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Giving gifts for the holidays, birthdays and other occasions is a great source of joy for many of us, but what about those people on our list who have everything? Gag gifts are the perfect solution for people who are hard to buy for. Many of these types of gifts are also great as stocking stuffers or for white elephant exchanges and other gift exchanges with a low spending limit.
It’s easy to find prank gifts that are sure to make people smile, and some of them turn out to be useful and practical to boot. Gag gifts tickle not only the person receiving them but also everyone around when they’re opened!
Mop Slippers
Colorful slippers that work like mop heads can actually be used to clean floors, so they’re useful but also a great gift for that person in your life who constantly complains about housework. Encourage them to make it part of their daily routine with these funny, handy slippers.
Yoga Joes
Army men and G.I. Joes have been a childhood staple for generations. Give these kinder, gentler Yoga Joes to someone strong but gentle or someone who needs to learn to relax a little. Green army figurines in a variety of yoga poses are great for ex-military members who’ve mellowed out (or need to) since their days in combat boots or people in basic training who need a smile.
Thanos Infinity Gauntlet Bottle Opener
The Marvel fans in your life might not be able to do a Thanos snap, but they can pop open beer bottles with a mini replica of his gauntlet! Tiny infinity stones decorate this neat novelty bottle opener that will make superhero fans feel powerful every time they go for a brew.
Crafting With Cat Hair
Perfect for the cat people in your life, this book will encourage your feline-loving friends or family members to finally pick all the cat fur off their pants and turn it into things like finger puppets and kitty appliques that can be attached to scarves and hats. Help them show the world they love cats with cat-hair crafts instead of clumps of fur stuck to their clothes.
“Don’t Speak” Coffee Mug
We all know someone who can only mumble and groan until they’ve had their morning coffee. Give them this mug that lets the people around them know when it’s safe to engage based on the level of Joe left in their cup. One of the perfect gag gifts for coffee addicts and coworkers.
The Original Selfie
Some gag gifts make great stocking stuffers like this box of the “original selfie” that opens to a tiny mirror. This one’s great for teens or anyone who can’t seem to stop playing with their smartphones and posting smile after smile to Facebook. It’s one of the useless boxes that we love!
Da Vinci Code Mini Cryptex
For the fan of Dan Brown or anyone who loves puzzles and code-breaking, this mini Cryptex can be fun on its own. Use it as the “wrapping” for a small gift you hide inside that they can’t get to until they solve it, and it makes one of the most frustrating gag gifts ever.
Waxed Bacon Floss
If you know someone who loves bacon and wants to have some with everything, show them you know about their bacon obsession with this bacon-flavored dental floss. Real waxed floss keeps their choppers clean but instead of leaving their mouths minty fresh, they’ll taste bacon.
Personalized Fart-Fighting Candle
If someone on your gift list is unfortunately a bit gassy, or maybe they’re proud of the explosions they can produce, this big soy candle instructs people around them to light it when the farting starts. Personalized gag gifts are always a hit, and the label is customized with your gift recipient’s name.
Profanity Generator
Know someone who curses like a sailor or who’s stuck on the same unimaginative curse word every time they need to shout a profanity? Help them mix it up with this curse-generating flip-book that lets them come up with new and interesting angry slang.
Shakespearian Insults Map
Some people curse all the time or love finding just the right words for every irritating situation, so give them this attractive poster featuring hundreds of potential insults that would make the Bard proud. Expect to be called “thou festering clotpole” for your trouble.
Deluxe Box of Nothing
For the people who have everything who always claim they want “nothing,” now you can give them a gift of exactly that! The “Box of Nothing” features truth in advertising because it’s clearly labeled as nothing, and the box really is empty. Makes a funny stocking stuffer.
Fishing Pole Campfire Roaster
Whether you’re giving a gift to someone who loves camping or fishing or both, this weenie roaster designed like a fishing pole is sure to be a hit. Give to someone who tells fish stories about the one that got away with the assurance that at least the hot dog or marshmallows they’ve hooked aren’t going anywhere.
