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1. A natural dye kit that'll color up to 5 pounds of fabric, giving your fashion-forward friend's wardrobe a personalized touch with some snazzy hand-dyed statement pieces they made all on their own!
2. A daaarling bath bomb box with information on what ingredients are soothing for joints and senses, customizable aromas, essential oils, and more. This teaching kit is here for making their bathtime so much fun (even if they don't have a rubber ducky).
3. A metal stamp set with every letter in the alphabet so they can learn how to personalize jewelry and trinkets to their heart's content! And then maybe give you a piece they make. Re-gifting just got redefined.
4. A customizable rope rainbow kit for those who treat Pinterest like a religion and thus, love discovering new DIY decor trends. This complete kit is great ~weather~ they like classic rainbow colors or prefer a less traditional palette.
5. A hand-crank, wooden music box build set that'll help your pastel goth pal ~tune~ into a new (incredibly cute) creative outlet.
6. A DIY cocktail kit – a tantalizing kit sure to help any friends stuck in a PBR rut add some sophistication to their palate. I guess cubeb pepper is a real life thing and apparently it belongs in your gin.
7. A Rosetta Stone subscription, the famed "immersion method" language app, is gonna help them learn a new language after they've fumbled through TikTok and realize they no longer understand high school slang. Dutch will have to do.
8. Eat Like You Give A Fork, a step-by-step cookbook (designed to retrain your tastebuds, rather than restrict what you eat) that'll be the daily go-to for anyone interested in gaining more confidence in the kitchen.
9. A DIY coiled rope basket your crafty friends are ~knot~ gonna believe you got them, considering you usually go with a coupon for free hugs every year.
10. A DIY kimchee kit for making probiotic-rich kimchee at home. After their first batch, the tools are there for them every time they get a hankering for some delectable sour cabbage.
11. A massive ship model for landlubbers who wanna make waves with their newfound building skills.
12. A complete embroidery kit for the teenager in your life. Not only will this get them off their phone for a bit, it's sure to look ~otterly~ adorable when they finish it!
13. A mozzarella and ricotta DIY cheese kit that'll help bring out your favorite chef's ~cheesy~ side when they're keen on fixin' up a new side dish.
14. A stained glass startup kit put together with top-quality tools for bold doers who take new hobbies to the next level.
15. A complete DIY beeswax wrap kit – a practical and eco-friendly gift that'll teach them new ways to avoid plastic and give them a finished product they can use every dang day. Reviewers agree, this kit is simply the bee's knees!
16. Mini Money Origami, a brilliant book that'll teach them such satisfying party tricks you'll know this was worth every penny.
17. Or Toilet Paper Origami, a necessary purchase if your parents have stockpiled TP over the last couple of months and now need to give those valuable rolls the respect they deserve.
18. A cyanotype print kit – it's gonna get your kids outside and help them discover a new art form while they're at it. Honestly, gathering plants and leaves while making these is gonna be so much fun your kids may end up talking about it botanic-all the time.
19. A Cricut Maker (the actual holy grail of crafting tools) that's sure to cut, write, and score far faster than the crafter in your life ever could on their own. Plus, after learning how to use this, they'll be able to work on materials like leather, balsa wood, and even sparkly iron-ons.
20. A teaching chess set with a standard chess board, 32 chessman pieces, and a deck of 56 action cards that'll teach dedicated pupils how to truly become a chess master.
21. A moss wall art kit for particular folks who like things just so, so you know they're gonna love a gift they learn how to create themselves.
22. Or a bottle cutter sure to help them create imaginative pieces of decor worth drinking to!
23. A pack of 31 leather sewing tools that'll make creating gorgeous leather bags and decor ~sew~ easy and efficient!
24. A calligraphy guidebook that's sure to be the ~write~ way to entertain your BFF when they're in the mood to learn a new skill.
25. A kombucha starter kit with pH test strips, starter, sugar, looseleaf tea, and a lovely glass jar perfect for showing off their beautiful DIY brew.
26. A complete embroidery kit to teach the seamstress in your family that modern patterns are just as satisfying as '90s holiday cross-stitches.
27. A mosaic coaster kit for people who love their coffee table enough to adorn it with some handmade decor. Plus, learning how to design with sea glass sounds like a soothing activity we all deserve after this year.
28. A rainbow explosion cake kit that comes packaged in a daaaarling paint can. This is gonna be the perfect gift for adventurous souls who would love taking dessert to the next level.
29. A bonsai starter kit to finally get your family in love with plants as much as you are. Even if they're brand-new to planting, they won't beleaf how easy this starter kit is!
30. A Dala horse carving kit, because not enough people have ever carved something by hand, so this is gonna be a ~cut~ above any other gift. We're not horsing around, this kit is awesome!
31. A Home Chef membership designed with step-by-step cooking instructions – a gift for folks who are ready to embrace home cooking, as long as they have a meal service holding their hand while they do it.
32. A 2000s Trivia game by BuzzFeed that'll test your own knowledge of the early '00s aaand have those youngling friends of yours learn a thing or two about the glory days of the flip phone.
33. An ocean waves drip painting kit – grab a set for everyone in your family and enjoy a memorable (and only a little bit messy) night of at-home art class family fun!
34. A DIY string art pick – a gift that'll give them a new skill they'll be hooked on from the minute they start!
35. A dry brush set you can get if you know they've dipped their toes into skincare TikTok and are finally ready to dive deep into a luxurious exfoliating bathing routine.
36. A personalized whiskey making kit – give them this and they're gonna wanna show alcoh-all of their friends what a great gift-giver you are (and what a great brewer they've become).
37. A soy candle making kit a fun gift that's sure to help keep the ~spark~ alive when you and your boo start running out of date night ideas. Learning a new skill together is sexy.
38. And finally, a mango hot sauce mix that'll give your roommate pride in the food they create, hopefully teaching them that cooking (and sharing that cooking with you) is the ~hot~ new thing to do.
The hint you can give before they open their good good gift:
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