The Great Big Guide to Unique Gifts for 2024

For the knitters in your life: give the gift of easy knitting in the round with interchangeable needles! The individual needle sizes can be used with various lengths of cable, meaning knitters no longer need a huge stash of different needle sizes and lengths.

Save the planet and support someone’s knitting or crochet habit – this recycled yarn used to be a discarded clothing item but now finds new life in skeins that can be used for any number of projects.

Make felt cheeses, meats, and crackers with this relaxing guided kit At the end of the project, you’ll have a little charcuterie (or should I say char-cute-erie) that you don’t have to worry about leaving out too long.

Whether you know someone who’s into embroidery, or someone looking for a new hobby, a nice hoop and some premium embroidery floss will be sure to thrill.

A sun hat is a great way to make a fashion statement. This massive hat seems ridiculous until you’re out in the sun, wishing you were in the shade, and then you are in the shade because of this hat. Make sure to get a nice ribbon to hold it on though, because it will blow away in the wind otherwise.

Practical but fashionable, these hair clips make great useful, unique gifts! They come in a variety of fun and quirky styles. Give the gift of keeping your hair our of your face!

Up your flair game with these vaporwave aesthetic pins. Choose from angelic versions of the floppy disk, CD, and cassette tape, and celebrate retro tech and bygone eras. And you can find them on this very website!

Make labels, print little things for your journal, create stickers for your water bottle. The possibilities are endless!

The world may be burning, but it’s not all bad. This dumpster fire has a little smile!

Try out a new game from this wacky game shop! They design fun and unique party games that will be sure to please everyone. These games will get everyone at your next gathering engaged and having fun!

These maps for Lord of Maps look like something from a fantasy tale, but they are actually maps of real places in the real world! These illustrated maps are available for all 50 U.S. states plus country and world maps, and make great unique gifts.

Give the gift of vinyl toys shaped like strange animals. These fun and colorful designer toys will make great desk pals, or great gifts for vinyl toy collectors. Horrible Adorables are cute, they’re weird, and they’re the perfect gift!

A designer rug is a unique and unexpected gift that’s sure to delight! Check out rugs from one of my favorite artists, Crater Rugs.

A simple but easy to love gift, these solar lights can light up the night on decks and porches, add a whimsical sparkle to garden fences, or even be used indoors!

Give the gift of delicious boba! Check out my favorite boba brand, Bauble Boba, and pick up this tasty and unique gift today.

Never need dryer sheets again! Toss these buddies in the dryer to keep your laundry soft and supple.

Vibe to the beats with this light-up speaker that changes color with the music

This eye mask is THE BEST eye mask. It is comfy and most importantly, blocks almost all that pesky light that is always trying to creep in the cracks and into your eyes. Sleep better than ever before with this eye mask.

Not only does this unique gift hold cups, it can hold books, snacks, your knitting, a small bird, or any other reasonably sized items you can think of!

They may not seem exciting at first glance, but ratchet straps are a great useful and unique gift. You never know when you’ll need them!

Gardeners love tenderly raising some seedlings to put out in the vegetable garden. This greenhouse can be set up on a deck or patio to protect young plants, then compactly stored once the sprouts are ready to be transplanted. They grow up so fast.

Too many houseplants? No such thing. But if maybe it is sort of becoming a thing, this lego flower will look great and require no maintenance! Also give this to people who love houseplants but keep killing them!

Make a statement with a wavy, colorful 3d-printed and biodegradable planter from Object Lover! This quirky pot is just the thing to spice up your decor and give your plants a stylish home.

Underwatering and overwatering are the two banes of houseplant lovers’ existence. Sometimes you think ‘oh man, gave it too much water’ but you gave it too little water. And then the plant dies. Never have this problem again with a subscription to Planta, an app that tells you when to water, repot plants, and more!

The America the Beautiful pass gives access to all U.S. national parks with one convenient pass – experience the beauty of this glorious nation! Talk about unique gifts!

A relaxing thing to play with, plus it makes a great snack*!
*don’t actually eat it, it does not make a great snack

Everyone needs this. Trust me.

Dinosaurs are cool – dinosaurs that really have little bones inside? So much cooler.

I mean, look at it. What more is there to say? If you’re looking for unique gifts, this is pretty unique.

This is the ultimate gift, and the only gift you will ever need. Once you give this gift to someone you will no longer need to get them a gift ever again because you have given them the ultimate gift.

It’s a weird thermometer that’s hard to read but it sure does look cool.

Tell the world.

Embrace your inner warrior with this unusual drinking vessel. Whoever you give this to will fit right in at the mead hall.

Pink, beautiful flamingo watering can – it will make watering plants that much more fun! Plus, it’s a fun and kitschy decor item even when the plants aren’t thirsty.

A wiggly table to match the wiggly planter from earlier! This 3D printed table is light weight and such a fun decor statement. As far as unique gifts go, you can’t go wrong with this one.