The Five Love Language Guide To Gift Giving
The Five Love Languages may help you understand how a romantic partner gives and receives love, but have you thought about the other important relationships in your life?
“Everyone gives and receives love differently, but with a little insight into these differences, we can be confidently equipped to communicate love well. This is true for all forms of relationship – for married or dating couples, for children and teenagers, for friends and coworkers, for long-distance relationships, for those brand-new loves and for the romances that are older than the hills.”
By now, you have seen endless amounts of gift guides across the internet. Gift-giving can become depersonalized by mainstream commerce. Often times we get caught up in the cost or the number of gifts.
In a year full of uncertainty, one thing is for sure —the best gift to give to a partner, family member, child, or friend is a gift that can strengthen the relationship's bond. We have put together a list of gifts that bring the true meaning of the holiday season. We take you through the five love languages to help you become a better gift giver (budget-friendly) this holiday season.
Words of Affirmation
The way you speak and what you say speaks volumes. Not only speak the words but put power and conviction behind them.
Shout it from the top of a mountain, literally in a personalized heartfelt video for them to keep for many years.
Cost $0.00
Create personalized cards, homemade, store-bought, or digitally designed + printed whatever you chose, be sure to include a handwritten message.
Cost: under $10.00
Vendors we love for this gift; Minuteman Press, Malden
Acts of Service
Service: the action of helping or doing work for someone. Mow the lawn, shovel the driveway but take that gift even further and do something that means a lot.
Commit to community service with them. Serving meals during the holidays with someone who receives love through acts of services is a no brainer. For them having you support their love language means the world.
Cost: $0.00
Bake, Cook, or clean their house.
Cost: under $25.00
organizations we love for this gift; ETHos and bread of life, malden.
Receiving Gifts
Just because this language receives love through receiving gifts does not mean they are greedy. Giving gifts, no matter how large or small doesn't matter. What matters is the thought put behind the gift.
Homemade gifts like sugar body scrubs, candles, jams, or for the extremely crafty a Chunky Knit Blanket
Cost: Can be kept under $25.00 for materials
1-Month Subscription to their favorite gym, virtual studio, book club, wine club, or home & garden membership. The point being—identify what they consistently spend their money on and help offset the cost of a day, week, month!
Cost: Pending per membership
Memberships we subscribe to; RANGE by Kara Duval Pilates, everybody fights LIVE, beam cbd and CARE/of vitamins
Quality Time
QT Time can sometimes be overlooked. With technology all around us in this day and age, your quality time can be easily interrupted with a simple notification.
Set aside personal 1:1 time with this person, and when you do, put your phone on DND. Time spent together could be as simple as a hike or popcorn and movies with no technology distractions.
Cost: $0.00 - $10.00
Day Trip, some of the best gifts to give are experiences. After months of being limited to where you could go, find out where they want to visit and make a day trip plan. Keep the focus on time together, conversations, and memory-making.
Cost: Gas + Food
Physical Touch
IOUs for Hugs, get creative here; not only are hugs free and easy to give, have fun with it by creating IOUs that they can cash in at any time.
Cost: $0.00 or price of printing
Back rubs, foot massages, or facials. Whatever feels best for them, a gift certificate to a nail salon, spa, or wellness retreat where they can receive personal pampering. Feeling up to the task yourself? Create a spa-like environment, and treat them to a special 30-min service.
Cost: $25.00 - $100+