What to Get Your Best Friend for Her Birthday (37 Awesome Birthday Present Ideas!!!)

So, it’s your best friend’s birthday coming up and you want to get her something really spectacular this year. She’s your bosom buddy, your confidant, your soulmate. There is no one like her and you want her to know it. It can be tricky to find that perfect gift for anyone, let alone your best friend! It has to be absolutely, 100%, without-a-doubt perfect. The perfect gift inspires and motivates, as well as speaks to the unique personality of your best friend. That is a tall order, but luckily we have some great ideas for you! Whether you’re looking for gift ideas for millennials, unique gifts, sentimental gifts for your bestie, handmade gifts, adult gifts, or birthday card ideas, we’ve got you covered!!!

Check it out!

 HINT: #28 is our favorite!!

 

Unique Gifts

Your best friend is a unique and special lady. She always knows the right thing to say to cheer you up, she’ll go out of her way to stand up for you, and she’s truly a one-of-a-kind gem. BUT she is super picky and doesn’t like a lot of your average gifts. So, what do you get for your super-picky, but super-awesome bestie? If you’re looking for some incredibly unique gift ideas, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve done some investigating and found some pretty sweet gifts for the woman who wants nothing.

Yup, that’s right.

Below, we have 8 unique gifts your bestie will be sure to love:

 

#1: Kitty Jewelry Dish

 

Your best friend is definitely a cat person. Maaaybe she entertains the idea of dogs every once in awhile, but cats are absolutely superior, according to your bestie. This personalized kitty jewelry dish is one of the best unique gift ideas for your best friend because it is not super extravagant, but it shows that you care about her cat fascination. Contribute to her cat collection with personalized kitty items!

 

#2: Design Your Own Custom Playing Cards

So, your best friend loves playing cards but she already has a deck of cards (or a few), poker chips, and even a poker table! For the poker-fanatic who has it all, what can you get her? Personalized playing cards are one of those unique gift ideas you wouldn’t think of, since she already has a deck of cards! But when you design your own, you can add in littles notes, sayings, or inside jokes that only you and your best friend understand. Whether your best friend loves poker or she just really loves personalized items, this interesting gift will make for a great conversation piece!  

 

#3: You're My Person Gold Bar Necklace

Your best friend means the world to you: they're the person you go to when you need someone to talk to and the person you laugh with and have a good time with. When you have a best friend, you know there is no one else like them in the world and that no one could ever compare. They are yours and you are theirs. Let them know how much they mean to you by letting them know "You're my person." 

 

#4: Why You’re My Bestie Fill in the Love Journal

Do you often feel like there’s just not enough time in the day to really tell your best friend how much she means to you? You’re often running around with busy days and sure, maybe you see each other every Saturday night for wine nights, but it can be difficult to find time to communicate just how meaningful she really is to you. With this “Why You’re My Bestie” journal, you can fill in the blanks and tell her exactly what she says and does that makes her your bosom buddy, 100%.

#5: Passport Holder

For the world traveler! Is your best friend always talking about France or Italy or Australia? Always wanting to travel but never finding time? Give her a little nudge with this cute and simple unique birthday gift. Let her know you support her dreams and want to be there right beside her on all of her world travels!

#6: Wood Best Friend Gifts

This personalized wood engraving is one of the coolest and most unique gift ideas for best friends! It is definitely a step up from just your average picture frame. With a gift like this, you can turn your memories into beautiful and one-of-a-kind works of art! Does your best friend live really far away? Maybe you spend a lot of time on the phone with her but rarely get to see her in person? That can be hard. Get her this wood engraving of a picture of the two of you for her to keep with her in her home. That way, she can be reminded of your bond everyday.

#7: Best Friend Art

Are you and your best friend always taking pictures? Are you constantly posting on Instagram your latest adventure with your bestie? When we have home decor pieces that speak to our personalities, interests or passions (such as an image of a friend who encourages us to do our best), we can feel more optimistic each and every day. What a great way to showcase the bond you have with your one-of-a-kind gal. Add a custom quote and voila: you have a beautiful friendship gift.  

