Finding the perfect gift can be challenging regardless of whether it’s for a family member, romantic partner, close friend or simply a co-worker you barely know who invites you to their baby shower. And as if finding something to fit the occasion wasn’t hard enough, it becomes even more difficult to give a gift that is perfectly tailored to the individual’s personality.
This is what makes magnets the perfect solution to your problem. There are endless creative ways to utilize these tiny tokens of adoration in your gift giving arsenal. Your mind is truly the limit here! But don’t take my word for it, keep reading and I’ll present to you several solutions for your problem.
Here are six creative ways to use magnets as the perfect gift for whomever and whatever occasion.
1. Capture Memories with Personalized Photos
The most common way to give the gift that will be the highlight of any party, bridal shower, college graduation or holiday is with personalized photo magnets. There is no doubt if you show up with a handful of these you’re sure to elicit a few tears. What makes personalized photos so especially great is that even if it’s the coworker you barely know who invites you to their baby shower, chances are you can snoop around their social media and snag a few of their favorite images to put on the magnets.
Pro Tip: Dig really far back on their social media feed and find images that they especially gushed over like from a special vacation or event. You will not only give them a way to show off their favorite photos, but will flood them with all the nostalgic feelings from those memories that have probably fallen to the far corners of their mind.
Here are several other ideas for personal photo magnets as gifts:
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A favorite family photo that brings back cherished memories for your close family members
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A baby picture for new grandparents or make a custom new baby announcement in Canva to include details like the birth date, weight, and name and send this to all your friends and family
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A cute snapshot of a pet especially useful for a pet memorial if you have a friend or family member who recently lost their beloved furry friend
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A wedding or anniversary picture for a romantic keepsake
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A set of photo magnets featuring different milestones—first date, first vacation, wedding day, first home, etc.—to tell a story through images
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A set of baby’s monthly pictures for each month leading up to the first birthday
2. Commemorate a Special Event with Ticket Stubs
Have you ever given someone tickets to a concert or show but found difficulty in thinking of a unique way to present them? Magnets can come in quite handy for this. You can simply take a screenshot of the ticket, crop it to fit the magnet shape, then upload it in place of a personal picture. Now your special person can display the magnet with the tickets on their fridge as a constant reminder of the exciting event they have to look forward to!
If the digital ticket design is not attractive or does not fit well with the magnet shape, consider using Canva or another design tool to simply make your own digital ticket containing the event information. This is a great way to present a gift for a future even or a commemorative item of a past special event.
3. Create an Interactive Gift with a QR Code Magnet
When you think of QR code you probably only think of it as a tool to open a restaurant menu quickly or an easy way to access a specific section of a website. But these nifty digital designs can serve as great magnet gifts too!
Using a free QR code generator like Canva, you can create a QR code design for something like a personalized video message, playlist of songs, a treasure hunt game with a surprise gift at the end or a digital photo album. A fun idea for a date night is to make a reservation at a surprise restaurant or make an itinerary for a surprise trip and have your significant other scan the QR code to unlock the adventure.
This would make a great party favor for a wedding or large gathering where you use a website like GuestPix or GuestCam for your attendees to upload the pictures they take to a shared folder. You would then create a QR code with the link to that shared folder to upload in place of a personalized image on the magnet, and hand out the magnets to all the guests. Now they can place this on their fridge for easy access to the album and reminder of the fun memories.
4. Share a Custom Quote, Poem, or Song Lyric
Oftentimes it is easier for us to convey meaning to someone via a poem, quote or song lyric as skilled artists may have the gift of words that many of us do not. If you are in the unskilled with words group the magnets may be your best friend when trying to send a special message to someone.
Whether you are telling a loved one how much they mean to you or simply sending a sarcastic humor quote to a friend who’s feeling a little down, magnets say it best. You can select from a wide variety of quote magnets already designed for you or create one with your own words if nothing else feels quite right. With endless quotes from books, movies, TV shows, songs, poems, or your favorite motivational speaker, there are endless possibilities for you to give that perfect gift with just the right quote to make the receiver feel special.
5. Make It Extra Special with a Map
A less common but very unique gift idea is with a custom map magnet. Maybe you and your best friend took a really fun trip together and you want to give them a sentimental gift to remember it by. Order a set of 9 personalized magnets with 8 being photos from your trip and the last one an image of a map from the trip location.
There are many ways to utilize maps for unique and sentimental gifts for your significant other as well. If you had your first date or first kiss in a place that is special to you both you could gift them a magnet with an image of the map for that location. Maybe you and your partner like to travel a lot. You could make a magnet set with map images of the various places you have traveled together.
If you’re especially crafty, upload the map image to a design site like Canva and use a heart or other desired shape to mark your special spot on the map. Keep in mind that most magnets are small in size so the image of the map should be sized appropriately (either zoomed in close if you want to read the names or zoomed way out if you want to recognize the shape of a specific area).
Why it’s special: Maps tell a story about places that have shaped our lives. They’re perfect for commemorating special locations that hold deep meaning.
6. Turn Your Own Artwork into a Magnet
Do you have a talent for art? If you enjoy drawing, painting or even digital art then consider uploading an image of your art to photo magnets to give to friends and family as gifts! This may not be a common use for magnets, but it is one of the most unique and personalized gifts you could give that is sure to be cherished by the recipient for years.
Some specific ideas could be giving a digital illustration of a favorite pet, hand-drawn portrait of the person or a beloved family member or friend, or you could make a set of images like comic strips to elicit laughs from your loved ones and friends. However you choose to personalize these custom art magnets, art is so personal and nothing makes a better gift than something so unique and heartfelt.
Final Thoughts: Why Custom Magnets Make the Perfect Personalized Gift
We live in a culture of spending. We buy gifts for any and every occasion (and if there is no occasion but we really want to buy something we make one up). In this spending culture it is becoming increasingly difficult to give gifts that stand out. Gifts that are more than mere junk to collect dust in a corner or get shoved in a box.
If people want something they will often just go buy it. So giving a gift that is unique and personalized is one way to ensure that you are giving a gift the recipient won't already have and one that will be cherished and appreciated. Magnets are customizable, affordable, sentimental and practical. They will last for years and can be displayed in various ways. They are the perfect gift in so many ways, so if you haven’t tried them yet I encourage you to but be warned… they can become quite addicting!