What to give the boy for 10 years?

10 years - the very first anniversary in the life of a child. The first life threshold when a boy moves from childhood to teenage life. At this age, he still remains a child, but is already looking for himself in this life. Children at this age are addicted to something new, develop, learn and actively recognize the adult world. A gift should not just be a tradition. It is important that the child is happy to receive it. Therefore, it is worthwhile to approach the choice of a present thoughtfully.

Before you begin to choose a gift for a boy of 10 years old, you need to decide on some criteria. They will help in the selection.

• The interests of the child. A boy who is interested in mechanisms is unlikely to like, for example, a book about flowers. Therefore, it is important to consider interests when choosing. This is a guarantee that the child will receive positive emotions from the gift.
• For whom the gift is intended. Who is the child of the giver? The best friend, brother, son, grandson - in each case will have its own options for gifts.
• The occasion for a gift because the gift should be appropriate. It is important to understand when a gift can be symbolic, and when you need to pick something more serious. A birthday is not the best reason to give a child some lovely knickknack. Such gifts are more appropriate to leave for less significant events.
• The purpose of the gift. It is clear that the main goal - to please the child. But the goal may also be entertainment, promotion of hobbies or, for example, the development of a child.
• Budget for buying a gift. Determining the amount you can count on when buying a gift will help to significantly reduce the range of choice.

There is also the fact that giving a ten-year anniversary is definitely not worth it.

• Expensive jewelry like chains, pendants, bracelets and expensive watches. These are status things that the ten-year-old boy does not need yet. At this age, he is still a child and lives a very active life. Such jewelry delights can be lost in the process of playing or harm the boy.
• Stuffed and other toys. By the age of 10, the child is increasingly beginning to strive for independence and positioning himself as an adult. Such a gift can not only please the boy, but also offend.

Parents and grandparents usually want to give the child something useful. For adults, it is important that the gift is safe for the child and practical. Moms and dads do not like gifts to be thrown into the far corner. It is really important for them that the boy use the gift at least for a while. But this does not mean that the choice of a gift from them is limited to knitted socks or a very necessary book. Ten-year-old boys are most often presented with a designer, radio-controlled models (cars, drones, miniature boats), games like chess and checkers. This can be an excellent option if the child is keen on it.

By the age of ten, boys, if they are fond of sports, already have a favorite kind of their own, or even are already engaged in some section. Therefore, a great solution would be gifts of exactly sports subjects. Such gifts are suitable not only for young professional athletes, but also for boys who love to play football in the street and ride a bicycle.

Depending on your favorite sport, it can be:

• ball - football or for another sport, standard colors or with the official symbols of your favorite competition or club (for example, the World Cup);
• branded sportswear favorite club or athlete - it can be shirts, shorts, pants or solid suits;
• roller or ice skates, ski, bike, skate;
• darts - A real “adult”, and not a child's version with suckers;
• other sports equipment - Boxing gloves for boxing lovers, stick for hockey lovers.

Plus, sports gifts are also in the fact that they encourage active spending time. The main thing that it was interesting to the child. Still, write off the book is not worth it. They are not always boring and dull and may well become an original gift.

It's time to pay attention to the options more "adults", depending on the preferences of the child.

• For the fan of fantasy A series about Harry Potter and Russian analogues about Tanya Grotter or Methodius Buslaev will do. A series of books by L. Besson about the adventures of Arthur and his friends or the fantasy of Jon Kolfer "Artemis Fowl" will also suit the child. It can be considered as a gift option by J. Tolkien’s book about Middle-earth or C.S. Lewis’s book about Narnia.
• For fans of fiction F. Pulman's trilogy “Dark Beginnings”, books about the adventures of Alice K. Bulychev or “Knights of the Forty Islands” S. Lukyanenko will be a good choice.
• Works of J. Verne, D. Defoe, C. Doyle considered classics of literaturesuitable for children. "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Captain Nemo", "Robinson Crusoe", "Sherlock Holmes" will be excellent options.
• Kids detectives for example, the Black Kitten series or any others. Detectives carry away their plot twists and make the child think, to try to figure out the villain himself.
• Children's encyclopedias, collections of useful advice, literature of a narrow focus will be a good gift for curious boys or those who have some specific hobbies such as assembling models, collecting, studying history, and so on.

