Exchanging white elephant gifts is a pretty common occurrence at office parties or among friends and family. It involves the exchange of funny and impractical gifts by participants, with the ultimate goal of white elephant gifts being to entertain the party-goers rather than the usual reasons for gift giving. This is also totally different from the meaning usually associated with the term white elephant but who cares.
So if you’re looking to get into the habit of making everyone laugh at how senseless or impractical your gifts can be at a white elephant gifts exchange, then we have just the list of gift ideas for you. Here’s our list of 40 of the best white elephant gifts that are guaranteed to cause fights because of how awesome they are:
#1 Funny Ramen Bowl
If you love your ramen enough to have formed a routine around preparing and eating it, then it’s only fair that you do so with this Hopeless Ramen-tic bowl and chopsticks set. The ceramic bowl has a thoughtful design with notches for storing your chopsticks and playful decorations on the inside of the bowl.
#2 The Burrito Blanket
Perfect for those who love looking like a snack, the burrito blanket is available in different sizes and made from fuzzy flannel fabric, designed to keep you warm and toasty, just like a burrito should be.
#3 Hydro Flask Travel Mug
Whether you like your drinks piping hot or ice cold, the Hydro Flask travel mug will keep whatever’s poured in it hotter or colder for longer than your average travel mug. Made from pro grade stainless steel and sporting a press-on lid, this mug can hold up to 12 ounces of your favorite beverage.
#4 I Like Big Buttes Wall Calendar
Are you a geography nerd who has a particular fascination with buttes that you cannot lie about? Every time you see one, do you loudly exclaim “Oh My God!! Look at that Butte!!”? If you answered yes to both questions, then this big butte calendar is made just for people like you.
#5 My White Elephant Gift T-Shirt
The “My White Elephant Gift T-Shirt” is the right gift item for those occasions where they insist that everyone should come with an extremely rare gifts. You could even set it up nicely by having them specifically use the words white elephant gifts, so that your gift t-shirt is the most accurate response to their demands.
#6 Floating Bonsai Planter
Because ordinary flower pots are so ordinary, why not switch it up to something more fancy and futuristic, like this levitating flower pot which uses electromagnetic levitation technology to upgrade the common flower pot to something extraordinary.
#7 Crap Taxidermy Book
This hilarious coffee table book is a picture collection of some of the weirdest and worst forms of animal preservation in the proffesion of taxidermy. Some of it’s offerings include a relaxed toad enjoying a smoke and a brew, a cat with eerily flexible front legs, and a smiling lion with receding gums.
#8 Bicycle Pizza Cutter
The Tour de Pizza Bicycle pizza cutter which is a 1/10th scale replica of a real life road bike, makes use of its twin bicycle wheels as cutting blades to effortlessly slice through the thickest of pizza crusts and have non-stick edges to prevent any messiness.
#9 Car French Fry Holder
Cup holders can be used for more than just holding your coffee on your drive to work. This french fry holder fits right into a standard automotive cup holder and converts it into a receptacle for holding and eating french fries. An ideal gift for anyone who loves to snack while driving.
#10 Swivel Wall Charger
This multi plug outlet has many tricks up its sleeve. Apart from allowing you to connect USB cables directly to charge your devices without their own chargers, the power outlet can also swivel 90 degrees to allow you position it in a way favorable to you. It has 9 AC outlets and 3 USB outlets that supply up to DC 5V/3A.
#11 Star Wars Lightsaber Chopsticks
For true Star Wars fans, the lightsaber chopsticks will ensure your jedi vs sith battles don’t have to be stopped just because it’s time for dinner. Available in blue, green, red and purple, these chopsticks are just about as white elephant in status as gifts get.
#12 Office Award for Buzzwords Coffee Mugs
For that colleague in the office who can’t stop using buzzwords like synergy, big data, convergence, deep dive, growth hacking, low hanging fruit, to mention a few. Perhaps this mug would help him understand that everyone knows he has a broad vocabulary of these words and that no one really understands or cares when he uses them.
#13 Poop Like a Champion Cereal
The name says it all, If you’re looking for cereal with 100% of your daily fiber needs in one serving that will thoroughly clean out your colon, then look no further. This cereal contains a ridiculous amount of insoluble and soluble fibers to build fast moving bulk and scrub out your colon on its way down.
#14 Meh Christmas Tree Ornament
A perfect white elephant gift for those folks who find it hard to get excited about anything, even Christmas holidays and gifts. This meh Christmas tree ornament would be just the type of thing they would use to decorate their tree, to show everyone how they feel about the season.
#15 Homemade Thai Iced Tea Kit
This gift set contains 48 oz of the best tasting Asian inspired blended drink know as Thai tea and can be used to make up to 32 servings of this fine tasting beverage. As far as thoughtful white elephant gifts go, this is perfect for that friend of Asian descent who finds themselves craving a taste of home.
#16 Zippo Hand Warmer
The Zippo hand warmer sports a rugged metal construction and can be used to generate heat and keep your hands warm in the cold weather for up to 12 hours. It can easily be refilled with lighter fluid to keep the heat going for longer, making it ideal for outdoor activities like skiing, camping, hunting or sledding.
#17 Dark Playing Cards
These dark playing cards would make you wonder why they aren’t as popular as the white ones that everyone uses. The shadow design of these cards make them perfect for night or dark themed parties or for that magician friend who practices dark magic tricks.
#18 I Survived Another Meeting Coffee Mug
This one is sure to be a hit at the office end of year party when someone unwraps it during the Secret Santa gifts exchange, cos we’ve all been in that meeting that doesn’t seem to want to end and when it eventually does, you realize that the two hours of discussions could have been handled with just one email exchange.
#19 The Oregon Trail Handheld Game
A retro handheld remake of the original Oregon Trail game, with authentic 80’s graphics, sound effects, and it plays just like the original computer game. If you’re on the look out for white elephant gifts for retro gamers and geeks who love gaming history, then this is what you’ve been looking for.
#20 Smart Tire Pressure Caps
For older cars that don’t have a tire pressure monitor system built in to their dashboard, the smart tire pressure caps are a low tech way of knowing when to take your car for a quick top up of air in the tires. With these installed on all four tires, you can reduce the risk of premature tire wear or blowouts from under-inflated tires, extending the tire life.
#21 Mophie Wireless Charger
Get with the times and grab this awesome wireless charging pad that will charge your new smartphone simply by placing your phone on top of the charging surface. You no longer have to fiddle with a cable and your phone’s charging port. Compatible withe latest Apple phones and Android phones from Samsung, LG and other Qi- Wireless devices.
#22 Poop Emoji Coffee Mug
In case you didn’t know, coffee does sometimes lead to epic toilet experiences and if you happen to suffer from this particular side effect of drinking coffee, then what better way to let people know about your predicament than with this poop emoji mug. Those who similarly afflicted will praise your braveness and share your pain.
#23 You Suck at Parking Cards
You see them every other day, those morons that park like they can’t understand how parking lanes work or like they just don’t care. Well no longer will you just shake your head and range internally. Take on the role of parking police with this stack of cards designed to let them know just how shitty their parking skills are.
#24 Organic Bath Bombs
These are not soaps, these are bath bombs, made from purely organic ingredients and designed to soothe and heal your skin, leaving it looking flawless and amazing. Each bath bomb in this pack of six is specially tailored to deliver a unique effect to your body, either helping you relax, soothing your muscles, detoxing or relieving your joints.
#25 Death Wish Coffee
The perfect white elephant gift for coffee lovers has got to be the coffee blend that holds the title of the world’s strongest ground coffee, right? Death Wish Coffee is a smooth and unique blend of Arabica and Robusta beans that is slow roasted to produce ground coffee twice as strong as your typical cup coffee.
