Comments on: Great Gifts for Coworkers and Bosses

By: Peggy Gorman

Peggy Gorman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:05:44 +0000

A nice gift that doesn’t cost too much is go to resturant.com and buy certificates and hand them out. Its nice in a card and if you have a small workforce

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:55:52 +0000

I like to buy a nice platter or dish (as a gift for the person to keep) and make either a favorite dish for a person or something wonderful for co-workers to share.

Some ideas are lasagna alongside a salad kit and French bread. Baked enchiladas alongside with chips and salsa.

I always include the recipe for the dish and the entire gift often costs less than $25. So many people love it and I often get requests for a specific dish for later parties and such.

By: Michelle H.

Michelle H. — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:42:24 +0000

It depends on the coworkers likes and dislikes. I had one who loves chocolate as much as I do, so of course I gave her nice chocolate.

By: Auriette

Auriette — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:22:29 +0000

I work at a non-profit, so money’s tight for all of us. What I’ve done is to take a bag of lotions, perfumes, and candles — items I won in contests or received for Christmas — and let my co-workers (mostly women) pick what they want. It didn’t cost me anything, and they had great fun shopping and picking out their favorites.

By: Gianna

Gianna — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:08:30 +0000

I make them their favorite cheesecakes :)

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:28:44 +0000

I worked in an office where some of the bosses didn’t get their secretary anything, while other bosses were quite generous. For Christmas and Secretary’s Day I would get ALL of the secretaries a smaller gift and then my secretary got an additional gift. My favorite gift was a “movie night basket”. I purchased a round box of microwave popcorn that served as the gift basket. (Blockbusters was the only place I could find them). I added two sodas and two small boxes of candy. I wrapped the basket in cellophane and gathered and tied it at the top with ribbon. The secretaries liked the gift so much that they didn’t realize there was a gift card (for a movie) attached to the ribbon. It was the perfect gift for less than $10.00. The best part was everything was disposable so they didn’t have to worry about what they were going to do with a basket they may not want or need.

By: reva skie

reva skie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:52:24 +0000

Our team uses kudos bars like someone else mentioned.

By: Kathy H.

Kathy H. — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:36:32 +0000

I like to give gifts that take a little extra thought or effort. For instance, my daughter and I always make homemade special cards for her teachers at school and we even sewed soccer net cards for the kids on her soccer team! When I take a basket of bagels and muffins into the office, I like to include some special jam or jelly and some pretty napkins to use. I made a bucket of mud and worms for my daughter’s class at school and even brought one into the office and everyone just loved having something different!

By: Devon Weisz

Devon Weisz — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:25:24 +0000

It might sound unoriginal, but I love to give gift cards to the grocery store or gas station so that my co-workers have a little extra money to spend on what they really want because they have some of the necessary boring stuff covered by moi.

By: Denise M

Denise M — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:21:35 +0000

It’s a little time, but so much fun..I made my “Incredible Candy Apples” for my office once.
Here’s what you need

popsicle sticks
red delicious apples
melted caramel
some really really good chocolate – melted

Dry goodie mix – mix together whatever you like to coat the apples in but make it bold and colorful. I use coconut, mini M&M’s and chopped peanuts but you can use almost anything.

dip the apples in the caramel and cool on wax paper then dip in the chocolate. Roll them in your goodie mixture and cool.

Wrap in clear cellophane and tie with a ribbon.

Put them in a big basket with a bow on top and watch everyone’s eyes widen!