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The holiday season is a time of year for giving, and you can choose from many great gifts that your friends are sure to love. In addition to the standard friendship gifts, you can choose from other options that are more unique and will likely be affordable for your budget. If you want to get some gifts for your friends that are out of the ordinary and won’t break the bank, these gift ideas can help inspire you.

Assorted Coffee or Tea Sampler Box

If any of your friends enjoy drinking coffee or tea, a gift box that contains different beverage flavors may be the best way to show your appreciation. You can choose to get a coffee or tea box that contains hot or cold beverage flavors or a mixture of both. You may even want to consider paying for a subscription service that delivers these gift boxes monthly so that your friends can try different flavors.

Fan Merchandise

If your friend is a fan of a certain book series, TV show, musician, band, or sports team, fan gear can be a great gift option. T-shirts and hoodies that feature relevant iconography are among the most practical and affordable gifts. For anime fans, an action figure from a shop like Ukiyo Kumo or another online  retailer can also be a great gift. Themed small decor items, trading cards, jigsaw puzzles, and games are also available at affordable prices.

Experience Gift

Instead of getting a friend a tangible object as a gift, you can purchase an experience gift that both of you can enjoy together as you form a closer bond. You can even buy an experience gift that allows multiple participants to take part in the activity if you want to bring along a group of friends. Skydiving adventures, wine tastings, concerts, theater shows, and cooking classes are among the most popular experience gifts. Laser tag, painting classes, and whitewater rafting tours are other great ideas. You can even schedule a pedicure or spa day to really pamper your friend.

Subscription Services

Subscription services come in a variety of forms, but subscription boxes specifically can be a really fun gift idea. These boxes come in the mail at regular intervals throughout the year, and they are available for a variety of interests. You can get boxes for beauty products, science projects, games, fragrances, food preparation, and more. Consider your friend’s interests and pick something that caters to them. It truly is the gift that keeps on giving if you give them a year subscription, as they will continue to receive the boxes for months to come.

Ultimately, it’s up to you to determine what kinds of gifts fit each of your friends’ interests. Everyone has their own preferences, so catering to each person individually is the best way to go. The best gifts can help you show your friends how much you cherish each friendship. These unique and affordable gifts are sure to make any friend’s day a little brighter.