{"id":3480,"date":"2017-02-22T13:01:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T20:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2023-07-19T19:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:14:43","slug":"10-simple-budget-friendly-gifts-you-can-give-that-arent-lame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/10-simple-budget-friendly-gifts-you-can-give-that-arent-lame\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Simple, Budget-Friendly Gifts You Can Give That Are Actually Great"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking for <strong>simple budget friendly gifts<\/strong> ideas? A reader wrote recently that she was trying to pay off debt but had several birthdays to celebrate. &ldquo;How do you balance wanting to give generous presents while still sticking to a budget?&rdquo; she&nbsp;wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good question! I suspect many of us are similarly challenged.&nbsp;We want to bless our friends and family and show them that we love them. At the same time, we are trying to be thoughtful about finances and not over-spend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hanging-terrarium.jpg\" alt=\"A hanging glass terrarium filled with plants.\" class=\"wp-image-7204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hanging-terrarium.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hanging-terrarium-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hanging-terrarium-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hanging-terrarium-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hanging-terrarium-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hanging-terrarium-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hanging-terrarium-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hanging-terrarium.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/privacy-policy\/\">disclosure policy.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some ideas, beginning with the very toughest group: &nbsp;teenagers. Some teens really only want one of two things &mdash; gift cards or cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How in the world do we apply frugality and creativity to cash or gift cards? For either of these options, it pays to plan ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cash.<\/strong>&nbsp;Try the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/five-dollar-savings-plan\/\">$5 Bill Savings Plan<\/a>&nbsp;for a couple&nbsp;months. Or throw your change in a jar, and cash it in for currency at the bank. You could also&nbsp;give your favorite teen the whole jar of coins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gift cards.<\/strong> Buy a discounted gift card on eBay. (Look for a seller with a feedback score of at least 100 and a good rating.) Or check out one of the&nbsp;online gift card exchanges like CardHub, CardCash, or GiftCards.com.&nbsp;Costco and Sam&rsquo;s Club often&nbsp;sell&nbsp;gift cards for less than face value. If you&rsquo;re patient, you can also earn gift cards by using a site like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swagbucks.com\/\">SwagBucks<\/a> for searching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An outing.<\/strong>&nbsp;Make a memory instead of giving a physical gift. Visit the art museum, or the zoo, or a historic home, or take a factory tour. For the past several years, my parents and I have celebrated their anniversary by doing something fun. Last week we spent a relaxing afternoon at the Denver Botanic Gardens, and had such a good time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A special book.<\/strong> My friend Mindy bought her entire family&rsquo;s Christmas presents at her library&rsquo;s used book sale. As an author I may be a little prejudiced, but most people love receiving a book&nbsp;&mdash; especially if you find&nbsp;one aligned to your friend&rsquo;s interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Consumables.<\/strong> My sister once gave me a huge, extravagant bag of Ghiradelli chocolate chips for my birthday, and I made treats all year. Anything that&rsquo;s a splurge-y version of something your friend uses on a regular basis will be appreciated, &nbsp;from a good bottle of olive oil&nbsp;to a generous bag of Arborio rice or&nbsp;a box of citronella candles or some new art supplies or organic potting soil and flower seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Artisan food.<\/strong>&nbsp;I love receiving homemade food gifts, don&rsquo;t you? Use the&nbsp;produce from your garden to make homemade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/make-your-own-peach-preserves\/\">preserves<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/organic-mint-pesto-from-the-gardens-final-basil-crop\/\">pesto<\/a>. Cook up&nbsp;a batch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/browned-butter-roasted-almonds-recipe\/\">roasted almonds<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/make-your-own-amazing-homemade-cheese-crackers\/\">cheese crackers<\/a> or homemade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/make-your-own-graham-crackers\/\">honey graham crackers<\/a>.&nbsp;Bake an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/a-sweet-easy-autumn-apple-cake\/\">apple cake<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/chewy-butterscotch-sea-salt-brownies\/\">butterscotch brownies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Something growing.<\/strong> Grow herbs from seed and give a potted herb garden. Force spring bulbs in a pot. Root a cutting from a plant you already have. Or make a little <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespruce.com\/how-to-make-terrariums-848007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrarium<\/a> with a few tiny plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look for cool pots at thrift stores and garage sales, and give a potted flowering plant like geraniums or pansies. My friend Gail gave me seeds that she gathered from the lupine growing in her mountain garden,&nbsp;and I think of her each year when the pretty flowers come up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A photo or family memory.<\/strong> Have a vintage family photo copied and put it in a simple&nbsp;frame. Make a scrapbook. Take your loved one&rsquo;s portrait. Print out the family genealogy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A donation.<\/strong>&nbsp;For the person who has everything, give a gift to a worthy charity like Heifer International, Water.org or Mercy Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A party.<\/strong> Invite your loved one&rsquo;s friends over, make a birthday cake, and celebrate. When people offer to bring something, let them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How About You?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&rsquo;d love to hear your gift-giving ideas and suggestions in the Comments section of this page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"10 Simple, Budget-Friendly Gifts You Can Give That Are Actually Great\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/10-simple-budget-friendly-gifts-you-can-give-that-arent-lame\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 10 Simple, Budget-Friendly Gifts You Can Give That Are Actually Great\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-simple-living","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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