White Elephant Gifts

[meliss8599]

What are some good ideas for around $5?

I want the item to be somewhat, if not totally, useful. We're going to be picking numbers and you ideally want the last number b/c, as they #s progress, you can steal the gift from the people who went before you. Sounds like fun!

 

[LuvBaloo]

We did this at work last year, and the most stolen gifts were the bottles of wine (it was a $10 price limit). I'm not sure what you could get for $5.

Other ones, were a coffee mug with a small packet of flavoured hot chocolate.

 

[meliss8599]

We did this at work last year, and the most stolen gifts were the bottles of wine (it was a $10 price limit). I'm not sure what you could get for $5.

Other ones, were a coffee mug with a small packet of flavoured hot chocolate.

$5 IS pretty hard to work with but Trader Joe's has a wine for ~$3 that's actually pretty good so that's a good suggestion. I was also thinking of a nice shower gel from B&BW w/a loofah. On sale I should be able to find something around $5.

 

[ahutton]

Alcohol gifts have been huge at every exchange I've ever been to. For $5 I might look for a small bottle of good wine. World Market will have some that should be very close to that price.

One year I got kitchen towels that were holiday themed. They are something I would probably not buy myself but I love them and I use them every year.

$5 Starbucks cards were big at one office.

 

[MomNeedsVacay]

thats tough...if its all women...you could get 3 pairs of funky, fun panties from Charlotte Russe for $5....

 

[RangerPooh]

In my family we do this but with tacky gifts. It's always a hoot. For a $5 budget here are a few ideas:

-Gift cards; McD's, Subway, Starbucks, Blockbuster Video, Baskin Robbins,
-Coffee mug with a flavored coffee or two inside (you can get the small single pots sample size at Safeway for cheap)
-Candy bars placed in a container of some sort
-Lotions or bath wash
-fun socks
-slippers (if find a good BF sale)
-scarf and mittens...check Walmart
-cheap wine...Beringer type
-candles
-stationary (tablet and pen)
-make-up bag with a few basic items (nail clippers, brushes, cheap nail polish, emery boards, etc....look for cheap or clearance)
-Cheap tool kit...look in dollar days sales bins at auto parts stores

 

[golfgal]

Lottery Tickets (the scratch off kind).

 

[meliss8599]

Love these ideas, thank you!

 

[minkydog]

We have a white elephant gift exchange coming up. DH got a big ball Christmas ornament filled with gourmet toffees for about $6. I picked up some glass drop prisms from an old chandelier at an antiques shop--they look like sparkly icicles! In fact, I liked them so much I bought 20 for myself.