Everyone is waiting for the new year - both young children and adults, for each this holiday has a special meaning, embodying the hope of a miracle, fulfillment of desires and achievement of new heights. Teenagers are not an exception - they, like children, still live in the brightest aspirations, but no longer believe in Santa Claus; Parents as well as grandparents enter as the main New Year wizard. We offer a list of gifts that will appeal to your teenager.
Selection rules
Successfully pick up a New Year's gift for a child of 11–15 years old is not a simple task. In order not to lose the present you need to think over all the details in advance and find out what children are interested in today in this difficult age.
The main thing is not to pick up a thing for the child, if he can use it only a few years later.
In addition, it does not make sense to present items that parents already buy on any weekday as needed.
It is imperative to take into account the interests of the most maturing child. Children at this age are already quite smart, so you can directly ask them - this is easy to do, especially when it comes to your own child or next of kin.
When this is not possible, you can get the necessary information from friends of the child or view his profile in social networks - surely you will learn a lot about the personality and preferences of a teenager.
Remember that it is not necessary to present to the teenager too many children's gifts, for example, soft toys in the form of a symbol of the coming year or statuettes on the same subject - they are already too large to enjoy the new toy, but not old enough to appreciate care and attention in small things.
Popular options
In fact, it is not so difficult to choose a gift for a modern teenager. Agree that nowadays none of them thinks of themselves without all sorts of gadgets and digital devices - they simply cannot do without them, therefore, in any case, they will be happy to receive something new and interesting.
That is why the current and desired gift can be selected from the following list.
- New smartphone one of the latest models - Of course, such a gift will cost you quite expensive, but you simply cannot think of a better option for a teenager. Usually, several relatives are put together for such a purchase: parents, as well as grandparents, and even uncles and aunts.
- Modern teenagers love to listen to different music, and they do it everywhere: at home, on a friendly walk and in any public places. A good gift idea might be compact speaker or stereo headphones - Today, the choice of such devices is impressive, they are offered in stores in a variety of designs, sizes and sets of user characteristics.
- Webcam it will be useful to any child: with its help, he will be able to communicate with friends or take photos / videos, especially for those who prefer such a gadget to novice bloggers.
- Cool phone case - A good gift idea, it can be made of expensive material and decorated with rhinestones, engraved or funny images.
- In winter, many dream of touch gloves which allow you to use the phone on the street and not worry about freezing fingers. These devices at the tips are made of a special material to which the touchscreen responds.
- Unfortunately, smartphones are rather quickly discharged, therefore power bank It will not be superfluous in the arsenal of a young man or girl, and to make a gift truly unique, you can engrave on it a personal inscription.
- A good alternative to gadgets will be concert ticket favorite band or popular artist your teen dreams about.
The list of the best gifts to the boy
Boys always have their own ideas about what kind of gift can be considered necessary and useful. Most often, young men order the following to their relatives.
- Glider - This is a multifunctional device that will appeal not only to boys of 11–15 years old, but also older men. It is almost impossible to break, it is completely safe, easily disassembled and assembled.
- If a boy is focused on making money himself, it makes sense to teach him business card or expensive wallet.
- Nowadays, a healthy lifestyles is in fashion - if your child prefers sport, then the question of a gift for a New Year's holiday is solved very simply. At this age, the boys tend to look as courageous as possible, so they will certainly appreciate the new snowboarding, certificate for a diving course or a master class ride on skis.
The list of successful gifts can be supplemented with the following options:
- gym membership, allowing you to practice at any time of the year;
- fitness bracelet - an indispensable assistant in the classroom, especially if physical education classes have just begun to enter the life of your child;
- any sports equipment - it can be horizontal bars, punching bags, skis, skates or rollers.
If an exciting sporting event is expected in your city, the child will probably not miss the opportunity to cheer on your favorite team — just give him a ticket for the match.
What can you give a girl?
Teenage girls dream of looking beautiful and stylish, like show business stars and models on the pages of glossy magazines, so a gift should be closely related to the beauty industry.
- Certificate of purchase of cosmetics and perfumes - any young lady will surely be delighted with this gift; if she already has cosmetics, you can present a certificate to a fashionable boutique so that she can choose stylish clothes for herself.
