It’s always fun to give experiences or subscription boxes over gifts because memories can last forever. Here are some good ideas for parents and in-laws.
Experience gifts for parents and in-laws are great to give because memories last longer than items. I have some great ideas here that any parent is sure to love!
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Experience Gifts for Parents and In-Laws:
- Tickets to their favorite sporting event or to see their favorite team play
- It would be fun to gift it with a t-shirt or jersey or baseball cap from their favorite team.
- A year of planned, prepaid dates
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- We did this one year and it’s so fun! There’s an entire resource for setting up this kind of date right here.
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- StoryWorth Subscription
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- This would be a great gift for your parents or grandparents. It’s a service that emails a question a week, the recipient replies with a story, and story worth combines it all into a bound book at the end of the year to keep for generations to come. What a fun and seamless way to pass on family stories!
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- Gift cards to favorite restaurants
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- This would be great for anyone, but a gift card with a note that promises a lunch date would be a good gift for your parents. Sometimes they have a hard time treating themselves!
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- National Park Pass
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- Road tripping is a huge hit with the older generation, so this would be a great pass for your parents!
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- Season tickets to a local broadway theater or sporting events.
- Such a great idea if your parents are theater-buffs!
- Museum passes for them and the grandkids.
- A great way to get them to spend time with their grandchildren!
- At home group date night box
- For when they invite friends over. Include nuts and candies and a fun card or board game!
- A gift certificate for a family photo session
- Perfect for next time you’re all together.
- Send them on a food tour of their city.
- This is a fun way to help them explore their area and try some new restaurants.
- Sur la Table cooking class.
- What a fun date night idea for your parents!
- Hire a professional organizer.
- If there’s a room in your parent’s house that is driving them nuts, hire a professional organizer to come clean it all up for them!
- TSA Precheck
- If your parents love to travel, precheck is a MUST for easy travel.
- Plane tickets to visit grandkids
- If your parents live far, fly them out to visit!
- Butcher Box
- This is the coolest box that sends high-quality cuts of meat (beef, pork, chicken, seafood) right to your door. Your parents or in-laws would love to stock up their freezer and have some great quality meat to cook. Starting on 12/1, new customers receive 2 packs of Ground Beef in every box FREE for the lifetime of their subscription!!
- Rent the Runway
- We gifted a Rent the Runway subscription to my mom for her birthday this year and she loved it! It allows you to rent clothing and accessories from a humongous collection of items, and basically gives you the closet of your dreams. It was perfect because my mom was starting a new job and needed some new clothing. There are several different plans so you can choose what works best for you, but use code RTRMERRICKW for 40% off! I answered a bunch of questions about it RIGHT HERE on instagram.
- Blue Apron
- Cooking and shopping for two people isn’t quite as fun. Blue Apron is a meal subscription service that sends meals in the mail, ready to prepare and cook! It’s so easy, and a box for your parents or in-laws would be such a great gift. You can get $60 off your first 3 boxes here.
- Car Wash Pass
- Find a local car wash to your parents and buy them a monthly pass. Who doesn’t love a clean car?
- Cleaning Service
- Pay ahead for a year or a few months of house cleaning for your parents!
Subscription Gifts for Parents and In-Laws:
- International food subscription box
- Such a fun gift idea for parents who love to explore different cuisines. Plus, it’s like a built-in date night for them every time a new snack comes!
- National Geographic Subscription
- Give them something to look forward to every month with a yearly National Geographic magazine subscription!
- Snack subscription box
- Have a Dad who loves getting snacks at Costco or Trader Joe’s? This snack subscription box would be a great gift for him!
- Candy Club
- If your parents or in-laws are candy lovers, this Candy Club subscription would be a fun idea!
- Cheese Subscription
- If your parents or in-laws are into cheese plates, this cheese subscription is a fantastic choice that they’ll love!
- Tea Subscription
- If your parents or in-laws are tea drinkers, this subscription sends loose leaf tea to your house every month! Such a fun and unique gift.
- Subscription to Audible.
- The gift that keeps on giving! And you know I love audiobooks. So great for parents who love walking, driving, or working in the yard.
- Seasonal Wreath subscription
- This is such a clever idea! A fresh wreath sent straight to their door for each of the four seasons.
- RocksBox Subscription
- This is a fun jewelry subscription for your mom or mother in law. It sends three pieces of beautiful high quality jewelry every month, and gives you a credit each month if you want to purchase any of your items. A few months of this would be a great gift!
- Low Light Plant Subscription
- Perfect for the parents who are traveling a lot or have the opposite of a green thumb. This is a subscription that sends that low light plants that they’ll be hard pressed to kill.
