What to give a child a birthday?

The long-awaited holiday of all children is a birthday, always associated with the expectation of a miracle, surprises. Caring parents prepare in advance for this exciting day and solve various issues related to its organization. What a gift to choose your beloved child - the main among them.

Such gifts are prepared by parents who themselves have not forgotten how to feel like children. If you show imagination, you can prepare an original birthday gift for your child. These gifts can be made with your own hands or ordered in a specialized salon.

• In photo salons now there is a photo printing service on your favorite thing. It can be a cup, a plate, a T-shirt, a pillow and many other small things.
• You can also make a photo collage of the birthday man himself or order in the same photo salon. Collage can be done with a description of the main events of the child’s life or achievements, if he is fond of sports or creativity. A collage with a calendar is suitable for exploring the months of a little birthday person or for planning activities of a child of school age.
• Mount a colorful video from a photo or video of a child about him. Moreover, there are a lot of programs for photo and video editing, as well as educational videos.
• Write a real book, where your birthday man is the main character, and decorate it nicely (with his photos).
• For many guys, a photo of his idol with a personal signature will be a memorable gift. Order this photo online, and the gift is ready.

An interesting way to celebrate a holiday can also be an unusual and memorable birthday gift for children. It can be quests, thematic parties, organized independently or with the invitation of animators. A trip to the circus, the aquarium, to the concert of your favorite artist will also be a pleasant surprise if the child has long dreamed of this.

When choosing expensive gifts, you should first focus on the child's age.

For very young children, valuable gifts, such as electronic gadgets and robots, often do not make sense, as they are easy to break. For a child, emotions and the joy of a gift are important. At the same time, the desire of adults to give something more substantial is understandable. In this case, some donors will first learn from their parents what, besides toys, the birthday boy needs, and give the child some memorable surprise, and parents - the money in the envelope.

A good surprise should be:

• bright and colorful;
• so that you can play with him all together;
• carrying a good sense.

Older children have their own interests and hobbies. And here, in order to guess with a gift, it is worth consulting with his parents: what he likes and what suits his age. Perhaps the child is diligently and will patiently observe or carefully investigate a costly gift, or maybe he is fidget and instantly disassemble it for parts. Here you can also find out from parents about their plans for a large purchase on the day of birth of the child and form with them for a present.

You can give money to older children, when their preferences are hard to figure out. Older schoolchildren can already set goals and save on them. In this case, the money can be a good gift for them.

Shop counters provide a huge selection of sweets for every taste - shaped chocolate and marmalade, cakes, sweets, bars and their sets. You can also order original cakes with a variety of scenes: favorite characters of the child, his hobbies (football, music).

If you want to make a sweet gift with your own hands, then a pleasant surprise will be candy cake To do this, use the basis of foam, paste it with corrugated paper, and on it attach chocolate bars and candy, securing them with a bright ribbon. Above you can put the fig marmalade or colored dragee.

In a similar way, only by changing the shape of the base, you can make sweet tank or boy car. Girls will like it Princess bouquet or castle of sweets. A box for sweets or a gift in the form of a heart or other shape can also be decorated “sweetly” - on the same principle as a candy cake.

Another sweet gift is gingerbread. Cooked at home on his own, he gives room for imagination of his decoration. But in order to really surprise a birthday man, it is better to make a gingerbread house - such a gift will definitely be unique.

Choosing a souvenir for a child is also necessary according to his age and needs.

Souvenirs for small children are personal items, such as crockery with engraving, clothing with embroidery, photo frames, etc. Some of these objects can really be used by children, but there are also those that are kept for memory and stored as a family heirloom.

For older children will be interesting souvenirs of folk art: dolls, dolls, whistles, bells, pipes. Bewitched a child of any age with a snow globe. This gift will please the birthday man for a long time and remind him of the celebration. It is possible that you will need a small version of such a ball; mini balls, also sold in sets, are suitable for this case.

A wider selection of souvenirs for teenagers and teenagers: key rings, roulettes, personalized photo frames, lamps, night lamps, soft toys, including plaids or other surprises, all kinds of moneyboxes.

After the gift is selected, it is necessary to pack it beautifully. Packaging comes in the form of baskets, boxes, gift bags and bags. A gift can be wrapped in wrapping paper, placed in an inflated ball or use other options suggested by fantasy.

It is convenient to put small toys, sets of cosmetics, sweets in the basket. They come in different sizes and styles: rectangular, round, oval, wooden and plastic, with or without handles. The basket chosen to taste and size should be decorated with an elegant ribbon, a flower or a bow.

If you need to pack sweets, small board games, phone, then stop your choice on the box. They come in the form of a house, shoes or sneakers, in the form of cartoon characters, animals and the like. You can buy them ready-made or do it yourself using templates.

Decorate a simple box with plastic rhinestones, ribbons, buttons, beads. Sometimes they make out sweets. On the finished packaging, you can attach any small toy, keychain with double-sided tape or ribbons. Bright ribbon in the form of a flower can become an independent decoration.

To pack a gift that does not fit in the box or it is inconvenient to pack it, It is recommended to use an elegant bag for packaging. It can also be bought or sewn and decorated to your taste with applique or embroidery, by attaching a gift tag.

The next packaging option is wrapping paper. Gifts are wrapped in it, which are inconvenient to be packed in a box, and those that are already packed in a box, but require registration. Decorate such a gift with bright ribbons, gathered in flowers or bows. A good option is to wrap an oblong gift in candy wrapping paper.

Even more enjoyable than buying and preparing a gift is the moment it is presented. After all, you can simply give the prepared gift, and you can make a whole idea.

Here are some ways to serve:

• hang a light object or put it next to the bed so that when waking up in the morning, the child was already waiting for a surprise;
• attach a ribbon to the bed and stretch it around the house as a guide to the gift;
• catching the moment when the birthday person wakes up, present the gift to his favorite music or to the sound of dudelok, if you wish, put on funny caps or dress up as fairy-tale characters, accompanying congratulations with applause and good wishes;
• to make a map with a cache, where the gift is hidden, and to arrange its search from competitions;
• fill the cabinet with balloons and hide a gift there or offer to open a cooked box from which helium balloons with a tied present will fly out;
• hide in a plush toy;
• leave at the doorstep and ring the doorbell and hide;
• hide the toy on the control panel so that it unexpectedly leaves the hiding place, carrying a gift.

Choosing, decorating and giving a gift for your child’s birthday is a very pleasant and exciting process. Treat them with interest, then both you and your birthday boy will be rewarded with a rainbow of positive emotions and memorable memories.

See the following video for interesting gift wrapping ideas.