Unique Gift Ideas for a Budget Christmas Season

This Holiday season, we are all looking for that unique Christmas gift that will not only be appreciated, but also not break our budgets! For this article, we review five great unique gift ideas that cost under $30 to help in your search for finding affordable Holiday gifts this Christmas season.

Grow-A-Frog-Kit

Available through FindGift.com, this unique gift is a perfect gift for your son, daughter, niece, or nephew. This kit is a mini-environment for a tadpole to develop into a full-grown frog to be kept as a pet and provides a great tool to teach introductory biology to your kids. Resold from Edmund Scientifics through the website, the kit can currently be bought online for $18.95.

Gourmet Carousel

Bunngourmet.com has a lot of neat gourmet food creations that are great unique Holiday gift ideas. The gourmet carousel is fairly inexpensive at $24.95 and comes with Turkish apricots, pistachios, Cabernet raisins, and shortbread cookies packaged in a round acetate box. This unique Christmas gift is definitely something that would be appreciated this Holiday season.

Nightlighter Flashlight

A pretty neatly designed flashlight found online at FirstStreetOnline.com, this flashlight contains two separate light sources, which work together to provide a wide area of coverage. This flashlight is a fairly unique Christmas gift since it is designed to illuminate the ground as well as ahead of you while in use. The flashlight is sold for $19.95 online.

Plant Me Pets

This unique gift idea from perpetualkid.com is one that you can give to children and adults alike. The gift looks like a collectible character toy, but once planted, the veggie seeds in each pet (melon, pumpkin, tomato) will grow if watered. Each plant me pet is about four to six inches tall and are made of biodegradable latex, produced in Spain. The cost through the website is $19.99 per pet.

Holly Leaf Silver Napkin Rings

This unique Christmas gift is sold online through patagoniagifts.com. What makes this gift unique is that they are real Holly leaves that are preserved in 1000 silver plate to create a very unique pair of napkin rings. Since each leaf is unique, no two are exactly the same size, but are still functional. Cost for a pair is $23.00.

These unique gift ideas are just a start of the many great ideas out there this Holiday season. You may also want to consider buying a unique Irish or Celtic gift for your friends or family this Christmas season as well.