Gift Ideas for Children
Younger Children
Children are usually quite easy to buy for. It seems that advertisers begin bombarding children with advertisements for the latest and greatest toys earlier each year. Because of the advertisements during their favourite TV shows, they've probably been telling you what they'd like to get for ages now.
Don't let advertisers make you feel inadequate if you don't buy your children everything they want for Christmas. Pick one or two toys your child has repeatedly said they want, and perhaps a few smaller gifts as stocking fillers if this is your tradition.
Older Children
Books, CDs, and DVDs are all good gift-giving ideas. You may also choose to give them clothing they've been asking for if they've reached this age. If you really don't know what to buy them, there's nothing wrong with giving them a gift certificate, gift card, or cash so they can buy what they like. If public transport is a problem, however, remember that they may need you to take them to the store to get what they want.
Giving a gift card may be a wise choice for a couple of reasons. You know they'll get what they want and they don't take up a lot of space in the shopping cart. They can be purchased in any amount, and they can get to open something on Christmas day. The best thing about gift cards is that if they may be able to get more for the same money since they can hit the after-Christmas sales and save quite a bit on some of the items on their list.
PLR
Children are usually quite easy to buy for. It seems that advertisers begin bombarding children with advertisements for the latest and greatest toys earlier each year. Because of the advertisements during their favourite TV shows, they've probably been telling you what they'd like to get for ages now.
Don't let advertisers make you feel inadequate if you don't buy your children everything they want for Christmas. Pick one or two toys your child has repeatedly said they want, and perhaps a few smaller gifts as stocking fillers if this is your tradition.
Older Children
Books, CDs, and DVDs are all good gift-giving ideas. You may also choose to give them clothing they've been asking for if they've reached this age. If you really don't know what to buy them, there's nothing wrong with giving them a gift certificate, gift card, or cash so they can buy what they like. If public transport is a problem, however, remember that they may need you to take them to the store to get what they want.
Giving a gift card may be a wise choice for a couple of reasons. You know they'll get what they want and they don't take up a lot of space in the shopping cart. They can be purchased in any amount, and they can get to open something on Christmas day. The best thing about gift cards is that if they may be able to get more for the same money since they can hit the after-Christmas sales and save quite a bit on some of the items on their list.
PLR
Thanks for sharing the great gift ideas. Another thought is to give a gift that helps kids learn about the importance of helping others.
ReplyDeleteYou know, you can actually give a gift card with philanthropic twist, that allows your recipient (your kids) to “shop” for a specific project to support in a high-poverty public school classroom – and then hear back from the students who benefitted!
They gift cards are from a nonprofit called DonorsChoose.org (full disclosure: I’m an intern there), which delivers much-needed materials to public school students. Their holiday gift cards allow recipients to choose from over 14,000 classrooms in need, on any topic you can imagine. (It’s U.S.-only right now though).
Check them out at: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/giftoptions.html
That's a nice idea Sushant. Thanks for letting us know about it.
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