Today, even young children already know what money is, what they can buy and how to dispose of it. The proper handling of finances can be taught to children, starting from the youngest age. Therefore, the children's wallet today is not a whim, but a necessity. There you can store personal savings for the purchase of your favorite toys or money for lunch and lunch in the school cafeteria, or a small amount for going with friends to the cinema or cafe.
Beautiful wallet will be a great gift for a child of any age. Someone prefers a model made in the form of a favorite cartoon character, someone likes stylish "adult" models. It all depends on the age of the child. It’s good that today's assortment of wallets for children allows you to choose a suitable age model without any problems.
Features and models
What is the difference between models for children and adult models? As a rule, the size, design and brightness of colors. The wallet should be small to fit easily in a small purse or pocket. The wallet should be original, bright and colorful, like many things designed for children.
Conventionally, children's wallets can be divided into several groups according to different criteria.
As for the shape and design, the most popular models for girls and boys of preschool age are purses in the form of funny little animals, birds or fish. Models can be simply decorated with images of animals or performed in the form of an animal head.
Another hit is fabulous heroes or popular cartoon characters: Cars, Minions, Disney princesses, fairies, cat Matroskin, Mickey Mouse, Bambi, Transformers. In such a beautiful purse, each baby will be happy to keep their savings.
Older children are more likely to choose more “adult”, restrained models. They can also be decorated with a variety of prints or even performed in the form of funny kittens, bears, puppies. Boys will surely like a purse of the purse type, adorned with the image of their favorite cartoon character.
For girls 10 years and older, models decorated with beautiful flowers, interesting applications, rhinestones, and sequins are perfect. Girls at any age love everything beautiful, bright and fashionable.
For a girl of 12 years and older, stylish, beautiful purses decorated with hearts, beautiful bows, lace, and metal details will certainly suit. For a teenager, it is very important that the wallet is not only beautiful, but does not look too childish. For fashionistas, designers offer quite “adult” models, but with a pretty girlish decor.
A purse with a cord is an original model that can be worn not only in a purse or pocket, but also around the neck, shoulder or just on the wrist, as a stylish addition to the image.
Today, designers offer a huge, diverse collection of a variety of accessories for children of different ages. They can be sewn or knitted, made of lace, silk, leather, suede, openwork linen, fleece, velvet, plastic. They can be monophonic or printed, dense and thin, closed and transparent.
One of the very interesting options: a small transparent purse with tinted water between the walls. This model looks like a small original aquarium. Very popular today are the options when wallets and bags are the same in color and pattern. In the same style, for example, a schoolbag, a pencil case, a bag for shoes and a purse can be made.
Wallets can have a different shape: rectangular, round, trapezoid, triangular.They can be made in the form of a polygon or have a more complex geometric shape. Buttons, velcro, metal clasp, ribbons, lacing are used as fasteners.
Color solutions
Huge collections of wallets made for children are presented today in a rich color range. Traditionally, favorite girls are bright, saturated colors: pink, orange, lilac, green, red. Purse for a little fashionista can be golden or silver.
Boys usually choose accessories in more relaxed, neutral colors: blue, green, beige, steel, black. By the way, black, white and brown models are universal and suitable for children of different ages. They can be decorated with print, rhinestones, applique, metal rivets, chains, laces, key rings.
Tips for choosing
Choosing a children's wallet, as well as any other accessory, usually does not cause any particular difficulties. It should be comfortable, fairly compact, beautiful and like its little owner.
- For a child 4-5 years old, the purse can be made in the form of an animal, doll, typewriter or other toy. It is better to choose a model with velcro, so that the child can conveniently get or put a coin.
- Older guys can choose a classic model with two compartments for paper and metallic money. Some models additionally have key pockets, as well as special hooks, with which you can fasten an accessory to clothing.
- Different models can be made of different materials. When choosing, it is better to pay attention to wallets from dense, waterproof materials with good, high-quality accessories.
How to make a wallet with your own hands?
If you want to give your child a truly exclusive thing, then it can easily be done with your own hands and even with your child.
You can stitch a purse, crochet it, or you can glue it out of bright, beautiful, thick paper.
This is one of the easiest ways that a child can handle. To create such an accessory, you will need to take an adhesive tape of different colors, a sheet of very thick white paper or cardboard, a ruler, scissors and a simple pencil.
First you need to divide the paper sheet into 3 equal parts of 7 cm length. Stick a strip of adhesive tape on the central part. Then the reverse side of the sheet is completely pasted with colored tape.
The next step: fold the sheet in half and cut a small hemisphere in the middle. Then paste the back side of the sheet with adhesive tape, and bend the sheet in three places along the previously drawn lines. Now it will remain to issue the resulting wallet-purse with appliqué, lace, lacing, ribbons to your taste and a stylish accessory is ready!
The option is more difficult is made of fabric. This will require any suitable material (leather, suede, lace trim, chintz, calico, satin, velvet). Attach a pre-made paper pattern of any shape from the wrong side to the selected fabric, circle the pencil and cut with a small seam allowance. The model can be monophonic or made using contrasting in texture and color of the material.
Sew the patterns between them from the inside of the seam, twist them and arrange them as you wish. You can sew a string, then you get a nice bag for storing money or keys. You can sew ears, mustache and eyes and get a funny little face animal. Jewelry options can be a huge set.