Top 20 ADHD Gift Ideas
The ultimate shopping guide for your neurodiverse loved ones.
FIDGETS
Unisex Spinner Ring
$10.99 | Helps with: Fidgeting/Anxiety
★★★★ 3.8/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Super-subtle + quiet way to fidget in public
- Repetitive motion helps relieve anxiety
- Hypoallergenic, lead, and nickel-free (for people like me, who are allergic to everything)
Metal Fidget Spinner
$15.99 $18.99 | Helps with: Fidgeting/Anxiety
★★★★★ 4.3/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Super quiet
- Spins SO LONG (my record is 6 minutes straight)
- The metal feels expensive and nice to hold (vs. plastic spinners)
- Different color options (I have pink)
Infinity Cube
$20.99 | Helps with: Fidgeting/Anxiety
★★★★★ 4.7/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- It’s my overall favorite fidget
- Lots of different color options
- Can be rotated in different directions/angles
- Heavy, sturdy, feels expensive
PRODUCTIVITY
Visual Analog Timer
$10.96 $18.99 | Helps with: Time blindness
★★★★★ 4.6/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- 60-minute visual timer
- I use it with the pomodoro technique (25 min work, 5 min break)
- Silent ticking
- Small, cute, and super-useful
The Bullet Journal Collector’s Set
$45.00 | Helps with: Prioritizing
Why I love it:
- I’ve been using the Bullet Journal system since 2017
- Created by Ryder Carroll, a fellow ADHDer
- Collectors Set contains:
- NYT Best-Seller Book
- Stealth Edition Notebook
HOME DECOR
Gravity Weighted Blanket (20 lbs)
$141.75 $189.99 | Helps with: Anxiety
★★★★★ 4.3/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- One of the best things I own
- Calms me down instantly
- I use this on the couch DAILY
- Super soft
- They also have ‘cooling’ versions for sleepytime
Fake Plants
$19.99 | Helps with: Keeping plants alive
★★★★★ 4.5/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- I was tired of murdering plants
- Super low-maintenance
- Don’t get mad if you don’t water them
- Cute decor without the hassle
Sunrise Alarm Clock
$39.99 | Helps with: Waking up on time
★★★★★ 4.3/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Slowly lights/dims your room to wake you up slowly
- Color-changing options
- Tons of ringtone options
- Can set 2 separate alarms
LED Star Projector
$49.99 $59.99 | Helps with: Mindfulness
★★★★★ 4.6/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- My husband and I like to turn on this star projector, put our phones away, put a fireplace YouTube video on the TV, lay on the couches, and look up at the stars while we talk
- Instant ambiance
- Different lighting moods/effects
Philips Hue Starter Kit
$179.99 | Helps with: Delayed sleep/wake cycles
★★★★★ 4.6/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Expensive but totally worth it
- Instant mood lighting
- I use ours to auto-dim on/off in the mornings/evenings
- Works with Alexa, Apple HomeKit & Google Assistant
ELECTRONICS
LARQ UV Self-Cleaning Water Bottle
$95.00 | Helps with: Cleaning dishes
★★★★★ 4.5/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- I have the pink version
- I never realized how pure water could taste. It’s noticeably different.
