October 29, 2014
Homekeeping Gift Ideas for the Holiday Season
The Organically Clean Home has been out for a little over 6 months, and just a year ago I was turning over the manuscript to the publisher. Have you purchased it? Do you love it? How about giving it as a gift! We’re heading into that busy holiday season and I thought I’d give you a couple ideas of ways you can use The Organically Clean Home as a gift. Shoot, you should probably just purchase a few copies to have on hand for gifts (ha!).
I am a big fan of giving consumable gifts – gifts that get used up. Fancy hand soaps and lotions, candles, food, spices, condiments and other items that the recipient will use and might not buy for him/herself. No clutter left behind and a little something special for as long as it lasts. So these cleaning-related gifts fit the bill for the consumable gift giver in me. I have a handful of ideas, but all you really need are a couple foundation pieces and I bet you can come up with the perfect gift for your recipient too!
Disclaimer: Cleaning products as a gift are not for everyone, but for that friend or family member that loves things like this, it’s a perfect gift.
Gather some of your favorite items to clean with and put together a unique and personal gift this holiday season! Here are some of my recommended ideas (you’ll see links at the bottom of the post if you are interested in purchasing any of these items):
- The Organically Clean Home (of course!)
- caddy or container – the ones you see in my pictures are from the dollar section at Target – they were $3 and I just got them this week.
- microfiber cloths
- small dusting wand
- sponges
- dish cloths and dish towels
- white vinegar
- castile soap (bar and liquid) – you can find the little travel sized castile soap in the travel section at Target.
- spray bottles
- essential oils
- super washing soda
- borax
- epsom salts
- small notebook (the one pictured is from Staples)
- twine and washi tape for cute wrapping and details
JUST THE BOOK – wrap with a little twine or in a dishtowel and you’ve got a fun little gift.
DIY CLEANING GIFT – mix up your favorite recipe and give it away with the ingredients you used to make it.
ULTIMATE CLEANING GIFT – put together your favorites tools and products in your price range. Give a handful of ingredients that are needed to make some of your favorite recipes. Put in a cute caddy or container and you have the perfect hostess gift or other holiday or birthday gift. If you have a friend that enjoys homekeeping, this might be just the gift to give.
Most of these items can be found on my Amazon favorites page. Go here to see more DIY cleaning recipes and ideas.
Have another idea for incorporating The Organically Clean Home in a gift? Share in the comments!
Jamie Says
We appreciate your home keeping ideas, but giving a cleaning kit as a gift is misguided.
Becky Says
Post authorHi Jamie!
Just trying to give ideas for gift giving – see this disclaimer in the post:
Disclaimer: Cleaning products as a gift are not for everyone, but for that friend or family member that loves things like this, it’s a perfect gift.
Misguided? Not for the right recipient or situation 🙂
xo, Becky
Christina Leaman Says
I honestly love this. I’m planning on giving a copy to my best friend along with the doTerra 3 pack for Christmas because I know she would love it and she likely wouldn’t splurge on it herself.
Becky Says
Post authorGreat idea Christina!
xo
Grimm Says
In our family Christmas is for giving “needed” things. I make gift baskets for each family and use laundry hampers/baskets to hold everything. Normally they include new handmade dish scrubbies, homemade dish soup or homemade dishwashing powder, crocheted trivets and other small home or kitchen items. I grew up with this tradition and it makes sense. You may not like getting socks for Christmas but you know you need them.
Birthdays are for giving the fun stuff.
Becky Says
Post authorI love this!
Jenn Says
I would totally appreciate this as a gift and know many others that would as well. I hate clutter, so anything useful makes me happy =)
Heather Says
I would love receiving any of those above (although I already have a lot of it including your great book!). This would make a great gift for some, love the idea.
Morgan Says
I love these ideas. I think they make AWESOME wedding gifts, as well! I would personally love to receive any of those things, because cleaning supplies are not things that I ‘splurge’ on.
Lisa Says
I love your book. My daughter-in-law has enjoyed your book so much that I’m giving her a copy for Christmas along with some the cleaning supplies. Thanks for all the great suggestions in keeping me on task which means a cleaner home for me! 😉
Becky Says
Post authorThank you Lisa!
xo
Grimm Says
I forgot to mention those 16oz glass bottles of white vinegar double as great spray bottles once they are empty. I keep a stash of extra trigger sprayers for those times the sprayer just breaks or starts leaking. I now use the empty glass bottles for my homemade cleaners and attach a sprayer head to them.
Lois Says
i have been asked for the recipes for the homemade cleaning products many times and will be making gift baskets containing them this year. We are a family that loves the consumable gift idea. I do have a question ,tho. Where do I find sprayers that work? I’ve gotten bottles with sprayers attached and they break really quickly. Do you have a resource for these that you can share?
Becky Says
Post authorI purchase the Rail 19 brands from Amazon – here’s my shop:
http://www.cleanmama.net/amazon-store
xo, Becky
Alisa Says
I think these are great ideas. Maybe not for christmas ;)… but I’ve given away bottles of your cleaning solutions since reading your book and I think the book and some supplies is a great gift for someone who enjoys homekeeping.
Keri-Ann Says
I do like this idea, but I probably wouldn’t give it as a Christmas gift unless it was part of a theme (ie “Favorite Things” I might give the book, some EOs, in a basket along with some other favorite things, like a delicious tea, cozy socks, a fancy chocolate or two). I would not hesitate though to give this as a wedding shower gift or to a departing college student! 🙂
Lisa Says
I’m new to your blog (about a month) and I’m hooked after I purchased your cleaning schedules from your shop. Since I’ve seen your posts I like to buy a lot of the products in your pictures. So far, MS disc bound notebooks, tags, and labels… Casabella cloths & spray bottles, and this week washi tape and those $3 bins from Target! Guess all that’s missing is your book 😉 Just wanted to say how I appreciate you prettying up cleaning caddies that MATCH in color to my other fab find @ Target. Clear and lined with your fave color, in the dish rack aisle, and I use them to organize my bathroom drawers.
Stacey Says
I would be thrilled to receive a fancy-dancy cleaning kit for any occaision. I’ve purchased your book for myself (which my husband and I both love and use all the time!) and I bought a copy for my friend as a birthday gift. She was so excited to try your Eco-friendly homemade cleaners. Some people may not appreciate cleaners as a gift, but there are those of us who would be esctatic to get a gift like this!
Vilina Cole Says
You are so creative, Becky! I have a friend who moved to a new house last week and she invited me on a party in her new house and I know that she is a cleaning freak, I think that this kind of gift will make her happy! I am so glad that I finally found a good gift idea because I really didn’t know what to bring into her new house. Thank you!
Josephine Says
Hi! I think this is an awesome idea! I would love to receive a gift like this! Thanks for the idea! It definitely make a great gift and 100% useful for new homeowners !