If you are looking for unique, sustainable, and great summer gift ideas, do not go any further. We are pretty proud of this list and cannot wait to share it with you!
As minimalists, we still love giving gifts to let someone know we are thinking of them. Summer gift baskets are fun summer gifts when you have been invited to a summer solstice party and want to give the host something. We also love a sunshine basket: it’s what we call a basket of goodies that are meant to brighten someone’s day.
Make it sustainable, consumable, and/or functional and you are right up our alley! Let’s do this!
The Best Summer Gift for Any Occasion
Summer is the time when things slow down a bit. No one wants to rush around looking for the perfect gift. You want this to be easy breezy, lemon squeezy. No worries, we have the perfect summer gift guide for any event or occasion that comes up this summer!
Cozy Earth Lemonade Bamboo Sheets
It’s no surprise how much we love our Cozy Earth Bamboo Sheets. You may not think about cozy sheets in the summer, but these sheets have a cooling effect, so when the warm weather hits, they do not absorb sweat.
No yucky, sticky nights with these babies! In fact, why not make lemonade out of lemons? See what we did there?
With the ultra-soft Lemonade sheets, this set screams summer in the coziest way! We love them because they are sustainable, the perfect addition to anyone’s summer bedding, and the tote bags each set comes with are just adorable and can be used in so many ways!
Make a Sunshine Basket
As we mentioned earlier, a sunshine basket is the perfect way to brighten someone’s day. We call them baskets, but you can put items into a wooden crate that can be reused or even a floating pool cooler.
Are you going to a summer solstice party? We love themed gift baskets! You can grab a couple of beach towels, throw pillows for the outdoors, and a variety of cheese and put them into a Mini Personal Fridge Cooler. This is a thoughtful gift, and we promise the recipient will be your best friend afterward—that is if you want them to be.
This is a great gift for beach lovers, too. You can do something along these lines for a summer birthday or thanking someone for hosting you for your summer vacation. You can put together a beach blanket, a summer romance novel, some Liquid IV, and an eco-friendly water bottle.
The possibilities are endless with a themed sunshine basket.
A Tropical Propagated Plant
This may be our favorite gift to give year-round, but in the summer, we like to make it more on-brand with summer! How do we do that? We propagate a tropical plant. Our monstera is a favorite for guests and the ‘gram. So, why not spread the monstera love with others? Don’t have a monstera, get one!
Ok, seriously, any green plant will work as a great summer gift.
By special request, you don’t have to have a green thumb to do this. People who are asking about how to propagate a monstera for your summer season gift: use clean cutting shears and cut just below the node. Stick it in a jar of water and let it grow roots.
You can gift it as is and tell the recipient to plant it after the roots grow in the water, or you can plant it and gift it when it is ready.
It’s a great gift if you are in a hurry or need a last-minute gift. We also love using these in jars as dining table decor for summer holidays. It’s so beautiful, and it always gets compliments for being such a great idea.
A Wine Tasting
Summer wine tastings are just the best! Take a picnic basket with some cheese and fruit, head out into the vineyard, and have a glass! Ok, not many of us can go and do that or gift that experience, but what you can gift is a good time in a bottle: Sampl Wine Tastings.
Sampl is a sustainable wine-tasting brand that helps wine lovers make personal connections with local winemakers. What is so great about this is that it is different from the traditional “Oh, just bring a bottle of wine” gift.
For example, each wine-tasting kit comes with 7 tastings of wine from a small wine producer. It also comes with a coaster with a QR code on it. Scanning the coaster gives the recipient information about what they are drinking. It’s like having a sommelier talk to you about the wine, except so much better that you are in your home or wherever you can safely and legally drink it.
Summer Candles
We love our candles, but we want them to be sustainable and safe to breathe around. We also know that they make unique summer gifts because most people do not think of candles during warm weather. Check out Southern Oak Artisan’s Summer Candles.
Our favorite summer candle is the Lime But No Salt. We take some of these on vacation with us and light them in the evenings wherever we are staying.
A summer party is not a party without candles! They use high-quality materials in their handcrafted soy candles, so we know they are clean, safe, and just a kind gift. You know, scents make special memories!
Summer Experience
If you have been here a while, you know we love giving an experience! Is someone going on a trip, and you want to give them an excellent gift for an occasion? Consider giving them an experience of where they are headed for their travels. You don’t have to spend a lot of money.
Try a service like Viator. You can plug in the dates and destination. Experiences are available in all different price ranges. Imagine knowing that you already have some fun things to do on your summer travel—and you didn’t even have to plan it!
Give This Collection of Summer Gifts a Try!
Giving a gift you know will be enjoyed and consumed is fun, unique, and sustainable. We always want our gift, including a summer gift to anyone, to have a subtle special message that we think of the person receiving it, but that gift can be eco-friendly. Your summer gift does not have to be more stuff for someone to accumulate.
Do yourself a favor. Avoid the gift card or cheese gift box route and make a positive statement with your gift-giving. Summer fun is even better when you give the best gifts that leave the recipient feeling cool and cozy!
FAQs | Frequently Asked Questions
Always include a handwritten note with it. You want to tell the person why you wanted to give them the gift. What about the gift made you think of them? You can also have the vessel for the basket or item engraved or embroidered to include their name.
Only do this if you are close or can have the item delivered to them by a local business that can get it there faster. We do love giving consumables that are in a cooler you can give to the person. Find a cute cooler or cooler bag to give the person and place the consumables inside with ice or ice packs.
We love propagating plants. Read above for information on how to give one as a gift. No plants? Ask a friend or family member if you can use a cutting from theirs. A propagated plant always makes for a special gift.
