Please check out the lists of ideas within each category below. A good rule of thumb is that items should be

  1. Interesting

  2. Affordable

  3. Rare

 

Travel & Outdoors

  • Hotel/Resort Stays

  • B&B or AirBnB vacation stays

  • Airline tickets (e.g. SW Air)

  • Boat trip

  • Boat picnic

  • Vacation homes

  • Gardening/landscaping-event space for party

  • Guided hiking or tour packages

  • Paragliding/Skydiving experience

  • Camping Swag or supplies

  • Gift card to outdoors supply store

Arts, Culture, & Entertainment

  • Artwork (Do you create art, or know an artist?)

    • glass sculptures

    • painted art on canvas

    • mosaics

  • Tickets to a music performance or show (symphony, ballet, opera, broadway, etc)

  • Backstage Pass/Tour to a performance or show

  • VIP tour or VIP seats to a performance or show

  • Antique Items

  • Custom portrait of pets

  • New board games

  • A collection of books

  • Music store gift cards

  • Instrument or instrument accessories

  • Streaming services subscription

  • Soloist or musical ensemble to play for a special event

  • Music lessons by teachers or YPSO students

Food & Drink

  • Homemade pies, tarts, and desserts

  • Food gift basket

  • Homemade meal for a family

  • Ethnic cooking items

  • Restaurant gift cards/vouchers

  • Whole Foods/Trader Joe’s Gift Card

  • Wine Basket

  • Cooking classes

Sports & Activities

  • Tickets to a sports game

  • VIP tickets or backstage pass at a sports event

  • Gym membership or personal workout package

  • Golfing

  • Tennis coaching

  • Skydiving

  • Ski lift passes

  • Yoga classes

  • Rentals for kayak or canoe

  • Horseback riding lessons

Services & Community

  • Pet store gift card

  • Beauty gift basket

  • Beauty consultation

  • Spa services

  • Mani/pedi kit

  • Skin care regiment

  • Pet sitting services

  • Babysitting/Childcare services (either a service or a YPSO student volunteered time)

  • Nursery/gardening gift cards

  • Veterinarians donating a first exam

  • Resume coaching

  • Offering a name for a new business-consultation

  • Tours of businesses

  • Family therapy session/Teen Therapy

  • ADHD evaluation

  • Consultations

  • Essay coaching

  • Legal services

  • Cleaning services (either a service or YPSO student volunteered time)

  • Graphic designers- personalized avatar 

  • Custom embroidery

  • Tutoring in a particular subject or language

  • Online writing retreats (novelists or poets)

  • Professional photographs

Kids & Family

  • tickets to a theme park - Disney, Six Flags, etc

  • comfort/luxury home gift baskets (candles, tea, blankets, pillows, etc)

  • Kitchen cookware sets

  • Kitchen serveware sets

  • Pizza Party

  • Painting party

 

For more resources:

Check out this BLOG it gives some nice inspirational ideas around gift baskets, dinner packages, concert packages, etc. We don’t have to get as fancy as they say in the blog, but it’s good ideas!

Here are two more helpful idea sites: