IL gift ideas

aprilprincess · November 2011

I'm at a loss for my MIL (doesn't help that she's been difficult lately). She's coming in town for thanksgiving and wants to exchange gifts then. DH has no idea other then a cross (he thinks she collects them, I don't think she does). We just gave her a gc to shutterfly last month for her birthday (and dh made it for twice as much as we spend on accident).

what are you getting your in laws? any generic ideas?

*BlueAvocado* · November 2011

My in laws are really hard to buy for -FIL especially, they're the type who have everything and respond to requests for gift suggestions with the "ohhh, you don't have to get me anything!"...so we're taking a different approach this year and going with handcrafted gifts and doing handmade beauty products for all the women (lotion bars, hand/foot scrub, bath fizzies, etc) and a "Year of Yum" container for all of the guys, filled with a variety of guy-pleasing baked goods/ homemade jerky, etc. - and instructions to return their container to me to be refilled with something tasty X number of times throughout the year for a "Year of Yum".

starlettedir · November 2011

Honestly, I make that DH's department. My parents are mine.

oaklie · November 2011

How about a gift card to a massage place? Massage Heights has them for $39.99 for an hour massage, and they are all over the US. I have no clue on the guy. Men are so hard to buy for.

ayersfam20 · November 2011

Does it have to be something bought? There are so many cute ideas on pinterest of homemade gifts. We're making all sets of grandparents homemade vases with the kid's handprints and some christmas tree pictures out of footprints.

Last year I took 2 of their pictures and used canvas people to make 8 x 10 canvas prints of each kiddo.

TexasHarmony · November 2011

For yours:

GCs to restaurants in her area?

Cooking gadgets? I have no idea if she likes to cook, so take it for what it's worth.

Send her and a friend to a Painting With a Twist type of thing in her area?

For mine:

Cash, she needs it.

sad5781 · November 2011

*BlueAvocado*:
"Year of Yum" container for all of the guys, filled with a variety of guy-pleasing baked goods/ homemade jerky, etc. - and instructions to return their container to me to be refilled with something tasty X number of times throughout the year for a "Year of Yum".

i love this idea. i think my FIL would think it was awesome.

almostjones · November 2011

For my FIL's birthday/Father's Day combo, the kids are chipping in for a little create-your-own Wine of the Month club. He gets a new bottle of wine per month and the kids rotate who is responsible each month so the cost is spread out among them.

My MIL would love anything handmade.

You could do a combo gift of a Pie of the Month or something similar.

almostjones · November 2011

Another MIL idea. Something with her kids' & grandkids' birthstones? LIke a bracelet or something? Etsy ideas

SigmundsGirl · November 2011

I generally make DH in charge of his parents, but we do talk about the price of the gifts and try to remember if there was anything either of them said in passing that we can use as a gift idea. They are always say they don't want anything, but then have sometimes seemed disappointed with their gift.

For MIL we are getting her a Ninja Blender (probably the cheapest one) and we have a 20% off coupon and a store credit we need to use.

FIL - I have no idea. He buys everything he wants. He is very impulsive and buys lots of crap but DH usually can think of some random thing that his dad will like.

I have absolutely NO idea what to get for my parents this year. Well, my mom will make a list with really random things (some of them don't actually exist) and my dad says he just wants to sepnd time with us. His toys are too expensive for us to buy.

almond1123 · November 2011

I'm sending them my DH and child. I have to work so can't go to CO this year. I'm crushed that I won't be freezing for a week. Really crushed.

Okay I'm a little sad I won't see C ski for the first time.

Other than that I have no idea. They are the we have everything need nothing folks everyone speaks of.

alycedale10 · November 2011

I can never come up with anything for my ILs! The only ideas I ever have are a gc to a book store (FIL) and a gc to Hobby Lobby (MIL). A couple of weeks ago I went to a craft show with my mom and found a really cool cross that has an angel on it made out of rock and fossilized fern. I thought it was neat! It goes really nice with there master bathroom that they just upgraded so I thought it would look really good in there. It's one of a kind and signed by the artist. It was around $90 so I figured it would be a combo gift.

suzannepdc · November 2011

We always get my ILs food. They're 75 and 76 and they have said they don't want any "stuff". We have gotten them steaks, cheese (they really like cheese and it comes vaccum packed so they can eat it at their leisure), fruit, etc. Not sure if that's too helpful for your MIL, but I'm a fan of food presents!

txbootsy · November 2011

I'm giving MIL a silver grandma charm bracelet

FIL will get a grampa mug with pics of he and Audi and of Audi and some keurig flavors.

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