Okay so I wanna buy 5-7 of my closest friends a beautiful gift but I have a budget of 20 dollars and their all getting ME a gift.What are some good,but cheap things I could buy for them and possibly where?
2006-12-04 11:46:13 · 5 answers · asked by MaMu 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
try www.gifts.com
2006-12-04 12:33:25 · answer #1 · answered by depplover8990 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if you mean $20 for each or $20 total, but here are some ideas:
1. Soft, fuzzy slippers and some nice foot lotion
2. A pretty scarf, hat or gloves
3. A nicely scented bath gel or lotion
4 A ticket to the movies in a basket with candy and popcorn.
2006-12-04 20:02:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A picture of you and/or your family in a nice (second hand, perhaps) frame. You don't have to have special or "professional" pictures made.
A calendar made on your computer and personalized with birthdays or other special days.
Hot pads are just densely woven material filled with rice or other grains. Just sew three sides of a rectangle, then fill it with grain and sew the fourth side closed. Add a tag with instructions to heat two to three minutes in the microwave.
If you knit, don't stop at sweaters or warm things. Knit dishcloth and towel sets from cotton yarn for the kitchen, or face cloths and hand towels for the bathroom. A two dollar towel is a luxury when it's handmade.
If you do other crafts, look for unique patterns and ideas. Personalize them by using the right colors, styles, etc., for the person in mind.
Jewelry can be made very inexpensively with materials like shells, rocks, buttons or feathers. Mountings are very cheap at craft stores.
If your giftee likes popcorn, package up a "special seasoning", (or dehydrated cream soup or sauce) and add a bag of popcorn. (This makes a video seem like an extra special gift.)
If you're sending gifts to family or friends far away, look at what is naturally abundant where you live that they might not have access to. Pecans and black walnuts, citrus fruit, piñon nuts - depending on where you live, these things might seem common and cheap, but to someone else, they may be hard to come by, and expensive.
If you have muslin or something similar on hand, make small (1 - 2 tablespoon size) muslin bags. Fill with oatmeal mixed well with a drop or two of essential oil (extracts for food will work). To use, drop a bag into the tub while running bathwater. Package these in a plastic bag or container with snug fitting lid.
Use your computer to print out bookmarks, calendars, labels, patterns, forms, recipes, pictures and so forth. Present them in collections, either in booklet form (use a stapler) or paste onto index cards and present them in a recipe box. For children, print a collection of coloring pages from the internet.
Buy or make a recipe box and fill it with your special, ethnic or cultural recipes. Make it as large a collection as you can.
Many house plants can be easily propogated by cuttings, so if you have some, find out what it takes and get it started in time to for it become established before giving. Tie it up with a pretty bow.
If it's too late to start a potted plant from one of your own, find an interesting planter (mug, wide mouthed vase, canning jar, etc.). Put a few small rocks in the bottom and fill with planting soil. Plant herb or other seeds, then water and keep it warm until time to give. Print instructions for watering, light, and anything else necessary.
2006-12-04 22:23:45 · answer #3 · answered by BookLovr5 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of those glass figurine kiosks in the mall.
Candles that you have added to with crafts.
Home baked cookies.
Bracelets or charms.
2006-12-04 19:51:20 · answer #4 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.SelfStirringMug.com
2006-12-04 19:53:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