30 Great Gift Ideas for Best Friends
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We all have a best friend but it is not always easy to let them know how much we think of them. They can be someone we rely on and that we turn to when we need help or a chat and so finding a great gift to express this is not easy. Hopefully this list will help you to find something, perhaps that expresses how you feel or will just give you an idea of something special that you can give to them perhaps for their birthday, Christmas or at any other time just to show how much you care.
30 Great Presents for Your Best Friend
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This wooden hanging heart plaque will show your friends just how much you care about them. It expresses your thanks to them with the wording that is on there. It is a wooden heart which has a hole in the top with some hessian twine threaded through it for easy hanging. It is made from 3mm plywood and is 10 x 9.5cm. It comes packaged in a transparent sleeve, so it is ready to give as a gift.
This is a fun mug that is perfect to give to someone with a sense of humour. It is a white mug with black writing on it and pink stripes. It says ‘every short girl needs a tall best friend’. It has an 11oz capacity and is durable ceramic with an easy grip handle. It measures 3.75” tall and is 3” in diameter. It is dishwasher and microwave safe so is practical as well as fun.
This sterling silver necklace has a knot shaped pendant and comes on a card with a quote ‘You can never untie the knot of true friendship’. It is from the Philip Jones Jewellery collection and it is high quality and made to last. It comes in a pouch too so is perfect for giving to your best friend as a thoughtful present to show how much you think of them
This is a small hardback book which has a section to fill in to make it something to treasure for your best friend. It is 4.5 x 3.25 inches with 112 pages to complete. It says things like when we are old lets…. And it is up to you to fill it in. You can make it cute, caring or funny, whatever works for you and the relationship you have with them.
This is a special charm bracelet to gift your best friend. It comes on a card which says ‘a little wish for my best friend’. It is a chain with a star on it. It also says ‘tie this bracelet around your wrist, close your eyes and make a wish, when the string starts to fray, you know your wish is on the way. The card comes with an envelope.
This is a keychain set for best friends to share. There are two parts to it, with two rings and two jigsaw pendants that fit together. On one is a key which says side by side miles apart and the other has hearts on and says best friends like us stay close in heart. It comes on a card and in a gift bag so it is all ready to give away.
This is a novelty friendship survival kit in a can for a best friend. You can choose from different colour cans and inside there is a list of all the items enclosed and why they will help your friendship to survive. There are 17 small items such as a candle because you light up my life and gum for the times you stuck to me. The tin measures 10cm x 6cm.
This keepsake poem comes in a frame of your choosing. You can pick between different sizes either A5, A4 or A3 and black or white frames or you can have it printed straight onto a wooden block. It is a poem which is personalised with the name of your best friend at the top and your name can be added to it as well. It even comes with free delivery.
This BFF mug is unusually printed on the inside and the outside. The outside is white with ‘best friends forever’ and a heart printed on. On the inside there are rainbow stripes with a pink/red coloured base. The mug has a capacity of 350ml and a height and diameter of 9cm. It is recommended that it is hand washed to keep the colour vibrancy. The price includes free shipping.
This is a decorative light up bottle with a sentimental message of friendship on it. It has black writing, a black cork and a black velvet ribbon so a sleek look to it. It says ‘Best friends are hard to find because the very best one is already mine’ and inside there is a string of lights. It is a lovely elegant item which would make a great gift that would look lovely lighting up a shelf or beside table.
This is an official ‘Me to You’ Tatty teddy bear with grey fur and blue nose in the recognisable cuteness and style of this well-known brand. It comes in a presentation box and is holding a stuffed star which says ‘True friends are like stars, you don’t always see them but you know they are always there’. It measures 22cm and is suitable to give to anyone aged 3 and above.
This is a special friendship box which contains a selection of 31 quotes specially selected to be given to a friend. The cards with quotes on are 6.6cm x 12cm and they come inside a cardboard gift tube which is 15cm tall. With 31 cards there is one for everyday of the month, so they can read a quote each day or perhaps even frame some of them to look at each day.
This is a funny and rude birthday card for someone that has a close relationship with their best friend where they are able to be rude to each other! The card is white and reads ‘Happy Birthday to my Bestest Bitch’ with a red heart at the bottom. It is A5 size (210mm x 148.5mm), printed on 300gsm silk card, blank inside for you to add a message and comes with a red envelope.
This figurine is made by More Than Words and depicts a pair of friends. The two figures are embracing in friendship and one of them holds a heart hanging on a red ribbon. The heart has the message ‘best friends’ written on it with a printed on red heart. This touching tribute to friendship will really show how much you care for the close people in your life and let them know they are appreciated.
This tealight holder comes with a sentimental message about friendship. It says ‘best friend’ at the top and below says ‘a best friend is like a four leaf clover lucky to have and hard to find’ and there are some pictures of clovers. The stylish white design will fit with any décor and it comes in a presentation box and there is one tea light included – so all ready to give away.
