Clutter-Free and Eco-Friendly Gifts

Classes, lessons, gift of the month clubs, subscriptions, and gift cards are great ways to give clutter-free and eco-friendly gifts. Activities and experiences promote spending time together and create exciting and loving memories. Consumables are also great ways to rethink gift-giving. Here are just a few wonderful ideas of ways to give clutter-free and eco-friendly gifts that do not create clutter:

Activities or Experiences:

Activities or experiences are a great way to give a gift with a lasting memory.

• A night away at a hotel, Airbnb, or a bed & breakfast.
• Tickets to sports events, concerts, theater or comedy shows.
• Tickets or season passes to adventure parks like Busch Gardens or Great Wolf Lodge.  
• Gift cards to places like Jumpology, Go Ape, or Top Golf.
• Passes or memberships to the zoo, aquarium, art gallery, national park, museums like the Children’s Museum of Richmond, or a fishing license.
• Tickets or gift card to activity such as an escape room, balloon ride, horseback ride, indoor rock climbing, laser tag, bowling, ski lift ticket, mini golf, or a boat rental.
• Movie Tickets – Fandango.
• Create “a night-in” box: such as a “game night,” a “movie night,” or a “cook dinner at home night,” complete with all the supplies to make that memory.
• Host a dinner party and cook for your friends or family.
• A 23andMe kit with a subscription.

Classes or Lessons:

Great options to help the recipient work on a hobby, skill, or try something new.

• Hobby lessons or classes such as cooking, arts and crafts, drawing,  jewelry making, or flower workshops.
• Activity lessons or classes like Pure Barre, golf, cycle, personal training sessions, swimming, CrossFit, or dance.
• Encourage something new and give lessons or classes to learn this such as a new language or bee keeping.
• Dog training or agility classes.

Consumables:

The options for consumables are endless!

• Drink of choice such as coffee, tea, wine, beer, bourbon, etc.
• Make a home-cooked meal and deliver it.
• Baked goods like cookies, brownies, pies, cakes, cupcakes, etc. Include the recipe, too!
• Canned goods like apple sauce, tomatoes sauce, jam, pickles, etc.
• Something sweet from Edible Arrangements.
• A gift basket with everything needed for a family brunch or dinner.
• Gift baskets from Harry & David or Wolferman’s.
• Tastes and smells from local creatives and artisans such as the customizable and signature boxes from Gifted RVA.
• Eco-friendly cleaning supplies and hand soaps such as those from Blueland.

Gift of The Month Club:

Be sure the gifts are consumable or flowers. Check out this website for more gift of the month clubs.

• Spice subscription builder from Raw Spice Bar.
• Cheese of the month from Murray’s Cheeses.
• Goldbelly – send food from famous food purveyors and eateries from all over the country.
• Wine of the month from Prince Michel.
• Flowers of the month from Ida Mae,The Bouqs Co, or Bloomsy box.
• Coffee of the month from Atlas Coffee Club or Bean Box.
• Flavored water of the month from Hint.
• Gourmet treat of the month from Mouth.
• Omaha Steaks or Carnivore Club Subscription.
• Snack food subscription from Universal Yums or Bokksu.
• Curated spirits from Flaviar or Tippsy.
• Meal subscriptions from Hello Fresh or Blue Apron.
• Candy gift subscription from Candy Club.
• Contact a local farm for CSA’s or a farm share.

Subscriptions and Gift Cards:

When giving gift cards, set a reminder to help ensure that the recipients use their gifts.

• Amazon Prime subscription gift card.
• A movie Streaming such as Disney+, Netflix, or Hulu.
• Audible subscription or gift card.
• A music streaming subscription such as Spotify or SiriusXM.
• Kindle gift card via Amazon.
• Health and wellness app subscriptions like Calm, Noom, or HeadSpace.
• Gift certificate to a favorite restaurant, coffee shop, or ice cream shop.
• The gift of organization from Abundance Organizing.
• The git of a junk hauling service.
• A gift certificate for house cleaning, window washing, or car wash/detailing services such as Auto Bell.
• Annual membership for AAA.
• Practical gift cards such as to a grocery store or a gas station.
• A gift certificate for a massage, pedicure, or manicure.
• A gift certificate for a babysitter!
• Gift card or cash towards something for which the person is saving.
• Dry Bar gift cards for the perfect blow out. If you are local, check out the Richmond or Virginia Beach locations.

What are your favorite clutter-free and eco-friendly gifts to receive? How about to give? Make sure you share them with the Abundance Declutter community!