What is customary to give to colleagues for the New Year?

Work teams are different: friendly, comfortable or. on the contrary, unfriendly and conflicting. In any case, on New Year's holidays, all the troubles and roughness in communication recede. I would like to please those around me in these magical days, even with something insignificant. The difficulty lies in the fact that the people in the team are different, so it seems that it is impossible to make them all happy. However, it is not. Let's take a look at some creative and inexpensive options for colleagues.

Of course, you can not be original and buy purely symbolic souvenirs for everyone for the New Year. They can be small postcards or figurines depicting a symbol of the coming year. Think about it, most likely, you will not be the only one, so the tables of colleagues will be littered with such gifts, which will not cheer them up. Better to approach the task more creatively.

The range of women's souvenirs is wide and varied. For example, some cute female "things" such as a knitted cover for a hot mug are suitable for young employees.

Surprises that can be presented to women for the New Year are chosen from the following categories.

• Kitchen and household utensils. These include bakeware, which can be made of silicone and have an interesting contour. Glass or non-stick coated molds are selected as standard options.
• Tea and coffee couples useful not only in the kitchen, but also in various coffee points that are now common in large companies. Unusual cutting boards, beautiful and bright kitchen scales or thermometers will delight good housewives.
• Sets of towels or potholders together with an apron are also gifts for decorating the kitchen interior. As a rule, they are decorated with a New Year's pattern. The same category includes souvenir candles. Unique handicrafts are more appreciated as the products are not repeated. Candles will look cozy in the New Year's interior.
• For body and soul. Lovely sets with women's personal care accessories are always relevant. They include soap from home craftsmen, salt or foam for taking a bath, an aroma lamp with amazing smells, interestingly shaped pocket mirrors, stands and jewelry boxes for storing jewelry. On New Year's winter evenings, fluffy soft socks with a New Year theme will come in handy.
• Working little things. The work of many women is connected with a computer, so rugs and mice with an interesting design will be a pleasant gift. Also, any employee will be surprised by a small pot with a lush home plant. The workplace will be decorated with an entertaining photo frame or a stand for a mug. Unlike men, the female half of almost any team will appreciate the special containers for food. Choose bright and beautiful, but slightly large containers.

Among the unusual things that practical housewives will prefer, the following are noted.

• Pizza knife. The pizza cutter has the shape of a sharp disc rotating on a holder-handle. It is coated with bright silicone for convenience, beauty and hygiene.
• Multifunctional kitchen utensilseg bottle openers or knives.
• Interesting cups, with a side pocket for a tea bag.
• Housekeeper. Small original storage boxes will help you not to lose your keys by organizing a special place for them. Key holders are conveniently located not only in the apartment, but also in the office, in the country or in the cottage.
• Blankets... They are now inexpensive. It's nice to wrap yourself up in a soft plush blanket on cold winter evenings.
• Large bath towels are still a welcome gift for any practical woman.

If the team is purely male and, in addition, cheerful, there is an opportunity to pick up cool presents. For example, beer mugs with funny phrases or shapes. There are many such gifts on sale now. They are relatively inexpensive but fun. For example, toilet paper with crosswords, a piggy bank in the form of a country toilet, signs for an office like “I don’t take bribes”.

If the team is mixed, and even of different ages, then you can pay attention to more neutral options for men's gifts. These include various adaptations for electronic devices.

• Holders for smartphones. There are some very interesting specimens.
• Wireless speakers. Manufacturers now offer models that differ in design and additional functions. For example, with bright lighting, which will replace the New Year's garlands. Speakers are produced not only in different shapes, but also in the form of various figurines. Santa Claus or Snowman will do as a Christmas present.
• Flash drives or hard drives. In modern society, storage devices are a completely ordinary thing that is always in use. Therefore, such a present is of certain benefit.To enhance the New Year's effect, you can consider options for flash drives in the form of different symbols or animals, and download photos from the last New Year's corporate party or a good nostalgic film to your hard drive.
• USB fan.
• Power-bank especially useful for employees who are often on business trips. The device is compact, so it is convenient on the road.
• Laptop stand with additional fan. Men will appreciate her because she is practical in every sense.
• Headphones. If there are music lovers in the team, then the accessory will be useful for them. Now the market offers different types and types of headphones, so when choosing, you should focus on cost, specifications and external design.

It is customary for male bosses to give stylish gifts, such as leather-bound diaries, pens from good firms, interesting themed ashtrays and lighters, and car accessories.

Sales representatives now offer interesting sets with small bottles of high-quality expensive alcohol. Added to them are chocolate and, for example, tangerines. A good option would be a souvenir flask with engraving or in an interesting case. A small thermos of an original shape will also delight a male employee.

It happens that gifts are given jointly, and not personal, for example, from one department to another. In this case, it is necessary to understand what employees use together.

To raise the festive mood it is worth presenting a set of New Year's decorations for decorating a work space. You should first find out if employees can afford to do this, otherwise the set will gather dust on the shelf.

Mini gifts in the form of beautifully wrapped Christmas tree balls will delight every co-worker, be it a man or a woman. In large factories with a large number of employees, it is difficult to approach souvenirs individually, therefore they use various useful little things as gifts.

• Stationery - pens, pencils, notepads. They are either with the symbols of the plant, or with the New Year theme.
• Hand and overhead flashlights for storekeepers.
• Business card holders and key rings.
• Mugs. They are either ordinary or thermoses.
• Phone holders for car or desktop.
• Personalized mugs or glasses.
• Stands for stationery, corresponding to the festive theme.
• Fasteners for papers in the form of different figures.

Do not forget about edible gifts, they are loved not only by children. Presents like these require tasteful festive packaging.

