What to give parents for the New Year?
Young people often find it difficult to choose a gift for their parents. Over time, ideas become less and less, but the New Year is approaching, and I want to express to my parents how important they are to you. Today we will talk about choosing New Year's gifts for parents and figure out what is worth and what not to give for the New Year holidays.
Selection recommendations. What should not be gifted?
Choosing a gift for the New Year for parents is an important point that should not be taken lightly. It is a gift that you show your gratitude for the help last year and for all the care that your parents have shown you throughout your life.
We have developed for you a list of recommendations that will help you choose the right and useful gift.
- When choosing a gift, try to think about what will be useful for the parents, and not for you, if you were in their place. If you would like to receive a sea tour as a gift, this does not mean that your parents share your opinion. Perhaps there is something of a higher priority on their wish list now.
- When you meet your parents, pay attention to their conversation. Often, tips for choosing a gift slip into the dialogue itself. The conversation about urgently needed things should come up sooner or later, in the end, try to remember past dialogues with mom and dad. Perhaps they have already said that they want to buy something that they still do not have.
- For young parents, it is better to choose gifts related to going out - hiking, movie tickets, games, vouchers, dance lessons, general master classes. For elderly parents and retired parents, a priori, it is better to focus on practical and decorative gifts, here it is worth seeing the border between entertainment and relaxation.
- The parents of the groom or the bride should be given something not so much practical as global - for example, the same vacation ticket. It should be understood that it was they who raised your partner the way you love him. And they are the ones who will look after your children when they are born.
- Remember, the main thing is not the price of the gift, but its practicality and relevance. Not every mom needs to buy a Chanel handbag to express her love. Sometimes the best surprise is a simple kiss on the cheek and a promise to always be there. This is especially important for older parents.
Before deciding on the choice of a New Year's gift for your parents, it is worth dealing with a list of those items and things that are definitely not worth giving.
- The first candidate for exclusion is gifts or things that were once given to you and they turned out to be useless. The fact is that for most things it is immediately noticeable whether they have been used before. And imagine the awkwardness of the situation if you give your parents something that they have already seen while visiting you. It is unlikely that this will ruin your relationship with loved ones, but it will definitely let them know that you did not spend even half an hour choosing a gift.
- If we are talking about joint gifts, then immediately exclude all kitchen or household utensils from your list: pans, washing machines, pot sets and so on. This type of joint gifts looks banal and non-festive. And, most likely, only your mother will use them, which will exclude a pleasant surprise for the father from the gift.
- A separate item here is to designate the purchase of expensive sets as a joint gift. As a rule, such sets are rarely used in the future for fear of breaking something from the set. Consequently, the practical value of the gift is lost. An exception to this list is themed tea sets - for example, Japanese sets for tea ceremonies.
- One of the most unfortunate gifts for parents, and especially for the New Year - these are objects or things that, in one way or another, hint at imminent death, fading health, illness and aging. It can be all kinds of medicinal herbal kits, orthopedic items, pressure / temperature meters. You can buy all this for your parents on any other day, these things have nothing to do with the holiday and look bad.
- Another unsuccessful gift option is ordinary gifts from the nearest supermarket. Typically, this is champagne, a box of chocolates, and a cake. These things look trite and standard. And if you are going to visit your parents to celebrate the New Year, then they probably already have everything from this list. As a result, the gift will go unnoticed, and the meaning will be lost from it.
Mom's present
With the beginning of each next year, the time comes to think over everything that has happened over the past, and to discuss everything that lies ahead in the next year.
Since the whole family atmosphere and life depends on the mother, we must show with our gift how important it was for us last year, and how much it means in the present.
That is why a gift for a mom should be special and individual.
Below we have presented for you a list of the most successful ideas for gifts for mom for the New Year. And also you will get acquainted with examples of presentations for each mother, depending on hobbies and hobbies.
Inexpensive but original gift
Often we have little time to choose a gift or financial constraints, so the following gift list should come in handy.
