The best 21st birthday gift ideas

It's each happening! Someone you emotion is turning 21, and it's clip to find them the cleanable day gift. 

Let's not hit astir nan bush: For galore people, 21 is the charismatic day of booze, truthful a booze-related gift whitethorn beryllium successful order. Luckily, location are plentifulness of possibilities here, from beautiful vino stoppers to classical cocktail books.

Not everyone wants to ringing successful 21 pinch a cocktail, though. For non-drinkers and drinkers alike, 21 is besides an opportunity to afloat clasp adulthood successful each its messy glory. This mightiness mean a nosy and goofy gift aliases a staple gift designed to past a life — immoderate you deliberation will group your favourite 21-year-old up for occurrence arsenic they attack their astir important birthday. This is, of course, 22, erstwhile they'll get to singing that Taylor Swift opus for 24 hours straight.

Here are our picks for nan champion 21st day gifts.

Baggu Medium Nylon Crescent Bag

For nan Fashion-Forward Friend: Grab them a versatile nylon Baggu successful their favourite colour — we particularly for illustration Candy Apple and Lapis. This size will clasp their keys, wallet, a book, and a mini h2o bottle, making it a awesome mundane bag.

The New York Times Essential Book of Cocktails

For nan Host: Send them into their 21st twelvemonth pinch a wealthiness of cocktail knowledge. This broad book includes recipes for classics (think martinis and Manhattans) arsenic good arsenic funkier, much modern options.

Folkulture Wine Stoppers, Set of 2

For nan Wine Lover: If they'll beryllium drinking wine, they'll request vino stoppers — and you can't get overmuch cuter than a small brace of aureate lemons. Of course, we urge gifting these alongside an existent vessel for maximum celebratory effect. 

iRobot Roomba j7

For nan Busy Bee: If you really want to make their twenties easier (and if you're fresh to splurge), return a chore disconnected their sheet pinch a Roomba. This 1 useful good connected difficult floors and carpets and is particularly clutch for cleaning up pet hair. It's besides adept astatine avoiding obstacles for illustration cords.

Thyme & Table Scalloped Shot Glass Set

For nan Decorator: Help them get their location barroom setup started pinch this beautiful group of scalloped changeable glasses pinch elegant golden rims. They're charismatic capable to show connected a barroom cart, truthful they're awesome for group pinch an oculus for creation and constricted furniture space.  

Bose QuietComfort Bluetooth Headphones

For nan Introvert: A cardinal instruction of early adulthood: Sometimes, you conscionable request to drown retired nan noise. Help them get location pinch a brace of noise-cancelling headphones. This peculiar brace is known for being other comfortable, truthful they tin beryllium worn for agelong stretches without nan dreaded headphones headache. 

Apple AirPods Pro (2nd gen)

For nan Apple Fan: Or, if they're much of an earbuds person, drawback them a brace of second-gen AirPods. They person noise-canceling and "transparency" modes, truthful users tin take really overmuch of nan world they want to fto in.

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The I Love Trader Joe's Cookbook

For nan TJ's Encyclopedia: Trader Joe's fans return their favourite market shop very seriously. Help them make nan astir of this week's finds pinch this postulation of 150 budget-friendly recipes. (We're particularly intrigued by nan brie and pear galette.)

Yeti Rambler Wine Tumbler pinch MagSlider Lid

For nan Picnicker: This Yeti tumbler will fto them bask their vino outdoors without worrying astir breaking a delicate glass. In existent Yeti fashion, it'll besides support acold drinks acold for hours — which intends it's besides awesome for iced java aliases tea.

Outset Stainless Steel Cocktail Rimmer

For nan Margarita Drinker: Margarita nights will scope caller heights pinch this stainless alloy cocktail rimmer, which will thief them crank retired perfectly salty glasses pinch ease. They tin flip it correct successful nan dishwasher erstwhile nan party's over.

Yeti Rambler Wine Chiller

For nan Backyard Chiller: If they're entertaining outside, thief them support a vessel acold pinch this Yeti vino chiller. (Yes, it fits astir champagne bottles.) We peculiarly for illustration nan silicone ringing astatine its base, which keeps it from slipping and sliding astir nan table.

MUMI Packing Cubes, Set of 5

For nan Efficient Traveler: If they're spending their early twenties jet-setting — aliases readying a long-distance move — thief them battalion efficiently pinch a group of nylon packing cubes. This group of 5 will fresh neatly into astir carry-on bags.

Sol de Janeiro Jet Set

For nan Jetsetter: For nan jet-setting skincare enthusiast, see this scented assemblage attraction group from Sol de Janeiro, which includes assemblage wash, cream, and perfume mist successful a recreation lawsuit — each successful TSA-friendly sizes, naturally. 

Hydro Flask Cooler Cup

For nan Hard Seltzer Fan: As an insulator, this cooler cup from Hydro Flask tin fresh astir cans and bottles of beer, seltzer, and soda. It tin besides beryllium utilized arsenic a cup connected its own, is dishwasher-safe connected nan apical rack, and tin fresh into astir cupholders.

Pinch Provisions Be Kind UnWind Kit

For nan Always-Prepared: They mightiness request a small TLC aft their 21st day bash — nary shame successful that. This "unwind" kit includes each nan essentials for relaxation, including a slumber mask, pillow spray, bookmark, silk scrunchie, look roller, ablution steamer, and facial towelettes. 

Nintendo Switch Lite

For nan Gamer: The Nintendo Switch Lite is nan eventual console for gaming connected nan go. It's lightweight, cute, and packable. Just drawback them a transcript of Animal Crossing or Stardew Valley on pinch nan console, and they'll beryllium successful business.

Casio Vintage-Style Watch

For nan Chronically Late: Help them go a watch personification pinch this gold-tone Casio number. It has siren and timer features — subtle hints to nan friend who conscionable can't look to make it to immoderate societal gathering connected time.

Moleskine Cahier Journal

For nan Writer: Gift them a handsome small Moleskine notebook — which comes successful dotted, plain, ruled, and squared versions — to jot down their innermost 21-year-old thoughts. Or their acceptance speech. 

JBL Clip 5 Speaker

For nan Playlist Maker: This useful small speaker is waterproof, which makes it perfect for nan excavation aliases nan beach. It besides has a built-in carabiner, truthful they tin hook it to their backpack, bike, campy chair, aliases — if they're emotion bold — their loop loop.

Glass Ice Bucket

For nan Fancy Friend: Another elegant summation to their location barroom setup is this solid crystal bucket, which comes pinch a golden brace of crystal tongs. It doubles arsenic a bully portion of location decor erstwhile they're not perpetually chilling champagne bottles (understandable astatine this age).

Pendleton Outdoor Packable Blanket

For nan Picnicker: If they emotion a bully picnic successful nan park, see this packable broad from Pendleton, which folds nicely into a tote for easy transport. It besides has 2 large pockets successful lawsuit they request to tote astir a fewer different supplies.