20 Great White Elephant Gift Ideas
White Elephant is a classic and popular game that is often played at many Christmas Parties. It is an entertaining yet stressful game.
For those of you who haven’t heard of White Elephant before the rules are simple: Each guest at a Christmas Party brings a gift (Under a certain amount of $).
Are you are struggling with what to get? If so, listed below are 20 Gift Ideas for White Elephant:
1. GE Lighting LED+ Speaker Light Bulb:
All of your guests will be fighting for this item as you all play White Elephant! This lightbulb also functions as a Bluetooth Speaker. One can control the light and the speaker separately with the included remote. If listening to music helps you sleep or do work, this is the perfect gift to open/ get during White Elephant!
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2. Tequila Mockingbird Cocktail Recipes Book:
Regardless if you are a huge fan of the literary classics or not, this book consists of 65 wonderful recipes for cocktails that are each paired with witty commentary of some of the best novels of all time. In terms of fantastic White Elephant Gift Exchange Presents, Tim Federle’s Cocktail Recipes Book is a unique one and a great steal!
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3. The Mug With a Hoop:
Besides basketball (see photo below), this mug also comes in other sports too, including soccer, football, hockey, and baseball. Whoever ends up with this gift during White Elephant can enjoy coffee, cereal, and/or hot chocolate. One won’t get into trouble or scolded for playing with their food with this cool mug.
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4. The Hungoevr Cookbook:
Full of witty jokes and insights into the science of hangovers, The Hungoevr Cookbook also includes recipes for how to handle 6 Different Types of Hangovers: The Broken Compass, The Sewing Machine, The Comet, The Atomic, The Cement Mixer, and The Gremlin Boogie.
Like the Tequila Mockingbird Cocktail Recipes Book (See #2 above), The Hungoevr Cookbook is another great item to have in your possession by the time White Elephant concludes.
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5. CouchCoaster:
This anti-slip coaster will be one of the most sough-after gifts if among the presents for your Christmas Party’s White Elephant Gift Exchange. The Couch Coaster comes in a few different colors and latches on to the side of most couches. This silicone holder can be adjusted to better fit any cup, can or beverage holder you want to put in the device.
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6. The Voting Game:
Compared to card games like Cards Against Humanity and What Do You Meme?, The Voting Game is underrated. The Voting Game has players answering, “Whose the Most likely to ..” out of those playing. This game is a good one to play with your friends if you all are having low-key night and/or hang out.
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7. Cookie Spoon Pan:
You can’t simply enjoy freshly baked chocolate chip cookies without a nice cold glass of milk. One of the best ways to enjoy this classic food and drink pairing is by baking your cookies in the shape of a spoon with a baking sheet where its molds are spoons!
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8. Wine Bottle Glass:
Any wine lovers playing White Elephant will be wanting this gift for sure! The Wine Bottle Glass is a great and funny gift that has gained an instant following after being featured on shows and news outlets such as BuzzFeed, The Tonight Show, and The Today Show, to name a few.
It is large enough to hold an entire 750 mL bottle of wine or one serving :). While ordering this gift online, one can select from a plethora of hilarious phrases of the Wine Bottle Glass he/she wants.
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9. Rose Gold Holographic Nail Polish:
The female guests at your Christmas Bash will be constantly stealing this gift from each other during White Elephant! A best-seller on Etsy, this nail polish will add a more glittery and intense reflective quality to your next manicure.
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10. A Bluetooth Banana Phone:
Remember as a child when you would take a banana and put it against your ear as if it were a telephone? That childhood-like activity can become a reality with this Bluetooth Banana Phone from UncommonGoods.
Not only is this item useful, but it’ll all give all participants of the White Elephant Gift Exchange a good laugh out of it as well! Hopefully, whoever ends up with this wireless phone is still a child at the heart.
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11. A Book Full of Instagram Captions:
Whenever we want to post something on Instagram, we all struggle with what to caption the photo or video. Oliver Swig’s book “Art of The Caption” lists 100 killer caption templates that’ll help the reader improve his/her engagement on social media with his/her followers!
With this book, you’ll for sure gain a lot more likes on your Instagram posts, in addition to more followers. This gift is a pretty useful one to have in your hands by the time all the White Elephant Presents are opened.
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12. Champagne Gummy Bears:
Gummy Bears are a great candy, but Champagne-flavored gummy bears are on another level of amazingness! These gummy bears from Sugarfina are imported from Germany and also make fantastic party favors. Buy either the Large Candy Cube ($20) (See photo below) or the 2.5-pound bag ($45). These gummy bears are pretty addictive!
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13. Silicone Microwave Popcorn Maker:
A Silicone Microwave Popcorn Maker is a great gift idea for White Elephant if a majority of the guests playing are millennials. One will have fresh and tasty popcorn from this top-notch popcorn maker in a matter of minutes! The best features of the popcorn maker are that one doesn’t have to plug it into an electrical unit and that it is easy to store and clean!
The device comes in many different colors. During White Elephant, this popcorn maker will be one of those gifts everyone will be wanting to steal!
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14. Beer-Infused Hot Sauce:
This product combines two things that all dudes enjoy the most: Beer and Hot Sauce; in a single bottle. The flavors of each of the 3 bottles in the 3-pack are Asian Sriracha, Garlic Serrano, and Roasty Chipotle.
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15. Himalayan Salt Tequila Glasses:
These shot glasses are hand-carved from Himalayan Salt and come in a set of four. They are also, reusable. For White Elephant, they are a great item for both female and male guests.
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16. A PopSocket:
Popsockets are great to attach to the case of an iPhone as they allow one to have his/her iPhone stand on its own. The price for this gadget depends on the one you purchase as they come in a variety of colors and patterns.
Whoever ends up with the PopSocket has received a useful gift as he/she (assuming they have one) gets to add another Popsocket to his/her collection (I know people who have a couple) or has desperately needed one (if the person doesn’t own one).
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17. World’s Smallest Vacuum:
Another White Elephant Gift that’s a great steal, the World’s Smallest Vacuum from Urban Outfitters sucks up the tiniest specks of dust that the normal-sized ones can’t. It’s only $15 and is useful for cleaning up little messes in your workspace, crumbs, and laptop keyboard, to name a few.
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18. Visa Gift Card:
Whether it’s for White Elephant or not, Gift Cards (regardless of the store it’s for), are great gifts. The receiver can spend this item at any store they want without feeling bad having to return an item that was a gift from someone without hurting that person’s feelings.
Visa Gift Cards are the best types of gift cards as the receiver can use them anywhere. These gift cards can be bought anywhere, and any amount of money can be put on them.
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19. White Elephant Stuffed Animal:
This will make a funny gift if you are playing White Elephant at a Christmas Party. What better way to get a laugh from everyone one by including a stuffed animal of the same name as part of the batch of presents for the game? No one is too old to own an adorable stuffed animal. Am I right?
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20. The Prank Gift:
If you are hosting a Christmas Party and plan on having a White Elephant Gift Exchange, be sure, to include a few “Prank Gifts” amongst the presents. “Prank Gifts” can be the most random stuff you can find/purchase anywhere or in your own home.
This type of presents should be the most random items that’ll have people dying of laughter and/or going “WTF?” Ideas for “Prank Gifts” include an avocado, wrapping up a shoebox with nothing inside of it, or putting a bunch of small boxes into a big box so the person opening has to keep opening up it up one by one to find the gift, to name a few.
Just make sure whoever opens up a prank gift gets another turn to get a real present.
Which of these ideas are you most likely going to use for White Elephant? Be sure to let us know which ones down below in the comments section!
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