Valentine's Day 2015: best unusual gifts for him
Want to get him something out-of-the-ordinary this year? Try one of these fun pressies
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Your support makes all the difference.From blue beer to bath lights, here's our round-up of different gifts to give on February 14.
1. Jim’ll Paint It canvas prints: from £16, bigcartel.com
If you were considering any kind of wall art, ‘Jim’ll Paint It’ offers truly unusual pieces. The artist and blogger takes only the wackiest commissions from his Facebook and Tumblr pages, leading to bizarre mash-ups such as Brian Blessed fist-fighting a polar bear, Daft Punk Rocking Out with Adam Ant on Mars while the Sun explodes, and this masterpiece depicting dozens of 1990s icons including the Power Rangers, the cast of Friends, and Nelson Mandela enjoying a warehouse rave. You’re bound to find something he’ll find hilarious.
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2. Abashiri Blue Beer: £19.99 (pack of 8), firebox.com
It’s hard to be original with booze. If he knows his way around a German craft beer set, why not throw him a curveball with this smooth offering from Japan, which is a bizarre shade of blue. Brewed using seaweed and Chinese yam, it tastes how you’d expect a beer to taste, but with a strangely sweet twist, and the colour adds a foreign mystery that’s hard to pinpoint. It even claims to contain water from melting icebergs in Japan’s Sea of Okhotsk, a name which becomes considerably funnier to say after an 8-pack.
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3. Instagram canvas prints: from £19.99, firebox.com
Framed photos have always been a great way to decorate a shared home. What better way to combine this tradition with the social media age than by hanging your best Insta-pics on the wall? Simply log in to Instagram through the website and choose your favourite photo. Then you and your partner can invite friends over and watch the likes roll in the old fashioned way.
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4. Jack Daniels Whiskey Fudge: £8.99, menkind.co.uk
Chocolate is one of the staple gifts on Valentine’s Day – if you have a whiskey fan on your hands, this handmade fudge lets you kill two birds with one stone. Infused with JD's Old No. 7 by chocolatiers in Scotland, this gift has the famous taste he loves with none of the hangover.
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5. Boskke Sky Planter: from £15.45, amazon.co.uk
Perfect for awkward spaces such as apartments, balconies or patios with limited floor space, these upside-down planters offer a novel way of displaying any Valentine's Day foliage. Each one comes with fixed-length wires and an anchor to attach to the ceiling, to help you turn him turn his space into the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
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6. Drop Rainbow Bath Light£14.99, firebox.com
Ah, the candlelit bath. A romantic classic, but a hassle and a huge fire hazard. Bring your next special evening into the 21 century with this soothing, floating bath light that illuminates on contact with water. It’s battery powered and slowly changes through every colour of the rainbow, and can add atmosphere to any room by placing it in a small bowl of water.
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