What to give your aunt for her birthday?
When choosing gifts for your beloved aunt for her birthday, it is important to avoid platitudes and dust-collecting trinkets. Better to bet on something practical and often used in the future. Of course, you cannot do without some kind of personal information, for example, what is the relative hobby for, in what style her apartment is decorated and whether there is a need for a specific present.
What can you do with your own hands?
You can give your aunt a birthday a variety of home-made interior items. In women, the house is often absent housekeeper in the hallway, and this element is really useful and pleasing to the eye. It will be possible to create a place for storing keys, some trifles, and maybe mail, with the help of wooden elements, various fasteners and wicker baskets. Another uncomplicated homemade gift is panel or suspension for photographs.
You can use ready-made wooden frames, which are fixed to each other according to a certain principle and decorated with paints or volumetric elements.
A more stylish solution would be creating a frame from wood, between which a string or other material is pulled, and photographs are hung on clothespins. Of course, you should print the best pictures yourself and fill the frames with them. Knowledge of handicraft techniques will create a picture or other decorative element for decorating walls, a candlestick on a table, pillows in unusual covers, or even handmade earthenware.
Pretty easy to do scrapbooking photo album, but the emotions from receiving it are always the most pleasant.
Multifunctional will be handmade pillow and roller, filled with dry aromatic herbs. If you compose the composition correctly, then the thought will create a calming effect and help you fall asleep faster.
Solutions such as a knitted blanket, a shawl, a lace fan for wall decoration, or even a decorated handmade umbrella. If a niece or nephew owns a dacha or a vegetable garden on the windowsill, then they can grow and dry various herbs, and then present them in convenient containers as seasonings for cooking.
It is appropriate to supplement such a gift with a handmade wooden spoon or spatula.
Of course, speaking of homemade gifts for your beloved aunt, you cannot ignore such a sphere as cosmetics. There are a huge number of master classes on the Internet, after studying which it will turn out Make your own bath salt, shower gel, cream, massage oil mixture, scrub or lip balm. Such cosmetics will not only benefit the body, but also bring additional pleasant emotions to a relative, who will understand how much effort was expended to create this gift.
A skilled craftswoman will be able to make a stylish accessory - from earrings to a bag.
A variety of delicacies prepared by oneself always bring pleasant emotions.
The gift can be as a finished product, for example, a cake or a set of cupcakes, as well as originally designed ingredients. In the second case, we mean a neat jar, inside which the products necessary for making cookies or hot chocolate are placed in layers. Of course, any gift will be complemented by an unusual postcard made of paper and filled with sincere wishes.
Original gifts
It will be very pleasant to receive a gift "for beauty" from her niece's aunt for an anniversary, such as perfume or a set of personal care products. If financial capabilities allow, then the bet should be made on certificate to a beauty salon or spa. Peeling, massage, face masks or even fresh manicure - all this will surely delight a woman. Surely the aunt will also like the certificate for a photo session for a famous photographer. Becomes good and always appropriate a small piece of furniture or decor.
As an option, the aunt's apartment will decorate an original shelf or flower in a pot, a beautiful vase or picture, a set for a desktop or a composition of high-quality candles with a pleasant aroma.
As for technology, it is unlikely that a relative lacks such basic elements as a microwave oven or a kettle. But waffle maker, yogurt maker, juicer, sandwich maker or modern multifunctional blender will definitely take their rightful place in the kitchen.
The same applies to the technique "for beauty" - a curling iron, a travel hair dryer or a facial massager can be a good gift.
The number of home gift options is actually vast. They will find their place in the kitchen a heat-resistant baking dish, porcelain tea pair or a set for homemade rolls. Perfectly perceived and grocery sets packed in beautiful wooden boxes. For example, it can be a cheese platter, exotic coffee beans with a coffee grinder, some unusual honey flavors, tea in beautiful jars, or ordinary sweets.
Your aunt will probably want to take advantage of items from the "cozy" set, which includes a warm blanket, an LED garland, a beautiful candle and funny socks. The mistress of the "home jungle" will come in handy with a flower pot with an automatic irrigation function, a stylish watering can or a plant care kit.
