Gifts Ideas for a Best Friend

Hand wrap your gift.

Make or purchase a gift that shows your best friend how much you value her friendship. The amount of money you spend is not what's important. Your friend will see how much you truly care by the thought, selection and preparation that went into the gift. Hand-made gifts hold sentimental value that most friends are sure to appreciate.

Friendship Spa Package

Buy a spa package for you and your friend, so that you can go together and enjoy each other's company while you get pampered. Spa packages include facials, foot rubs, back massages and more. This gift works well for a girlfriend, but you can also get this type of gift for a male friend who enjoys a good massage now and then.

Custom Made Friendship Frame

Buy a plain wooden picture frame in 5-by-7 or 8-by-10 size. Paint the wooden portions of the frame in a color that you know your friend loves, such as blue, purple or red, and let the paint dry before proceeding to the next step. Place a photo of you and your friend together inside the frame. Then go hunting for embellishments that represent your friendship, such as shopping bag charms for all the times you went on shopping sprees together. Choose items that also reflect your friend's personality or interests. Choose pressed daisies if she loves to plant daisies in her front yard. Other decorations include buttons and pearls. Use a hot glue gun to glue the embellishments on the border of the frame.

You can also make this type of gift for a male friend, just avoid using embellishments. Simply paint the frame in his favorite color, and leave the decorations out. He will enjoy getting a framed photo of the two of you together regardless.

Jewelry

Buy your friend a necklace that highlights your friendship together. Choose a necklace that resembles a memory. For instance, you can buy a sea turtle necklace with aqua marine embellishments to represent the time you went to Maui together. You can also buy a locket with a picture of the two of you inside. If this gift is for a man, buy a custom watch and have it engraved with a friendship message.

Purse or Sports Bag

Buy your best friend that designer purse that she's been wanting. Fill the purse with special items that remind you of your friendship, like photos of the two of you together, bracelets, movie tickets, recipes and other items that remind you of past memories. If the gift is for a male, buy a tool belt and fill it with tools along with photos and other friendship items. Sports bags filled with sporting gear also work for a man.

References

• Gifts for Professionals: Best Friend Gift Ideas
• Redbook: Friend Gifts
• Crate & Barrel Gift Ideas
• Catalogs: Best Friend Birthday Gift Ideas