Senses Gift Ideas for Someone Special. With the holiday season practically in full swing, it’s time to decorate the tree, bake your favorite cookies, and enjoy some cheerful activities with family and friends. Though the holidays are a joyous time, finding the perfect gift can be stressful.
Rather than spending hours trying to find one perfect gift for that someone special in your life, try choosing multiple gifts that show your love in a unique way. With small gifts or larger splurge-worthy presents, you can stimulate each of the recipients five senses for a truly exceptional gift-giving experience.
The concept of a “five senses gift” is to buy or create gifts that appeals to the basic senses of the human body: sound, touch, taste, smell and sight. Whether you choose to give each gift at once, or space them out over the holidays, five senses gifting is a great way to spoil your loved ones!
Gift Ideas for Sound
The gifts you give for the sense of sound will be like music to their ears — literally! If you want to opt for something homemade, try making them a mixtape of love songs, or you can splurge and get tickets to a concert together. Whatever you choose, the gift of sound will continue to ring happily in their ears!
- Headphones
- Record player
- Concert tickets
- Speakers
- Audiobooks
- Leave a thoughtful voicemail
- Portable music player
- Sleep noise machine
Gifts Ideas for Touch
Physical touch is one of the most intimate of the five senses, and is even one of the five love languages. For this gift, you can get them something that will bring them physical comfort, or something activity-related that gets them to use their hands. You can also offer them a big, warm hug!
- Back scratcher
- Pottery class
- Massage oils
- Plush robe
- Golf clubs
- Cozy blanket
- Shaving kit
- Winter mittens
- Cashmere scarf
- Grilling tools
Gifts Ideas for Taste
Whether it’s the Christmas tree, a wood-burning fire or fresh cookies coming out of the oven, there are so many wonderful scents during the holidays! Capture the essence of Christmastime with the gift of smell. For an activity gift, consider combining the gifts of smell and taste and plan an evening of cooking and taste tasting!
- Cologne or perfume
- Essential oils
- Candles
- DIY herb growing kit
- Beard oil
- Flowers
- Bath bombs or salts
- Car air freshener
- Spa set
Gift Ideas for Sight
Seeing is believing, and with a gift for sight, your loved ones will fully be able to see how much you adore them. This is the one sense where you have a lot of flexibility with what you choose — whatever you pick, make it a gift that is more than meets the eye!
- Wall art or decor
- Sunglasses
- Movie tickets
- Photo canvas
- Projector screen
- Camera
- Sunset cruise
- Tickets to a play or musical
- Painting classes
- Books
- A piece of jewelry
