White Elephant gift exchanges are everywhere now, so it’s useful to have a go-to list of items you can bring to one. I got a few ideas for items under $20 listed below! Even if you don’t get any of the exact items this will hopefully inspire your gift.
Gifts Available on Amazon
- Dinosaur Taco Holder
- Snoop Dog Cookbook
- Granny PottyMouth’s Fast as F*ck Cookbook
- Tequila Mockingbird Cocktail Recipe book – would be fun paired with a bottle of tequila or mixers like bitters
- Exploding Kittens Card Game NSFW Edition
- Hogwarts Library
- Harry Potter: A History of Magic American Edition
- Baby Yoda Pop Socket
- Stuffed Pokeball
- Pokemon Madlibs
- Bob’s Burgers Jenga (technically over $20, but really close)
- We Rate Dogs Calendar
Things Available at Target
- Star Wars BB-8 Cutting Board
- Star Wars Salt & Pepper Shaker
- Lego Harry Potter
- Hearth & Hand Snowman Kit
- Letterboard
- Strange Planet by Nathan W Pyle
Things you can find at the Thrift Store or in your basement:
- Funny books
- T-shirts with funny sayings
- Useful items that aren’t used very often like a Fondue Set, or a ton of decorative pumpkins. Sets of useful items do well normally.
- Coffee mugs with interesting designs
- DVD’s that you’ll never watch again, but someone else might like (received Magic Mike one year, but there are many other DVDs that would be funny to receive)
Best of White Elephant I’ve Seen:
Microwave Dinners for 1 cookbook
Deadpool comic book
LED candles (I received this and I love them)
A mannequin arm – just the arm lol
A sloth calendar
It heavily depends on the group of people you are doing the white elephant exchange with. My group of friends is not afraid to give some weird stuff and we think it’s hilarious.