White Elephant Gifts

$10 & Under

For the desk, office and school:

• BORROW MY PEN: eight pens printed with ads for businesses you’d never call
• PAPER JAM: peanut butter and jelly sticky notes
• UNMENTIONABLES: sticky notes shaped like underwear
• SCRIBBIOLI: ravioli sticky notes, two pads
• ROLL O’ NOTES BEANS: 33 feet of sticky notes in a baked beans tube
• PHONY BOLOGNA: lunch meat erasers
• UNCANNY COCKTAIL WIENERS: a set of six cocktail wiener erasers
• BOOK SLAYER: sword bookmarks for the reader in the group

For the kitchen:

• WASHABI SUSHI SPONGES: shrimp, tuna and tamago sponges
• NEAT & NOVEL and NEAT & NOVEL CHAPTER TWO: book cover sponges
• THE BREAKFAST SCRUB: diner breakfast sponges
• CLEAN CONSCIENCE: passive-aggressive notepad sponges
• PLAY DIRTY: embroidered mahjong tile sponges

For the bag:

• LITTLE CHARMER LITTLE TREAT and LITTLE CHARMER RAVIOLI: vegan leather bag charms with a hidden AirTag pocket

$20 & Under

For the desk and office:

• DESK DUMPSTER: a dumpster fire pen caddy with 100+ flame note cards
• FILING SAUCER: a UFO that magnetically abducts cow paper clips
• THE DAILY MOOD, DAILY CATTITUDES and DAILY DOGGO: flip books that warn coworkers how you’re feeling
• FOR THE RECORD: a mini milk crate with vinyl record note cards
• “I LOVE TO GOSSIP” MUG and “UPSETTI SPAGHETTI” MUG

For the kitchen:

• ROACH CLIPS: realistic cockroach bag clips
• POTATO CLIPS, PICKLE CLIPS and SNACKARONI: bag clips shaped like the snack they’re saving
• SPONGIOLI, SLOP TARTS, MIX TAPES and PERCHED BIRD SPONGES: sponges for every sink
• CATERPEELER: a caterpillar vegetable peeler
• M-CUPS and HOME GROWN: nesting doll and tomato measuring cups
• NINJABREAD MEN: ninja cookie cutters
• BUTTER BOOT: a cowboy boot butter spreader for corn on the cob
• HOUSE PLANT: a cactus butter crock that keeps butter soft on the counter
• PIZZA BOSS: a pizza cutter that looks like a circular saw
• CHOMP: a chattering-teeth oven mitt

For the bar cart and party:

• STOP KITTY, WINER DOG, CITY STOPPER and CORKROACH: bottle stoppers with personality
• PICKLED CORKSCREW and ALE DENTE: a pickle corkscrew and a pasta bottle opener
• WINE LIVES: cat wine glass markers
• PARTY POOPERS: plunger cocktail picks
• HOT AND FRESH: pizza coasters in a mini pizza box
• GOOD MEASURE MOCKTAILS: a measuring glass printed with mocktail recipes

For naps and slow Sundays:

• DILLY DALLY, ALL BUTTER, DREAM WEENIE and SHELF CARE: hot & cold comfort packs shaped like a pickle, butter, a hot dog and a book
• FRANK INCENSE, SMOKE SHOW, CARB APPEAL and REEL CALM: ceramic incense holders shaped like a hot dog, bacon, pasta and a fish

$30 & Under

• E.M.T.: an insulated “organ transport” lunch tote
• UNZIPPED: a hand-blown glass zipper bag
• BEAR HANDS: bear paw oven mitts
• OBSESSIVE CHEF: a bamboo cutting board with precise measurements
• LIVE FEED: a window bird feeder that looks like a TV screen, entertainment for cats included

What’s the difference between White Elephant, Yankee Swap, Dirty Santa and Secret Santa?

White Elephant, Yankee Swap, Polyanna, and Dirty Santa are the same game under different names. Everyone brings one wrapped gift, and players can open a new one or steal one that’s already been opened. Secret Santa is different: each person is assigned one recipient and buys a gift just for them.

