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Here are some unique, special and creative grown up daughter birthday gifts and Christmas gift ideas she has never received before - that are super memorable and special and you can give for next to nothing! We hope you love these ideas, if you are looking for a touching birthday gift for your grown up daughter, or even Christmas gift ideas for your older adult daughter, you have come to the right place!
No cost and lowest cost grown daughter gifts ideas
1. A novelty shaped cupcake pullapart
This looks amazing and is so much fun to eat! Simply arrange your plain cupcakes in a desired shape or formation - for example, a heart shape, their initials or the number representing their age - then ice them all together as one, creating one whole shape, like joining the dots.
2. DIY her some custom chocolates
You can have so much fun with this! Why not craft your own chocolates to make them perfectly match your recipient's tastes. You could make them heart shaped - or any novelty shape - and experiment with different types of chocolate and colours and flavours - you could even infuse them with their favourite candy pieces, or add freeze dried raspberry pieces.
3. Bake her a life size cookie face portrait
Nothing is cooler or more special! Who doesn't want a cookie version of their face? You could even try making it life size, it's such a funny and creative gift idea they are sure to love!
4. DIY a sugar cookie flower bouquet
A bouquet of sugar cookie flowers! Bake the sticks in to the cookies in the oven, then ice them to look like flowers and arrange them in a beautiful bouquet formation, tied with a ribbon! Alternatively arrange them in an adorable jar - or if you are short on time, why not opt for these adorable gift ready sugar cookie blooms! You can keep them in the jar as an adorable gift, or use them to create your sugar cookie flower bouquet - gift them a whole bouquet of edible flowers!
Ready made jar of sugar cookie flowers 👈🏻
5. Bake her a huge cookie
Just like the giant 'Millie's Cookies' gifts that are all over social media, but it will mean so much more as you have made it yourself!
6. Bake her a bento cake 👈🏻
These are so cute! These mini scale cakes are perfect to gift your recipient and you can get so creative with the decor and message you choose to give.
7. Paint her portrait
You could even create a piece of beautiful line drawing style artwork, that looks modern and contemporary and super stylish! To do this, challenge yourself to draw her picture, using a photo of her as reference, without taking your pen off the paper! It might take a while to get in to the swing of it, but try to keep it as simple and minimalist as possible to create the effect.
8. Make her a pet portrait
Create a beautiful portrait of their pet, a special gift they are sure to treasure always! You could use any medium or materials for this, opting for paint, magazine cutouts or even crafting it out of colourful sweets or candy!
To make this super low cost, scour home decor and DIY stores to find some free wallpaper samples - collect a whole bunch then challenge yourself to make the portrait from the samples you have. You could even use a paint by numbers template to make this easier - then use mini scraps of paper instead of paint!
9. Make a funny photoshopped picture
Make them a funny photoshopped picture with all their favourite things, you could set it in a place they have always dreamed of visiting! Add in all their favourite things and people - even fictional characters! You could stage them winning a nobel prize - in front of an audience of cats! This is such a unique and creative gift idea and they are sure to love it. You could print and frame the final result for them to keep safely in their room or space, it will be sure to make them smile whenever they see it! Picmonkey is amazing to use for this and is much easier than Photoshop to use!
10. Make a special scrapbook or book of memories for her
All you need is some papers and a needle and thread to create the binding - you could even craft a pretty cover from free wallpaper or fabric samples you can find at DIY stores. For photos to put inside, you can get 50 free prints from apps such as Snapfish or Photobox. This is an adorable gift idea that is very low cost to make but she will treasure!
11. A gift of macarons
There is nothing quite as special as a box of pretty macarons, they are such a beautiful and charming multisensory gift idea! You could bake some yourself, pertaining to a special theme for your recipient, or order some ready made if short on time.
12. A pretty box of hot chocolate bombs 👈🏻
These make beautiful and adorable gifts, plus are super low cost to make too! You could even decorate them however you like, to match any theme and experiment with different kinds of chocolate and fillings. You can even order these ready made if you are short on time!
13. Bake her a pretty box of baked goods
This is an especially amazing idea if your recipient is always hankering after your recent bakes; treat them with a whole box to themselves!
14. Bake her a box of love
A box of love heart shaped sugar cookies! This is a sweet way to show your love for your recipient.
Sparkle heart emoji shaped cookie cutter 👈🏻
15. Matching outfits for her and her pet
This gift idea is perfect for a pet lover, you could opt for matching jumpers or even matching costumes they can cosplay in or wear for Halloween! You could also DIY this gift idea if you are handy at knitting, it's bound to be a gift they will never forget!
16. Make her an exfoliating sugar scrub
17. Create some kusudama origami decor to hang in her space
The most gorgeous home decor! It looks so beautiful and barely costs a thing - you only need some pretty coloured paper, or paper in her favourite colour!
These are so beautiful and feature an assortment of origami shapes formed together to make a ball like shape. There are so many different beautiful designs to try - our favourite cherry blossom style kusudama guide is here!
