What to give a child for his birthday?

The long-awaited holiday of all children - a birthday, is 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 gift to choose for your beloved child is the main one among them.

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

• Photo salons now have a service for printing photos on your favorite thing. This can be a mug, plate, T-shirt, pillow and many other little things.
• You can also make a photo collage of the birthday person yourself or order in the same photo studio. A collage can be made with a description of the main events in the child's life or achievements if he is fond of sports or creativity. A calendar collage is perfect for getting to know the months for a little birthday boy or for planning the activities of a school-age child.
• Create a colorful video from a photo or video of your child about him. Moreover, there are now a lot of programs for photo and video editing, as well as training videos.
• Write a real book, where your birthday person is the main character, and decorate it beautifully (you can use his photographs).
• For many children, a photo of his idol with a personal signature will be a memorable gift. Order such a photo via the Internet, and the gift is ready.

An interesting way of spending a holiday can also become an unusual and memorable birthday present for children. It can be quests, theme parties, organized independently or with the invitation of animators. A trip to the circus, oceanarium, to the concert of your favorite artist will also be a pleasant surprise if the child has long dreamed about it.

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

For very young children, valuable gifts such as electronic gadgets and robots often don't make sense as they can be easily broken. Emotions and the joy of a gift are important for a child. At the same time, the desire of adults to give something more substantial is understandable. In this case, some donors will first find out from their parents what, in addition to toys, the birthday person needs, and give the child some memorable surprise, and the parents - money in an envelope.

A lucky surprise should be:

• bright and colorful;
• so that everyone can play with him;
• bearing a good sense.

Older children develop their own interests and hobbies. And here, in order to guess the gift, it is worth consulting with his parents: what he likes and what is suitable for his age. Perhaps the child is assiduous and will patiently observe or carefully examine an expensive gift, or maybe he is a fidget and will instantly disassemble it for parts. Here you can also find out from parents about their plans for a large purchase for the child's birthday and set up with them for a present.

You can give money to older children, when their preferences are difficult to find out. Older students can already set goals and save for them. In this case, money can be a good gift for them.

Shop counters offer a huge selection of sweets for every taste - figured chocolate and marmalade, cakes, sweets, bars and their sets. You can also order original cakes depicting a wide variety of subjects: 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 a foam base, glue it over with corrugated paper, and attach chocolate bars and sweets to it, securing them with a bright ribbon. On top, you can lay curly marmalade or colored dragee.

In a similar way, only by changing the shape of the base, you can make sweet tank or a car for a boy... Girls will love bouquet or princess castle made of sweets. A box for sweets or a gift in the form of a heart or other shape can also be decorated "sweetly" - according to the same principle as a candy cake.

Another option for a sweet gift is a gingerbread. Crafted at home by yourself, it gives room for imagination of its decoration. But to really surprise the birthday man, make a gingerbread house better - such a gift will definitely be unique.

It is also necessary to choose a souvenir for a child in accordance with his age and needs.

Souvenirs for small children are personalized items, such as engraved dishes, embroidered clothes, photo frames, etc. Some of these items can actually be used by babies, but there are also some that are gifted and kept as a family heirloom.

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

A wider selection of souvenirs for teenagers and adolescents: roulette key rings, personalized photo frames, lamps, bedside lamps, soft toys, including those with blankets or other surprises, all kinds of piggy banks.

After the gift has been chosen, it will have to be beautifully wrapped. Packaging is in the form of baskets, boxes, gift bags and bags. The present can be wrapped in wrapping paper, placed in an inflated balloon, or other options suggested by your imagination can be used.

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

If you need to pack sweets, small board games, a phone, then opt for a box. They come in the form of a house, a shoe or a sneaker, in the form of cartoon characters, animals and the like. You can buy them ready-made or make them yourself using templates.

You can decorate a simple box with plastic rhinestones, ribbons, buttons, beads. Sometimes they are decorated with sweets. You can attach some small toy, keychain to the finished package using double-sided tape or ribbon. A bright ribbon in the shape of a flower can become an independent decoration.

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

The next packaging option is wrapping paper. Gifts are wrapped in it, which are inconvenient to put in a box, and those that are already packed in a box, but require decoration. Such a gift is decorated with bright ribbons collected in flowers or bows. A good option is to wrap the oblong gift in candy-shaped 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 present, or you can arrange a whole performance.

Here are some ways to give it:

• hang a light object or put it next to the bed so that a surprise awaits the child when he wakes up in the morning;
• attach a ribbon to the bed and stretch it throughout the house as a guide to the gift;
• catching the moment when the birthday person wakes up, give a present to his favorite music or to the sounds of pipes, wearing funny caps if desired or dressing up as fairy-tale characters, accompanying congratulations with applause and good wishes;
• draw up a map with a cache where the gift is hidden, and arrange a search for it from contests;
• fill the closet with balloons and hide the gift there or offer to open the prepared box, from which helium balloons with the attached present will fly out;
• hide in a plush toy;
• leave at the threshold and, ringing the doorbell and hide;
• hide the toy on the control panel so that it suddenly leaves a secret place, carrying a gift.

Choosing, decorating and giving a present for your child's birthday is a very pleasant and exciting chore. Treat them with interest, then you and your birthday person will be rewarded with a rainbow of positive emotions and memorable memories.

See the following video for interesting gift wrapping ideas.