 

#8: Essential Oil Diffuser

 

Diffusers are a popular gift idea because of their soothing and calming effects. They are great for aromatherapy and make a perfect addition to any office, bathroom, kitchen or classroom. If you're looking to treat your bestie this year for her birthday, you absolutely can't go wrong with this Essential Oil Diffuser. What makes this diffuser stand out from others is its unique design, touch sensor light switch and its "volume" switch, which allows you to control how much oil you diffuse. With its elegant handmade base and blown glass top, this Diffuser makes for one of the most unique gifts you could get!

 

Sentimental Gifts for Best Friends

Just for a second, try to imagine your life without your best friend. I know, it’s painful! That is why coming up with amazing birthday present ideas for her is so important. Sentimental gifts are a great way to tell your best friend how important she is to you. Your best friend holds a special place in your heart and you want to track down a truly memorable present for her. It is crucial that you find a couple different best friend gifts that speak to you and your bestie and hone in on the ideal gift.

We all love the feeling of being appreciated --

Sentimental gifts for best friends are a great way to remind her of just how meaningful she is to you. Imagine the pure joy and gratitude on your best friend’s face when she opens her birthday present and sees how much time and effort you put into birthday gift ideas for her.

Here’s 6 sentimental gifts for best friends:

#9: Personalized Best Friend Instant Download Print

So, you could get her a cool picture frame and stick a picture of the two of you in it, but that doesn’t come close to the awesomeness of this personalized best friend print. Imagine the look on your best friend’s face when she rips off the wrapping paper and finds the two of you turned into artwork!

#10: Personalized Handwriting Necklaces

These personalized handwriting necklaces by Sincerely Silver make for one of the best sentimental gifts for best friends. With this unique gift, you can write your own message to your best friend, something personal and meaningful that she can keep with her every single day. Do you two share a saying? Something purposeful that helps you to get through hard days? Whatever it is, the dedicated team at Sincerely Silver can create a beautiful custom piece of jewelry with a message meant only for you and your best friend.

#11: Custom Star Map

Is there a night that holds particular value to you and your best friend? Do you have a clear memory of running free in the middle of the night with your best friend and looking up to see the stars? With this custom star map made by Canvas Vows, you can capture that beautiful night so that your best friend can see it everyday!

#12: She Matters: A Life in Friendships Book

Is your best friend a book nerd? Does she love to read all kinds of books? Whatever genre she likes to read most, this book will surely be meaningful to her if given by you. Female friendships can be complicated and this novel highlights the beauty and complexity of best friendships. Create an even deeper bond between you and your best friend by getting one for you, too, and reading it along with her!

#13: Soul Sisters Best Friend Arrow Necklaces

She’s your soulmate and you want to remind her of that. Get her the arrow necklace that describes how she takes care of you -- is she the feathers at the back of the arrow, providing stability to your crazy flight? Or, is she the point that pierces your enemies for you? Regardless, she’s your bosom buddy and you want her to know. With this necklace, she won’t be able to forget!

#14: Personalized Name Bracelets

Custom design bracelets with both your name and her name so that she can have you with her always! This is one of the best sentimental gifts you could get for your best friend because it captures just how important you are to each other when you wear each other’s names everyday.

 

Homemade Gifts

Unique gifts and sentimental gifts for best friends are great, but what else says “I love you,” like homemade gifts?

Nothing!

Homemade gifts are a great way to show your best friend just how blessed you feel with her in your life. Finding perfect gifts for friends can be hard. Endlessly searching the internet for best friend birthday gifts that really convey her personality can be tiresome. Not only is it tiring, but buying best friend gifts can be pricey. You want something that says, “You are so extraordinary that I just couldn’t buy you a random gift.” But also, you’re looking for cheap gift ideas because, well, you’re on a budget. So instead, check out these homemade gift ideas we found for you! For the perfect handmade gifts, consider these inexpensive gift ideas.

Here are 7 homemade gifts for your best friend:

#15: DIY Crayon Explosion Picture Frame

This is one of the coolest DIY homemade gifts out there. It’s also so simple, super creative, and really shows the love you have for your best friend. All you have to do is find an awesome picture of you and your best friend, glue the picture to a canvas, arrange the crayons around the canvas, and melt the crayons with a hair dryer! This is one of the best friendship gifts since you have to put a little effort into it and the finished product really pops! If you’re wondering how to make other melted crayon art, read this!