Light Saber Chopsticks
The Star Wars fanatic and sushi lover in your life will get a Jedi-sized kick out of these chopsticks that light up like mini-light sabers. They’re BPA-free and safe to actually eat with, so your friend can carry them to the restaurant and wear his sci-fi nerd badge with pride.
Dehydrated Water
Stocking up and being prepared has become a pastime for some people, so give the prepper in your life an essential survival supply: dehydrated water. The can states ‘just add water’ to rehydrate the handy dried version. Anyone into survivalism, camping or roughing it should appreciate the humor.
Offensive Crayons: Red, White and F*ck You
Offensive crayons with color names like “Fake News Fuschia” and “1st World Medical Bills Bankruptcy Grey” make a hilarious gift for the person in your life who colors for stress relief or anyone who has a dark sense of humor.
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Lock
For the person in your life who hoards pints of ice cream, this locking lid lets everyone know that the sweet treat is off-limits to anyone who doesn’t have the code. One of the funnier gag gifts for ice cream lovers.
Lazy Cell Phone Holder
The laziest people on your gift list will love this cell phone holder that lets them lie down and look at their phone hands-free. It’s a funny gift, but it’s also practical and liable to become a favorite gadget.
Passive-Aggressive Notepad
Make bad behavior funny with this notepad that lets the user check boxes to express their sarcasm about everything from someone’s hygiene to how they never finish the things they start. The pad is perfect for snarky people who dislike confrontation and may not have the right words for how they feel. Giving it might be a little passive-aggressive, too.
Redneck Back Scratcher
You might be a redneck . . . if you get a gift like this rake-shaped back scratcher. Give it to that good ol’ boy on your list who uses handkerchiefs instead of tissues and anyone you suspect might also clean his ears and fingernails with his keys. This rake is also one of the best gag gifts for people who do landscaping for a living.
F*ck It Cross Stitch Pattern
Do you know someone who likes needlework like cross-stitch and who also has a great sense of humor? Someone who would never hang cutesy words like “Love, Live, Laugh?” This “F*ck It” cross-stitch pattern makes a great gift, whether you give them the pattern to make or you do the needlepoint and give them the finished product.
Bloody Bath Mat
This color-changing bath mat is perfect for the horror fan in your life or anyone with a dark sense of humor. Wet feet and drips turn the mat red to give the appearance of blood spatter and gory footprints. It’s the perfect gift for someone addicted to murder documentaries and makes a great bathroom accessory for Halloween.
Bathe & Brew Gift Box
Prank the people you know who can’t function or use their words until they’ve had their first cup of coffee with this Bathe & Brew gift box. The box claims to contain a combination showerhead, coffee-maker and soap dispenser. They might end up a little sad that no such appliance exists after they’re done laughing, so be sure to put something nice in the box!
Toilet Bowl Night Light
For the guy in your life who has terrible aim and leaves other people a nasty surprise in the morning, help him out at night when it’s even worse with this toilet bowl night light. The light comes in your choice of rainbow colors with a motion sensor that illuminates the bowl to make it easier not to miss. One of the more functional gag gifts for night-owls.
Umbrella Hat
We all know people who refuse to carry an umbrella as if it’s a sign of weakness. They can benefit from this umbrella hat that lets them stay dry, hands-free. The hat’s also a great gift for people who spend time outdoors doing things like fishing where holding an umbrella is a pain.
People of Walmart Coloring Book: Rolling Back Dignity Edition
The adult coloring-book fad has peaked, but these books are still popular with people who color for relaxation. Make someone’s day as they relieve stress and laugh their head off at the crazy characters drawn from some of the funniest photos on the web.
NiceBalls Dangling Stress Relief Balls
Move over truck nuts, and make way for these dangling testicles that adhere to the underside of a desk or table. Designed to be squeezed for stress relief, NiceBalls make a great gift for that person in your life you just know will enjoy grabbing a pair of nads throughout the day.
