Ideas for National Best Friends Day
Small, personal ways to thank your best friend on 8 June, whatever your budget.
The best National Best Friends Day ideas are small and personal. Pick one that suits your friend, not one that suits social media.
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What kind of best friends are you?
Take the Friendship Census to find your friendship type and Friendship Score, or test what you know with the Friendship Quiz. The census is for adults aged 18 and over. The quiz is open to everyone.
Say it
The memory message
Send a message about one moment you will never forget. The more detail, the better. It costs nothing and they will read it more than once.
A voice note
Record a short voice message telling them why they matter. Hearing it in your voice makes all the difference.
Say it in front of others
Tell your other friends, or your family, what makes your best friend great. Then make sure it gets back to them.
Do it
Recreate an old photo
Find a photo of the two of you from years ago and copy it, pose for pose. Share both side by side.
A June picnic
Pack a blanket and your favourite snacks and head to a park. In the UK, June evenings stay light until late, so make the most of it.
Their choice, all day
They pick the food, the film and the plan. You go along with it, and you mean it.
Learn something together
A pottery class, a new walk, a recipe neither of you has tried. New things make new memories.
Give it
Printed photos
Pick your favourite photos of the two of you and get them printed. A small album beats a camera roll.
A playlist
Songs that remind you of your friendship, in the order you remember them. Free, and more personal than most presents.
A card
A proper one, with a handwritten message. Keep it honest rather than clever.
A memory jar
Write down ten shared memories on slips of paper and fill a jar. They can open one whenever they need a smile.
If you are far apart
Watch together
Pick a film, press play at the same time and keep a call or chat open while you watch.
Post it
A letter or a small parcel timed to land on 8 June. Post still feels special.
If your best friends are a group
The group chat round
Everyone posts one thing they love about the person below them in the chat. Nobody gets left out.
The annual photo
Take the same group photo, in the same spot, every 8 June. In a few years you will be glad you did.
Share what you do with #NationalBestFriendsDay.