- Bag or backpack - This is an excellent choice of New Year's present, just keep in mind that he must meet all the latest fashion trends.
- Stylish Sunglasses - A similar gift is appropriate at any time of the year, especially since spring is around the corner, and with it comes the bright sun.
- Stylish jewelry - this gift will allow the little girl to stand out from the crowd.
- It is unlikely that there is such a beauty who will refuse professional photo shoot - teenage girls will happily join the collection of their photos, which they can share in Instagram, VK and other social networks.
- Brand clothing, a set of gloves, scarf and hats, jewelry or trendy kigurumi - all this will please a teenage girl. This is not surprising, because they always dream of getting something as a gift that they don’t have enough money for themselves and when dreams come true - it always causes delight.
- As an option, you can teach her selfie stick or smartphone filter - Modern girls love these devices.
- Many girls are fond of creativity - Now it is fashionable to draw, engage in soap-making, making slimes - there are a lot of hobbies, so everything connected with the girl's hobby may be useful for her.
And, of course, any gift for a girl should definitely be supplemented with a sweet treat.
Symbolic souvenirs
If we talk about gifts from a child to a child, then symbolic gifts, including hand-made gifts, are quite allowed here. Because of their young age, children still do not earn money, so for a brother, teenage sister, or school friend, they most often make gifts with their own hands.Usually such crafts are cheap - everything that is needed for them is literally a penny. Many ideas, for example:
- Christmas tree of threads;
- snowman from plastic cups;
- bead jewelery;
- photo album using scrapbooking;
- chewing gums for hands, lizuny and similar toys.
This is only a small part of what can be presented to a teenager on behalf of a younger relative.
Symbolic New Year's gifts are always relevant, regardless of age - just need to pick them up more carefully, for example, probably boys and girls 10–15 years old will appreciate Christmas decorations made in the subject of their hobbies, for example, a ball depicting the characters of their favorite TV shows.
Today, trendy cozy warm sweaters and socks with a New Year's print. Fashion for them came from European countries and America.
As a rule, such products are produced in limited collections, so no teenager will refuse to get a stylish exclusive item.
Traditionally, it is possible to present him a set of ginger cookies in thematic packaging, fortune cookies or chests of delicious treasures.
Surely for many years you have already managed to study the child's taste tastes, and you will have no difficulty in purchasing a set of sweets for him - such a present will definitely please both boys and girls, especially if you add it with practical trifles.
Cool ideas
An interesting option would be funny greetings, surprise gifts and cool pranks. A wide selection of such products can be found in any specialized stores. It can be a funny stand for a smartphone, an umbrella “Samurai Sword”, a 3D lamp or other gifts. In recent years, the Magic Ball has become popular - it is an interesting device for fortune telling. Its owner mentally formulates the question, shakes the ball, and an answer appears in the accompanying window.
Many people like the improvised lie detector, which will surely amuse its recipient and take pride of place in the teenager's room.
A set of make-up pencils or paints is not ignored - most likely, the child will immediately use it in order to decorate the face of himself and his friends.
The special atmosphere of the holiday will be conveyed by a balloon with predictions - for this you just need to purchase a huge bunch of balloons, inside each one place a note with predictions decorated in the style of ancient scrolls.
Do not forget that thoughts are material and tend to be fulfilled, so try to write only the kindest prophecies.
Original moneybox for money - such products are made in a transparent design with a lot of labyrinths inside. Thus, the bill is very easy and just gets inside, but to extract it will have a great try. A “chewing” piggy bank looks ridiculous - such a device literally eats bills brought to the hole.
A notebook in the form of an iPhone, a T-shirt with a cool print, a running alarm clock - all this is also included in the top ideas of pleasant presents for teenagers.
And, of course, what a teenager does not like new emotions, so you can always give them a fascinating adventure:
- a walk on a sleigh pulled by a husky;
- snowboarding lesson;
- paintball game with friends;
- master class for creative natures;
- martial arts lessons and much, much more.
See gift ideas for a teenager for the New Year in the next video.