15 Gift Ideas Under $15
Christmas is approaching quickly! Purchasing gifts for friends and family without breaking the bank can sometimes become difficult. Here are 15 gift ideas for under $15. Included are gifts you can buy or gifts you can make in your own home.
1. Who can have too many blankets? Buy a fuzzy blanket from Target in one of nine colors.
Target Blanket
2. Give your coffee-loving friend a cute to-go mug ($5) with a $10 coffee shop gift card to fill it.
To-Go Mug
3. Mix and match these festive fuzzy socks. (Each pair is only $2!)
Fuzzy Socks
4. Fill your friend’s home with the scents of the season: Bath and Body Works has mini candles at just $4.50 each.
Mini Candles
5. If you want a convenient gift, Bath and Body Works gift sets are the right gift for you. They include: lotion, body wash, and fragrance of your choice.
Bath and Body Works gift set
6. Help your friend stay stylish and warm this holiday season with an infinity scarf for $12.
Infinity Scarf
7. Go back to the basics with Forever 21 leggings for $4 a pair.
Forever 21 leggings
8. Help your friend relax after midterms with a Lush bath bomb and bath melt Christmas set.
Lush bath bomb set
9. If your friend is into makeup, shop Sephora’s “Under $15” section here:
Sephora “Under $15 section”
10. Help your friend watch videos on their phone and get them a Pop Sock It.
Pop Sock It
11. If your friend is a reader, buy your friend a good novel. Here is “Barnes & Noble’s Top 100: Book Bestsellers”:
Barnes & Noble Best Sellers
Get crafty with these DIY Gifts: Handmade gifts can be meaningful and unique for the person receiving them.
12. Fill a basket or tin with homemade sweets (cookies, brownies, chocolate covered pretzels, etc) and your friend’s favorite candies. Add a Christmas card and candy canes to decorate.
13. Give your friend a manicure kit at home: buy a few colors of nail polish and a nail kit.
Nail Polish
14. Share a classic holiday favorite (hot coco) that looks like a snowman. Find it made on Etsy here: http://tinyurl.com/jcpgxvx or get creative and make your own!
15. Make a cute snow globe to help your friend decorate. Find instructions here:
Snow Globe instructions
Get into the season of giving with these inexpensive gift ideas. Tweet The Rune @shanews_lou with your finished products!
Quick questions
Which store-bought gifts does the list suggest?
Ideas include a fuzzy Target blanket, a $5 to-go mug with a $10 coffee gift card, $2 fuzzy socks, $4.50 mini candles, an infinity scarf for $12 and a Lush bath bomb set.
Which DIY gifts does the list suggest?
The DIY ideas are a basket or tin of homemade sweets with candy canes, a home manicure kit, snowman-style hot cocoa and a handmade snow globe.
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