Make the holiday season stress-free with our downloadable Holiday Gift Shopping Checklist template, designed in Microsoft Word for easy editing and printing. Whether you’re buying gifts for family, friends, coworkers, or loved ones, this checklist will help you stay organized, track spending, and ensure no one is forgotten.
What you’ll get
- A fully-editable Word (.docx) document you can tailor to your holiday list.
- Sections broken down into: Gift Planning, Gift Selection, Purchasing & Tracking, Wrapping & Presentation, Delivery & Giving, and Post-Holiday Review.
- Budget-setting and gift-idea spaces for each recipient.
- Checkboxes, status tracking, and wrap-up steps to mark off as you go.
- A clean, printable layout so you can either use it digitally or print a hard copy.
Why is this template helpful?
- Save time & reduce stress: Instead of juggling scattered notes or spreadsheets, you’ll have everything in one place.
- Stay on budget: Pre-assigning budgets per recipient helps avoid overspending.
- Improve follow-through: With tracking for purchases, shipping/delivery, and wrapping, you’ll be more likely to complete all tasks before the big day.
- Reusable for future seasons: After the holidays, use the Post-Holiday Review to reflect and reuse it next year.
- Flexible format: Works seamlessly in Word (Windows or Mac), so you can customise fonts, colours, and layout if desired.
How to use it
- Download the Word template file and open it in Microsoft Word.
- Start by entering your total gift budget and list of recipients.
- For each person, fill out gift ideas, assigned budget, preferred size/colour, etc.
- Use the “Purchasing & Tracking” section to log each purchase, its source, shipping info, and receipts.
- Wrap gifts as they arrive, label them, and add cards in the “Wrapping & Presentation” section.
- If you’re shipping gifts, track delivery in the “Delivery & Giving” section.
- After the holidays, fill out the “Post-Holiday Review” with what worked well, what you’d change, and update your list for next year.
- Save the updated file for future reference (helps build a gift-planning archive year-to-year).
Download now and make your holiday gift-shopping smoother, smarter, and more organized!
