Find the most thoughtful, charming hostess gifts for the celebrations in your life. I’ve got hostess gift ideas for every event on your list… from Christmas hostess gifts to inexpensive hostess gifts for any time of year!
Thoughtful Hostess Gift Ideas
They were gracious to include you and you know they’re going to great efforts to host. While many people love hosting friends and family, that doesn’t always mean it’s easy. A small token of appreciation goes a long way!
I love creating fresh gift ideas to inspire you. I’ve got a great roundup of 25 homemade gift ideas, which can be so inspiring for Christmas hostess gifts and beyond.
I also have countless tutorials about creating your own floral arrangements, which are perfect inexpensive hostess gifts when you create the arrangements yourself!
Inexpensive Hostess Gifts
It doesn’t have to be over the top to feel special. Many of these ideas are inexpensive and feel thoughtful because of the time and effort spent, not the money!
Thankfully, it doesn’t take much to create something charming, special, and unique. I wanted to share a few of my favorite thoughtful hostess gift ideas to share your thanks!
Christmas Hostess Gifts and Beyond
While a few of these ideas are more seasonally specific for Christmas hostess gifts, many are perfect for year round gift giving. And while there are traditional ideas here there are also so many unique things you may not have thought of!
Of course flowers are always appreciated at any time of year! To keep them fuss-free, create a bouquet that is vase ready. A bouquet is sure to bring joy to others, whether it is tied with a ribbon and gifted alone or included as the finishing touch to a beautifully curated gift basket.
Handmade Hostess Gifts
You can’t go wrong with a fresh baked hostess gift! Anything that you love to bake is sure to be a successful gift.
It’s fun to play with something other than food in the kitchen, every now and then. Homemade sugar scrubs are the perfect solution. They are free of preservatives and perfect for nourishing your skin. My sugar scrub recipes have been wildly popular since I started sharing them many years ago!
Milk baths & bath salts have also proved popular both among my friends & followers. Of course I enjoy “testing” them all as well! All the bath products I love to create will make such sweet, inexpensive hostess gifts.
Thankfully, I’ve got so many more ideas and I can’t wait to hear what you think! Click through on any of these 25 creative and inexpensive hostess gifts for inspiration galore. This list goes far beyond Christmas hostess gifts – it’s filled with ideas you can recreate all year long!
Thoughtful Hostess Gifts
Find something for the host or hostess of every type of event. Consider any of these charming handmade hostess gift ideas, delicious kitchen themed gifts, or elegant themed baskets they'll love. You'll find something creative for everyone!
These dipping spices for olive oil are delicious and make a beautiful, fragrant gift- especially when packaged with a gorgeous loaf of bread!
This lemon mint sugar scrub recipe is sweet & invigorating for both your skin and senses! You can create your own in less than 5 minutes!
Learn how to make vanilla extract – a beautiful vanilla gift with free printable labels. Once you have homemade vanilla, you’ll never purchase store bought again!
A potted plant in a personalized mug {as shown from Anthropologie} is easy, beautiful and long after the last bloom, can be enjoyed for a cup of coffee or hot cocoa. These potted paperwhites make the perfect holiday hostess gift.
Learn how the make hot chocolate bombs for gifting this holiday season! This hot chocolate bomb recipe is created with spheres of chocolate filled with hot cocoa powder and miniature marshmallows.
They melt into an incredibly decadent mug of hot cocoa with a pour of warm milk and make the BEST gift.
An easy tutorial to learn how to arrange roses and eucalyptus into a beautiful centerpiece through the help of step by step instructions and a video tutorial.
A refreshingly simple winter scent that melts away dry skin and leaves it feeling soft and moisturized.
This cute gift ideas is a darling bundt pan and apron with a hand written version of your favorite recipe!
Printable Recipe Cards make an effortless but beautiful holiday gift, way to pass down family recipes or to share your handwritten recipe with an edible gift!
