Nesting With Grace

by Brooke Christen

12 Gift Ideas for Neighbors, Teachers, Friends

December 7, 2024

These gifts are perfect for a favorite things party, a gift exchange or just looking for something to give a friend. Love this to take as a hostess gift! All super thoughtful and a little something for everyone! Hoping to make your gift giving easy this year.

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Favorite Things Gifts Ideas-

Snowflake Serving board // Red bowls // Jar // Nutcracker puzzle // Concrete Planter // Reindeer waffle maker // Tree Drink Dispenser // Watercolor Books // Watercolors // Frame // Red Baking Dish // Silicone Baking Mats // Trivia Game // Scalloped Bowl // Mini Crockpots

A lot of our gifts come with a free printable! When you print the recipe make sure to hit “scale” to adjust your size. I use this printer and this white linen paper. I do a raw edge, meaning I don’t use scissors, instead use a book or ruler to make a straight line and rip the paper. Find bread recipe and printable here.

Ribbon Set // Twine // Holiday Card Set // Gift Bags // Kraft Bags // Paper Tape // Clear Treat and Gift Bags // Mini Gold Clips // Bow Set // Gold Scissors // Gift Tags // Ribbon Set // Sticker Tags

Teacher Printable-

We have a cute teacher card printable (below) to include with the gifts!!

Teacher Download

1- Crock Pot with Dip

We love a mini crockpot for dips, small batches of recipes, and keeping food warm. It’s always nice to have one on hand when you need it! So why not gift it? I put a ready-to-warm spinach dip and crackers inside and wrapped with a bow.

2- Drink Dispenser with Punch Recipe

We love a festive drink for our holiday parties and this Tree Drink Dispenser is so cute that we leave it out on a shelf all season! Gift it with our favorite punch recipe printable and all or some of the ingredients.

3- Popcorn with Bowl and Christmas Movie List

Growing up my mom made this popcorn and it was a favorite treat! I wanted the recipe to share and laughed at how easy it is. Not really a recipe. You melt chocolate (I used baking vanilla chocolate chips) and pour over popcorn and mix. My mom would buy the vanilla chocolate wafers that come in festive colors too! I love adding mix-ins like m&m’s, Christmas Spice Drops, anything yummy to match the occasion. Love these red bowls you gave as a set or break up and gift popcorn in them and print out this list of Christmas Movies!

Christmas_Movies-1 Download

4- Carmels and Jar

If you want to know what love tastes like, make these caramels! When we get caramels from friends it just warms our heart. A sweet little treat, these clear wrappers make them look professional and so cute. Make it extra darling by putting in a jar! We love a cute jar filled with caramels. We taped our Caramel Recipe printable to the front, because we know they will want this easy recipe (I attached to the jar with this tape).

5- Puzzle and Treat

This time of year it gets darker and colder earlier, brings us inside looking for a fun activity. Puzzles are such a fun gift! The Nutcracker puzzle is a favorite, excited to put together this Nutcracker sweets puzzle! Nice to pair with a treat to enjoy, we added a bag of our favorite Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels.

These Cinnamon Pretzels are so easy to make and they are soooo good! We can’t stop snacking on them. We found then festive pretzels at Trader Joe’s. Find the recipe with printable here.

Mountain Moguls // Vintage Peace on Earth // Winter Wonderland // American Roadtrip // North Pole Allstars // 12 Days of Christmas Vintage // Christmas Balloon Ride // The Peppermint Family Holiday // Maps // Yuletide Forest // Yuletide Village

6- Breakfast

We use our mini waffle maker almost every single day! I love cooking my eggs in it! You can make them soft or a little crispy and the cleanup is so easy!! We paired this darling reindeer waffle maker with a yummy cinnamon waffle mix from Trader Joe’s and a festive spatula. Let your friends know you like them “a waffle lot”!!

7- Watercolor Book

These watercolor books have been such a hit at our house. We all feel so talented when using them because every picture turn out perfect with the easy to follow directions. Plus just a fun activity to do. I paired this book with a frame so they can frame their new artwork. Make sure to get the watercolors to go with the book!

8- Fudge

How cute are these little stoneware baking dishes?! I knew fudge would be the perfect treat to make and have inside to give as gifts. This is our favorite and so easy fudge recipe. It filled 3 baking dishes generously! We wrapped in cellophane and attached the recipe so friends could easily make their own. The mini baking dishes come in 3 colors- Red // Green // White

9- Serving Board with Candy

I’m a sucker for pretty serving boards. I love that they can be displayed as art when they aren’t being used. And we use them A LOT over the holidays. We bought our candy from Jolly’s Corner (these are the 1lb bag) save 10% with code NWG! Plus it looks so cute too! Attached candy with ribbon to this Snowflake board.

Code NWG for 10% off anything here
Candycane Crackers // Woodland Crackers // Mixed Crackers //
Santa Board // Santa Bubs // Christmas Licorice // Watermelon Rings

We’ve also gifted with cheese and crackers and cheese knife set. This wreath is cute too!

Or with cookies cutters and our favorite Sugar Cookie recipe printable…or a serving board full of homemade sugar cut-out cookies!

10- Silicone Mats and Cookie Mix

I love these silicone baking mats! So many colors and the checkered design is too cute and good for measuring dough! They come in a 2 pack so you can split them up. Oven safe up to 450°F, dishwasher-safe silicone material (non-toxic). Pair with a cookie mix and spatula for something they can make when craving a sweet treat.

11- Trivia Game with Dish

I have trivia games and get to know you games in a bowl on our table. They are the best conversation starters. We learn so much about each other and about random things! This Trivia game is so fun, we played on Thanksgiving and everyone loves. But in a cute scalloped bowl (this is mine) with a treat!

Find Games HERE

12-Cute Planter Pot and Plant

Plant Gift Idea! For the plant parent or take to a favorites things party! Found this cute rosemary tree at Trader Joe’s. Planted it inside this concrete planter then decorated with a bow of this scalloped ribbon.

Shop last years gift guide HERE.

We hope this helps you shop for unique, custom gifts for those you love! Happy Holidays!

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Jenny says

December 7, 2024 at 10:59 pm

So much work goes into a post like this <3 thank you for all the ideas! Each of these gifts are so thoughtful!

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