Ideas For Uncluttered Gifts

Below I have listed some alternatives to clutter gifts. By clutter gifts I mean anything that is not consumable or an act of service that will remain in your home after it is has been used. This can also be useful ideas in times you have no clue what to buy to someone.

Donations

• Give a donation to your favorite charity in the name of the gift recipient

• Donate your time to help out a charity on their behalf

Edible Treats

• Chocolate/Candy

• Cake (provide a cake for someone’s happy occasion)

• Fruit basket (what could be more colorful or healthy than that)

• Bottle of wine / 6 pack of Boutique Beer…

• A home cooked meal is always a treat for a special occasion

• A cookie basket

• Take them out to dinner/lunch/ breakfast

Entertainment

• Buy tickets to a show/event

• Take them out to a show/event

• iPod downloads

Friends

• Arrange a get together with a group of friends

• Bring two old friends together

Garden

• Plants/cuttings/seedlings/flowers

• Doing some gardening for them

• Mowing their lawn

• Prune bushes

Gift Certificate

• Organizing (I have gift certificates available!)

• Dining Out

• Hardware

• Groceries

• Spa Treatments

• Travel Vouchers

• Personal promise to do some household chores

• Veterinary Gift Certificates for people with pets

Time

• Spend quality time together

• Do a type favor that will save someone precious time

• Babysit their children so they can have quality time with their significant other

• Recharge a prepaid cell phone for more communication time