Uni Housemate Gifts: Fun Ideas For Your University Flatmates
Sharing a house means sharing a hallway where six sets of keys vanish weekly. Good gifts for flatmates are cheap, communal and a bit of a laugh.
Go for one group gift for the house plus small individual ones for Christmas, birthdays or the end of the year.
Honest note: we design and print our cards, badges and candles in the UK. The Friends key holder is a recommendation from elsewhere.
Shop the cards that go with these
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Funny cards for flatmates
Our own UK-printed funny cards for house-share banter.
Happy Valentines Day, Bab (Valentines Day Card)
£3.87
"Woof Woof" Sausage Dog Valentines Day Card
£3.87
Happy Valentines Day Card From The Cats
£3.87
Happy Valentines Day, My Love (Valentines Day Card)
£3.87
You're Purr-fect To Me (Cat Valentines Day Card)
£3.87
Happy Birthday Papa (Happy Birthday Card) (Multiple designs)
£3.87
The group gift for the communal hallway
- Chip in for a Friends key holder. The Friends key holder is a small wall-mounted replica of Monica's purple door, yellow peephole frame and all, with hooks underneath for keys. It screws or sticks up by the front door, so it earns its space every single day - and every visitor who grew up on the show will spot it.
- It's the obvious symbol for a house share - you are, after all, living the show, minus the enormous flat.
- Stick-on fixings keep the landlord happy.
Small gifts for each flatmate
- A named mug so nobody steals the good one.
- A funny pin badge that sums them up - Shop the range
- A candle to fight the kitchen smell - Shop the range
- A card that roasts their washing-up habits - Shop the range
What to write to a flatmate
- To the best flatmate - even with the dishes.
- Thanks for being my Monica when the flat needed it.
- One day we'll have a hallway we can actually fit in. Until then, cheers.
Found your words? Now find the card
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How to write it so it lands
- Set a spending limit in the group chat first.
- Order the key holder a week ahead if it is for a moving-in day, and pair it with a card so the gift arrives with words, not just a parcel.
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Frequently asked questions
What is a good group gift for a shared house?
Something for the shared space: a key holder for the hallway, a board game or a decent kettle.
How much should flatmates spend on each other?
GBP 5 to GBP 10 each is normal for students; chip in together for a bigger house gift.
Do you make the Friends key holder yourselves?
No. We design and print greetings cards, enamel pin badges, prints, candles and party decorations in the UK. The Friends key holder is a recommendation from elsewhere - only the things linked to our own shop are ours.
What is a good example of fun gift ideas for your uni flatmates?
"It's the obvious symbol for a house share - you are, after all, living the show, minus the enormous flat." is one of 10 examples on this page. Pick the one closest to the tone you want, then add a specific detail of your own - a shared memory, a date, a name - so it reads as yours rather than copied.