Very thoughtful of you. Here are four ideas.
Something like a Sonoff RF Bridge is really inexpensive, but is allot of fun to play around with. They are less than 20 and highly modifiable. Pick up a couple 4 button RF remotes as well they are like 2 or 3 dollars each. Both should be available on Amazon or Ali. These make great bedside remotes, and more reliable than Zigbee. With this RF Bridge I can automate things that have an RF remote control but are solar powered but there is so much more.
If not so much a tinkerer, a Broadlink Pro hub is similar to the RF Bridge but also does IR remote control.
Here I will assume you are in N. America. If your lights are Z-Wave, a Zooz Zen32 scene controller. The packaging on these things is A+ and would be an eye popping surprise.
A QuinLED Dig-uno WLED controller and a string of RGB LEDs to get started.
Enjoy.