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Gifts for $10 and less

Holiday gifts perfect for stocking stuffers or Secret Santa.

By Laura Baginski
Published: November 16, 2011

351.sh.ft.10
Tie
Pint Glass
Blackboard
Mop Slippers
EatNTool
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Cocktail shaker
Ice straws
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351.sh.ft.10.enipuzzlex476.jpg
Socks
I Judge You When You Use Bad Grammar book
Salted Bourbon Caramels
Oceanic Hotel Nice perfume
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Brooklyn Hard Candy
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  • Tie

    Vintage tie, $10 at Una Mae’s

    351.sh.ft.10.tiex476.jpgTie150217111
  • Pint Glass

    Periodic beer glass, $9 at thinkgeek.com

    351.sh.ft.10.pintglassx476.jpgPint Glass150217012
  • Blackboard

    Retro blackboard, $8 at modcloth.com

    351.sh.ft.10.blackboardx476.jpgBlackboard150216833
  • Mop Slippers

    Mop slippers, $7.50 at mcphee.com
    Have a slacker brother? Multitasker mom? Both will dig sliding around the house wearing these hard-working kicks.

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  • EatNTool

    Eat’N Tool, $8 at thinkgeek.com
    For your outdoorsy boyfriend: Pair this spork/bottle opener/screwdriver/metric wrench with this filter-equipped water bottle (next photo).

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  • 351.sh.ft.10.waterbottlex476.jpg

    Bobble water bottle, $10 at containerstore.com

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  • Cocktail shaker

    Cocktail shaker, $8 at CB2
    For that drink lover on your list, make it a double: Combine this sleek shaker with this rubber tray that makes ice straws (next photo). Who says the Aviary has to have all the mixology fun?

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  • Ice straws

    Ice straws, $8 at thinkgeek.com

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  • 351.sh.ft.10.budvasex476.jpg

    4-Some bud vase, $10 at CB2
    Personalize by adding fresh flowers. Or: Skinny candles make a funky candelabra; cool pens and pencils change it to a desk organizer.

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  • 351.sh.ft.10.enipuzzlex476.jpg

    Eni Puzzle, $10 at Marbles: the Brain Store
    Your fidgety commuter friend will love trying to solve this pocket-size Rubik’s Cube–like brainteaser on the train.

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  • Socks

    Prismatic socks, $8 at modcloth.com

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  • I Judge You When You Use Bad Grammar book

    I Judge You When You Use Bad Grammar, $10 at amazon.com
    Drive your copy editor cousin crazy by accompanying this gift with a heartfelt, error-riddled note. Its sure to make there day!

    351.sh.ft.10.bookx476.jpgI Judge You When You Use Bad Grammar book1502168512
  • Salted Bourbon Caramels

    Salted Caramel’s Salted Bourbon Caramels, $10 at Provenance

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  • Oceanic Hotel Nice perfume

    Oceanic Hotel Nice eau de toilette, $10 for 50ml at Merz Apothecary
    Your Francophile friend will swoon over this light, crisp scent.

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  • 351.sh.ft.10.Earringsx476.jpg

    Earrings, $8 at Eskell
    A cheap item at an expensive store, like these sparkly studs from Eskell, can fool giftees into thinking you spent a lot more.

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  • 351.sh.ft.10.bidenbeerx476.jpg

    Biden can cozy, $10 at store.barackobama.com
    Include a sixer of Hamm’s, because you know Joe would keep it real with his namesake cozy.

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  • Brooklyn Hard Candy

    Brooklyn Hard Candy, $8.50 at Provenance
    The bottle makes a nice bud vase after the candy’s been gobbled.

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    Vintage CD sleeves, $10 at containerstore.com
    Your Luddite dad’s soon-to-be-obsolete DVDs and CDs can play dress-up to look like an even more antiquated medium.

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Vintage tie, $10 at Una Mae’s

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