How do I find a good, different gift?
Finding the perfect different gift can be difficult, but in this article I will try to give my advice on how you can succeed in finding a good different gift - whether it is for your grandfather, girlfriend, mother or brother - then this guide will help you to make the right and different gift choice ;-)
What is a good different gift?
Assessing what is a good different gift for the particular person you want to give a different gift to will usually be a subjective matter. Therefore, I will try to give some advice that can help depending on the situation, and not least which person is involved in your life. It is clear that there will probably be a difference in whether the good, different gift for your mother fits just as well as the good, different gift for e.g. your little brother.
What defines a different gift?
There is probably no objective truth for what a different gift is. However, we can probably try to get a little closer by putting a few words on what might not be a different gift. If you give your father a pair of socks or underpants as a gift, many of us will probably agree that it is not a different gift. A different gift must, as the word expresses, be different from what we normally give. Therefore, there are some common gifts that we can advantageously delete from the options, so that we can more easily approach some gifts that can be good candidates as "different gifts". For example there are probably many of us who have given shirts, socks, t-shirts etc. to the men in our lives. In addition, many of us have also given gift vouchers for mats, mascara and tights to the women and girls in our lives. Just like us, there are probably many who have given a vase or water carafe to our grandparents or grandmother and grandfather. It is therefore my advice that you rule out all these kinds of gifts when you want to try to choose a different gift for someone you love.
How do I choose a different gift for someone who has everything?
Just because the person you are going to give a gift to has everything, it does not mean that it has to be more difficult to find a different gift for the person. In fact, it is largely about thinking outside the box, and wanting to think in the direction of something that does not necessarily have a materialistic value, but to a greater extent has a personal and fun value. That way, there is a greater chance that you will succeed in choosing something that the person will perceive as a different gift.
How do I think outside the box when choosing a different gift?
It can be difficult to choose a different gift because it requires you to think outside the box , as it must be a different gift. That's why I give you 3 good tips on how you can help yourself to think outside the box when you have to try to find a good, different gift:
3 good tips for how you can get in gear to come up with a good, different gift
Do the opposite of what you usually do
If you usually go to the city center when you need to find a gift for your mother, do the exact opposite when you need to find a different gift for her. And what is the opposite of the city center? Well, that is of course a very good question - but if we assume that there are usually many chain stores in a shopping center and that they usually have a product selection that is made in many editions and is usually "with the fashion", then we can relatively easily trace us into what good suggestions for the opposite can be:
The opposite of a shopping center with many chain stores can be:
- small individual shops with a unique selection
- small streets or alleys where you rarely go
- small towns with small shops
- thrift stores
In the same way, you can do the exercise when you buy gifts for your father. If you usually go down to the local wine shop, you may have to think about something quite the opposite: Could it be that you should give your father an experience where he does not have to eat or drink anything, but use his body? It could, for example, be a trip on the local climbing course which is the good different gift for him.
Think about whether the person has expressed something they would like that you noticed as being different
Here is a good example of what such a situation could look like: My grandmother has always loved watching me play football when I was younger, and she always watches national matches at home. Still, it's always been vases and things like that that my sister and I have given her as gifts, but I think the perfect different gift for her would be if I invited her out and watched a football match. Get me right, we probably shouldn't stand on the south side for a Brøndby match, but if we could stand in the family section for a friendly match with the national team, yes, that would probably be right in her spirit; lots of fun, but without the stressful elements that can be at a packed football match in the park. It would indeed be a nice different gift for my grandmother. But remember that it is probably different for you, and that you have to do the same exercise yourself in order to find out what the perfect different gift will be for your grandmother
Try making the gift yourself rather than buying it
Today, most gifts we give are simply from a wish list, which we can call it for what it is: an order list, which is usually full of material things that we could just as easily buy ourselves.