- Decorative or practical accessories for the bedroom come to the fore. It can be an inexpensive warm bathrobe, a cozy and beautiful blanket, a soft blanket, a creative night light with an original design, a cozy set of nightwear, springy and comfortable slippers, carpets, new curtains.
- A present in the form of a plant or a flower is considered a classic, but not losing popularity gift. The plant should be in harmony with the inner state of your mother. For calm and moderate individuals, violets, aloe, balsam, azalea, gloxinia are perfect.
Kalanchoe, crocuses, miltonia, daffodils, pelargoniums are suitable for the image of a mischievous and restless mommy.
Mom personality
These gifts will suit mom, young at heart and not only.
- At the very beginning, you should think about cosmetics. Most women are extremely scrupulous about their appearance, and therefore any high-quality and natural cosmetics will be perceived as a valuable gift. It can be as a whole sets of skin care, nails, kits for hair restoration and rejuvenation, as well as separate expensive cosmetics from well-known brands (lipstick, mascara, shadows, and so on).
- Contrary to popular belief, moms respond well to digital and electronic gifts. You can limit yourself to buying a regular e-book or buy your mom an expensive tablet or smartphone, even a laptop. When choosing such gifts, make sure your mom has experience with electronics.
- The appearance depends not only on the makeup, but also on the items of clothing. You should not try to choose the dresses, suits or coats that are suitable, in your opinion, for your mother. Even if you know exactly the required dimensions, there is a great chance of making a mistake with the individual portability of a particular style or model. Try to buy more local things, it can be a clutch, a handbag, a wallet, fabric or leather gloves, an umbrella, an original belt, a hat, a beautiful weekend scarf.
- In the end, individual gifts in the form of expensive perfume, a diary, a watch, and the like can also look great as a gift. In such cases, you should carefully listen to what your mother says and even somehow carefully inquire about what she needs now.
For a mom who loves to cook
Practical gifts for the kitchen don't always look out of place. If your mom enjoys spending a lot of time in the kitchen, looking for new recipes in cookbooks and constantly experimenting with food, then the following gifts should seem extremely useful to her.
- First of all, these are household electrical appliances - coffee makers, multicooker, blenders, electronic scales, ice cream makers, waffle makers, bread makers, juicers.
- You can please your mom with the purchase of a beautiful cookbook with detailed recipes and colorful pictures.
Mom is a man of sports and creativity
If your mother lives with new ideas and cannot sit idly at home for a day, then unusual gifts may be useful for her.
- Think about whether your mother spoke about the desire to correct something in her appearance, whether she had a desire to take a break from everyday life and relax somewhere in peace and quiet. If so, then you should think about buying a certificate or a subscription to the gym, to a master class on a wide variety of hobbies from sewing and cooking to outdoor climbing lessons.
- If your mom devotes a significant part of her free time to training, gymnastics and wellness procedures, then you should think about buying an exercise machine, gym mat or fitness bracelet.
- If mom likes to spend her free time outside the house: on hikes or travel, then it would not hurt to think about buying vouchers and expeditions to interesting places. Perhaps she is dreaming of buying a travel kit for a long hike.
Dad options
Now let's figure out the choice of gifts for the head of the family - for dad. The type of gift may vary depending on your dad's preferences, habits, and interests, so we have compiled a list of the most useful and appropriate gifts for every dad.
Housekeeping dad
As a rule, it is easiest for such a dad to find a gift, because he often says himself what he needs now. The list of such items, in contrast to the list of the hostess-mother, will include purely practical and useful items.
If you give something decorative, then dad, of course, will not be offended at you, but the thing itself will be perceived as an ordinary dust collector.
Here is a list of lucky gifts for a household father.
- Useful electrical appliances for cooking will surely be a good help for a good gift. It can be all kinds of coffee makers, coffee grinders, microwave ovens, electronic induction cooker. In such a list, universal cooking items will look great: steamers, multicooker, barbecue grills.
- If for mom as an individual gift could be a good fit sets of expensive decorative dishes, then any household father will love a set of quality ceramic knives. This gift will be especially successful if you choose knives not only in terms of quality and price, but also in appearance.