The main thing you need when choosing a book as a gift is to be sure that the boy has not read it yet. Adults consider educational gifts the best option. But often there is a small conflict of interest. What seems to be adult developing children seems boring. However, this does not mean that such gifts should be excluded from the options. The choice of gifts that can broaden the horizons of the child and help him with obtaining new knowledge is extensive. It can be:

• microscopeif the child is interested in biology;
• telescope, if a boy likes to study stars;
• globe or world map for geography lovers, including a scratch card for boys who have the opportunity to travel and love it;
• sets for physical or chemical experiments;
• Board games - some of their variations develop logical and analytical thinking;
• models airplanes, ships and the like;
• sets for working with wood and so on.

This is not all. You can choose anything if you know exactly what your child likes. The 10th anniversary is an excellent occasion to give an unforgettable experience to a young teenager. There is no mandatory rule according to which only a physical thing can be a gift. You can give a child something that he has never tried, or something that he loves very much. Photos from which the child will be happy may remain as a keepsake from the gift given. As a gift, impressions for the boy will be appropriate:

• interesting master class on the interests of the child - chocolate making, modeling, working for the potter’s wheel and much more;
• go karting center on the climbing wall, in the water park;
• visiting quest rooms - there are children's rooms where children need to solve riddles and puzzles;
• children's laboratory experiments It will be a great gift for a young chemist and a lover of physics;
• visit to the museum, contact zoo, planetarium;
• race on radio controlled cars and more.

If the parents are ready to give the child an expensive gift, you can buy him a game console or some mobile gadget - a watch or a smart watch. The parents should decide for themselves whether the child is ready for such a gift. It should be borne in mind that 10 years is the age when a child is especially easy to get involved in everything new.

Another prerogative that only parents have is an animal as a gift. It is not necessary to give the child a pet just because he wants.

Brothers and sisters, especially if they have a small age difference, are often limited in means. Therefore, the budget for a gift to a brother can be very limited. But even in these conditions, you can choose the best option. For a ten year old boy you can make a gift with your own hands. Such a gift has not yet lost its appeal. Postcard is a classic option. But it is also interesting to design such a banal object as a mug or hat, endowing them with interesting home-made elements and decor. You can use your skill to create a homemade gift. If a person can knit, you can make a personal scarf or mittens for a birthday man. Gifts, popular among friends, are gifts on hobbies. Gifts with your favorite characters will be a great option. These can be characters, circles with symbols, T-shirts, key rings, notepads and so on.

Almost all children love sweets. Therefore, a delicious gift is always a win-win option. An excellent option is the colorful "sweet" poster with a bunch of favorite snacks and wishes. Even ordinary candy can be beaten and decorated so that the child will be delighted. Optional sweets to buy. A sweet gift can also be homemade. No child will refuse a delicious cake, baked and decorated with their own hands. This will add a gift notes of love and care, show that it is intended specifically for the child.

The easiest way to ask the boy's parents is what the child wants or what he enjoys. But there are godparents or uncle with an aunt do not want to go the path of least resistance, you can think of something yourself. Since uncles, aunts and godparents are the same adults as parents and grandparents, the criteria for choosing a gift they have the same: benefit, safety, practicality.

When adults know that their nephew or godchild loves, the task is greatly simplified. Bed linen with your favorite characters from your favorite fictional universe will be practical, but no less pleasant. And you can pick up a backpack or a bike with a picture of a hero. The love of a child for cartoons, movies or games gives a huge scope for choosing products with their images.

Children love each other to exchange unusual and interesting gifts. Often, such a gift is inexpensive due to budget constraints for students. Friends always want their gift to be the coolest, so they often choose what is now on the wave of popularity among young people. Children always aim to make their gift bright and memorable, even if it will be inexpensive.

You can give your classmate a cool key chain, a mug with an unusual print, tasty surprises. Gifts with a joke are popular among school students. Pillow-perdushka, chewing gum-electric shock, table punching bag, running alarm clock, cool clock on the wall - it makes sense to get positive emotions and cause laughter.

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