As pleasant as Christmas gift-giving usually is, it can also be incredibly stress-inducing. With UK Christmas spending hitting £24.6 billion this year, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when searching for gift ideas that are both thoughtful and won’t break the bank. While this can seem like a challenge, it doesn’t have to be!
In this guide, we offer you some affordable Christmas gift ideas with custom badges and other bespoke accessories: unique, personalised options that are both budget-conscious and creative. Inexpensive as they are, badges can become a unique keepsake for the recipient to love and cherish for years to come.
Custom Badges: Affordable Christmas Gifts for Family, Friends and Colleagues
Custom badges are not only affordable, but also a versatile option that can work for everyone on your gift giving list:
Holiday Gift Ideas for the Family
Badges that feature the family name are a unique Christmas gift that everyone is sure to love. But there are numerous other design options you can take inspiration from: do you have a popular family saying? A pet you all love? A favourite shared tradition? The possibilities are endless!
Christmas Gifts for Friends
Badges can be a great way to celebrate your friends’ personalities as well as moments you’ve shared together. When creating your design, you can take inspiration from inside jokes, hobbies you’re into, nicknames you have for each other, even a shared love for a TV show.
Secret Santa Gifts for Coworkers
Searching for the perfect gift for your colleagues can be a challenge, especially when trying to strike the perfect balance between professional and thoughtful. Custom badges are the perfect way to achieve this! Why not create a fun badge design that features the company logo, or a motivational quote? It’s a small gesture, but it can inspire camaraderie while keeping things budget-friendly.
Ways to Use Custom Badges for Affordable Christmas Gift Ideas
While there are many ways to add custom badges to your holiday gifts to make them more unique and unusual, they also make great presents on their own. Here are some of the many different ways in which you can incorporate badges into your holiday gifting.
A Standalone Pin Badge Gift
What makes badges great standalone gifts is the value of personalisation. They are a fantastic way to celebrate relationships from all areas of your life by showcasing what makes those relationships unique. This makes them both meaningful and memorable: a refreshing approach in an era of mass consumerism.
Fun Christmas Stocking Fillers
Deciding what to use as stocking stuffers can sometimes be the hardest part of gift giving, especially if you want to be original. Why not use custom badges? Their small size makes them ideal for the purpose, plus they add a unique touch.
A Unique Gift-Wrapping Option
Looking to take your gift wrapping to the next level this year? Try incorporating custom badges into the design. Pin them onto ribbons or even use them as tags with creative messages.
Add-Ons to Larger Gifts
Already have a present, but want to add a personal touch? A custom-designed badge is a great option. For example, if you’re giving someone a book, you can include a badge that features their favourite literature quote. Or if you’re sending a holiday card, you can add a badge with a festive design.
Why Custom Pin Badge Gifts Are the Ultimate Affordable Christmas Presents
Bespoke gifts have a reputation for being costly and, especially if intended as a group gift, can often be out of reach for many people.
Custom pin badge gifts provide a fantastic budget-friendly alternative to those. In addition to being highly customisable to any group or individual, they often come at a discount when a bulk order is placed. For example, when you create an account with us, we at Badges Plus offer discounted pricing for larger quantities!
Popular Types of Christmas Badges to Inspire Your Gift Designs
Christmas Name Badges
Christmas name badges are great for family celebrations, but they’re also a brilliant way to mark the occasion with friends or colleagues. Whether you choose to highlight peoples’ funny nicknames or decorate the pins with seasonal artwork, they’ll be a great keepsake.
Charity Christmas Pin Badges
If you’re looking to support a good cause during the holidays, charity Christmas pin badges are a great way to do this. You could use them as add-ons to larger gifts or as a way to make your stocking fillers more meaningful this year.
Funny Christmas Badges
Christmas is all about spreading joy, and funny Christmas badges are a great way to express personality while celebrating your relationships to the people you care about, highlighting inside jokes and connecting over a laugh.
Christmas Sew-On Badges
If you’re gifting to someone crafty and creative, a Christmas sew-on badge is a lovely idea. You could even bundle it with needles and some thread to create a craft kit. Or, if you’re into sewing yourself, why not create custom Christmas sew-on patches with everyone’s names to personalise plain stockings or matching hats?
Christmas Jumper Badges
Another brilliant opportunity to add a personalised touch to your gift is the Christmas jumper badge. You could give these badges to your loved ones to pair with festive outfits, colour-coordinate them, choosing between decorative, slogan-based or funny designs, or even creating your own Christmas jumper badge design.
Custom Christmas Badge Designs
Some custom badge manufacturers like us at Badges Plus for example can help you create your own custom Christmas badge design! If you already have a design idea, we’ll help you bring it to life. If not, however, we offer a free design service and will work with you to create your perfect Christmas badge design from scratch!
More Affordable Christmas Gift Ideas from Badges Plus
Custom keyrings are a wonderful inexpensive holiday gift idea as they can be made bespoke to represent the interests and personality of the person you’re gifting them to as well as memories you’ve shared with them. You’ll be able to show the person they’re truly appreciated without having to break the bank.
One brilliant option for an inexpensive, yet classy holiday gift are bespoke cufflinks. Although they’re traditionally associated with menswear, they are not worn exclusively by men and can actually be a great gift for anyone who wears formal clothing. They can be personalised in various ways from adding laser-engraved dates and names to an entirely bespoke design.
If you’re looking for a fun, novelty type of affordable Christmas gift, you should definitely consider custom coins and medals. You could have a double sided coin created in a ‘flip to decide’ style or have it engraved with a message for example. Custom medals on the other hand are great for employee or team recognition.
Maybe you already have a gift in mind like a piece of jewellery, cufflinks or a keyring, but you’re looking to make it more personal? With custom laser engraving, you can inscribe any personal messages, names or dates on a variety of surfaces while still enjoying affordability.
Create Your Custom Pin Badge Gift or Accessory with Badges Plus
At Badges Plus, we offer quality and affordability. Our experienced in-house team, bringing more than 35 years of experience, will craft the design for your pin badge gift in a way that fits both your ideas and budget. Our process is simple and convenient:
Badges Plus are here to make affordable gift giving easy and suited to your vision and needs. From design to delivery, we can help you create something truly special. If you already have an idea in mind, feel free to make an enquiry and upload it online. Alternatively, if you have any questions or would like us to help you create a design from scratch, get in touch with us today and we’ll be happy to help!
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