18. Make her a bouquet of realistic paper flowers
You could even create a little booklet or language of flowers guide, so you recipient can decode the meaning behind each flower - you could code a special message for them!
19. Make her some notebooks with pretty covers
Or a beautiful diary! To do this, you will need some paper, scissors, glue and a needle and thread. Make the blank notebooks by folding the paper in half and stitching them together, down the middle, to create the binding. To create a beautiful cover, head to a DIY store or similar and see if they offer free wallpaper samples or fabric samples. This is an adorable no cost gift idea that she can treasure!
20. DIY her a birthday snack bouquet with photo flags
A low cost gift of her favourites that looks so special to receive! Compile a bunch of snacks, treats and candy bars in bouquet formation, then craft some paper flags with special photos on and attach them to skewers, to then pop in the bouquet to decorate!
21. DIY her an explosion gift box There is nothing cooler! You could DIY one of these and fill it with their favourite sweets, candy and snacks, lovely mementos and good luck messages and quotes, or even order one ready made if you are short on time. You could even create a theme with the coloured card and snacks that you choose, or just choose their favourites to tailor it perfectly to your recipient.
Romantic heart shaped explosion box template 👈🏻
Multiple layers photos and candy box template 👈🏻
The cutest way to gift something inexpensive, like candy or snacks, but make them look adorable and turn them into a whole gift on their own! This is a great low cost gift option that looks so exciting to receive!
Template for an exploding candy gift box (just add paper, photos candy!) 👈🏻
22. Bake a box of 'tears of my opponents' 👈🏻
Or tears of competitors! This is a funny and unique creative gift for sports fans or competitive people, that they have never been given before! Simply make some teardrop shaped sugar cookies and ice them to look like tears, then arrange them in a pretty box with some tissue paper and a ribbon and voila! You could place a little card inside reading 'tears of my competitors' or 'tears of my opponents'!
23. Create a photo story book starring your recipient
You could make up a crazy cool, funny story, using photos you have of your recipient, and immerse them in their own funny storybook tale, or even their own fairytale! You could write something like 'once upon a time there was a girl who loved wearing Adidas Samba sneakers' - then use the special photos to tell the 'story' of how they came into your life. You could come up with a whole different storybook version, to make them laugh! You could even pose them as a superhero in their own custom superhero comic - complete with superpowered sneakers!
You could make this super cheap with some paper, printed photos, a needle and thread for the binding and some craft glue.
24. Write her a rap or poem and frame it
So creative and special, this is the funniest way to honour your recipient and make them smile and chuckle!
25. A sugar cookie medal
You could bake this yourself or even order one if you are short on time. It's the best ever way to let someone know how much they mean to you - they could have a photo taken wearing their medal and then eat it afterwards!
26. Craft her a 3D photo collage
This looks amazing and you can craft it from cardboard plus some pva or craft glue and some printed photos. Try crafting a 3D heart shape from cardboard, then papering it with your favourite photos to create a 3D collage that she can keep and treasure forever!
3D Ready made acrylic photo college heart 👈🏻
Creative unique grown daughter gifts ideas
1. Throw a cocktail tasting evening
And create tons of glamorous and pretty drinks to try! You could put together a cocktail making kit for your recipient, including items such as cotton candy, to make cotton candy mocktails, or butterfly pea flower to make colour changing cocktails, with a little guide or recipes to make the drinks, along with edible shimmer for drinks, edible flower petals and cute stirrers!
2. Gift some wax melts scented just like her favourite perfume
Or body products! These Lush scented wax melts are everything and she can pop them in her drawers to make everything smell amazing! You can even get Jo Malone scented wax melts - every scent you can think of, there is a wax melt version!
These are amazing and make the most wonderful gift! Now she can scent her room or space in her favourite perfume or fragrance.
Perfume dupes selection scented wax melts gift box 👈🏻
Lush Snow Fairy inspired wax melts gift 👈🏻
Jo Malone Lime, Basil and Mandarin inspired wax melts gift 👈🏻
Vanilla shortcake fragranced wax melts gift 👈🏻
Pink luxury scented wax melts gift 👈🏻
3. Put together a pamper evening parcel
Full of treats like pretty pyjamas, body creme, flavoured toothpaste, shower gel, face masks, popcorn sachets... there are so many options for a girly pamper movie night! Wrap it up beautifully and make it look uber luxurious on the outside as well as the inside.
4. Create a book of personalised colouring pages of you both 👈🏻
Colouring is one of the most soothing and therapeutic activities to try - tailor it to your recipient by creating some colouring pages based on photos of you both together and happy memories you both share!
5. Make her a snack bouquet gift
Why not put together a selection of their favourite sweets or snacks, arranged in bouquet formation! You could even arrange them in a letter or number shaped gift box, for a standout display and gorgeous looking gift!
