109 Carefully Selected, Unusually Special Gifts Under $50

Available in three silky shades.

It’s not a real jellyfish but rather a trippy nightlight from Brewish.

Made with in-season Albion strawberries and just one milligram of THC.

Little ones can channel their inner Zsa Zsa Gabor with these glam Super Smalls heels.

Anterique Stationers uses an oily Mach-ball ink for a smoother writing experience.

A sensory toy made even more stimulating with knobby gemstones.

Hangers are a funny gift — except when they’re linen and have subtle blue piping like these.

Austrian soap-maker Ovis made a mini-version of its classic ewes.

In the shape of a fictional fort, handmade at a Harlem-by-way-of-Tbilisi shop.

Hang it above a screen door to make an old-timey entrance.

Special-edition box by Rancho Meladuco of their biggest and sweetest dates hand-packed in a keepsake wooden box.

Made for Tokyo’s Dandelion Chocolate café; now available pre-batched.

The kelp really ups the umami quotient.

Emily Wilson’s much-ballyhooed The Iliad.  

Seventy-four percent dark chocolate with single-malt-whiskey essence from the Sonoran Desert.

Nik Sharma’s approachable, technical recipes.

In honor of late beloved children’s-book author and illustrator Tomie de Paola. Comes in sheets of 20.

From a sustainable snail farm in Greece.

Foraged in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

The secret ingredient is Marcona almond.

It has a deep cradle to hold (exactly one tablespoon of ) liquid and a tapered tip for easy drizzling.

Engraved; from the official Lana Del Rey store.

It has a scraping edge and a brush to clean your porcini plus a key ring and pouch for foraging.

Whip out this block of pink Himalayan salt that comes with a small stainless-steel grater.

The body is a date, stuffed with almonds, and the quills are made from shaved coconut.

She told us she always puts this Eu’Genia moisturizer in Christmas stockings.

Maya Angelou, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, and others dissect their writing processes; originally published in 1983.

Black tea from the Nilgiri highlands of India blended with dried bergamot peel.

Screenprinted by hand in L.A.

The popular hair treatment in ornament form.

Now with even more branding along the inside and outside of the foot.

From those linen-heads at Merci Paris.

Eugénies, new from Ladurée, are shortbread cookies covered in a chocolate shell and filled with a jammy center.

The seersucker is both groovy-looking and low maintenance.

[Editor’s note: Logee’s seersucker plant is currently out of stock, but you can sign up for restock notifications on the product page. You can also find seersucker plants on websites like Etsy and Green Thumb Nursery.]

East Sussex artist Imogen van der Pols’s candles are inspired by fairy folklore.

Raised with clean mountain water in Oregon.

Made from a 100-year-old solera with sun-dried green walnuts; contains notes of black cherry, mulled orange peel, and clove.

[Editor’s note: This vermouth is currently out of stock, but you can sign up for restock notifications on the product page.]

A little book of Woolf ’s essays on painting and portraits.

It’s an unusual yet pleasing color combination.

The classic brainteaser for restless hands, now made from recycled plastic.

Two tile games in one.

From Aurélien Dufour, Daniel Boulud’s former charcutier-in-chief. The seasonal flavor is pistachio.

With one gold bead in the mix.

Chotto Motto sells spiked chicken salt, the umami of Australia, with Japanese curry powder; great with fries.

About a mom teaching her son how to swim; recently nominated for a Kirkus Prize.

These unbleached-cotton tea bags from the Organic Company can be used over and over again.

Tweens can “throw” miniature urns and planters with this kit.

Featuring a bird hot tub and a palmbrella; a reprint of conceptual artist Pippa Garner’s 1982 parody.

This kit (which comes with cuticle oil and a polisher) will gussy up even the gnarliest of talons.

Some slides from Palm Heights.

These Squishmallows come in all four Hogwarts houses.

Sterling silver; only 3.5-mm.

It transforms from a caterpillar into a butterfly.

From a former chemist in coastal Connecticut who studied fermentation techniques in the Chiba prefecture.

Carved in the mountains of the Ifugao (in the Philippines) from ipilipil, an orangish rainforest wood.

Available in English, French, and Spanish.

