101 Best Clutter Free Gifts
With an average of over 300,000 items stored in the average American household, you might want to take a pause before gifting your friends and family a physical gift that will inevitably add to the clutter and noise in their home.
This post shares 101 best clutter free gifts, organized by category to help you in the gift giving process.
While gift giving season is in full swing there are really no rules on whether these gifts must be tangible or intangible.
If you’re looking for a big impact, with a small clutter imprint, this handy list of over 101 best clutter free gift ideas will make shopping a breeze.
Acts of Service Gift Ideas
Giving the gift of our time is truly invaluable because time is a finite resource that we will never get back. The recipient of such a gift knows this and the gift of acts of service becomes a treasured gift.
- Cook a meal
- Breakfast in bed
- Date night out
- Volunteer your time to charity or organization
Consumable Clutter Free Gifts
Sharing delight and joy in the form of a consumable item is a popular and easy way to share clutter free gifts. I especially like this type of gift because you are introduced to something new or get exposure to a new type of food that gives you a new food experience. You might even score extra brownie points by sharing a homemade consumable. This feels extra special because the sender took their time and energy to prepare a favorite food.
- Charcuterie board
- Charcuterie box
- Cheese board
- Chocolates
- Coffee
- Cooking oils
- Dessert box
- Flowers
- Fruit basket
- Homemade baked goods
Digital Gift Ideas
Digital gift ideas are a unique and special way to share knowledge in the form of a virtual event or course. With many still working from home or keeping close to home base, opting out of travel for conferences or events, a digital clutter free gift is a great option. Don’t forget that sharing a digital form of a traditionally physical gift is the alternative that many seek in this digital age such as an ebook.
- Digital course
- Digital financial planner
- Digital letter to loved one
- Digital magazine
- Digital photo book
- Digital photo calendar
- Digital planner
- Ebook
Experience Clutter Free Gifts
One of my all time favorite types of gifts is an experience gift. It’s the perfect way to give gifts without clutter. An experience gift is so fitting for someone like me because quality time is one of my love languages. If you know anyone who also enjoys quality time with the ones they love and care about, gifting an experience gift will act as a double gift; the gift itself and the gift of sharing the experience with you! It’s a win-win situation!
- Airbnb stay
- Concert tickets
- Cruise vacation
- Escape room passes
- Food festival
- Hotel stay
- Manicure
- Massage
- Movie ticket passes
- Music festival (ex. ACL)
- Musical performance
- Pedicure
- Rock climbing
- Round of golf
- Sporting events ticket
- Theater tickets
- Theme park tickets
Education Clutter Free Gifts
As a life long learner, any opportunity to learn something new is fun and exciting to me. The gift of knowledge works really well for those on your list who love to try new things or have an existing hobby that requires funding. Lessons and class packages are a hit with grandparents too who want to splurge on their grandkids, but also want there to be an education and experience component to the gift.
- Art lessons
- Cooking classes
- Dancing lessons
- Golf lessons
- Karate lessons
- Painting lessons
- Pottery classes
- Sewing classes
- Swimming lessons
- Workout classes
- Yoga classes
Gift Cards and Money as Clutter Free Gifts
Cold hard cash in the form of plastic is completely acceptable in the digital age that we are now operating within. Many might even prefer this option because it eliminates the extra task of returning an item that the recipient didn’t want when gifted with a physical item. Also, there are considerations for those who are sharing gifts overseas. Sending a physical gift might be cumbersome and the cost alone may not be justified. In these situations a cash gift may be optimal and even preferred.
- Coffee gift card
- Restaurant gift card
- Spa gift card
- Cash gift card
- Financial gift in your name
Membership Clutter Free Gifts
Many of us have reoccurring expenses and likely have a subscription or two to digital apps that we love and use every single day. How special would it be to receive a fully paid for annual membership to your favorite streaming service or your favorite coffee club membership. Best of all, each and every time you use the service or membership you will remember where the gift came from.
- AAA
- Aquarium
- Amazon Prime
- Botanical garden
- Children’s museum
- Dinner club
- Gym
- History museum
- Hulu
- Meditation (ex. headspace)
- Music membership (Spotify)
- National parks
- Netflix
- Note taking app (ex. Evernote)
- Science museum
- Skillshare
- State park
- Task manager (ex. Things3)
- Theme park tickets
- Trampoline park
- Water park
- Wine of the month
- Zoo
Services as Clutter Free Gifts
What is better than receiving a special service as a clutter free gift? These services could be ones that you’re already used to paying for yourself. Or these services could be ones that you never even thought to try or felt was too extravagant to pay for on your own. Whatever the case may be, a service related clutter free gift can certainly delight the receiver of the gift in many ways beyond the clutter free considerations.
- Babysitting
- Business coach
- Car detailing
- Car wash
- Color consultation
- Dog walking
- Facial
- Gardener
- Grocery delivery
- House cleaning
- Interior design
- Meal delivery
- Meal prep
- Personal coach
- Personal stylist
- Personal training
- Pet sitting
- Photography session
- Pool service
- Professional organizer (wink, wink)
- Spa day
- Therapy
- Yard service
Conclusion
Whew, that’s a long clutter free gift list! 101 in fact!
Hopefully at least one or a few will inspire you in choosing no clutter gifts. I created a complete list of 101 Clutter Free gift ideas in an easy downloadable PDF to keep for reference year after year in your gift giving pursuits. It’s an excellent way to organize your gifting efforts this holiday season and beyond.
Head to the link below to access right away.
Southern California based Professional Organizer, Sandy Park, owner and founder of Tidy with SPARK shares her joy of organization with her clients.
She serves clients in Orange County as well as the hundreds of thousands of followers on her combined social media platforms.
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