- Uses UV light to purify water and clean inside of the bottle
- Self-cleans every 2 hours
- Keeps water cold for 24 hours (or hot for 12)
- Not sure who drinks hot water
Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2
$129.95 $149.00 | Helps with: Forgetting coffee exists until it’s room temperature
★★★★★ 4.4/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Self-heating coffee mug
- App-controlled heat
- 80-minute battery life (or all-day on charging coaster)
- I haven’t tried it, but asked for it for Christmas
- F’ing expensive, but a worthy splurge if you’re tired of lukewarm coffee every day
Bose QuietComfort 35 II Wireless Headphones
$269.00 $299.00 | Helps with: Focus
★★★★★ 4.7/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Worth every penny
- I got mine back in 2016, and it’s been one of the best investments ever
- Amazing sound quality
- Noise-canceling is better than any other headphones I’ve tried
- Bluetooth + microphone
- Supa comfy
Tile Starter Pack
$39.99 $49.99 | Helps with: Forgetfulness
★★★★★ 4.6/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- My husband and I could not live without these
- Find your keys, wallet, and phone within seconds
- You can also get little buttons (we put them on our remotes)
- Perfect for anyone who spends a lot of time searching for things they’ve misplaced
Shiatsu Heated Back + Neck Massager
$62.99 | Helps with: Anxiety
★★★★★ 4.4/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Jessica McCabe (How to ADHD) recommended this to me, so I had to try it out
- I use it a lot while sitting at my desk
- Relieves all kind of back pain
- Adjustable intensity
Apple Watch SE (GPS)
$279.99 | Helps with: Time blindness
★★★★★ 4.8/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Calendar reminders going off on my wrist actually remind me of appointments and calls
- I use the waterproof mode in the shower and can look down to see what time it is
- It does a ton ton ton of stuff but I won’t list it here
GAMES
The Fair Play Deck
$22.00 $29.80 | Helps with: Housework
★★★★★ 4.4./5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Conversation deck for couples
- Game-ify splitting up household tasks
- Helps us figure out who is responsible for what
- Adaptable and surprisingly fun
- Based on the New York Times best-seller Fair Play
“Off-Topic” Party Game
$25.48 $29.99 | Uses: Quick associative thinking
★★★★★ 4.6/5 stars on Amazon
Why I love it:
- Kind of like Scattergories, but better
- 2-8 players
- Good for those with short attention spans (like me)
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Kindle Unlimited
$47.86 for 6 months | Helps with: Difficulty finishing books
Why I love it:
- I waste a lot of money buying books I never finish
- Now, I can try out tons of books without guilt of not finishing
- Essentially like Netflix, but for books
- Enjoy unlimited access to over 1 million titles
- Listen to thousands of books with Audible narration
- Works on any device with the free Kindle app
Headspace
$69.99 $95.80 for 1 year | Helps with: Mindfulness
Why I love it:
- I used to think meditation wasn’t something I would enjoy, but now I’ve been using Headspace for 7 years
- Beautiful educational animations
- Lots of different types of theme packs, sleepcasts, focus music
- Andy’s voice is super-soothing
BONUS IDEAS (LOL)
“Also ADHD” Poster
Various size options | Helps with: Self-esteem
★★★★★★ 6.7/5 stars on ADHDDD.com
Why I love it:
- Super-cool poster made by a super-cool person (me)
- Lots of different sizes available
- It’s nice to have reminders on bad days that we are actually pretty awesome
“Fitting In” Poster
Various size options | Helps with: Solidarity
★★★★★★★ 7.4/5 stars on ADHDDD.com
Why I love it:
- It was my contribution to the “ADHD Invasion” comic series this ADHD Awareness Month
- Good reminder that it’s okay to be different
- Loving and supportive message to stay true to yourself (and forget the haters)
GIFT CARDS
YouTube Premium: https://amzn.to/39eaI1l
Doordash: https://amzn.to/3nIfdoQ
Grubhub: https://amzn.to/2UMPWxf
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/digitalgiftcards/selectgiftcard
First gift list I’ve found that I’m actually excited about and unfamiliar with :). Awesome picks!
Great recommendations. Headphones, Sony WH1000-XM3 or XM4 ar waaaaaay better noise cancelling than the Bose QC35 (and MK2). I would really would suggest to buy those instead, specially if you’re in noisy environments, and now that the XM4 are out, the price is lower in the Sony XM3.
Great blog Dani
I love my XM3s almost as much as I love my husband. (Sometimes more, now that we’re both working from home ????)
Hey! My bf has the Sony ones, I have the Bose QC25 because those were ~$125 and apparently a tad better than QC35 (has wire though) :0 I have hyperacusis (super sensitive hearing) and feel like they’re about the same noise canceling wise overall. The Sony does feel more fancy though! It feels a bit cooler too. So if you’re on a budget, QC25 is a way to go, but Sony is a nice upgrade choice.
Found your art awhile ago and glad you’ve started a blog! I enjoyed this post very much. The break down of what the recommendations were for and why you liked them was actually fun and interesting to read. I got a gift card for my birthday recently so I’ll probably use it for one of these! (◠‿・)—☆
I love this. I always hate those wishlist ideas because “no I don’t want another cover or stupid candle!” But these are pretty great. I will definitely be adding some of them to my wishlist this year 🙂 Exited for more posts 🙂
I did not mean to post that emoji. My mood is more like this one: ????
awesome picks. I’m done with my shopping this Christmas but was pleasantly surprised by your list. Thanks for the tried-&-true feedback. Will save for later.
on another note: could you write a post on what the apple watch does for you?