#16: Patterned Candles

Is you best friend obsessed with candles?! In general, candles make great birthday gifts for friends who love relaxing. Whether your best friend already has a room filled with her own homemade candles or if she is just beginning her candle infatuation, these handmade gifts are perfect for her! If you’re looking for simple homemade gift ideas, then these patterned candles are perfect for you! They don’t take too much time to make, and your best friend will love the thought you put into designing candles specific to her.

#17: Photo Collage Star

Of course, all your photos are on Facebook or Instagram, but simple photo collage crafts like this are a spectacular way to showcase certain meaningful memories. Let your best friend know you think she’s a star while also telling her you care about the memories you two have shared with this homemade photo collage star.

 

#18: Instagram Calendar

Is your best friend obsessed with making to-do lists or keeping track of her monthly activities? Give her the gift of organization that you know she’ll love combined with her love of instagram pics! You can also slip in some cute pics of the two of you, or maybe even some future excursions you’d like to take with your bestie! For instance, have you guys been wanting to take a road trip? Include some images of key destinations on your future journey to remind your best friend that your best days are still ahead of you. Hanging calendars make for great handmade gifts, especially when you customize them with images that are special to you and your best friend.

#19: Goodie Jar

Does your best friend love little gifts? If you’re looking for inexpensive gift ideas, then this is the one! Just find a cool-looking jar and sprinkle in her favorite treats! Some ideas for tiny gifts are: fancy chocolates, nail polish, jewelry, candy, socks, and glitter!

#20: Bestie Scrapbook

There’s a lot of great ideas out there for bestie scrapbooks since this is one of the best homemade gift ideas. Sure, we have Instagram nowadays to store all of our photos, but a lot of people still really value the look and feel of a photo album. If your best friend is one of those people, then this handmade gift is the one for her.

#21: Bestie Playlist on Spotify

Remember the days of CDs when you’d make your best friend a playlist of all your favorite songs that you’d been jamming to? Ahh, those were the days. Well, even if CDs aren’t popular anymore, you can still “make a mixtape” of songs that you and your best friend groove to.  Whether you want to make your own unique playlist of music that is special to you two, or you want to go with one already made, bestie playlists are the way to go.

 

Adult Gifts

So, you’re past the 25-year-old mark -- you’re officially adults! Yup, you can rent a car at all car rental agencies in the U.S. and abroad, you can travel to Delhi and legally drink alcohol, and you can volunteer for the U.N.! These are all very adult things -- congrats! However, you and your bestie are more like grown-up children. You know, grown-up children who are just beginning to get financial independence from your parents but still spend about 50% of your money on wine and avocado toast? Ehh, so what! At least you have your best friend who you know will be there with you through thick and thin! You know you need to figure out some adult gifts to commemorate this time in your life.

Fear not! We have some ideas for you.

Check out these hilarious adult gifts:

#22: Create Your Own Stemless Wine Glasses

Stemless wine glasses have become more popular in recent years, and you know your best friend loves them! Instead of getting her the average, run-of-the-mill stemless wine glasses, why not personalize them with special sayings or inside jokes between you and your bestie?

#23: Adult Coloring Book

We all need to de-stress from our busy schedules and what better way to do this than with an adult coloring book?! They’re all the rage now, and for good reason, too! Adult coloring books offer real stress relief and create a grounding effect that can help slow down your heart rate and stimulate your brain. Your best friend will know you care about her mental health when you get her adult gifts like this coloring book.

#24: Personalized Journal

Because, well let’s face it -- you’re getting old. You need to capture your youth while you still can! This genuine leather and personalizable family heirloom will be with your best friend throughout her life. If your best friend enjoys arts and crafts, capturing beautiful memories, and journaling, then this will be a great gift for her! Not only will she love this gift because she can capture her own unique story, but this birthday gift will also remind her that she ain’t getting any younger!

#25: Bamboo Bath Tray

Adulting can be hard. Of course, you care about your best friend’s mental and physical relaxation, but you’re not sure how to show it. After your best friend comes home from a long, stressful day, what does she need? A hot bath, a glass of wine, and some time with her favorite shows. This bamboo bath tray is the only gift your best friend needs.

#26: This is F**ing Delicious Oven Mitt

So, you and your best friend are cooking for yourselves now and dang, are you good at it. Remind her that she’s a queen in the kitchen with an oven mitt that tells her how you really feel. Her cooking is good, you have to admit. Even if you secretly think you are a much better cook than her, this quirky birthday gift will convince her you do really love her burned chicken and no, of course it isn’t overcooked! Don’t worry, your secret is safe with us.

