The Funny White Elephant Gift Everyone Tries to Steal

A good funny white elephant gift has one job: make the room laugh when it comes out of the paper, then make people fight over it. Blockhead does both. It's a bright yellow full-face knit ski mask shaped like a blocky toy head, with a little knob on top, thick black eyebrows and a cartoon face. Someone opens it, someone pulls it on, and suddenly the whole party wants a turn.

Why it works as a funny white elephant gift

Most joke gifts get a laugh and then go straight into a drawer. This one keeps going. Whoever ends up with it can wear it skiing, snowboarding, walking the dog in January or at the next costume party. It also photographs absurdly well, so it tends to end up in the group chat before the swap is even over. And because it fits most adult heads, you don't need to know who will take it home.

It fits the usual budget

Each mask is $24.99, under the classic $25 limit for office swaps and family exchanges. One mask ships for a flat $4.99; spend $40 or more and shipping is free. Buying for two parties, or hosting and bringing a spare? Two masks in one order get 15% off automatically, so a pair costs less than two separate gifts.

Pick the face for your crowd

• Big Grin: the friendliest one and our most picked face, safe for the office party.
• Chomp: a grid of teeth that gets the loudest reaction when the paper comes off.
• Tongue Out: cheeky, good for the group that roasts each other.
• Smirk: for the swap where everyone pretends to be above it all.

You can compare all four up close on the product page, or see the funny ski mask page for more photos on the mountain.

Timing your order

The product page shows when your order leaves us. After that, tracked delivery usually takes 7–14 days to the US, 14–24 days to Canada and 12–21 days to Europe, so order a few weeks before the party. Full details are on the shipping page.