Holiday gift guides and gift for home ideas are in plenty. But what’s unique about my curated list is, I have tried to categorize them by budget, to save you idea fatigue. Dive into the list or bookmark this, to make shopping for gifts for friends, fun and carefree.
When autumn comes can winter be far behind? The only time in West Bengal when your hair will not feel sticky, and there is a pleasant nip in the air, is also the time when you shop till you drop. If Durga Pujo and Diwali were not enough, Christmas gifts are seamlessly integrated into the urban India Gifting list. While you gift clothes and personal use items, gifts for the home are unique.
What could be a good gift for the home? This gift guide has a little bit of seasonal element, but most of it can easily be given as a housewarming gift. A tricky question if you are on a budget. That’s why I decided to find gifts at a different budget. Some can also be given to employees in their holiday gift hampers.
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Gift for friends ideas
Budget Rs 100 to 500:
This one while a challenge is not impossible. There are instances where children need to take gifts for their friends. It will be a challenge if the gifts are too expensive. Within this budget gifts include:
- Tree or home decor items are great gifts for friends for Christmas.
- Tea lamp sets
- Candleholder
- Marble chopping board
- Marble roti maker or chakli
- Artificial Christmas tree or Santa Claus in miniature
- Reindeer showpiece
- A Christmas wreath
- Bells
- A nice mug personalized
- Marble mortar and pestle
- If you are creative, you can sketch on a theme take pic edit in Canva and insert seasons greetings on a nice font and the frame it for gifting. Budget-friendly unique gift.
- Gift hamper of various healthy food like cranberries, blueberries, walnuts, and raisins.Just rememeber to get the ones without added sugar.
- Flower vase: They can be budget friendly to expensive crystal vases. Check out the choice to choose the one you want
Budget Rs 500 to Rs 1000
- All of the above with variety or
- Silk cushion sets
- Throw pillows with Seasonal greeting
- Table runners
- Metal lanterns with LED light
- Birdhouse or a Birdfeeder
- Aquarium decor
- Metal lanterns with LED light
- Miniature Figurines
- Wooden chopping board
- Cast iron woks
- Plants, Planters and organic fertilizer as a balcony gardening hamper.
- Essential oil diffuser with Essential oil sets. Do include citronella to help get rid of mosquitoes naturally!
- Potpourri
- Baking tray set. Try to avoid aluminum ones. They are not good for your health.
- A cake stand or Fruit stands. They look great on the dining table
- Ramekin sets.
- Personalized apron and matching set of oven mitts
- DIY embroider your own Picture set
- Framed seasonal greetings
- Photo frames a wide range and can be a great gift
Rs 1000 to 5000
- Decorative wall mirrors
- Silver trays and cutlery
- Copper Tableware waterbottles, kettle
- Tiered servers and cake stands
- Lamps and lampshades
- A small microwave
- A mixer grinder or food processor
- Instacuppa products are great as gifts for home and health
- Handheld egg beater
- Borosil glass baking and serving sets
- Kindle with Kindle stand
- Amazon echo device
- Stone sculpture
- Metal Vase
- Crystal Vase
- Home office organizer
- Art and Artwork
- Framed painting
Above Rs5000 and your choice
- Decorative mirrors come in a wide range and can be a great gift too.
- Home Fountain
- Blankets
- Bed cover sets
- Metal Jhoola
- Recliner
- Rocking chair
- Blanket
- Home Cloud
- Crochet Bedcover
- Customized quilt.
- Book sets
Books as Gifts for Best friends
- Books from a series by Enid Blyton according to age group.(Check this gift list for ten-year-olds)
- The Perry Mason series for a mystery lover
- Agatha Christie series
- Poor Charlie’s Almanac for the financial wizard
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Love the Home you have by Melissa Michaels
- Amazon Kindle Unlimited subscription
Did you like my list? If you did, you can bookmark this page or Pin it on Pinterest so that you never struggle for gift ideas again.
Wow! This is exactly what I was searching for. And the price wise categorization is a great idea!
Thank you Ginia
This is a great list, Amrita and not just for the holiday season. Thanks!
PS: Perhaps you can add it to our Friday Reflections post – one of the prompts is ‘make a list’! 🙂
Hi Corinne, yes doing it right away.Thank you.
Exhaustive list! Thanks for sharing..
Thanks Kislaya.Which one would you like to gift?
Gifts for Balcony garden and books
That’s good.
This is a very handy and helpful compilation of thoughtful gifts for this holiday season Amrita! I especially liked the idea of gifting ideas based on budget. The balcony garden gifts are my fav!
Thanks, Kala.Glad you liked it.
Loved the post.
Thank you Rupam.So glad you liked it.