The Best $20 You Can Spend at Target for the Holidays

We can’t fully predict the future, but the outlook is good that you’ll add one (or more) of these seven items hand-selected by GOBankingRates to your Target shopping cart. Every item is seasonally appropriate and priced at under $20, which won’t overwhelm your holiday budget.

From gingerbread houses to wrapping paper, check out the best use for your $20 at Target.

• Price: $13

Wondershop’s ‘Welcome Friends’ tree coir doormat is the most expensive item in this roundup, but it’s worth every penny. 

This festive doormat helps keep your home clean by preventing dirt and debris from getting tracked throughout the house. The tree design is evergreen enough (pun intended) to keep outside for use once the holiday season is over. Please note this mat is designed for outdoor use only.

• Price: $5

There are several cheap holiday pillows for sale under the Bullseye’s Playground in-house brand, but GOBankingRates has an insider’s shopping tip. 

On a recent Target run, we tested each pillow for softness and deduced out of all these designs the reindeer pillow is the softest. Soft + affordable = great use for your $20.

• Price: $3.59

Bake up a pile of piping hot gingerbread men with Betty Crocker gingerbread cookie mix. 

Each 17.5-ounce mix is $3.59 at Target. Bake a batch to take to the office or have the kiddos join you in the kitchen for an afternoon of baking and decorating fun.

• Price: $3

Make this Christmas dino-mite with Wondershop’s dinosaur print gift wrap.

Each roll contains a generous 50 square feet of gift wrap with blue and green dinos on a red background. Use it to wrap as many gifts as you like for kids and adults alike.

• Price: $4

Is it cheaper to shop a gingerbread house kit at Target or Five Below? 

The answer is Target, where shoppers save $1 with the Favorite Day brand’s kit. Each kit contains pre-baked gingerbread house pieces, pre-made icing and candies to decorate. By comparison, a similar gingerbread house cookie kit retails for $5 at Five Below.

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• Price: $3

We were sold on the outstanding reviews for Favorite Day’s Christmas hot cocoa and marshmallow popcorn. The price isn’t bad for taste testing out a new holiday treat either.

Rare reviews from Target shoppers praised the taste of the popcorn and said they planned to buy more. The only complaint? That it’s not available to buy year round.

• Price: $5

For households that get into the Christmas village setup spirit, your holiday village needs the Bullseye’s Playground LED Target store. Each showpiece lights up using three LR44 alkaline batteries (included) and is made of durable material for reuse next year. 

“My kiddo is a BIG Target fan and picked this out to add to our Christmas decor. It’s so cute! It’s a nice warm white light, so it adds a homey feel,” wrote October0630 in a five-star review.

Editor’s note: Pricing and availability may vary depending on location.