- If your dad sometimes likes to drink beer in the evenings, then he will surely be delighted with such a gift as large faceted crystal beer goblet.
- Digital and electronic devices can also be a good help in choosing a gift. This applies to both small practical devices such as a barometer, weather station, electronic clock, wireless headphones, and relatively large items: air conditioner, split system, air purification complexes, humidifiers, convectors.
These items look appropriate only if the dad is in dire need of them and once said that he would like to purchase something from this list.
Dad the connoisseur
Choosing gifts for such a dad is often a daunting task. You never know what exactly will seem useful and pleasant at the same time to him. This can include various decorative items such as an expensive watch and a cigarette case, a beautiful rare lighter, and purely practical everyday items like an original razor.
Consider a list of individual gifts for such a dad.
- Perfume or eau de toilette... Oddly enough, but they are still a good choice for a gift for dad at any age. The determining factor for the success of the gift here is the price of the issue - if you bought a perfume in the nearest market, then both the quality of the packaging and the smell itself will sooner or later give out the cheapness of the model. Try to choose a more or less expensive perfume model, however, if the brand is too well-known and the price is too high, do not tell your dad. It is possible that he will simply feel sorry for using perfume at a high price in everyday life.
- Items intended for the care of the appearance: trimmers, electric razors, beard grooming kits, styling kits for styling and shaping your hairstyle. These things are suitable for those dads who actively monitor their appearance.
- Bath and bath accessories. This will fit perfectly: unusual terry dressing gowns complete with the same original slippers and towels, hydromassage rugs.
- Various sets and kits will also find a place here. For example, smoking kits with a set of expensive cigars. Sets of business or outdoor clothing. Again, make sure the kit suits your dad's best interests.
- Often there are fathers who like to taste or collect rare and expensive alcohol. Depending on your father's preferences, you can buy whiskey, cognac, wine, bourbon.Perhaps your father has long dreamed of buying a bottle of the famous Calvados from the well-known novel by Remarque.
The main mistake at the stage of choosing a gift for such a dad is buying those things that would seem attractive to you. It is worth getting rid of this habit and always try to take the place of the people to whom you give something.
Active dad with many hobbies
If your dad is an ardent lover of fishing, hunting or just outdoor activities, then choosing a gift should not be a problem. As a rule, such dads are constantly in search of some next gadget for a more convenient and comfortable pastime.
Here is a list of gifts depending on the hobby.
- If your dad is an avid fisherman, then you should think about buying original sets of tackle: spinners, fishing lines, wobblers, hooks, weights. An expensive spinning rod, a high-quality reel or even an inflatable boat can be a solid gift.
- If we are talking about a dad who is keen on hunting, then it is worth considering buying an original camouflage suit, a good gun or a cover for an existing weapon. Perhaps your dad will love the original gun care set.
- In case your dad is just a lover of outdoor activities, hiking and travel, the list expands even more. Here is a huge selection of accessories: from tents and sleeping bags to cooking tools (barbecues, smokehouses, barbecues, beautiful flasks or pots). To make the gift look as practical and versatile as possible, you can give your dad a voluminous functional backpack for travel or a functional and beautiful knife.
- Not all men's hobbies start on the doorstep, so if your dad is interested in gardening, a lawn mower or green care kit may be useful. An original set of chess or backgammon can turn out to be a good gift, if it is one of those who prefer mental rest to physical.
Athletic dad
Everything here very much depends on your father's sports hobbies.
Of course, you shouldn't buy rackets or a punching bag if your dad, for example, does jogging or speed skating.
Always choose gifts based on your father's current hobbies, not his plans.
- For a dad who does morning jogging, a breathable tracksuit will do the trick. If dad loves autumn and winter jogging, then high-quality thermal underwear will look appropriate in the kit. An original gift will be the purchase of a fitness tracker that can track sleep hours, the number of steps taken per day, and can also make individual schedules for sports.
- If you still have a young dad who often plays football, volleyball, and basketball in an amateur or professional manner, then a quality ball can be a good gift.
- For a dad who plays tennis, accordingly, good rackets and tennis balls will be useful.