Instant Audience Remote
Four buttons on this instant audience remote let the user choose cheers, crickets, rimshots or boos. This device is one of the best gag gifts for someone constantly joking and getting less of a response than he hoped for or anyone who’s always putting on a show—great for kids, too!
Fake Parking Tickets
Everyone knows that person who can’t stop complaining about other people’s driving and parking. This pad of fake parking tickets will give them a laugh and let them express their irritation next time someone takes up a prime space with their terrible parking skills.
Pooping Pooches Calendar
For the dog lover who has everything, this real wall calendar features monthly photos of dogs hunched up and ready to do the deed. Your gift recipient will smile when they glance at that month’s picture of a dog at its most humbling moment, and they’ll remember you every time. Think of these types of gag gifts for dog lovers!
Boyfriend/Husband Pillow
This body pillow shaped like half a torso and one arm is comfy and comforting for the single person who claims to not even need a man. Maybe they don’t need a man, but they can still enjoy a pillow dressed like one. This microbead-stuffed pillow is also a great gift for someone whose husband travels for work.
Cat Butt Tissue Holder
Cat lovers enjoy kitty paraphernalia of all types, so the cat lovers in your life who have everything should love this tissue holder that dispenses tissues out of a cat’s butt. If they already had one of these, you’d know it because they would have offered a tissue just to show it off. Do you know any cat lovers that like fun gag gifts?
Potato Parcel
When you don’t know what to give someone, send them a customized Idaho potato! A picture of you, them, their favorite pet or any message you choose will be applied to a potato and shipped in a box that says, “You’ll never guess what’s inside.” Undoubtedly, they won’t.
Dad Jokes Cards
The people in your life who love to tell Dad jokes might appreciate some new ones they haven’t heard yet, so give them these cards that feature the most groan-worthy, giggle-inducing Dad jokes they can torture other people with at will or use as a guess-the-answer party game.
Toilet Golf
The golf-obsessed can now spend those several minutes of “down” time every day practicing their putting with this toilet golf gift! The set comes with a putting green shaped to fit in front of the toilet, two golf balls, a hole and flag, a putter and a do-not-disturb sign to let people know that the bathroom could be occupied until someone sinks a hole-in-one.
Jesus Shaves Mug
This novelty mug is a funny play on words that features Jesus himself when the mug is unused and the message “Jesus Saves.” When used, the heat of the coffee or tea inside changes the photo to the Savior clean-shaven and holding a razor. “Saves” fades from the message and “Shaves” takes its place.
Desktop Zen Garden Litter Box
We all need a moment of Zen now and then, so give your cat-loving friend a tiny litter box zen garden. A 3-inch tray, sand, two tiny kitties, rocks and a mini sand rake can keep them calm. This gift also comes with a booklet about the joys of litter box zen gardening.
Saucemoto In-Car Dip Clip Holder
Eating in the car often means risking a spill or the horror of eating fries or nuggets without sauce (gasp) but not with these auto dip clips. Give the people in your life who are on the go and often wolf down meals in their cars these dip clips that attach to any air vent and hold a standard fast-food sauce container.
Jumbo Oversized Flask
When a hip flask just isn’t enough to make it through the day, give your friend this jumbo flask that’s practically as big as a torso. The dishwasher-safe flask holds 64 ounces. Even the worst day can be made better with that much portable alcohol.
F*cks to Give Gift Jar
For your friend who loves to point out how they just don’t give a fck, lend a hand and several fcks so they won’t run out for some time. This glass jar filled with wood-cut words, all the same one, is as funny as it is attractive and comes with a printed note card instructing the users on how to use their f*cks wisely.
Funny Magnetic Bookmark
Every voracious reader needs a good bookmark, and this magnetic clip bookmark will hold the page in style. It handily flags the last stopping point with “Fell Asleep Here” to remind readers where they drifted off
Alligator Lawn Ornament
Know someone who likes garden statues but isn’t into cutesy little gnomes? Give them one of the coolest gag gifts for people with a dark sense of humor. Not only will your gift recipient get a kick out of this lawn ornament, but anyone who sees it lurking in the grass will flinch in surprise and laugh at this realistic-looking alligator.