What makes a good gift exchange gift?

A good gift exchange gift hits three things at once: they’re surprising enough to get a reaction, useful enough that someone actually wants to keep them, and affordable enough to fit the party budget. Fred gifts are designed for exactly that sweet spot, turning everyday things like pizza cutters, oven mitts, measuring cups, desk organizers and bottle openers into gifts people want to steal.

What’s a good white elephant gift people actually want?

Something that gets a laugh and then gets used. DESK DUMPSTER, ROACH CLIPS, PIZZA BOSS, HOUSE PLANT, BUTTER BOOT, and E.M.T. all tend to get stolen more than once.

What white elephant gift gets the biggest reaction?

Half the fun of a gift exchange is watching someone open something completely unexpected. ROACH CLIPS look alarmingly real, E.M.T. disguises lunch as an organ transplant, CHOMP turns an oven mitt into a set of chattering teeth and CORKROACH puts a cockroach on top of the wine bottle. Big reveal, real function.

What are good white elephant gifts under $10?

BORROW MY PEN, UNMENTIONABLES, PAPER JAM, CLEAN CONSCIENCE, WASHABI SUSHI SPONGES, UNCANNY COCKTAIL WIENERS and the LITTLE CHARMER bag charms.

What are good white elephant gifts under $20?

DESK DUMPSTER, ROACH CLIPS, BUTTER BOOT, HOUSE PLANT, PIZZA BOSS, CRAZY CAT LADY, HOT AND FRESH and PICKLED CORKSCREW.

What are good white elephant gifts under $30?

E.M.T., UNZIPPED, BEAR HANDS, OBSESSIVE CHEF and LIVE FEED. For a set, try THE GIRL DINNER BUNDLE or THE RAVIOLI BUNDLE.

What’s a good white elephant gift for an office party?

Desk gifts that are funny without being HR’s problem: DESK DUMPSTER, FILING SAUCER, THE DAILY MOOD, FOR THE RECORD, BORROW MY PEN and CLEAN CONSCIENCE for the office kitchen.

What’s a white elephant gift that works for anyone?

Kitchen gifts are the safest bet because almost everyone spends time in the kitchen. Try M-CUPS, CATERPEELER, POTATO CLIPS, PERCHED BIRD SPONGES or HOT AND FRESH pizza coasters.

What’s a good gift for a family swap with kids?

CRAZY CAT LADY, WONDERBALL, NINJABREAD MEN, BOOK SLAYER, PHONY BOLOGNA and DAILY DOGGO, which has no curse words.

What’s a good gift for an adults-only swap?

DAILY DESK PLAQUE has 50 titles to flip through, some with swear words. The “DRAGGIN ASS” MUG and the FUCK AROUND MUG say what everyone’s thinking.

What’s a good swap gift for a wine or beer drinker?

STOP KITTY, WINER DOG, CITY STOPPER, PICKLED CORKSCREW, ALE DENTE or WINE LIVES. For the person who doesn’t drink, GOOD MEASURE MOCKTAILS.

What are the newest Fred gifts for a 2026 swap?

HOUSE PLANT, BUTTER BOOT, CITY STOPPER, PLAY DIRTY, and the FRANK INCENSE and SMOKE SHOW incense holders.

Do these gifts come ready to give?

Most arrive in gift-ready boxes or illustrated backer cards, so they’re ready to wrap or drop in a gift bag. HOT AND FRESH comes in a mini pizza box, MIX TAPES comes in boombox packaging and WONDERBALL comes in a window box with metallic details.

Are Fred gifts just gag gifts?

Nope. Fred gifts are designed to be funny and unexpected, but they also have a real job to do. A Pizza Boss cuts pizza, Bear Hands protect your hands from hot pans, Roach Clips seal snack bags and Desk Dumpster holds pens and notes. The laugh is part of the gift, but so is the usefulness.