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What to give: the Tiny Gifts chooser

Eight situations people arrive with, the problem each one sets, and the page that answers it. Then six things worth settling before the box arrives.

By who is getting it

Who it is forThe problem it setsWhere to look
A class of twenty-fourTwenty-four identical things under two dollars each Mini gifts for students
An office floorOne order, forty desks, a card with each Mini gifts for coworkers
A party bagOne thing that does one thing, by the dozen Mini party favors
A stockingFour or five things, and one of them flat Tiny stocking stuffers
A teacher at the end of termSomething that runs out, or fits in a bag Tiny gifts for teachers
A colleague leaving on FridaySpecific rather than expensive Tiny thank you gifts
Somebody who has everythingSomething that ends Tiny gifts for mom
A hundred wedding guestsSmall, light, and boxed if you can Mini wedding favors

Six checks

What to settle before you order

None of these takes five minutes, and every one of them is a reason people order twice.

  1. 01

    Count the people first

    Everything else follows from it. One person and a budget is a different shop from twenty-four people and the same budget, and the second one is answered by the pack count rather than by the price.

  2. 02

    Divide before you decide

    A twenty-dollar box of thirty is sixty-seven cents a person. A twenty-dollar boxed set is one present. Both are on the same shelf and they answer different questions.

  3. 03

    Check the measurement

    A stocking toe takes about two inches across. A party bag takes a fist. A padded envelope takes a quarter of an inch of clearance. The card prints the widest measurement where the data has one.

  4. 04

    Ask whether it runs out

    A balm ends and a resin frog does not. For somebody with a full shelf, the one that ends is the kinder present.

  5. 05

    Look behind the lid

    Anything that lights up has a coin cell in it. The compartment should need a tool or two separate movements to open, and that is worth testing the day it arrives.

  6. 06

    Leave time for the bagging

    Thirty pieces in one bag are not thirty presents until somebody has bagged them. The sets that arrive divided cost more for exactly that reason.

Every price, every pack count

Every size, price and pack count in the Tiny Gifts selection sits behind this button, with the figures from our last update against each one.