Calgary Flames: 15 Last Minute Affordable Christmas Gift Ideas
By Ramina Shlah
4. Wooden letter with pictures
Alright this might not make sense just by reading that title, but hear me out. So it’s a wooden letter that you can find at anywhere (I’ll get to where in a minute). But you can basically print out some pictures of either their favorite players or if you guys have been to multiple games together, pictures from those memories. And make it sort of like a collage. You can keep the color in there, but making it black and white would look cool too. I personally love hand-made gifts, it shows how much time you put into it, and they’re usually pretty cheap! I love making hand-made gifts and I love receiving them, so this is a great gift no matter what.
There are plenty of Youtube instructions on how to do this, here’s one here.
You can get the first letter of their name, or if you have a lot of pictures, you can do their initials. I actually just did one for my cousin last night! She’s not a hockey fan because she cares about her heart (the Flames will give me a heart attack one day, I swear on my life), so I just did it from pictures of us two together. Thankfully she’s not a hockey fan because if so, she may have read this and then my present will be ruined.
You can find wooden letters at Walmart, I couldn’t find a size I liked there so I got mine at Michael’s. Generally, Michael’s is pretty expensive, however they had such a large range and none were over $10! You’ll also need modge podge which you can also get from Michael’s.
Estimated time: 1-2 hours
Estimated price: $10-$25.
5. Flames toaster
This one is honestly one of my favorite ideas in this list. My friend has one and I was asking her for gift ideas for Calgary Flames fans and she brought this up and I got super excited. She has one for herself and loves it.
Basically, it’s a toaster that imprints a Flames logo on the toast (we know how much Sean Monahan would love this, right?)
They have some of these at Walmart here, which Walmart is the cheapest ($19.99). But they also have it at Bestbuy here or at Staples here (Staples is the most expensive so maybe choose one of the other two if you can).
Estimated time: 30-45 minutes
Estimated price: Depending on where you choose to get it from, $19.99-$44.99.
6. Flames headphones/earphones
Again with the useful gifts. Man, I am on a roll. Who doesn’t need a pair of headphones or earphones? Walmart and Bestbuy have really cheap earphones that have a Calgary Flames logo on the outside. You can get one from Walmart here or one from Bestbuy here.
If the person you’re giving these to prefers headphones instead of earphones, we’ve got you covered as well! You can get it from Walmart here or from Bestbuy here.
Since the earphones are pretty cheap (only $7.98) you can either do that as sort of like a stocking stuffer. Or you can get them the earphones and maybe get them an album of their favorite artist. Or, since people don’t really buy CD’s anymore, you can always get them a $25 iTunes gift card. These are very versatile which is great!
Estimated time: Depending on what you do, it could take up to an hour.
Estimated price: Again depending, but anywhere from $7.98 – $34.98.