Anonymous
Post 11/14/2019 13:36     Subject: Re:Practical White Elephant?
Scalp Massager - https://www.bodyback.com/products/scalp-massager

I bought one of these on a whim at a museum gift shop and I LOVE it. You can order them from Amazon, too.


Anonymous
Post 11/14/2019 09:44     Subject: Practical White Elephant?
If there was a Nessie soup ladle in our office white elephant swap, I would fight someone for it. I've always wanted one of those, but can't rationalize buying it for how little I'd use it.

I randomly wandered into the Spencer's at Tysons earlier this year and ended up buying Golden Girls knee socks for my sister, who loves the Golden Girls. And then, because they had a buy one/get one 50% off sale, I bought a pair for myself too. Those would be a hit.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2019 08:49     Subject: Re:Practical White Elephant?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Glow toilet light... Over 4,200 reviews don't lie! https://www.amazon.com/LumiLux-Advanced-16-Color-Internal-Detection/dp/B01M2ZI34E/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=glow+toilet&qid=1573651534&sr=8-1

This is brilliant. Not OP, but I may be buying this for my white elephant party.


Lol, I clicked on this to suggest this. Someone gave it to us last year, and we put it in the kids bathroom. They LOVE it!
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2019 07:59     Subject: Practical White Elephant?
Anonymous wrote:Wow - you posters really delivered!

--not OP but filing away for my next White Elephant party

Agreed! Keep them coming! I went to three of these last year and anticipate the same. These ideas are great!
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 22:07     Subject: Practical White Elephant?
Wow - you posters really delivered!

--not OP but filing away for my next White Elephant party
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 15:05     Subject: Practical White Elephant?
Back scratcher
Those grabber arms used for trash pickup
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 10:24     Subject: Re:Practical White Elephant?
poopourri
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 10:16     Subject: Practical White Elephant?
Kitchen stuff-- scissors for herbs, citrus squeezer, avocado or strawberry slicer, the thing you put in brown sugar to keep it soft.
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 10:15     Subject: Practical White Elephant?
Art socks
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 10:09     Subject: Re:Practical White Elephant?
Some ideas:
- Those cute dinosaur soup ladles called Nessie.
- An assortment of wind-up toys

Also, here are a few online shops to find unique small items:

https://threepotatofour.com/collections

https://kikkerland.com/

https://mcphee.com/
- mostly funny stuff, but some of it is also practical like bacon strip band-aids, lunch meat notebooks, quirky wine stoppers...
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 09:53     Subject: Practical White Elephant?
Banana slicer
Donald Trump toilet paper
Word of the day calendar
Inspirational office saying poster
Funny socks
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 09:37     Subject: Practical White Elephant?
I once received a unicorn toilet paper holder.
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 09:19     Subject: Practical White Elephant?
This is great, thanks for the ideas!
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 09:14     Subject: Practical White Elephant?
The Trump toilet bowl brush.
The Angry Mama microwave cleaner (which I don't think works all that well, but hey.)
Go to Urban Outfitters and look at the funny kitchen stuff. Hill's Kitchen on Capitol Hill has cute things too.
Anonymous
Post 11/13/2019 08:56     Subject: Re:Practical White Elephant?
What about a Lifehammer? You use it to break out of your car, like in a flash flood. Practical, inexpensive, and not something a lot of people would think to buy.

https://www.amazon.com/Lifehammer-Brand-Safety-Hammer-Netherlands/dp/B000BN3A4Y/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=auto+emergency+hammer&qid=1573653343&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyVzhPRlRUQVREVUs0JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNzM2NDMxMlY2RjJNNElPVTZJWSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzAzMzIzTTdUWjJFMEJNTkI5JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==