White Elephant Gift Ideas

[The Stormbringer]

One side of my family does this sort of thing, but usually at lower price points. I think we do the $5 game and the $1 game, plus any gifts we actually want to get people. Before we used to do a Secret Santa where you draw a name out of a hat around Thanksgiving and then have up to a $25 gift for that person later at Christmas, but we stopped recently.

[bladeXcrasher]

50 dollars in grocery store fruit cake.

[Independent voter]

Adult onesies.

[schwank05]

So White elephant gifts are usually supposed to be a gag I thought, yours are all nice gifts everyone would want. Our White Elephant gift exchange has a $5.00 limit on it. Usually its like socks, a random Thong, weird foods things like that.

[Celista]

I second the cash-presented-in-a-funny-way idea. People like money, it's hard to buy things for a diverse group of people.

[Hadriker]

I like getting fun toys. The Bug-a-salt gun is always a hit and is under 50 bucks.

https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-.../dp/B00STSZ77G


I have one myself and highly recommend.

[Video Games]

I like getting fun toys. The Bug-a-salt gun is always a hit and is under 50 bucks.

https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-.../dp/B00STSZ77G

I actually second this. I used it at work, but got in trouble and they took it away from me. Still fun.

[Razehope]

Idk gifts people actually want doesn't sound like it's in the spirit of white elephant gifts

[yetgdhfgh]

Isnt a White Elephant a gift that is burdensome, expensive to upkeep and is completely unwanted? or has the definition changed?

[PACOX]

I never called that white elephant but we did it with alcohol and gift cards.

[Kluian05]

My family does the same thing but the gifts are around $15 and you can obtain multiples before the stealing phase begins. In the past we also included "bad" junk gifts along with the good ones. A lot of amusement in giving someone a bad gift while you steal their good one. We roll dice, if you get doubles you can pick up a gift, or trade in gift in the 2nd phase. The key to keeping what you want is to pick gifts that are pretty good but not the best, so people don't care to steal.

Outside of the standard gift cards, etc as good gifts. $20 scratch off games are fun to include.

[Weeps]

I'm that wild and inappropriate relative.

I'd buy a dildo that was $50. I don't care if the kids are there. This is family shit. WE all will have a laugh.

Dildo. Do it. Nobody will be disappointed. If they do, they'll laugh later.

[Castration]

such a racist game..

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I'm that wild and inappropriate relative.

I'd buy a dildo that was $50. I don't care if the kids are there. This is family shit. WE all will have a laugh.

Dildo. Do it. Nobody will be disappointed. If they do, they'll laugh later.

Make it a rule they have to use the present right then and there... no matter what it is.

[fluffhead]

I'm that wild and inappropriate relative.

I'd buy a dildo that was $50. I don't care if the kids are there. This is family shit. WE all will have a laugh.

Dildo. Do it. Nobody will be disappointed. If they do, they'll laugh later.

I was going to suggest bad dragon lol.

[Canield]

Jeff Goldblum cut out + the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra album

[Khaza-R]

50 lotto tickets.

That way you can reveal who has the gambling addition in your family and follow up with a rehab gift card for their birthday.

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Isnt a White Elephant a gift that is burdensome, expensive to upkeep and is completely unwanted? or has the definition changed?

yes, thats the original intention of the game. To buy a bunch of strange and useless shit that people try to pawn off on others. But nowadays it generally just means a gift exchange where you can be cutthroat with stealing a better gift.

[Splenda]

Idk gifts people actually want doesn't sound like it's in the spirit of white elephant gifts

Isnt a White Elephant a gift that is burdensome, expensive to upkeep and is completely unwanted? or has the definition changed?

It's our take on the game, because we dont do gifts. So this way we can have fun and everyone goes home with something they want, and no one is blowing hundreds buying individual gifts.

Thanks everyone, some great ideas in here.

[Muajin76]

White elephant shaped cake or cookies??

[FuxieDK]

Help please!

Every year my family does a White Elephant gift game. Basically we all spend $50 on a gift, wrap it anonymously, and put them in a pile. Everyone draws a number, and we open in order, and people can steal gifts and stuff.

The limit is $50, so I need gift ideas that cost roughly that much.

Here's some ideas from Christmases in the past to help you get an idea:

Sherpa blanket + coffee + bookstore gift card
High quality slow cooker
Gift card to Cinetopia
Gift box with Star Wars themed items
Ice cream maker

Etc.

Any ideas are helpful, my family is VERY diverse so any ideas are good.

What a stupid idea... Noone wants a random gift... It's just a waste of time and money, as most of the junk will go straight back to the shop.

In my family, the rule is: No wishlist, no gift.. Budget is only 500DKK (65-70 Euro) per giver per reciptant... It works much much better..

[Splenda]

What a stupid idea... Noone wants a random gift... It's just a waste of time and money, as most of the junk will go straight back to the shop.

In my family, the rule is: No wishlist, no gift.. Budget is only 500DKK (65-70 Euro) per giver per reciptant... It works much much better..

Funny enough we all enjoy it, so thanks.