5 Genius Gift Card Giving Ideas

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5 Great Gift Card Giving Ideas

If you’ve missed the Christmas shipping deadlines or are just looking for some super cute and personal ideas for giving gift cards, check out these 5 Genius Gift Card Giving Ideas!

Keep in mind that you can print out a giftcard from Amazon if you can’t get to the store in time!

1 . Dinner & A Movie Date Night!

I think the secret to making a giftcard gift seem a little more personal is to try and create an “experience” for the person. So instead of a movie gift card, tell them you want them to have a fun evening with their spouse (or a friend) by doing a restaurant gift card AND a movie gift card.

Or go the extra mile and offer to babysit so your friends can really have a Date Night! Going to their house to babysit and putting the kids to bed before they get home is even better 🙂

You can make a cute “movie ticket” gift card holder like this one and include a movie and restaurant gift card, plus a coupon for free babysitting.

What parents wouldn’t love a night out???

2 . Chef’s Delight!

This super cute idea inspiration came from a PPP reader Dawn!

For someone who loves to cook, bake or grill, a giftcard to the grocery to shop for some yummy ingredients can be packaged up to look fun and festive

You can easily pick up an oven mitt from the Dollar Tree and fill with a few things that make something practical feel more “gifty”.

I’m thinking this one would be PERFECT for college kids who have to cook for themselves!

This one has endless possibilities to make it personal for the Chef in your life (or really anyone who needs to eat, ha!)

3 . Spa Day in a Jar!

Do you have a friend that you love to spend time with, but it’s always so hard to get together??

Why not give her a gift card for a manicure, pedicure or spa treatment (psstt… and give one to yourself as well!) Go together to make the gift even more special! I love that!

Use a clear bag or mason jar and add a small lotion, nail polish and nail file along with the gift card or gift certificate.

Add a cute ribbon and a note to set a date for a fun girls day out together! This is really 2 gifts in one ~ precious time with friends is definitely a gift!

4 . Family Fun Night!

Pick up a fresh pizza box from your favorite pizza place and use this as your gift box.

Include a pizza delivery gift card along with a couple family dvds (or Redbox gift code, Hulu or Netflix gift card). Toss in a few $1 boxes of candy and some microwave popcorn bags and you have a REALLY cute gift for a family!

Additional options:

If it’s a gaming family, why not give them an Xbox Live, Playstation Plus or Nintendo gift card?
Or for a board game family – pick them up one of the new popular games for the year 🙂

How fun!

5 . Outdoorsman/Any-Man Gift!

Men are absolutely the hardest! Yikes!

For the guy who just wants to be left alone in a home improvement or sporting goods store…

Use a pair of wool socks (or sport socks) and roll up a gift card for Home Depot, Lowes, Cabela’s, Dick’s Sporting Good, Academy Sports, Bass Pro, etc. (or tie it on). Especially in winter your hunter/fisherman/sport playing/carpenter/hard working man is sure to enjoy wearing them while getting some good use out of the gift card!

Or for a guy who might be spending a lot of time in a tree stand…