This scrub washes away the winter blues with its refreshing scent and renews skin while adding a little glow.
Lip Scrubs are the best way to beat dry lips - especially in winter. They're quick and easy to make and require just a few ingredients available at grocery stores.
Flowers are the easiest hostess gift of all! Learn the ins and outs of Trader Joe's flowers, like when to shop, which flowers to buy, and how to make beautiful flower arrangements from grocery store flowers.
Inspired by the fragrant lilacs in our yard, this lilac sugar scrub is so fragrant! It just takes a few minutes & a few all natural ingredients.
How to arrange tulips (it’s easier than you think!) Learn how to create a beautiful tulip arrangement with grocery store flowers and without any effort!
Easy Lavender Milk Bath recipe with just a few natural ingredients in less than 3 minutes.
They stack beautifully and keep for weeks, making them the perfect hostess gift! Simply stack in a cellophane bag and tie with a ribbon.
Learn how to make a wine bottle tiki torch to keep bugs at bay- this is an excellent gift idea for a summertime hostess!
Gardening Gift Basket- depending on the time of year, you can gift some beautiful bulbs your hostess can plant indoors or out. Give the gift of a blooming spring.
My special blend of Mulling Spices are easy and beautiful to gift with free printable labels. Recipients can enjoy with wine, cider, maple syrup or alone as potpourri.
Gifting a bottle of wine for the holidays? Free printable Christmas Wine Gift Tags – spread holiday cheer with these gift tags for your hostess or a beautiful last minute gift.
What woman doesn't love wine and chocolate? This Wine and Chocolate Gift Basket with Molten Lava Cake Mix is easy to make, and even easier to enjoy!
One of my most popular recipes also makes one of the easiest {and most delicious} homemade gifts - Cinnamon Bread! One batch makes 6 mini loaves perfect for gifting.
Whether your friend loves to garden indoors or out, these easy plant markers are perfect for their favorite herbs.
Latte Cookies with "Sending you a latte love" and "Wishing you a latte joy" free printable gift tags. There's also a latte quick bread recipe, too, if you prefer that version of this gift!
A fragrant Homemade Potpourri Recipe with oranges, apples and the trifecta of Fall and Winter spices is so simple to make. With a few tips and tricks along the way, how to use potpourri was never so easy! Gift it to your friends and family during the holiday season to warm their homes and hearts!
This darling basket gift includes a lavender scented hand soap, a lavender plant {don’t miss my diy and free printable}, and a couple of flour sack towels, individually wrapped with twine.
As mentioned above, breads make a beautiful hostess gift to enjoy the morning after! They're so simple to wrap with a ribbon and garnish.
If you love these gifts, check out my Ornament Bath Soak Homemade Gift, which make a great gift for teachers!
I hope these inspire you to get creative with your gift-giving! I love entertaining but I also love showing up to an event with a beautiful, thoughtful hostess gift idea, don’t you?
More Fun Gift Ideas
- bubble bath
- Easter Basket Fillers
- photo coasters
- Experience Gift Ideas
- lavender pots with free printable cards
- diy hand towels
- Teenage Stocking Stuffers
- teachers gift | mothers day gift
- teacher gift | graduation gift
- gift card wrapping ideas
Thank you so much for following along – I truly appreciate it and love hearing from you. What are your favorite hostess gift ideas? Do you have a go-to gift idea or do you love trying new things each time?
Where did you get the cute terricota planter
A boutique in St Helena, but I’ve seen them elsewhere. Maybe Shop Terrain?
Just the ideas I was looking for!
Enjoy!
I love your stuffed basket ideas! I especially love the bundt pan! It’s so pretty! Thanks!
visiting from eighteen 25 show and tell
Thank you, Jennifer!
Beautiful ideas!
Where do you get your pots for your plants and your baskets?
I generally purchase baskets from Home Goods/TJ Maxx and pots from a boutique “Acres” in St. Helena, California.