Defender of the Fatherland Day is a reason to congratulate not only mature men, but also young boys attending kindergarten. Buying gifts for children of preschool age has its own specifics, especially if the gifts are not selected individually, but for the entire kindergarten group.
What to consider?
The choice of gifts for children on February 23 in kindergarten is not too simple. A gift should be fairly versatile to suit all boys in a group, regardless of their interests and preferences. In addition, you should not buy something too practical, because children at this age will not be able to appreciate the benefits of the gift, and especially feel the festive atmosphere. Finally, a gift should at least correspond a bit with the theme of the holiday, but at the same time please the future defenders of the Fatherland and not be too serious.
Of course, there are some requirements regarding the quality of the purchased item. A toy or other thing should be safe and without a lot of small parts, especially if it is purchased for very young boys.
Ideally, check for any signs of environmental quality and purity.
In addition, the aesthetics of the purchased item is also important - nice looking colors and harmonious forms. A limited amount is usually allocated for kindergarten gifts, but this is not a reason to buy cheap plastic toys with a foul odor, which are a budget fake of expensive items. Even with a small budget, you can pick up a decent and interesting gift.
Naturally, when a gift is purchased for a son or brother, to all the options listed below, you can add what your child likes, depending on his interests, as well as more expensive things, for example videos or gadgets. Receiving sports equipment is always helpful and pleasant - volleyball or soccer ball, tennis rackets, masks for swimming.
You can even purchase sports area with a swedish wall, rope, rope ladder, rings and a crossbar.
In complete delight of the child will lead real kite.
If the boy has a favorite superhero, then on February 23rd is an ideal opportunity to present a child with some objects with the image of a hero. It can be pajamas or a T-shirt, a collectible figure or a magazine, some kind of gaming paraphernalia or a backpack, or a carnival costume.
Choosing themed souvenirs
Themed souvenirs involve either the use of some kind of military motives, or a reference to the future defenders of the Fatherland. The most traditional gift for children on February 23 will be toys with the appropriate theme, for example, a set of soldiers or equipment.
On the military theme, you can pick up any constructors or modular models, for example, an airplane, a car or a tank, a locomotive or a ship.
In addition, the paper itself will create railway, landmarks of the world, paper puzzles or even reconstruction of military events. Older boys will like the encyclopedia with a large number of illustrations of the same military equipment or dedicated to historical events described in simple language. A very memorable "adult" gift for the boys campt compass. In addition to the fact that it will certainly come in handy for the future defender of the Fatherland, a quality thing can serve for many more years. On request, on the back of the metal case, an engraving is made with a pleasant inscription on the memory of the kindergarten.
You can give the boys a whole "military" set - a thermos, a flashlight, a spoon spoon and a multifunctional whistle with a compass and a thermometer, packed in a stylish khaki case. If the gift should be smaller, then you can turn your attention to the 3 in 1 knobs, which unite ballpoint pen, flashlight and laser pointer, in addition to which a notebook with a thematic picture is purchased. If parents do not mind, it makes sense to purchase themed toy. Alternatively, it may be sword, machine gun, rifle, water gun or military helmet. For an older child fit already armored personnel carrier or fire truck.
Many historical museums on February 23 organize special quests or other interactive activities. It will already be interesting for children of kindergarten age to try on a military overcoat, hold a real weapon in their hands, try a soldier’s porridge or look into the bag of a field doctor.
By the way, some museums conduct such excursions right in kindergartens, so parents and educators do not even have to worry about a collective trip to another area of the city.
Another good idea would be trip to the museum of cars or military equipment.
Original Gift Ideas
Preferring unusual souvenirs for preschoolers, you can give them grassy little animals or men. The essence of the gift lies in the fact that regular watering of the figurines and keeping it on a sunny, warm window-sill leads to the germination of real blades of grass.
It is usually very interesting for children to observe the development of the grass, to look after them, to learn from adults how this process is carried out. This gift is also good because you can choose different figures - in the form of fairy-tale characters, animals or objects. Thus, gifts will be both the same and individual.
