Office gift giving is hard, and finding work-appropriate grab bag gifts is practically impossible. For one thing, you can’t please everyone. For another, it’s so easy for a joke gift to be taken the wrong way, it’s almost not worth trying. But how many generic coffee cups does anyone really need?

Every year, my department does a White Elephant gift exchange. For the exchange, you’re supposed to bring in a wrapped gift which cost $20 or less. But because everyone is so busy, it usually ends up being a steady stream of gift cards and hand cream. So I thought I’d go hunting for some gifts that could shake things up. Because my department is 90% women, the gifts people bring tend to be lady-centric, but I have tried to keep my suggestions fairly gender neutral, out of sympathy for our two male colleagues.

By the way, the grab bag thing is infinitely more fun if some of the items are joke gifts, since it seems like the more ridiculous they are (context is everything), the more likely they are to be fought over. If you’re going to spend $20 anyway, it may as well be on something unexpected and awesome. There are a few tame suggestions below, as well, but I hope you’ll consider going bold.

Sushi pushpin holder

Bath crayons (because why should toddlers have all the fun?)

Pokeball power charger

Fun sticky pads

Unbelievably good caramels

Hilariously terrible desk planter

Pocket pug

Eyeglass stand

Pocket guitar

License plate pencil cup

Desktop bowling alley

Ridiculously good hot chocolate

Snarky hoop art

Storm glass atmospheric pressure gauge

Adulting achievement stickers

Grown-up fidget spinner

Accident free sign

Tiny bottle of sea glass

Trash can basketball hoop wall decal

Easter Island tissue dispenser

Lucky elephant

Golden Girls coloring book

Desk drawer-friendly travel iron 

Palm stone

This

Colloidal silver soap

Tiny painting and easel