#26 Pixel Keychain Light
Keep this LED flashlight on your keychain so that you’re never in the dark without a source of light to guide you. Precision machined from high strength titanium, this keychain flashlight is small, lightweight and near indestructible.
#27 Floppy Disk Drink Coasters
These brightly colored drink coasters harken back to the old days when data storage was in kilobytes not terabytes and the humble floppy disk was the height of portable storage technology. Today though, they only serve as inspiration for this collection of silicone drink coasters that would make a great gift for someone who grew up in the 80s.
#28 Portable Pizza Pouch
More for the list of things you never know you needed until you saw them. Who doesn’t like pizza on the go. Use this pizza pouch for when you need to take a snack with you while on the move. And once you feel the need to grab a bite, just reach into your handy pizza pouch for a bite of awesomeness.
#29 Emoji Masks
A pack of 6 emoji masks for that costume party idea you have where everyone has to wear an emoji that represents something about them. There’s the monkey face mask for the person who’s always playing around, the lovestruck mask for the one who’s always falling in love, and even the LOL mask for the guys who thinks everything is funny.
#30 Keychain Breathalyzer
Here’s a most perfect gift for that friend who’s probably gotten into trouble for driving under the influence and doesn’t want to ever repeat that again. The key chain breathalyzer will analyze and display your breath alcohol test results on an easy-to-read 3-digit LCD screen.
#31 Cabin Porn Book
For those who dream of quiet spaces deep in the woods where they can escape to from the madness of modern society, this cabin porn book offers you a choice selection of remarkable handmade cabin homes from all across rural America to whet your appetite and get you started on your own path to owning a cabin.
#32 Carry-On Cocktail Kit: Old Fashioned
The carry on cocktail kit comes with the essentials for a quick cocktail drink while onboard a flight or a train ride. Included in the tin is a recipe card, a spoon/muddler, some aromatic bitters, cane sugar. Just the right set of ingredients to mix two Moscow Mules right there in your seat, all you need is some bourbon from the air hostess to get you started.
#33 Kitten Oven Mitt
Cat lovers are quite obsessed with other cat paraphernalia, so a great set of kitten oven mitts would be the perfect gift to get that cat lady who lives next door.
#34 Whiskey Stones
Whiskey on ice is quite nice but if you’re nursing your drink for a long time, you’re going to find out that melted ice can ruin the taste of your liquor after a while. That’s why true connoisseurs use whiskey stones, like these ones that are handcrafted in the oldest soapstone mill in America from the finest soapstone materials around. Gives a whole new meaning to the term “whiskey on the rocks”.
#35 Miniature Ballista
Become an medieval engineer and build your own table top ballista from quality wood and string. Then when you’re done, engage in old school siege warfare with your colleagues at work.
#36 Divorced AF Scented Candles
The right gift to get for the friend who just signed his papers to regain freedom from a really bad marriage. The candle label which reads “Divorced AF {Smells Like Freedom} Yeah it sucks….But it was worth every penny!” is all you really need to say in a such a situation and should inspire some great laughs.
#37 Funko Pop Mystery Box
For collectors of Funko Pop’s amazing pop culture toys and accessories, this mystery box of figurines ships with a random selection of 6 unique collectible items. It could be figures from any pop culture franchise and they’re all awesome, so nothing to loose.
#38 World’s Best Entry Level Employee
Because even folks at the bottom of the corporate ladder can be wind awards for being the best bottom of the ladder employee. Get this mug as a gag gift for that new employee who you know won’t take it the wrong way.
#39 Chihuahua Taco Holder
Paco is a Mexican chihuahua who likes to hold tacos for you. That’s why they call him Paco the Taco holder, and he’s the best at what he does. He’ll make sure Taco Tuesday will never be the same messy affair it used to be.
#40 Cock, The Way Grandma Liked It Book
Please take your mind out of the gutter! This is a cook book and not whatever you though it was when you read that name. This amazing book has 50 mouth watering chicken recipes that are guaranteed to blow your mind.
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