It is an e-mail code. If you would like, I can always e-mail the code to the person of your choosing on a specified day (they let you decide what day to send it on AMazon). But yes, it is email.
can i print the e-mail and just give it to them would that work? as i do not want you to send it to them as it is to be part of a gift from me and my wife?
You will receive an e-mail which contains the claim code, so yes you can always print it off. You can use the "prt sc" button to take a screenshot and paste it into a paint program if you are not given a link to print.