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December 6, 2011 by: Bargain Babe

Your Q: White elephant gifts under $10?

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Maureen has a pressing question I’m sure many of you share!

Do you have any ideas for a white elephant $10 gift limit?

It’s for a work party. I was perusing online for creative/humorous and would love to hear ideas.  So far I have liked buy a loaf of bread and jars of peanut butter and jelly (the food theme). Or buy a bunch of batteries and add a note “gift not included” (humorous).

I hope you get to blog on it soon, our party is next week!

Maureen’s ideas are snazzy. I might even use the battery one myself! Here are a few more ideas that I found online of what to give and where to find a great white elephant gift.

  • Rummage through your attic for a giftable piece of treasure you never use, but can’t bear to part with. Rest easy knowing its new owner will keep it safe in their own attic!
  • A framed close up 8 x 10-inch picture of yourself or another famous person with an “autograph.” A close up makes it particularly funny
  • A box of golf balls containing grass, tees, chipped golf balls, and plastic balls
  • A giant sausage
  • A can of spam wrapped super fancy
  • A fancy box of chocolates that, upon opening, have a few missing bites. Optional: include a picture of the gift giver eating one
  • A VERY large pair of granny panties or men’s tighty whiteys
  • A box full of hotel shampoos, lotions, and other freebies
  • Joke Hand Sanitizer— with labels like “Bitch Slap Those Germs,” and “Germ-a-phobe”
  • Food-themed basket with the oddest stuff you can find
  • $10 worth of toilet paper
  • A lotto ticket
  • A beat up bowling pin (you can often acquire them from a bowling alley)
  • Spooky or very odd holiday decoration

What do you think Maureen should give?

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Comments

  1. merry says

    December 6, 2011 at 10:07 am

    one year my cousin wrapped up some muscle magazines and a bottle of oil. His sister was not amused when she got that gift!

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  2. Marie says

    December 6, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    Box of Old unused Christmas Balls in a wrapped shirt box, add a bell so when they shake it it sounds interesting, Jigsaw puzzle, who doesn’t have one laying around the house? Or find one at a Thrift Store.
    The best one ever that went around and around was a Red Brick wrapped with ribbon and a xmas ornament and bell – for some reason every one wanted it!

    Reply
  3. Jackie says

    December 6, 2011 at 4:51 pm

    Not really a fan of these gift ideas…I get that they are supposed to be joke gift but even then I’ve seen some funny, tacky, cheap gifts that are still fun and useable (unlike eaten chocolate) http://www.skinnyscoop.com/list/SkinnyScoop_Staff/tacky-white-elephant-gift-ideas

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  4. Diane says

    December 6, 2011 at 11:54 pm

    What’s an attic? 🙂

    Reply

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