Burrito Blanket
Most people appreciate the comfort of wrapping up in a “blanket burrito” to watch movies or hang out. Give your favorite snuggle-fans a blanket that will make them look like an actual burrito. This flannel fabric blanket comes in three sizes and looks like a real flour tortilla.
Unbreakable iPad 2021
Let’s face it: iPads are expensive, but this gift that’s a play on words costs only a couple of bucks. Give the gift of an “unbreakable” iPad that’s actually a pad of sticky notes with a googly eye attached. Get it?
Eyeglasses Holder
For the person who’s perpetually losing his eyeglasses, this 7″ tall Sheesham wood eyeglass holder is a useful and funny take on how you can help them. Hand-carved and attractive enough for any nightstand, this large nose will make sure your friend can find his glasses no matter how bleary-eyed he is when he wakes up.
Jesus Wine Glass
Jesus is known for turning water into wine, so let your wine-loving friends pretend to be doing something pious with these wine glasses that declare, “Jesus Touched My Water.” Hey, they were just getting their daily hydration until divine intervention occurred and made drinking wine a little more acceptable.
Dad Belly Fanny Pack
Fanny packs are handy, but this one looks like a bare “Dad” belly complete with a little flab, lots of hair and a prominent belly button. Makes a great gift for the man in your life who doesn’t mind looking like he’s letting it all hang out or anyone with a unique sense of humor.
Battery Operated Yodeling Pickle
Perfect as a unique stocking stuffer or a gag gift for someone who has everything, it’s a plastic pickle that yodels. A yodeling pickle. That’s it. That’s the gift.
Baby Shield Gift Box
Perfect for new parents, this prank gift box looks like it contains a device with gloves and a plastic shield to keep them from getting peed and puked on but will contain a real gift you put inside. The box shows images of the fake gift being used in various funny ways.
Batman Blanket
Snuggies are great wearable blankets perfect for keeping warm anytime, so give this Batman personal blanket to the guy in your life who has dreams of being a superhero. He can be Batman and stay comfy on the couch while the real superheroes work up a sweat.
Gun-Shaped Soaps
The gun-nut in your life might not want much more than ammo and time at the shooting range, but you can give them something they’ll love and be able to use every day if they want—gun-shaped soaps. A black soap shaped like an old-school revolver is the real man’s equivalent of little floral soaps in a guest bathroom.
A Few Extra Gag Gifts
We couldn’t resist, we have to keep adding gag gifts to this list over time.
Jumping Spider Gag Gifts
Your friends will unwrap this varnished, solid pine box with its decorative handle and wonder what treasure could be inside, but when they slide the top open a black spider jumps onto their hand! A small gift can be stored in the box to soothe their nerves afterward.
Beard Ornament Gag Gifts
The man in your life with that glorious bush of a beard can get into the Christmas spirit with these Christmas ornaments meant for hanging off his facial hair. They’re also great for small trees and other Christmas decorations after he’s put them in his beard and taken plenty of pictures for posterity.
Finger Weight-Lifting Set
We all know people who are always talking about getting in shape but never quite get to the point of going to the gym and pumping iron. Get them started with this mini set of weights for their index finger. A tiny barbell, kettlebell, resistance band and sweatband can give them the tiny push they need to do something instead of just talking about it, for God’s sake.
Gift Not Included Batteries
Every parent who’s ever dealt with a child’s gift that says “Batteries Not Included” will get a knowing chuckle out of this gift of only batteries with a “Gift Not Included” label. This is also a great gag if your giftee wants something expensive they know you can’t afford and makes a great stocking stuffer
Tubey Inflatable Air Dancer Gag Gifts
Tubey brings the silly fun of an inflatable air dancer like we’ve all seen outside car dealerships into the office or any place that needs a little levity. Tubey makes a great gift for office workers or fun people in your life who’ll appreciate the zaniness of having their own tube man who’ll sky dance for them on demand.
