Gift Ideas - Just a Token

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Overview

This theme is great for horse/rodeo lovers, people whose birthday falls around rodeos like the Calgary Stampede or those who grew up on a farm (or wish they did).

Gift Ideas

Think about things that a cowboy (or cowboy wannabe) would love to receive or do:
- Activities: camping, campfires, horseback riding (including lessons), hay ride.
- Events: rodeos, horseback riding competitions (eg: barrel racing), movies with a Western theme (eg: Unforgiven, No Country for Old Men), sports events with horse/rodeo related team names (eg: Broncos, Mustangs, Stampeders, Cowboys, Bulls).
- Clothing and accessories: related to cowboys (eg: belt buckles, cowboy hats/boots/jeans) and horses (eg: saddles, bridles).
- Dining: barbecue, steak, beans.
- Travel: somewhere with a rodeo
- Toys like rocking horses/stick horses can work for younger giftees (or those who are young at heart).
On a budget? Cook up a steak at home, have some whiskey and watch a Western.
Stuck for ideas? Consider giving to a charity that provides a sanctuary for neglected or abused horses.
Think outside the box and incorporate what you know about cowboys and rodeos. For example:
- Cowboys use rope. Anything like string or skipping rope can work here.
- Rodeos are muddy. Think about gifts like a mud bath (from a spa), a mud mask (from the drug store) or even some soil.
- Cowboys used wagons so you could give a toy wagon or something like a wagon wheel (the food or an authentic antique).
- Horses could represent horse power so you could conceivably give gifts like motorized vehicles (or just a ride in one).

Wrapping

See if you can find wrapping that fits the theme (eg: horses on the wrapping paper).
Try using rope instead of ribbon.
Tie a small rodeo related gift into the ribbon around the gift (eg: a horseshoe).

Presentation

Use a lot of “yahoos!” and “yeehaws!” with your presentation.
Lassos could be worked in here. Try buying some string and having your giftee use a makeshift lasso to rope their gifts from across the room.
When you present each gift, try to work it into the theme with a short explanation. For instance, if you’re giving someone jeans, you might say “I got you some jeans so you don’t get saddle sores on our next trail ride”
Be creative, don’t be afraid to stretch associations between a gift and the theme. For instance, you could refer to a motorcycle as an iron horse.
Use quotes or phrases that relate to your theme when you present the gifts or in your card. For example:
- On your birthday this year, cowboy up!
- If you haven’t fallen off a horse, then you haven’t been riding long enough.
- Saddle up and have a great birthday!

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