

• Pickleball set

• Stanley cup/Yeti

• Pura air diffuser

• Cocktail shaker or bar set

• Candles and candle warmer

• 4 in 1 veggie chopper or slap chop

• Tub of maldon salt (tons of recs!)

• Glass straws

• Wine and decanter

• Blanket

• Stovetop popcorn maker

• Olive oil and dispenser

• Chocolates:

• Costco

• Ferrero Rocher

• Hot sauce set

• Graf Lantz coasters

• Black marble kitchen scale

• Label maker

• @wayfaringprints 

• Evelyn Henson mugs

• Cocktail napkins

• Yoga mat

• Plant

• George Foreman Grill

• Hot dog toaster (not going to lie, I really want one haha!)

• Mini cast iron skillet

• Dash mini appliances

Beauty

• Foot peel mask/exfoliators

• Under eye patches

• Makeup removers

• Kitsch satin heatless curl set

• Silk- lined shower caps

• MAC lipgloss

• Laneige lip products

• Perfect Pedi

• Scalp scrub and exfoliator tool

• Acupressure mat

• Face ice roller

• Gua Sha tool

• Shower steamers

• Londontown nail concealer set

• Wire head massager

Clothing & Accessories

• Hat and scarf set

• NYON Hat

• Cute umbrella

• Roll up sunglass case (I have this and it is game changing!)

• Hanky panky undies

• Slanket/Snuggie/Blanket Hoodie

• Fanny pack

• Barefoot dream socks

• Boat & Tote 

• Fuzzy slippers

• Silk eye mask

• Sleep spray

Funny & Misc.

• Lottery tickets (tons of recs and this is my family’s favorite holiday tradition!)

• Sexy calendars: fireman, priest, lumberjack

• Karaoke mic (tons of recs!)

• Motion activated toilet light

• Squatty potty & poo-pourri

• Two batteries (with note of “gift not included”)

• Airline pockets

• A live goldfish/betta fish (multiple people sent this in and I died laughing! but please make sure the fish actually gets taken care of!)

• Shake weight

• Games:

• Code names

• Uno No Mercy

• Let’s Fucking Date

• Cards Against Humanity

• What Do You Meme

• Play doh

• Legos

• Therapy box: book, crystals, & tissues

• Polaroid camera

• Tamagotchi

• Food soaps from etsy: hot dogs, cookies, pop tarts, etc

• “Ring for Beer/Champagne” bell for a bar

• Framed picture of yourself

• Sequin pillow with Danny Devito’s face on it

• Twilight Edward pillow

• 23 & Me

• Ornaments:

• Aquanet hairspray

• CBD gummies

• Chia pet

• Nerf Gun and accessories

• A dozen bagels

• Hangover headband

• Jewelry Cleaner Wand

• Sweater piller device

• Hammer/Screwdriver combination

• Banana hats

• Celebrity prayer candles: harry styles, betty white, taylor swift, dolly parton, etc

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