- A quality trainer for training certain muscle groups can be a universal gift for every athletic dad. Just make sure that the simulator has a place in the parental home. Do not forget about sports and gymnastics clothing sets.
Dad is a motorist
It is not uncommon for an interest in cars to outgrow the usual hobby and flow into a real hobby. In this case, you are faced with a huge selection of tools and accessories that can, in one way or another, make the process of driving a car more enjoyable.
The list of practical car accessories can be quite long.
- Good tires and wheel disks (winter or autumn-spring sets of tires, high-quality alloy wheels).
- Car interior items are very popular. These are all kinds of covers, upholstery, rugs, interior care kits.
- Digital devices that make driving easier are also popular: DVRs, navigators, radio, phone holders.
- In the end, you can simply buy your dad a certificate for a quality car wash, cleaning or diagnostics.
Remember, these gifts will be successful only if car care is almost your father's only concern.
Gourmet dad
Quality or rare products remain popular gifts for every parent. The difference from gifts of a technical and household nature is that the latter will be beneficial throughout the entire service life, while natural gifts are often used extremely quickly, and therefore the cost of such gifts should be of an appropriate nature.
The most successful options for edible gifts for the father will be special and rare delicacies.
- If your dad is a real fruity sweetheart, then a good option would be to present him with a large basket of all kinds of rare and healthy fruits. Including papaya, mango, pineapple, platonia, passion fruit. Choose fruit based on your dad's taste preference.
- A large selection of raw smoked products and various cheese delicacies will also be a good option for a gift.
- A collection of different types of tea is a good choice for a father who cannot live a day without a cup of aromatic natural tea.
- At the moment, it is quite difficult to find high-quality dark chocolate, and some varieties of one hundred percent quality are quite expensive. If your father is one of the lovers of such sweets, this option will be of great help.
Joint gifts
Buying generic gifts for parents remains one of the most popular New Year greeting methods.
The key feature of these gifts is that the things or objects given by the children are equally practical and useful for each of the parents.
Each parent has their own interests, hobbies and preferences, which is why the process of buying such a gift is always quite complicated. Therefore, we have compiled a list of universal items that should delight every parent.
- Non-material gifts. This includes the purchase of general vouchers to the sea, certificates for visiting spa centers, dance lessons, family photo sessions, vouchers to health resorts and complexes. A very important point here is that this or that voucher is interesting for both parents, otherwise the whole meaning of the common gift disappears. The option is more likely for adult parents.
- Electronic and digital gifts. This includes various household items such as: a robot vacuum cleaner, air conditioner, vibration massager, air humidifier, kitchen appliances, television appliances and computer equipment. The meaning of such a gift is not lost only if the parents have repeatedly stated the urgent need for a separate technique.
- Decorative gifts for interior decoration. Here, children have a huge scope for imagination. It can be paired personalized towels, mugs, slippers, bathrobes; watches, pillows, family print blankets. The main feature of such things should be the originality of the design.
- New Year's gifts for parents. All the gifts already described above, but made in a Christmas design. You can also order a festive decoration of the apartment for the parents for the New Year. General mittens, hats and clothes for the New Year's mood will perfectly fit into the general bow.
What can you do with your own hands?
A gift made with your own hand is not only budgetary, but also unique and unusual. Such gifts are always appreciated by parents especially strongly, because you spent a lot of your personal time making them.
Such a gift is more often symbolic than practical.
Here are some examples.
- A simple yet tasty and original homemade cake or other handmade sweet like a gingerbread house or painted biscuits.
- Purely decorative small elements: coasters for mugs, postcards made of unusual paper, photo frames, albums, beautiful book covers.
- Decorative items for the bedroom: sewn blanket, plaid, capes and shawls.
- Items of clothing - homemade mittens and a scarf will be an excellent choice for the New Year for two parents.
- An original gift will be a personally prepared tincture with herbs and berries.
- Small souvenirs like trinkets and trinkets will also look cute if handcrafted.
You can learn more about New Year's gift ideas for parents by watching the following video.