Hobby items are always appropriate and non-trivial... If the aunt is actively involved in knitting, then she will like a set of expensive yarn, and if she loves to cook, a set of molds of unusual shapes and sizes, cookbook and modern accessories.By the way, the needlewoman will obviously like the opportunity to visit some Master Class and learn a new skill. Exotic cuisine, decorations made of polymer clay, macrame, clay modeling, creation of floristic compositions - you can choose an option for every taste.
If the aunt has not lost her youthful spirit and continues to study with pleasure, then it is important to support this hobby of hers.
This could be an online course or seminar of interest, a membership to a fitness club, or new shoes for flamenco classes. It makes sense for sporty ladies to give Nordic walking poles, an exercise bike or cute dumbbells. The pet owner is allowed to present a gift not personally to her, but for her pet. A house for a cat, a leather leash, a set of stylish plates, ecological toys, or even a set of all the above amenities along with food - all this will be accepted with great gratitude.
Many today are adopting greener lifestyles and striving to follow the Zero Waste philosophy. Such people are suitable fabric shopping bags, reusable water bottle, canvas shopping bag, eco-friendly goodies and home supplies.
Inexpensive options
Inexpensive options still need to be thoughtful so that you don't get the impression that they were bought at the last moment at a kiosk on the corner. For example, it could be fortune cookie box, which is inexpensive, but always gives a lot of emotions.
Any woman will be pleased to receive some kind of hair ornament as a gift, for example, a set of decorative hairpins or even a tiara on the way out.
Of course, they will always delight and various accessories that complement the image... When choosing a scarf, you should first either inquire about the birthday girl's preferences, or independently study her photos on social networks and figure out what will suit her.
In the event that a relative often visits church, it is better to take the accessory in a neutral shade. Scarf or snood indispensable in the colder months. Convenient if they are presented complete with a cozy hat. It is better to give a belt made of genuine leather - other variations look too cheap as a gift. When choosing a model, you should focus on what shades the aunt prefers when buying bags, clothes or shoes.
In order not to miscalculate with the decision, it is recommended to take the classic black model.
Nice and cute looks topiary made from coffee beans or artificial flowers. Such a homemade trinket is quite acceptable. Will fit into the kitchen tea house, which contains tea bags, coffee or cocoa packaging. Handmade soap it will be useful to any woman, and the ability to purchase any fragrances allows you to make the best choice. Useful for jewelry small wooden box, decorated using decoupage technique.
It is quite budgetary a book is the best gift for most people. If the aunt belongs to book lovers, then she can be presented with a novelty of a favorite author, a book on a topic of interest, or a luxurious notebook for notes. In the absence of confidence in the choice, it is more logical to purchase bookstore certificate.
Of course, the easiest and most budgetary way is to simply present the birthday girl bouquet of flowers... They can be either purchased or collected in your own garden.
Surprise presentations
A rich aunt, who, in fact, has everything, should be presented with those gifts that can surprise her. For example, it might turn out to be her portrait, painted from a photograph. You can order both an ordinary, real image, and a picture in the pin-up style or created using other techniques. Always surprise and delight gifts-events, the choice of which is based on the personal qualities of the aunt. One will admire a flight in a wind tunnel or even a parachute jump, another will be happy with tickets to a concert of her favorite band, and the third will clearly enjoy a spontaneous trip to a restaurant.
It's always nice and uncommon to get it for your birthday a trip to a sanatorium, a neighboring city or even to another country... In the event that auntie has a large family, she will surely enjoy the opportunity to just spend the night at the hotel all alone, visit the pool and spa there, and have breakfast buffet in the morning. A memorable gift will be a surprise party with a specific theme and original decorations, to which all close relatives will be invited.
It is worth considering the option of purchasing gift editions of books, albums of your favorite musical groups, rare discs or reproductions of paintings.
Perhaps a relative will be pleased with the purchase vintage gramophone for listening to music in live sound. If your aunt is already over fifty years old, then it’s just about time to acquire something memorable, family, capable of becoming a family heirloom. For example, it can be a family tree, decorated in a solid wooden frame, a commemorative poster on canvas, or even a decoration that will be further inherited.
An accessory must be made of noble metal and with precious stones, elegant and in a classic style. Better to choose earrings, chains or bracelets - the most versatile decoration options.
If you don't know what to give your aunt for her birthday, see a selection of ideas in the video below.