Awesome Gifts

Most toolboxes have a screwdriver, hammer, pliers, and other basic tools. But sometimes, you need a specialized tool to get the job done. We’ve selected 15 cool and unique tools that can make quick work of various tasks, from removing stripped screws to cutting carpet to driving screws and nails in tight quarters.

This metal flask from The Sneerwell collection is the perfect gift for the cantankerous guy who has everything. It holds up to 6 oz. of booze and features a patina finish that’s been applied to a stainless steel container, ensuring its contents stay potent while looking worn and weathered on the outside… pretty much how we feel every morning.

North Carolina designer Jenni Earle makes playful trophies to celebrate your favorite people and life’s little accomplishments. This cowboy-themed You’re the Yee to My Haw award lets someone you love know how they complete you. Buying yourself a gift instead? Consider the This Ain’t My First Rodeo version.

The guys at Airportag sell some of the best gifts for travelers. Among their wares is an extensive collection of travel journals. The hardcover journals feature imagery inspired by baggage tags, boarding passes, airport codes, diagrams, passport stamps, and some humorous designs. Available in 4″ x 6″ and 6″ x 8.5″ sizes.

Treat your favorite backyard grillmaster to BBQ Rubdown’s tasty spice collection. The gift set includes six 12 oz. bottles of spices and rubs for making deliciously sweet, smoky, and spicy beef, pork, chicken, and other foods on the grill, cooktop, or in the oven. The salt-pepper-sugar-garlic-onion base coat is the perfect all-purpose seasoning.

Love colors and design? Hues and Cues is a great party game that challenges you to pinpoint a specific color based on one- or two-word clues from other players. The closer you get to guessing the exact color from the 480-hue grid, the more points you earn. It’s a fun, family-friendly game for 3 to 10 players.

The LEGO How We Create deck was created by builders, designers, and other LEGO team members to help inspire creative thought. It includes 78 cards featuring images of LEGO bricks, quotes, and building prompts. The deck is divided into five categories – Motivation, Inspiration, Memories & Mentors, Challenges & Obstacles, and LEGO Core Values.

Keep your favorite spirit close at hand in this sleek and minimal flask from barware maker Viski. It’s made from stainless steel with a stealthy gunmetal finish, holds up to 6 oz. of liquid, and has a leak-proof screw cap. We like to keep our flask filled with Hibiki Japanese whisky. What’s your drink of choice?

Musicians – especially guitarists and bass players – will love these desk organizers that look like miniature guitar amps. Etsy seller Lions Print makes these 3D-printed pencil caddies and dresses them up with logos from popular amplifier makers. They’re available with silver or gold caps and can be personalized, too.

These stackable drinking glasses from JoyJolt celebrate Star Wars characters in the most adorable way. Sold in pairs, the 8 oz. glasses stack together to form favorites, including Boba Fett, Grogu, Din Djarin, Darth Vader, and a Stormtrooper. They’re made from quality borosilicate glass and are dishwasher, fridge, freezer, and microwave safe.

The latest creation from the talented artists of AltDynamic puts a new spin on the machinist’s practice object known as a Swiss cube. Their version twists the cube in the middle and will have you wondering how they engineered such a thing. The palm-sized cube is CNC machined from solid aluminum in the USA, and comes in raw metal or anodized colors.

This versatile hand tool is basically a complete set of socket wrenches. Its dual rotating heads can turn both metric and standard hex bolts in 16 different sizes, as well as 12-point, round hex, square, spline, and Torx bolts. It can even dig in and turn damaged bolt heads.

These durable Field Notes notebooks are printed on Yupo synthetic paper, a waterproof and tearproof writing surface. Its smooth surface doesn’t absorb ink like regular paper, so it works best with fine-tip Sharpies, pencils, and some ballpoint pens. Each 48-page journal has a lightly dotted graph pattern, and they come three to a pack.

Yeah, we know that whoopie cushions are one of the most juvenile forms of humor in existence, but they still can make the most stoic of us giggle. Novelty gift company Fred came up with the brilliant idea of combining a bookmark with a whoopie cushion, so every time you close your book, it emits a delightful raspberry.

Boston’s Bridge and Harbor handcrafts accessories from leather and wool. Among their wares are these motel-style key fobs sewn from leather reclaimed from vintage footballs, baseball gloves, boxing speed bags, and hockey goalie gloves. They also make unique wallets from the same kinds of materials.

This party game from Very Special Games asks players to come up with creative and witty text to fill in the center of a Venn diagram. Each player gets a board and draws two word cards. Everyone else competes to fill in the funniest intersecting answers to win points. Best for ages 15+ and 3 to 6 players.

Knock Knock makes all kinds of fun and useful checklist notepads. The Road Trip edition of their Pack This! list covers everything you should have in the car before you hit the road, from hand sanitizer to a first aid kit to games for the kids. And yes, you should always have spare oil, coolant, and jumper cables.

Funko is best known for its POP! collectible vinyl toys. Now, you can create your own POP! character. Just head to the POP! Yourself website, choose your body shape and skin color, add hair and hats, select an outfit, and add accessories. There are millions of possible combinations, and you can download your avatar for free or order it as a figure.

Just because you’re away from your kitchen doesn’t mean you can’t serve up an amazing meal for your family and friends. Emma Frisch’s cookbook for the outdoors includes recipes and menus and shopping and equipment lists to help make dining under the stars a genuinely memorable experience.

Artist Eric Blackwell makes unique home decorations, mostly using upcycled scraps from a guitar factory. His collection includes these cool wooden clocks that incorporate mid-century modern aesthetics, including starbursts, satellites, and abstract shapes inspired by Googie architecture. In his Etsy Shop, you’ll find a mix of tabletop, mantel, and wall clocks.

Most kitchens are equipped with pots, pans, and basic utensils. We’ve assembled a baker’s dozen of the best kitchen gadgets and gifts to help take your food prep to the next level. Each of our selections is useful and clever in its approach, from unique measuring spoons to cake and pizza slicers to a tool that turns a lemon into a juice spritzer.

The Barbox makes a great gift for drink lovers, offering a complete home bar kit in a wall-mountable wood storage case. It comes with a 17-piece bartending kit, including commonly used steel bar tools, a portable bar stand, and a bar mat. It’s got a glass hanging rack on the bottom, and its front door doubles as a picture frame.

Blast off every time you sit down to doodle with this astronaut and rocket eraser set from Suck UK. The package includes a monochrome astronaut holding onto a silver pencil while on a spacewalk from their bright red rocketship — a great little gift for anyone into space exploration.