Novelty Bar Gifts

Novelty bar items add extra fun to a home bar or liquir cabinet.

Novelty bar items can make sophisticated or silly gifts for someone with a home bar or for those who like to entertain with flare. From antique bar signs and advertisements to wine cork stoppers or accessories such as customized cocktail napkins, novelty bar items are popular gifts at bachelor parties, recognition events and birthdays. When giving a gift related to alcohol, consider the recipient's age and personal preferences. Does this Spark an idea?

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Beer Signs
- Reproductions of antique beer signs make fun gifts for beer enthusiasts.
  
  Add a splash of color to the walls of the bar, or just a flash to the past, with an old-fashioned beer sign. Select a popular phrase such as "Free Beer Tomorrow" or an old advertisement such as "Guinness is Good for You." Browse thrift stores or antique markets for the antique metal signs or shop novelty stores for reproductions. Consider the taste and style of the gift's recipient when choosing a beer sign advertising a particular brand.
Wine Cork Stopper
- Wine cork stoppers bring variation to the bottle.
  
  Add flare and character to an open bottle of wine with a novelty wine cork stopper. Avoid the mess of flaking corks or the banality of a screw top with a reusable and decorative cork stopper. Think about the season during which the gift shall be given or the theme of the gift-gifting situation. Bring extra laughs to an engagement party, for example, by bringing a cork stopper with a giant diamond ring on top, or get a flower-shaped stopper for Mother's Day.
Talking Bottle Opener
- Talking beer openers make the most mundane chore of opening a beer more pleasurable.
  
  Solicit laughs again and again with the gift of a talking bottle opener. Gift a football fanatic with an opener that plays a team's fight song each time it is used. Tickle another friend with an opener that makes animal noises, or repeats silly phrases, such as a specialty "Simpsons"-themed opener.
Accessories
- Accessories are half the fun of drinking fancy cocktails.
  
  Accessorize a bar with a variety of personalized or standard novelty items. Order custom-printed cocktail napkins to honor a recent graduate, newlywed or a special person celebrating a milestone birthday. Feed a golfer's enthusiasm for his sport with a gift of golf ball cocktail stirrers, or a pewter relish dish shaped like a tiny golf course. Recognize a special hobby or interest with the gift of a set of wine glass charms featuring the gift recipient's favorite world cities or authors.

Photo Credit bar image by daniel sainthorant from Fotolia.com Beer & Barley Logo image by Infs from Fotolia.com Decorative corks for open wine bottles. image by Konovalov Pavel from Fotolia.com orange bottle opener image by Jim Mills from Fotolia.com cocktail image by Leonid Nyshko from Fotolia.com

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