Forget about your Aunt who is coming to dinner on Christmas Eve? Want to do something small for the mailman/pool guy/pet groomer and not sure what, or worse forgot? Need a gift for a teacher or pastor or even a friend who bought a little something for you?
Here are some solutions!! Even better, they won’t break the budget and you might have them already in your home!! So enjoy, and think outside the box! Even if you don’t use anything from this list, hopefully it gets your creative muscles flexing and your come up with something perfect!
Sprinkles, a cookie cookbook, and a spatula. These were all picked up at my local Target for under $15, FOR ALL THREE! It’s fun, it’s festive, and its functional.
A simple cookie cutter and fun homemade ornament!! Even the small bag came from the dollar store. This entire gift wrapped up and all cost under $3!!An Entire Year worth of Happy thoughts!! This book provides a smile each day. And if your 2020 was lacking in rainbows and butterflies, then for just over $15 this book will make sure 2021 has many more in store!!
Festive and fun. Delight your friends or family with a bottle (or two) of German Spice Wine retails at your local Aldi for $4-6 a bottle, and make a couple spice packets that smell AMAZING to give with the wine. Instructions are to warm the wine with packets in it and serve warm. To make spice packets just clove an orange, then add allspice and star anise to a coffee filter. Tie closed with twine and a cinnamon stick and your gift is ready!!!
Hope you got some fun ideas!! Don’t forget the good old cookies or banana bread in the mailbox or on the porch for your favorite delivery drivers!! Please share your fave go to last minute gifts in the comments.