Therefore, an offer for a good different gift can be one that you have not necessarily found on the person's wish list, but one that you have made yourself. "Then you probably think: Yes, okay, but both me and my mother have perhaps grown a little from the drawings I made for her when I was 5 years old". And I would like to grant you that you are completely right, but fortunately there are many other things you can do yourself that your mother can enjoy. If you are good in a room with bows, you can make some shelves for your mother, which she can hang up at home. If your mother likes to walk in the forest, you can also buy some wicker wood and weave a basket for her in which she can gather mushrooms - or whatever she does when she is in the forest. If we just "bother" to make ourselves the trouble to soak in our heads - and actually make an effort for it - then a great idea will usually arise, which is not just a drawing for fun, as when you was 5 years old ;-)
To conclude this blog post, I have tried to collect 5 good suggestions for different gifts for your loved ones. I have chosen to come up with 5 suggestions for your grandparents, your parents, your boyfriend, your siblings or your friends
5 tips on where you can look for different gifts for your loved ones
- To your grandparents, grandmother, mother, father or whatever you call them:
At Aktiv Äldreliv there are a lot of opportunities to find a good event that you can take your grandparents to. When you reach age, it might actually be better to have an experience with your children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren in a format suitable for the elderly, which is really a good different gift than a vase or something else in that style.
- For your mother or father
At DN or Ud i Naturen you can find a lot of different suggestions for fantastic and beautiful trips in nature, which must clearly be good candidates for different gifts for your mother and father. I'd like to bet my old hat that they appreciate a good hike with you as a guide, cooking trangia and cozying up to them more than giving them a nice bottle of red wine. Alternatively, you can take the good bottle of red wine with you on the trip if you think they can't do without it ;-)
- To your girlfriend
We often underestimate how romantic and unique it can be to go exploring in our own country or even better: in our own city. That's why tripadvisor has created a perfect guide on Tripadvisor with suggestions for things you can do with your girlfriend in Denmark.
- To your siblings
At Go Monkey you can book the perfect day of experiences for you and your siblings, where you can have an action-packed experience with tree climbing and fun obstacles. It is, if anything, a different gift, unless of course your siblings climb often - then you may well have to come up with something less action-packed, without it being a knitting course ;-)
- To your friends
If you would like to give a different gift to your friends, then Mystery Makers is a fantastic offer, which is about taking your friends out and solving fun mysteries around Copenhagen. It is truly a different gift, as you can play a unique game with your friends around the Danish cities. If that's not a different kind of gift, I don't know what is!
Tie the perfect bow around the perfect different gift
Whether you have found an activity from the elderly that gave your grandmother a great day, or whether you have chosen to give a mystery as a gift to your friends, I would recommend that you make sure to take lots of pictures and record video with sound on from the day. Because regardless of which of the 5 suggestions you have chosen, you can bring the day together in the perfect keepsake – which is also different to that extent – namely an Unmute. And what is an Unmute, you might be thinking? An Unmute is a talking picture frame that you can have standing on your chest of drawers or hanging in the kitchen.
It might sound corny, but it's actually, in my opinion, today's answer to one of the best different gifts out there. The process for making your very own unique Unmute is super simple:
- You upload a picture from the camera roll
- You choose a video or audio file from the day where you say something funny or just enjoy yourself
- Or you record an audio file yourself in which you say how much fun you think the day was together.
- You choose the color of your frame
- The Unmute team creates your talking picture frame and sends it with day-to-day delivery to the recipient
- the recipient now has a talking picture frame they can listen to over and over, as a fond memory of a fun day where you gave them an experience of a lifetime
So if you want to make sure that the different gift experience you have chosen to give one of your loved ones is not forgotten, make sure you take some photos from the day and record some videos where you have fun together. Then you can encapsulate a sound clip and one or more pictures in this so-called Unmute, and send as the finishing touch to the person you have chosen to give a different gift. In this way, you ensure that the person receives a dear, physical memory from the day, which will forever remind the person of the fantastic day you had together, when you decided to give a different gift. You can make your Unmute on the go in just a few minutes and from your phone, PC or iPad.
