Are you looking for a gift to give to your friend on Friendship Day? However, you aren't sure what type of gift you could give? If so, hopefully these ideas will help you pick the right gift for your friend.

Friendship Day, may not be as popular or well known as Mother's Day or Valentine's Day, but it is still an official holiday, and is celebrated on the first Sunday in August. There is a wide variety of appropriate gifts you can give to a friend, on Friendship Day. Some examples of common gifts for friends are photo albums (if you could include some pictures of you and your friend together, that would be a nice touch), perfume or cologne, friendship bands, wallets, hand bags or purses, and candles. If you don't mind spending a little more on a gift for a friend, you could consider buying them a piece of jewelry. For a male friend, a watch would probably be the best choice. For a female friend, you could give her a necklace, a bracelet, or maybe a pair of earrings, whatever she typically likes to wear for jewelry. Since Friendship Day isn't exactly a very mainstream holiday, how much you spend on a gift shouldn't be important at all, so just spend within your means. Remember, a gift that comes from the heart would probably be the best gift for a friend.

Flowers and candies would both make fine Friendship Day gifts. There really aren’t any traditional flowers or candies for the day, so just choose whatever you think your friend would like best. You might also want to give some balloons, or maybe a stuffed/plush animal. Gifts that symbolize health, wealth and happiness, would work well for Friendship Day gifts. Some examples of these are Japanese Bonsai plant and the Bamboo plant. If you want to give a gift with a more personal touch, then you could consider giving a personalized gift, such as a wooden plaque (with your friends name on it). Another thoughtful gift would be a framed poem about friendship; you could either use a copy of a poem, or be creative, and write your own.

If you still can't decide on what would be the right gift to give your friend, you may want to simply give them a gift certificate to their favorite store, so they can pick out whatever they would like. You could also treat your friend out to dinner or lunch at a nice restaurant, or maybe buy you and your friend tickets to see a sporting event, theatre production or movie.