These all occasion gift card ideas are highly adaptable. Give one as shown or alter it slightly for your situation.

For example, deliver the “Drama Free Day” to a mom sending her kids back to school. On the card, write, “Hope this is the only drama you see on the first day of school.” Small change. Big impact!

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Drama Free Day

Get Inspired: Deliver a movie gift card with theater candy or a packet of microwave popcorn and a box of tissues. Add a note that reads, “Hope the only drama in your day is on the big screen!” This works for holidays, birthday, wedding, baby shower, and more.

O-FISH-ally the Best!

Get Inspired: Add fishy crackers or candy to a gift card to Bass Pro Shops and tell him he is “O-FISH-ally the Best!” (Best Dad, Best Husband, Best Boyfriend). For a slightly less fishy or masculine theme, keep the fishy crackers but swap the gift card for one he or she would prefer. The “o-FISH-all” theme is quite versatile.

Homemade Dinner

Get Inspired: Deliver a restaurant gift card with a homemade dish, store-bought delicacy, or a treasured family recipe. Below are combos to inspire you:

- Applebee’s Gift Card with an apple pie
- Chili’s Gift Card with homemade chili or a chili recipe
- Ruby Tuesday with the fixins for a hot fudge sundae
- Cheesecake Factory Gift Card with a favorite appetizer
- Subway Gift Card with a plate of homemade cookies
- El Pollo Loco Gift Card with your homemade salsa

You Rock!

Get Inspired: With a music gift card like iTunes, make a harmonious combo such as:

- Pop rocks or rock candy = “Hope Your Birthday Rocks!”
- Symphony candy bar = “Music to my ears. Congrats!”
- Heart-shaped candy or toy = “You make my heart sing.”

Dough to Spend

Get Inspired: Refer to the gift card as “dough” and deliver it with an appropriate accessory. Add a note that reads, “Thought you could use a little dough.”

- Pizza Dough – Pizza parlor gift card plus a pizza cutter.
- Play Dough – Toy store gift card plus play dough.
- Christmas Spending Dough – Department store gift card plus cookie dough mix.

Extreme Extra Super – Celebration

Get Inspired: Add a gift card to XTREME, EXTRA, or a SUPER snack and you’re ready to deliver well wishes: Hope your birthday is XTREME! Thanks for all the EXTRA work. You’re a SUPER Dad!

This is a good time to select a gift card from a store like Walmart or Amazon.com that lets you customize.

You’re a Dream

Get Inspired: Attach a gift card to something dreamy like a lullaby CD, a sweet picture, or a cuddly pllow. Write “Working with you is a Dream,” “Hope you have a Dream day,” “I’m Dreaming of You.”

Great Fortune

Get Inspired: Get a gift card to chinese restaurant and deliver it in a take-out box with fortune cookies. Add a note that says, “I’m so fortunate to have you.”

Or stuff the take-out box with a gift card to the mall and a fabric fortune cookie that reads, “I see shopping in your future!” Or add a Visa gift card and a note that reads, “You’re worth a fortune!” Fortunately, this idea is highly adaptable.

Look online and on etsy for ways to make your own boxes and fortune cookies. The one pictured on the right is by Kendra’s Card Company and it is darling.

Beyond Measure

Get Inspired: Put a tape measure with a gift card to a home improvement store, a measuring cup with a gift card to the cooking store, or a fabric tape measure with a gift card to the fabric store. Write a note, “It’s impossible to measure…how much I love you, how much you mean to me, how much we appreciate your help, etc.”

Easy as Pie / Piece of Cake

Get Inspired: With a pie slice, a homemade pie, a pie server, attach a gift card and write, “Working with you is easy as pie” or “Loving you is easy as pie.” Or maybe you prefer cake. Get a piece of cake, a cake mix, or cake decorations and write, “Thanks for all your hard work. You made our lives a piece of cake!”