With a bang, various fashionable "things" are perceived, for example, spinners and bandelades. Many boys also like puzzles: both modern and retroversions, for example, Rubik's Cube. If the gift is purchased budget, it makes sense to choose a toy-joke: lizuna, jumper, soft anti-stress toy.
A great gift is considered a bright flying disc. frisbeemade of lightweight plastic. By the way, boys will probably like comics that are suitable for their age. Children who have already reached the age of 5 can be given a collective gift, for example, to bring to the amusement park or to the cinema for the premiere of an interesting cartoon.
Naturally, parents will have to accompany their children, but this is even for the better - a joint event strengthens relationships and leaves memorable emotions.
Other event gifts include visiting a dolphinarium and a contact zoo, a theater and a rope park, a thematic performance and a shooting gallery.
You can learn more about the impressions of children from visiting the contact zoo by watching the following video.
List of useful things
If parents want to present a gift that will not only be interesting to boys, but also useful, they should pick up some kind of set for creativity, for example, drawing or applique. Themed coloring pages, books with interesting tasks that come up with your favorite characters, educational games, including board games.
Interesting and such a developing gift as kinetic sand, which is an unusual material for creativity. To the touch, it resembles the habitual moisturized loose substance, but its moisture content does not disappear anywhere over time.The kid can build from it a variety of structures and buildings, but not to get his hands dirty at all. At the same time, this type of creativity brings not only pleasure, but also relaxation, and also contributes to the development of fine motor skills.
Older boys already have thematic kits, for example, with tricks or for a young chemist, physicist, or biologist. Stained glass paints can also be of interest, allowing you to create an interesting sticker on your film for decorating your own children's room. Other interesting solutions include plates for painting and plaster bas-reliefs, painting and origami paintings, engravings, a set for burning or making prefabricated wooden models, for example, a birdhouse or a feeder.
A large stationery set with multicolored felt-tip pens, colored pencils and an album, on the cover of which a popular cartoon hero will flaunt, will delight the child.
By the way, it can be supplemented with items just with a military theme - a ruler, covered with a characteristic print, an eraser in the form of a tank or a sheet of stickers.
When choosing a gift for representatives of the younger group, you should also consider options such as a dough for modeling, a designer with large details, a soft puzzle that contributes to the development of logic and finger motor skills. The easiest way, of course, is to purchase toys - cars, characters from popular cartoons or cartoons. Not every kid will appreciate the book, so her choice should be approached very carefully - illustrations should be bright and attractive, and the story - exciting.
Older boys will love themed toys that allow them to play any adult situations. Alternatively, it can be a cash register, a toy phone or a car steering wheel. The children from the older group can already be given sets of designers with small details, collectible car models, transforming toys turning from animals into a robot. Surely the boys will be interested in a set of real construction tools, like those of the pope or a grabber - an unusual toy that develops reaction and agility.
For future first-graders, the presentation of a lunch box decorated in a suitable subject will be relevant. It makes sense to present them with books, not even related to military topics. Encyclopedias will be useful and interesting. dedicated to various subjects - from the history of Russia to the life of the inhabitants of the seas. Boys like various collections of scientific entertainment, for example, crafts or games.
If you buy fiction, you should choose any interactive book with numerous volume or folding elements, envelopes with "secrets" and tasks for the development of fantasy and logic.
An audiobook will be a good alternative - little boys do not particularly like to read, but they are quite loyal to listening to something interesting while traveling in a car or when doing household chores.
The simplest, but still a nice gift will be a set of trifles: cookies in the form of airplanes or tanks, a notebook, soap bubbles, a key chain, keys, stationery items, coloring. All these things are never superfluous. If the gift is prepared for the boys of the older group of the kindergarten, preparing for release, it makes sense to prepare any Present with memorable photos. For example, it can be a mug, pillow, key chain or T-shirt with a joint image of the whole group or only its male half.