Letter or number gift box (the most affordable!) 👈🏻
6. Bake and ice her a box of personalised sugar cookies of her portrait!
Using a personalised face cookie cutter, these are amazing! 👈🏻
7. Create a life size cookie pet face portrait
Create a beautiful portrait of their pet, the cookie version!
8. Put together a 'sip and paint' box for her 👈🏻
9. Share a special message using flowers only
Create a custom bouquet for your recipient! You could also gift a language of flowers book alongside the blooms, so your recipient can figure out the secret message!
10. Bake some cupcakes with special photo edible toppers 👈🏻
This is such a great inexpensive gift for your recipient and ticks all the boxes... something delicious they can eat, check! Something you can DIY for your recipient, check! Something inexpensive, yet stands out and makes them chuckle at the same time, check! This is the best way to share memories and cake with your recipient.
11. Gift her some stunning realistic chocolate peonies 👈🏻
Where chocolates meet flowers... these are magical and the best way to combine flowers and chocolate in one - why not get her both in one gift! These are visually stunning and are so realistic, they are almost too pretty to eat!
12. A cuddly toy version of their pet
This could be a cute cushion, keyring or a plushie! This is such a special, cute and funny gift idea for your recipient they will treasure and always remember.
Custom personalised pet pillow plushie 👈🏻
13. Make her a set of some shower steamers 👈🏻
These are really fun and easy to make! These are so affordable and you can even DIY them from ingredients such as essential oils, baking soda and constarch. There are so many varieties and scents to choose from and they make your shower smell amazing, the shower equivalent of bath bombs for the busy person on the go!
14. Make them a custom piece of clothing
Personalise a plain piece of clothing and make it unique to them - use iron on or sew on patches to adorn a blank piece of clothing, making it in to something totally different and amazing! You can find all kinds of creative iron on/sew on patches, for every franchise, tv series, anime, movie - there are so many to choose from and there are bound to be loads that will match your recipient's personality perfectly! This is such a special gift idea as it will be a unique piece of clothing she can wear, that totally represents her, plus it is homemade too!
15. Gift them a quirky candle or room spray
To suit their tastes perfectly! This is such a funny surprise gift idea and totally unexpected too! Why not gift them a noodle scented candle if that's all they eat every lunch time - you can also get pizza scented candles and chocolate scented candles will always go down an absolute treat.
A Lotus Biscoff scented candle 👈🏻
A really special and unique gift idea that you can even DIY yourself to tailor to your recipient!
There is nothing better than making your home or space smell like chocolate!
16. A box of sugar cookies that look like their pet
You could even make a giant life size cookie version of their pet's face! This would be such an adorable DIY gift idea for your best friend, almost too cute to eat!
Personalised pet sugar cookie cutter 👈🏻
17. Make her a pretty wreath
That she can pop on her door! This is one of the cutest DIY gifts ideas and are perfect for every season or occasion, you could even make her a new one with every changing season, or every upcoming holiday, to make it a cute little tradition! You could use different flowers, leaves and foliage and even add some glitter to finish.
18. Gift her some choctails 👈🏻
These are like hot chocolate bombs, the boozy version!
19. A realistic chocolate model
An epic and unusual gift idea to surprise your favourite person, a realistic model of something made entirely out of chocolate, but you'd never notice until you went to use said item! This can be the best surprise gift ever, especially if you don't tell your recipient that it isn't what they think it is and keep it a total secret until they find out! The best kind of gift ever.
Realistic chocolate cheeses set 👈🏻
Realistic chocolate parmesan and grater (so cool!) 👈🏻
20. An empty scrapbook or journal
So she can record this next chapter of her life in style!
21. A bluetooth photo printer
Perfect for printing out memories to place in her scrapbook, this is such a handy, underrated, practical gift idea that she'll be sure to get tons of use out of! You can find bluetooth varieties that connect easily to your phone or any device. This is such a cool and practical gift idea that will give them the freedom to print off any bits and pieces they need and want - perfect for planning addicts, creative souls and wall art fiends!
22. Gift her some alcoholic drinks stirrers
These are perfect to gift and come in all different flavours resembling different drinks and cocktails!
Alcoholic candy drinks stirrers assortments 👈🏻
Espresso Martini boozy alcohol drink stirrers 👈🏻
23. A giant custom photo cookie
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Gift her some edible polaroid photo cookies 👈🏻
Of special moments and memories you have together!
Giant edible photo cookie gift 👈🏻
24. A cardboard cut out or cushion of her favourite person
Whether it's her favourite celeb or fictional character, this is such a fun surprise idea that will be sure to make her laugh!
25. A pet themed necklace
Dainty initial personalised paw necklace 👈🏻
26. An adorable planner
Such a cute and practical gift they will absolutely love! There are so many cute kinds to choose from, from Hobonichi to Ring Clip planners, which will allow them to take out and pop in planner inserts and extra sheets and bits and bobs. It's such an amazing and thoughtful gift to give and they'll never be without it!
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