Token gifts for my work team

[Becles]

Looking for ideas for what to give my team for Christmas.

I have a budget of about £5-10 per head and obviously the lower end the better!

I've tended to get Christmas ornaments with their initials from Oliver Bonas and such, and last year for a few who'd pretty much carried us, I added bottles of their favourite spirits. This year I'm completely out of ideas any suggestions appreciated 💡

I have 11 people:

Female: 50s 2x, 40s 2x, 30s 1x
Male: 50s 1x, 40s 1x, 30s 2x, 20s 2x

I’d hate to receive a gift like this. Please don’t support Shein or assume that other people would.

What sorts of things have you got from the lucky dip?

Scratch cards in a Christmas card??

A lot of people will be offended if you get something from shein.

The best gift would be a voucher from their nearest coffee shop

Love this idea

Be original ... get them all a Lindt advent calendar so they can enjoy December 1 till Xmas!

Scented candles one year, a lovely tangerine hand cream another year, and a selection of different flavoured hot chocolate sachets with biscuits. I think she buys a few bits along with her supermarket shop on the lead up to Christmas.

A silly suggestion but with the cost of living crisis. A hot water bottle with a nice cover. Primark have some lovely ones some £5 and others £6 . I got the idea when a child gave me one for Christmas years ago a furry purple one. The bottle has long gone and replaced but the cover is fine. When I have given them the people appear to be pleased. Then there is always an Amaryllis.

Stand4socks have loads of lovely designs, good quality socks and they donate a pair for every pair bought.
At the top end of your budget but they do discounts for bulk orders

I bought my team a notebook each embossed with their initials ( via Amazon) . Was only £10 each I think

Last year I did little succulents in cute hedgehog and ladybird pots with a little keyring and thank you label.

Otuuz 30 Sets Thank You Gifts... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CDQ6M475?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I think a scatchcard would be a good idea because it suits either sex and any age.

From my manager I'd prefer a coffee shop voucher or a bottle of wine. Shame so many of your staff don't like chocolate as that's such a safe gift , I'd say if you spend the same value you don't have to get them all the same gift but I'd avoid tat - especially socks/ mugs etc. I'd rather have a thoughtful message in a Christmas card than something from Shein.
For my team I buy chocolate, booze or candles depending on what they like and send it to their homes on amazon - if they hate it they can return it, I pop a gift message in their with my appreciation and I'm not paying postage or wrapping things and carrying stuff into the office

Nice notebook is a good idea

Following with interest. I have a new team of 6 and will need to buy but have to keep cost down,

I have a team of 8 and I do a lucky dip evil santa. I get Christmas themed things (nice cranberry sauce, Xmas pudding, chocolate orange, funmy Christmas headband, Christmas socks)
It goes down really well, we all bring in a little buffet and do it then

Can you buy chocolate or wine depending on who they are? I always think on these threads the gift giver comes along with lots of ideas like personalised notebooks or socks or mousemats but you don’t hear from the recipient! I personally hate that kind of gift as it just clutters my house with tat. At least with chocolate or booze someone they recipient knows it likely to appreciate it!

In the same situation. Is hotel chocolate nice? I usually give it away as I hate it but maybe that's just me and maybe my team would like it? I'll need lactose/animal product free - I'll need to give everyone the same...

We got DD a set of lego mini figures that look like us last year. I can't find the builder thing on the website, but you can buy the individual parts for the people here https://www.lego.com/en-gb/pick-and-build/pick-a-brick?category=7&icmp=PAB_Cat_Minifig_Parts might be fun, and it looks like it would work out quite cheap - perhaps with a scratch card too?

I really wouldn’t want personalised anything as you can’t charity shop it if you can’t use it or it’s not to your taste. I like chocolate but not the posh stuff and not mint chocolates of any description, one of those big boxes of Maltesers would go down very well here though. No to alcohol. I’d be happy with a small succulent or other plant. Coffee shop giftcard (not Starbucks).

Sadly chocolate won't work, as that is my go to for group buying situations and I usually figure anyone who doesn't want it can pass it straight on to their local food bank.

I have the same issue - want to keep costs down and I thought I might make some homemade shortbread or millionaires shortbread ( my personal fave) and package in a Christmassy box - when I said this to DH he was a bit 'meh' about it - what do you think? Good idea or not? I like baking and am pretty good ( I'm told) it would definitely keep costs down but don't want people to think it's weird....

While I'd appreciate the effort @JudyP the problem with anything home baked is that it doesn't keep, has to be eaten in a day or two and December is such a busy month and full of rich treats already that it might not get eaten. Maybe something that keeps better such as chocolate bark which looks lovely in cellophane bags?