5 Gifts That Are So Thoughtful Your Friend Will Cherish Them Always
The best gifts you can ever give a friend are the ones with the most thought. But who has time for that? Well, you do. That is, if you start now. Many of these gift ideas require little daily effort, but the results add up times. These are gifts that your friend will cherish forever.
Everyone seems to be taking pictures with their phones, so put them to good use. Purposefully take photos, print them out, and create a collage that you can give to a friend at the end of the year. Arrange them in a book and go week by week (with some notes that go along with the pictures) or scramble them on a board or in a scrapbook.
To make this a really great gift, highlight small and big moments that you really appreciate, like a phone call from a friend, encouraging Facebook post, or fun moments you shared. This is a good idea for friends you don’t hang out with as often as you’d like or long-distance friends you might not see more than once every couple of years.
Here's some tips for creating these events this year:
If you and a friend share a strong faith, make them a personalized devotional. Choose favorite Bible passages and write out one in a beautiful journal each day. Then, add your own thoughts on the passage.
Your friend will refer to this again and again over the years to inspiration. You’d be surprised at how a gift like this can also show your friend a different side to you, and help the two of you become even closer.
To give you a start, here are some Bible verses about friendship:
If you’ve got a combination of photos and old videos of the two of you, combine the two to create an inspiring video. You can include old memories from vacations, random thoughts about how you’ve enjoyed hanging out together, or even still frames with favorite quotes. Make it something your friend will appreciate and enjoy.
A video like this is a good idea if you’re just about to experience a new life event, like college, marriage, or a new baby. Friendships can sometimes come to an end during times like these, and a video will remind your friend that you’re willing to put in the extra effort to keep things going.
Here are some quotes you might want to include in your video:
If you’ve saved little mementoes from the adventures you and a friend have, put them in a beautiful box for them to keep forever. Some people also add small slips of paper with notes and quotes to add to the box, making it a combination memory and gratitude box.
Using your imagination with this and put in the box things that will mean something special for your friend. Sometimes we keep things that are important to us but they might not be important to a friend. So make sure whatever you save has personal meaning for your pal.
If you don’t have anything saved thus far, the good news is that you can start now and collect items different items. By this time next year you’ll have a box filled with memories that will make the perfect gift for your friend.
Take all the previous ideas and combine them to create a truly one of a kind gift basket for your friend. Save some mementoes, write out handwritten quotes or Bible verses, and include a photo board or collage from the previous years to come up with the mother of all personalized gifts. Imagine your friend opening gift after gift from this basket, each item made just for them. You’d be giving them something truly special they’d never forget.
A Visual Diary
Everyone seems to be taking pictures with their phones, so put them to good use. Purposefully take photos, print them out, and create a collage that you can give to a friend at the end of the year. Arrange them in a book and go week by week (with some notes that go along with the pictures) or scramble them on a board or in a scrapbook.
To make this a really great gift, highlight small and big moments that you really appreciate, like a phone call from a friend, encouraging Facebook post, or fun moments you shared. This is a good idea for friends you don’t hang out with as often as you’d like or long-distance friends you might not see more than once every couple of years.
Here's some tips for creating these events this year:
- Take Our Friendship Boot Camp for Ideas on Get Togethers
- Do Some of These Random Acts of Kindness With Friends as You Photograph
A Year's Worth of Blessings
If you and a friend share a strong faith, make them a personalized devotional. Choose favorite Bible passages and write out one in a beautiful journal each day. Then, add your own thoughts on the passage.
Your friend will refer to this again and again over the years to inspiration. You’d be surprised at how a gift like this can also show your friend a different side to you, and help the two of you become even closer.
To give you a start, here are some Bible verses about friendship:
An Inspiring Video
If you’ve got a combination of photos and old videos of the two of you, combine the two to create an inspiring video. You can include old memories from vacations, random thoughts about how you’ve enjoyed hanging out together, or even still frames with favorite quotes. Make it something your friend will appreciate and enjoy.
A video like this is a good idea if you’re just about to experience a new life event, like college, marriage, or a new baby. Friendships can sometimes come to an end during times like these, and a video will remind your friend that you’re willing to put in the extra effort to keep things going.
Here are some quotes you might want to include in your video:
Memory Box
If you’ve saved little mementoes from the adventures you and a friend have, put them in a beautiful box for them to keep forever. Some people also add small slips of paper with notes and quotes to add to the box, making it a combination memory and gratitude box.
Using your imagination with this and put in the box things that will mean something special for your friend. Sometimes we keep things that are important to us but they might not be important to a friend. So make sure whatever you save has personal meaning for your pal.
If you don’t have anything saved thus far, the good news is that you can start now and collect items different items. By this time next year you’ll have a box filled with memories that will make the perfect gift for your friend.
Personalized Gift Basket
Take all the previous ideas and combine them to create a truly one of a kind gift basket for your friend. Save some mementoes, write out handwritten quotes or Bible verses, and include a photo board or collage from the previous years to come up with the mother of all personalized gifts. Imagine your friend opening gift after gift from this basket, each item made just for them. You’d be giving them something truly special they’d never forget.
Source...