MoMA commissioned Nina Chanel Abney to make this riff on Girl Before a Mirror.  

From a Seattle-based sock shop.

Little ones can place anything on this sun-sensitive paper from Toysmith (leaves, Hot Wheels cars) to create artwork.

Harvested from Galician estuaries, fried, then pickled in a smoky brine.

Urban Decay’s ten-year-old Moondust recently went viral and keeps going out of stock.

A book of cocktail recipes told through the story of Scandoval.

From Air Hogs; it can drive on the wall and ceiling.

These “Faded” eye masks from Topicals will help one look less exhausted.

A shellfish friend.

Pastiglie Leone’s pastilles taste just like Aperol.

Interviews with and essays from the filmmaker on the occasion of a FIDMarseille retrospective.

A machine-washable tartan number from Alimrose.

Made in the English countryside, it can be used everywhere from the face to the cuticles.

Havaianas, if you haven’t heard, are back.

A good way to amuse the kids on a hike; from Kikkerland.

From the Roman restaurant Roscioli’s new Soho outpost.

Made from wooden beads designed by Ina Seifart.

[Editor’s note: This glasses holder is currently out of stock, but we’ll update this post when it’s available again.]

The owners of the concept shop Iko Iko spotted these at a store in Japan and brought them to L.A.

Grouchy goldfish and fluke say things like “I’ve seen better” and “Yikes.”

[Editor’s note: This book is currently sold out everywhere, but you can sign up for restock notifications on the Brass Monkey Goods product page.]

The writer on all of his art-world fascinations.

He’s dressed up as Santa and sweetly clutching Woodstock.

By Patrick Starrr; what Queen Bey used to get through all of the Renaissance World Tour.

Truly miniature, each one is just one inch long and designed by Diana Rojas. The bun depicts realistic flakiness.

This terra-cotta Lateira, made in Portugal by artist Rui Pereira, perfectly fits a single tin of fish.

[Editor’s note: This single Lateira is currently out of stock, but you can get a four-pack of them for $100.]

For up to age 6 from 125-year- old Barcelona sock brand Cóndor.

Ingredients include raw hemp; best applied to the forearm.

Made of velvet and tulle by Meri Meri.

Andy’s Orchard’s Blenheims are sought after annually by savvy fruit hunters.

A chita pattern adorns this notebook from 100-year-old Lisboan stationery shop Emílio Braga.

Made with the fisherman in mind.

Tights from a simpler time (a.k.a. before American Apparel’s 2015 bankruptcy).

A photographic history of nameplate jewelry.

Heat protection all the way past the elbows.

There’s this Howard University Bison and a Morehouse Tiger and a Morgan State Bear.

In brass; also works for artists’ paint.

Hailey Bieber’s popular peptide lip treatment promises to plump them up.

Japanese-made interlocking outdoor-eating set; the knife doubles as a bottle opener.

A rose-scented essential-oil spray meant for faces, bodies, and bedsheets.

Useful for a home cook who makes South Indian and Southeast Asian cuisine.

Lots of photos of Jimmy Eat World, Jawbreaker, and the Get Up Kids; forward by Chris Carrabba.

From a new stainless-steel-forward design studio in Seoul. (DM @tudes_official for U.S. shipping.)

Honoring the bagel (when the set ends with a score of 6-0) from a local tennis line.

From Thunders Love; made in a small village in northwestern Spain.

Spanish and English ABC’s from Mudpuppy.

Featuring Sniff, a character from the popular Moomin series. Apparently he’s greedy and somewhat cowardly.

She finally has her own video game, which allows fans to explore the Heelers’ dreamy mid-century-modern house.

The Dusky Kitchen blogger’s take on Filipino American sweets.

A lot’s going on in this Miniland Sensorial Reef (multiple sea creatures, an octopus rattle, fish sounds), but that’s just what babies like.

Place little treats within the carrot greens to stimulate your bunny’s foraging instincts.

The third edition of this French zine is all about things that fold.

Make absinthe, rue, and anise from a windowsill garden with this set from Piccolo.

Kids can drop a rhyme and the internal DJ on this Fisher-Price set will actually mix it into a song.