A Very Practical, Yet Inexpensive Housewarming Gift
I’m so excited! I have a close family member who is in the process of buying his first home. I think it’s wonderful and I really want to help him get started. He needs furniture and well, pretty much everything.
Unfortunately, I don’t have any extra furniture I can give him right now and don’t exactly have a budget to go out and spend a lot of money. However, after giving it some thought, I came up with a solution for what I can do.
Since I use coupons to get so many household things for free or for very little, I thought the most practical housewarming gift to give would be all the things you have to buy when you move into your first home.
Things like:
- Dish Washing Detergent
- Laundry Detergent
- Paper Towels
- Hand Soap
- Kleenex
- Air Freshener
- Misc. Cleaning Supplies
- and so on….
Well, I recently started a stash of some of these supplies just for him. I’ll be piling them into a laundry basket to surprise him with it all after he finally gets moved into his house. He’s a very practical and thrifty individual, so I believe he’ll be very grateful for this gift.
What you see in the picture is an example of the kinds of things I’m collecting. I also have a few other things in mind. So far, I’ve only spent about $10 dollars on all the items in the picture, not including the laundry basket. Aren’t coupons great!?!
I love this idea because I can give someone a very useful gift that will save them money from the start and it doesn’t break my budget either. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a win-win situation.
What are your thoughts on this idea? Would you rather give/receive something pretty or something practical?
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I do this for a wedding gift as well. My last wedding gift was a laundry basket filled with food basics like spices, baking soda, baking powder etc. I have always had a good response to this type of gift. Clare
I was considering doing some kind of basket with those same kinds of things also. I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t be thrilled to get a gift like this. I know I would be. It would be less money out of my pocket on things I’d have to buy otherwise.
I haven’t actually done this yet as a wedding gift, but I’m planning on starting next time I have to get someone a wedding gift.
That is definitely an awesome house warming gift! Another thing that I got when we were married was a spice rack that was full of spices. It saved us a lot of money!
My mom make us one of these buckets every year for Christmas and it is such a huge blessing!
This is a wonderful idea and so practical. I just came across your blog
My sister-in-law makes her own Jams and gives all the family a food hamper for Christmas.
I have just started trying to live frugally and have started growing succulants (from ones I already have) as well as some easy to propagate herbs. I plan to put these into Pots and give them to people as gifts. As a side note though: you need to know if people are more indoor our outdoor plant people when giving people plants so as not to burdon them with extra work.
Knowing whether someone is an outdoor person or not is definitely important. I remember several years ago a neighbor brought me a plant from her flower bed and at that time I had never grown anything or taken care of any plants. I felt really bad because I ended up sitting it on the back deck and letting it die because I didn’t know what to do with it.
Even with the basket full of household items, I have known some people that might get offended because they didn’t like the brands or just simply because they didn’t get something they would consider a “nicer” gift. I guess it’s just like any other gift, you just have to think about the individual, their personality and their tastes.