• Tea. Specialty shops offer a wide variety of different teas. It is better if you know the preferences of your colleagues, then you can choose your own taste and aroma for everyone. A pair of tea or a teapot is also added to the set.
• Coffee. As a presentation, you need to choose carefully and good elite varieties. If this is a collective gift that everyone will use, then it is better to stop at standard coffee without additives. For a personalized presentation, choose a product based on the preferences of your colleagues. You can add turkish or coffee steam to coffee. It should be noted that the drink can be instant, ground or grain. Consider this when buying.
• Fragrant honey. A jar of real honey pleasure is a wonderful New Year's souvenir for connoisseurs. Vendors offer gift sets consisting of several small containers of different types of honey.
• A bottle of sparkling champagne and a box of nice chocolates at all times were an excellent present in a friendly team.
• For lovers and connoisseurs, loving colleagues sometimes present a couple of jars of red and black caviar.
• Recently, there have been masters offering gingerbread with themed patterns... They fulfill orders for sets of cookies, cakes, natural marshmallows or handmade cupcakes. Having received such a sweet surprise, colleagues will be delighted.

Any New Year gift should be accompanied by a postcard with sincere congratulations. They are welcome in any form: poetry, prose, with or without humor, beautifully designed and always with signatures. In the absence of talent, it is not difficult to purchase a ready-made version. Now masters make postcards in different techniques, the most famous are scrapbooking and quilling. The first technique consists in the use of various materials and the ability to combine them favorably and beautifully with each other. The second method can be called applique, where narrow strips of paper are used as elements, twisted into tight "snails" and laid according to the pattern.

If the team is separated by distance, then a video greeting will be a great surprise. It all depends on creativity and a sense of humor. Decorated in the form of a song, dance, poem, it will cheer up colleagues at the other end of the line and leave an indelible impression on everyone. A corporate cake of the appropriate size and shape always makes a splash in the team.

Knowing perfectly the characters of your colleagues, sometimes you can be original, add creativity and humor. Then the success of the gift will be guaranteed. Unusual and creative things appear on the shelves every New Year. You just need to be able to see them.

Cool chocolate bars, comic inscriptions, funny shapes of mugs and other gadgets will surprise and amuse your colleagues. The mood will definitely be upbeat on New Year's days and after them. The only condition is mutual understanding, correctness, good knowledge of the characters and preferences of people. Colleagues should not hate you after receiving a presentation.

Do you want to present a handmade Christmas ball? Why not order a real master class on their own painting for the entire department, and then exchange them. It will turn out to be interesting and unforgettable.

For employees who sit at the workplace for a long time, a mug heater will come in handy. Such devices come in different configurations, for example, in the form of "Orio" cookies. They are connected via a computer USB port. If the tea or coffee has cooled down, then the stand will help to reheat them to 40 degrees.

Technical presentations include a keyboard vacuum cleaner. It has a compact size, it copes well with crumbs and dust stuck between the keys. The vacuum cleaner will be appreciated by all information workers.

A good mood for the team can be ensured by putting interesting fortune cookies on the common festive table. Then the corporate dinner will be fun and unforgettable. It is necessary that the predictions are only positive or cheerful.

If the head of the department is a cheerful, but explosive person, then he may well give employees small anti-stress toys. On the one hand, the present will be a kind of apology for past and future grievances, on the other hand, it will reveal his gentle character and show him as a humorous person.

Now there are interesting ecological things on sale, for example, "growing pencils". They are made from pressed paper. On one side of them there is a capsule in which a seed of a plant is hidden. After the accessory is written down, it is stuck into the ground with a capsule down and watered. After a while, the sprout will hatch. These pencils are a very original and unusual New Year's surprise.

Another original thing to ask about is the foot hammock. It is hung under the table instead of a stand.Surely he will appeal to people who work a lot at the computer.

There are unique gifts, such as a coughing ashtray or a magic ball that gives out answers when shaken.

Any handmade present will be unique. If you are beading, then consider the idea of ​​key rings for keys, bags or backpacks. No one else will make such a gift.

Bookmarks made of leather, birch bark, fabric, beads, wire, cardboard and other materials will be a good option for book lovers. Another handicraft that has become popular lately is the topiary. It is a small artificial tree with a crown made of different parts. In this capacity, coffee beans, cones, beads, pom-poms, plastic flowers and twigs, ribbons and much more are suitable. The design depends only on the imagination of the master.

When choosing gifts for employees, remember that they should be in approximately the same price range. All employees understand that small budget gifts symbolize only attention, and do not indicate status, so you do not need to spend a lot of money to prove something to each other. Valuable expensive souvenirs are bought only together in order to present them to the boss.

The choice of gifts for the New Year must be approached carefully. Be sure to use holiday packaging. Handmade, it will add sincerity and charm. In the absence of time, you can buy ready-made or order in advance from master entertainers.

When creating gifts for the New Year be sure to consider the age of your co-workers. There are things that should not be given to older people, they may not understand and be offended. It is better to focus on universal things when choosing, suitable for men and women, young and aged people.

There are some things that shouldn't be gifted at work. They are usually intimate. These include underwear and perfume. To choose them, you need to know the person well enough, to be close to him. Communication in the office is not enough for this.

Often, for a collective New Year's presentation, bosses choose a convenient option for themselves - a certificate. However, consider this choice, you may only make life difficult for employees. A small amount is not enough to buy a worthwhile thing, so they will have to pay extra, which will entail additional costs. Otherwise, the card will simply fall on someone's table as a dead weight.

For more information on what else you can give your colleagues for the New Year, see the next video.