#27: The Hungover Cookbook

You and your best friend drank a little too much wine last night? Don’t worry! With this handy hungover cookbook, you can now learn how to better take care of yourselves after a wild night. After all, you are adults now and even if you still enjoy wine nights with your partner in crime, you can at least attempt to deal with the grueling headache and fogginess with this nifty birthday gift. Maybe, you can even offer to cook some of the recipes for your best friend while she lies on the couch, blocking out all noise and light. What a great best friend you are, she’ll think.

#28: 5 Piece Wine Lovers Tool Set

We’ve established that wine is important. However, as an adult handling your own finances, you begin to realize that you should start taking care of the things you love and purchasing higher quality products. This 5 piece wine lovers tool set is one of the best gift ideas for friends who love wine. Get your best friend this tool set for wine and crack open a bottle tonight!

 

Birthday Card Ideas

Maybe you and your best friend communicate best through written words! Homemade birthday cards are a superb way to showcase your artistic talents and convey that heartfelt message that says just what you need it to. Whether you are going for more simple happy birthday card ideas or you want something a little more in-depth, we have a lot of really creative birthday card ideas! A lot of people tend to overlook the birthday card -- they check it for money and scan it for important details. But some really value the time and effort other people put into writing long messages, or even crafting a card from scratch. Whatever you’re going for, you’ll probably be satisfied with these off-the-wall birthday card ideas.

Check out these birthday card ideas for that special woman in your life:

 

#29: Watercolor Cards

Make your best friend a homemade gift, birthday card, AND send her a secret message with this super cool birthday card!! Are you and your best friend art enthusiasts? Whether you’re into crafting, or sculpting is more your thing, any artist can appreciate the awesomeness of watercolors that leave behind a secret message. Not only can you showcase your artistic talents with this watercolor birthday card, but you can also slip your bestie a cute little message. Let her know how awesome she is on her special day!

 

#30: Bestie Bucket List

This idea is also a little unusual, but consider how surprised your best friend will be when she sees how creative you are with birthday card ideas! This bestie bucket list can make for a great homemade birthday card -- instead of giving her one of those ordinary happy birthday cards, you can excite her with your future bestie plans by incorporating a bestie bucket list in your birthday card to her!

#31: Floral Birthday Cards

Sometimes, just a simple printable floral birthday card is the way to. You don’t need to go too crazy! Birthday present ideas can take up all your mental energy, trying to make sure you get the perfect gift for your best friend. So, take a load off and go easy. Take the pressure off making homemade birthday cards, and get a simple floral birthday card print like this one.

#32: DIY Birthday Cards Using Minimal Supplies

DIY and homemade birthday card ideas are great, but they can require a lot of effort and supplies you have to go out and buy. Check out these easy DIY homemade birthday cards that you can make with common household supplies.

#33: Easy Print Off Birthday Cards

So, maybe you went a little wild this year with a super expensive or time-consuming birthday gift for your best friend and you almost forgot about a birthday card. Easy print off birthday cards are the perfect solution! You don’t need to get all extravagant about a birthday card if you already bought her plane tickets to come visit you! Easy print off birthday cards are super simple. If you’re at a loss for birthday card ideas, this is the way to go.

#34: Sprinkle Card

Sprinkles are amazing. Soooo, sprinkle birthday cards?! Yes, please. This is one of the sweetest birthday card ideas out there (literally), so you should give it a try. She will be impressed with your crafting skills and appreciate the snack.

 

#35: Balloon Cards

Because balloons are awesome. Who doesn’t love balloons?!

 

#36: And last but definitely not least… 

The Office Themed Birthday cards! They have a lot of awesome handmade items and homemade birthday cards that would be great for best friend birthday gifts.

Whew!

You made it through the whole list! Though it can be hard to figure out what to get your best friend for her birthday, we hope you got some great best friend gift ideas! Feel free to contact us about any custom jewelry birthday gift ideas you have for your bestie!

 

Bonus: If you are looking for more personalized gifts please check out our friends at Forever Anniversary. They're gifts are specifically for anniversaries but they can make some very unique gifts for a friend as well!