10+ Unique Gifts for Parents Who Deserve the Best

A night at the theatre proves for an exciting break from routine. Treat your parents to an unforgettable night out with this Essential London West End Theatre Dinner Package for Two. They’ll begin their night tucking in to a two course meal at their choice of participating restaurants including Café Rouge and Bella Italia, before being whisked into the immersive world of the West End. Whether they choose to be mesmerised by the magic of Wicked, or to dance around in their seats at Mama Mia, you’re sure to find a show to suit them.

Is there a better way to spend an afternoon? We can’t think of a more winning combination than tea, food, and spectacular views of London. Luckily, they’re all wrapped up neatly in this 1-and-a-half-hour afternoon tea Cruise.

Your parents will be treated to spectacular views of London from inside the boat as it glides along the Thames, while enjoying a traditional afternoon tea. While they enjoy the food and the music, they can look out of the window to catch incredible views of famous London landmarks, including the London Eye, Tate Modern, Shakespeare’s Globe, the Tower of London and London Bridge. This is the ideal treat for parents who need a day off to come together and do something special.

Spend 60 minutes trailing through Skipwiths idyllic countryside before enjoying a deluxe picnic hamper during this Horse and Carriage Ride. Their experience begins upon arrival at the meeting point, where you'll be greeted by your driver, and one of his carriage horses. How much the horse greets you back is hard to say. The deluxe picnic hamper includes: Prosecco, tea, fresh scones (with jam and cream), savoury treats such as quiches and pork pies, fresh cakes, fresh fruit and veg, and a cheese board selection!

This experience also accommodates up to five people should your parents decide to take you along and share. Maybe start dropping hints now.

There’s something very luxurious about a really good towel – and who deserves luxury more than your parents? Help them step their bath-time up to the next level with a set of Turkish towels.

These towels are made from 100% organic Turkish cotton, making for a truly luxurious bath routine with just the right amount of softness and absorption. The best part is they’re good for the planet too, with eco-friendly dyes which won’t harm the environment.

This makes the perfect present for eco-conscious parents who deserve the ultimate level of relaxation.

Greenery brightens up any household, and you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone who’ll say no to an attractive plant for their home. This beautiful fern can be delivered straight to your parents’ letterbox, and comes with a pop-up rose gold pot. So if you live far away but still want to show them you care, this is the perfect postage-friendly gift.

Whether your parents are the outdoorsy types or just a couple of caffeine addicts on the go, these reusable travel mugs are the ideal accompaniment to their morning commute or their adventures in the wilderness. Whatever they love to do, it can surely be improved with a cup of coffee. This is ideal for busy parents and keeps their drinks hot for longer, so they can enjoy their morning cuppa wherever they are.

Board games are synonymous with family time, so make the evenings fly by with our hand-picked selection. Whether you want a fun light-hearted game to involve everyone, or a real head-scratcher for long contemplative afternoons, look no further than our list.

Bananagrams - £10.00+

Think of as Scrabble’s overachieving intellectual cousin. Rather than making words on a board and gaining points based on the combined value of the letters, Bananagrams challenges you to create a crossword from scratch using the letters you pick, so you’re effectively playing Scrabble with yourself. Whoever uses all their tiles first is the winner!

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Qwirkle - £10.99+

This is a truly universal game that can be played by anyone of any culture or language, as it deals purely in the medium of colours and shapes. The aim of the game is to place a sequence of tiles on the board. A tile can only be placed down if it shares the same colour or shape as the previous tile.

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Pandemic - £19.99+

Settle in, readers. This one might take you a bit deeper into the evening, but it’s employment of strategic thinking and cooperative planning is sure to give the family hours of fun and bonding. Band together to beat the board and conquer the virus!

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Deception - £27.36+

Did we say bonding? Well, there’s a place for bonding and a place for trickery at every family table. This game is very much designed to turn the participants against one another as everyone tries to sniff out foul play. At the beginning of the game, each person draws a card. They will secretly look at their card to be assigned their role: either an investigator… or a murderer. Everyone closes their eyes, and the chief investigator opens them to ask the murderer to reveal themselves. They will then spend the rest of the game using picture cards as clues to try and reveal to the other investigators who the murderer is, without once opening their mouth to speak. This game can end in arguments as everyone tries to guess who the murderer is, potentially turning innocent players against one another. Yay, family fun!

This is a great modern twist on a family photo album, and the perfect present for sentimental parents who love to look back on memories. Instead of old pictures crammed behind plastic wrapping, this is a beautifully printed professional looking book, with the photos arranged however you want. Why not catalogue family memories through the years? Or if there’s a particularly memorable trip you’ve all taken together, document it in this book.

It’s probably safe to say most parents are quite busy. This Instant Pot Cooker is the solution to weeknight meals for parents who just don’t have the time to be slaving over a hot stove when they could be doing better things! This pot allows you to chuck in whatever ingredients you want to cook, and walk away. Parents will come back to a delicious meal, saving them life’s most precious resource: time.

If your parents love to kick back at the end of a long day with a refreshing glass of wine, this is the ideal gift for them. Treat them to a subscription box so they can enjoy high-quality organic wine every month, and say goodbye to late night runs to the corner shop in their slippers.

You can edit their plan to suit their preferences, or have it be a surprise.

If your parents prefer the grain to the grape, don’t fret. Try a beer subscription service instead.

Parents are Teetotal? Surely they must have a sweet tooth. Explore the option of chocolate subscription clubs here.

Bon voyage! Chances are your parents deserve a holiday – but with conflicting schedules and commitments, planning one for them is a risky endeavour. Why not purchase them a gift card for an airline instead, so they can treat themselves to their perfect holiday in their own time? You can find flight gift cards here as an example, but plenty of airlines provide the same service.

Just imagine: as they’re sunning themselves on a beach in Bali, hitting the slopes in Morzine, or wandering around art galleries in Berlin, they can take a moment to breathe a sigh of gratitude that their child contributed towards their perfect holiday. Well… at least they’ll send you plenty of photos, right?

If a bespoke holiday isn’t exactly in your budget, why not treat your parents to a few nights at the pictures? You can purchase Odeon or Cineworld vouchers from a variety of different places including Tesco and Amazon, and they’re a great way to provide your parents with some well-deserved time off. Whether they’re horror, fantasy, action or foreign cinema fans, give them the gift of entertainment.

If our suspicions are correct that you’ve got internet access, chances are you’ll have heard of the meal kit delivery service trend sweeping the nation at the moment. Created as an antidote to fussy, stressful cooking or reliance on cheap takeout, meal kit delivery services are designed to make cooking easy, healthy, quick and fun. The basic premise is that customers are shipped all the ingredients they’ll need to make their meals, helpfully pre-portioned, along with a recipe card. Voilà! Home cooked meals in minutes. The internet is absolutely inundated with different options, but as a couple of examples, Hello Fresh offers seasonal fresh produce for a variety of different plans. Then there’s Mindful Chef – pick your dietary requirements and they’ll send you the ingredients for a healthy low carb meal. Easy.