Re: Interesting and Unusual Gifts Under $20
A magazine form the birth month; easiest to get is National Geographic-it is everywhere, for cheap.
Making personalized magnets with art or photographs. The sheets of magnet are now at dollar store, etc. Before I knew that, I used the merchant-distributed magnets I had from pizza places, etc. You use glue stick to stick the photos or clip art or cut up magazines or calendars on the magnet. Very little effort for a craft item.
Search (perhaps online) for the person’s name: first, last, both. You might find a book by an author with the same name. You might find a line of items that has the person’s first or last name as part of the brand name, or something in another language: Kim is a name for caraway seeds in Croatian. People with both my name and my boyfriend’s name have written books. I looked up some co-workers and was able to find something interesting in most cases.
Personalized bath item. I made my dad bath oil once, ingredients were honestly way under $20, actually I'd bet under ten for a big bottle. Light oil-canola will work-glycerin, a tiny bit of borax to blend. I stuck in some aloe gel and some vitamin e oil. Scent-essential oils, left over perfume. The important part, though, was the personalized label. I made a batch especially for my dad-“Dave’s skin softening bath oil” and he displayed the label on the bulletin board at work. Admittedly this one takes more effort, but it was big impact-I used his favorite scent melon.
Book fan: you need to be able to look at the bookshelf, and they need to collect a somewhat prolific author-over ten books. Find a bibliography of that author online. Make a Word document, listing titles and years. Mark all the ones the person has somehow-bold, highlighted text, whatever. Get one or more of the books; used good condition you can get 4 or more for $20. The gift is mostly the document that lets the person know exactly what books they need to fill the collection.
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