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When you forgot to buy a gift or the budget is $0.00

Updated: Jun 4




How to give a gift short notice when you can't get to a shop have no time to make something and or the budget is nothing.

Time you give the gift of time ... so how to does that work?


Maybe set a date every month to catch up online on phone or in person


a Diary with a date booked for a walk

Schedule yourself into their calendar for a nightly walk, a Sunday drive, a monthly breakfast, or to take care of the kids, giving them some hours, minutes, or a full day of personal time.

-fix the items you have said you would do

-make their favorite meals for tea or work lunches


A grandmother baking with granddaughter
Here is a dish from Family Favourites (Temuka Free kindergarten printed 1969)

Place 4 pieces of pumpkin in a casserole/baking dish. Roll 1 pound(453.59grams) of mince into balls and place these also in the dish. Pour over 1 large cup or tomato pulp or tomato soup, if necessary

Cover with a layer of grated cheese.

Then cover the dish and bake slowly for 2 hours.


-Clean the bathroom or another part of their home as a gift.

- clean their vehicle.

-engage in a board game, play cards with them, or work on a jigsaw puzzle together.

-iron all their clothes

-Perhaps go traditional by taking out pen and paper to write them a letter.





Have them browse Backcountry Gifts online and note down any items they like or wish for their next birthday, anniversary, or Mother's/Father's Day you can give as a gift.






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