23 Inexpensive Thank You Gifts (They’ll Actually Appreciate)
Need a list of inexpensive thank you gifts to get someone? Show your friend, coworker, a teacher or anyone how much you appreciate them (on a budget).
There are numerous reasons to give people gifts of thanks in our daily lives.
Such as:
- Teachers, bus drivers, and other adults who have touched our kid’s lives
- Friends who have gone above and beyond to help us out
- Coworkers who are moving away
- Clients we want to thank for booking us
- Volunteer workers
- Etc.
In fact, there are so many reasons to give thank you gifts that you might just bust your wallet doing it.
Ever wondered what would be a nice thank you gift (without breaking the bank)?
These inexpensive thank you gifts will help you out so that you can show appreciation, but still keep your budget in check.
Inexpensive Thank You Gifts
Inexpensive? Yes, these thank you gifts aren’t going to cost you much. But they will still get your feelings across to the person who counts.
And that’s all that matters, right?
1. Handmade Metal Feather Bookmark
These bookmarks are so intricate, and beautiful!
Honestly, I can’t believe how inexpensive they are.
2. Stroopwafels
Have you ever heard of Dutch Stroopwafels? I hadn’t either, until my husband and I were traveling in Pennsylvania Dutch country and smelled an Amish man making them.
They’re these beautiful, super-yummy, and quite unique cookies that you can eat alone or sit over your coffee mug until the caramel inside melts.
3. Tea Tasting Set
I was once given this tea tasting set as a thank you, and was gushing for a day! I just love the elegant packaging.
4. Wood-Crackling Candle
Where I used to work, they bought bulk employee appreciation gifts each year and handed them out at company parties.
One year, they got us this really cool candle with a nice wooden lid that actually sounds like a crackling fire when you burn it! Very classy, and super appreciated by those of us that didn’t have a fireplace (me!).
5. Set of Exotic Salts
We love trying different kinds of salts from around the world – and since it’s salt, anyone you gift this thank you package to will be able to use it!
6. Burt’s Bees Gift Pack
Here’s the perfect way to say thank you – and it’s travel-sized, which makes it helpful if they travel.
Small Thank You Gift Ideas
Remember that it’s not the size that counts. It’s the thought and care that you put into it.
That means that small thank you gifts are every bit as capable of expressing your sentiment than large ones are (so long as you put thought into what the person might actually want or find useful).
Not to mention if you don’t have much to spend, then buying something smaller sometimes means you can get a higher-quality item than if you were to stretch your dollars too far to get something big.
1. Posh Luggage Tags
One of the things most people overlook (at least, I do!) are luggage tags. I always end up with the paper ones that eventually rip off.
How about gifting one of these nice sets?
2. Cozy Socks
There isn’t a person in the world (well…maybe one or two) who doesn’t love to cozy up with a pair of soft, quality socks.
Shopping for a thank you gift for him? Here’s some really cool, heat-retention socks.
You can even put a cute message in the card, such as “Warm up your feet, like you warmed up my heart! Thank you.”
3. Magnetic Bookmarks
Here’s some classy and modern magnetic bookmarks.
4. Essential Oil Car Diffuser
These car essential oil diffusers are so snazzy, I actually several to friends and family last year!
Creative Thank You Gifts
A little creativity goes a long way when coming up with inexpensive thank you gifts.
1. Box of Pop-Up Cards
Really want to get the point across of how grateful you are for such an awesome person in your life?
This box of pop-up cards is super creative – they get a new “thank you” message each time a card pops out!
2. Creative Wooden Bookmarks
Wow – look at these hand-carved, wooden bookmarks! Beautiful packaging, as well.
3. Posh Keychain
Check out one of these beautiful keychains.
4. Token of Appreciation
Here is a very simple token of appreciation – comes with a poem as well.
5. Gratitude Insight Cards
Spread your gratitude around by gifting someone this deck of gratitude insight cards.
Homemade Thank You Gift Ideas
Some of the coolest gifts I’ve ever received were one-of-a-kind, meaning, they were homemade.
Homemade thank you gifts can be some of the best because you simply can’t buy them in a store, and they reflect the care and thought a person put into showing their gratefulness to you.
1. Folded Book
My sister and her daughter actually have an entire side hustle around creating book fold patterns and book folds for craft stores. You can find a gorgeous, older-looking book at a book sale or used book store, then pick up one of these hundreds of cheap book-folding patterns.
The results can be stunning, and it’s so unique (though inexpensive, this one can take a bit of time!).
Cheap Thank You Gifts for Coworkers
In the office where I used to work as an environmental investigator, we had going-away parties to send off coworkers all the time.
What are good goodbye gifts? Glad you asked. Check out these cheap thank you gifts for coworkers that will show them how much they are appreciated.
Hint: remember that one way to make a coworker gift cheap for each person, but to get an overall “nice” gift for the coworker, is to collect a few bucks from people in the office.
1. Goal Setting Workbook
I stumbled into a Five Below store a few days ago, and was SO pleasantly surprised with their book section.
They had no less than 5 different workbook/journal options (all for $5 each) that had to do with goal-setting.
Any of those would make a really nice, and useful, cheap coworker gift.
2. Gratefulness Journal (Partly Filled Out)
I think this idea is both creative and touching: why not buy your coworker a gratitude journal that they can keep up with…but then have your coworkers fill out one of the pages with reasons they are grateful for her/him?
Something to both treasure forever + use in their daily life.
3. Shower Notepad
A great, employee appreciation gift you can buy in bulk are these waterproof pads and pencils (with suction cups). They’re awesome to catch ideas and thoughts while in the shower.
There may be lots of occasions in life to thank someone, so you want to make sure you know how to do it in a way that doesn’t break your bank. These appreciation gift ideas are both cheap, and will bring a smile to someone’s face.
Let me know in the comments below which you’re most excited to try out!
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