This ring bound note book is ideal for giving as a gift to a good friend. The thick card cover has a white heart added to it and the phrase ‘A good friend knows all your stories – a best friend helped you write them’. It comes in various size and styles with options of A5. A4 or A3 size and white, black or kraft pages. The blank pages are great for journaling, scrapbooking or as a diary.
This friendship candle is a corked glass jar measuring 13.5 high and 7cm round with a 45 hour burn time white soy wax candle inside. It is unscented, suitable for vegans and has a string with hearts on around the neck. The label has a message about ‘our friendship’ – ‘our friendship is like this candle, if you forget about me I will burn your house down’. Comes in a gift box.
This is a bag of strawberry and bubble gum flavoured sweets which come in a labelled bag. The card on the top of the bag reads ‘your one in a million best friend’ which refers to the sweets which are called millions. Each pack has one odd coloured sweet to represent the ‘one’ in a million. The card also has some red hearts either side of the writing to show how much you care.
This is a pair of bracelets which has a pendant on it saying ‘best friend’. You can choose between different colours although all have the same silver coloured pendant in the middle. The length is 16cm – 30cm as it is adjustable. The colours are black and purple, black and wine red, dark red and purple, sky blue and dark red, white and dark red, white and purple and white and wine red.
This is a very unusual gift. It is a cupcake shaped gift box which is wrapped in fabric with a message to your best friend in the lid. It is actually a poem which starts ‘A best friend like you is hard to find, sweet, loyal, true and ever so kind’. Inside the box is a crystal style glass teddy bear. The cute smiling bear has a red heart on its tummy.
This Friends (the TV show) themed mug says ‘You’re the Monica to my Rachel’ using the style and font of the TV series. The slogan is printed on both sides of the mug. It is a white ceramic mug with black writing which is 11oz and printed and designed in the UK. In comes in a white box, so all ready to give away as a gift to your bestie.
This is a mini sliver coloured tin in a heart shape. It contains a small packet of mints and on the lid it says ‘I love you best friend’ with inter locked hearts. The size of the tin is 45mm x 45mm x 20mm and can be filled with alternative sweets to mints such as jelly beans or heart shaped chocolates with a coloured coating in a colour of your choice.
This is a delightful keepsake ornament with two cute angels embracing made by Heaven Sends. They have a suspended star over their heads which has a gemstone in it and are standing on a plinth which has wording on. The wording reads ‘Good friends are like stars you don’t always see them but you know they are there’. It measures 6.1 x 3.3 x 9.4cm. The perfect gift for a special friend.
This is a sterling silver chain with ring pendant. The chain is hypoallergenic and 46cm long and is really bright due to sterling silver being the whitest metal. The pendant features two interlinked rings both which say ‘best friends’ on them. It is made by Tuscany Silver who use traditional processes so that their items are high quality. It comes in a branded gift box all ready to give away.
This friendship cushion cover will brighten up any home with both the colours and the message on it. It is white with a black and pink border of roses and white and pink wording. The words read ’I’m really very lucky, I can’t believe it’s true, of all the friends in the world, I got the best one…You’. The cover measures 22.8 x 21 x 1cm and is 100% polyester silk and square in shape.
This is a funny square coaster from Dorothy Spring. It is white and has black writing on it and a picture of two stick people holding hands. It says on it ‘you and I are more than friends we’re really like a small gang’. It is 9 x 9cm and has a quality gloss finish and rounded corners. The back is soft cork to protect the surfaces that it is resting on.
This glass starlight bottle will brighten up any room that it is put in. It is pink in colour and contains LED lights which create a starry effect. It has a cork in the top and white printed words which say ‘best friends shine like stars’. It even has a gift tag tied around the neck of the bottle so that you can personally address it to your closest friend.
A tote shopping bag is always a useful gift and with this bag you can provide your friend with a nice sentiment at the same time. This is because the bag has ‘every tall girl needs a short best friend’ printed on it. The bags are made from 100% cotton and are ethically produced and you can choose from a big variety of colours from the brightest yellow or pink to more tame black, grey or white.
This is an engraved lucky coin that you can give to someone you hold dear. It has a pair of pretty daisy like flowers on the front and reads ‘dearest friend’. On the back there is a clover or shamrock and it says to me, you’re a friend that’s truly one of a kind. That’s why you deserve all the happiness in the world’. It measures 5.1 x 3.3 x 0.5 cm and is made of metal.
These sweatshirts are designed for friends to wear when they are together. One says best with a picture of a burger and the other says friends with a picture of fries. They have round necks with hoods that have a drawstring around them. You can pick from grey or black and they are a cotton and polyester mix. It is cleverly set up so you do not have to have both tops in the same size.
This is a Friends print which has been signed. It is a reproduction of a photo of the group taken when they were making the series of friends and the casts signatures are all on it (these are reproduction too). It is mounted on black board and framed in a black frame which A4 (297 x 210mm) in size. It even comes with free delivery so you can send it off to the friend of your choice.
