6 out-of-the-box birthday present ideas
Finding the perfect birthday present is a tricky business. Whenever someone you love is having a birthday – no matter whether it’s a partner, parent, friend, sibling or even a cherished work colleague – you want to show them how much you appreciate them by getting them something special.
Rather than settle for a bottle of wine, socks, or novelty mug, try to find a present that’s unique to them, and which speaks to your relationship.
Here are just a few out-of-the-box birthday present ideas to get you started.
A special cake
What is a birthday without a birthday cake?
Instead of heading to the local supermarket or making a mess of your kitchen with questionable results, get them an eye-catching cake made by a professional. Desserts Delivered Bakery will deliver a fresh-baked cake to any mainland UK address within 24 hours. You can go for a classic chocolate, carrot, or vanilla cake, or choose something more unusual, like a chocolate orange cake, or a stunning rainbow layer cake.
Whatever you chose, a gorgeous cake is sure to make your loved one’s face light up like a birthday candle.
A photo album
Often we take friendships and family relationships for granted, but birthday’s are an opportunity to celebrate the bond between us, and what better way to do that than by creating a photo album full of all your favourite shared memories?
Take all your favourite photos from your phone and social media and print them off to fill a beautiful photo book with. You and your loved one will enjoy going through the funny, moving pictures and reliving forgotten moments.
Engraved jewellery
Jewellery is always a safe present, but it will be appreciated even more if it’s personalised.
There are many online stores that specialise in engraved jewellery. Order a golden bangle, a silver locket, or a rose-gold ring, and have it engraved with a saying, date or initials that means something to the two of you, so they will think of you whenever they put it on.
Date jar
This is the perfect gift for a romantic partner.
Take an ordinary jar and small strips of different coloured paper. Write down as many date ideas as you can think of on the strips. They can be a mixture of little things like ‘go the cinema’ and big things like ‘book a trip’. Fold each strip up and drop them into the jar.
Shake it up, seal with a ribbon, and give it to your significant other.
A pampering basket
Everyone is allowed to be selfish and take a little ‘me time’ on their birthday, so why not help your loved one along the way?
Fill a basket with everything they’ll need to truly indulge themselves. You could make a spa basket filled with posh soaps, skincare products and other toiletries, a snack basket full of tasty treats and maybe a DVD or two, a drinks basket full of all the things they’ll need to make cocktails, or a mix of everything.
‘Open when…’ envelopes
Sometimes – especially recently – we don’t get to spend as much time with our loved ones as we’d like.
If you’ve been separated from your parent, friend, grandparent or partner for a long period of time – perhaps they’ve been ill, or live abroad, or life has just gotten in the way – give them a little extra love on their birthday.
Write them a set of letters, and seal them all in envelopes marked ‘Open when…’ One might be ‘Open when you're sad’, and another might be ‘Open when you need a laugh’. Just let them know that, even when you can’t be there, you're still with them, especially on their birthday.
