Defender of the Fatherland Day is an occasion to congratulate not only mature men, but also young boys attending kindergarten. Buying gifts for children of preschool age has its own specifics, especially if presents are selected not individually, but for the entire kindergarten group.
What to consider?
Choosing gifts for children on February 23 in kindergarten is not a simple matter. The presentation should be quite universal to suit all the boys in the group, regardless of their interests and preferences. In addition, you should not get something too practical, because children at this age will not be able to appreciate the benefits of the presentation and even more so to feel the festive atmosphere. Finally, the gift should at least slightly correlate with the theme of the holiday, but at the same time be liked by future defenders of the Fatherland and not be too serious.
Of course, there are some requirements regarding the quality of the purchased item. A toy or other thing should be safe and without a large number of small parts, especially if it is purchased for very young boys.
Ideally, you should check for environmental and cleanliness marks.
In addition, the aesthetics of the purchased item are also important - eye-pleasing colors and harmonious shapes. A limited amount is usually allocated for kindergarten gifts, but this is not a reason to buy cheap plastic toys with a bad smell, which are a budget fake of expensive items. Even with a small budget, you can pick up a worthy and interesting gift.
Naturally, when a present is purchased for a son or brother, you can add to all of the options listed below what your own child will like, depending on his interests, as well as more expensive things, for example, videos or gadgets. Getting sports equipment is always useful and pleasant - volleyball or soccer ball, tennis rackets, swimming masks.
You can even purchase sports corner with a Swedish wall, a rope, a rope ladder, rings and a crossbeam.
The child will be completely delighted real kite.
If the boy has a favorite superhero, then February 23 is an ideal opportunity to present some objects with the image of a hero to the child. It can be pajamas or a T-shirt, a collectible figure or a magazine, some kind of game paraphernalia or a backpack, or a carnival costume.
Choosing themed souvenirs
Thematic souvenirs imply either the use of some military motives, or a reference to the classes of future defenders of the Fatherland. The most traditional gift for children on February 23 will be toys with relevant themes, for example, set of soldiers or equipment.
On the military theme, you can pick up any designers or prefabricated models, for example, an airplane, a car or a tank, a steam locomotive or a ship.
In addition, you can create from paper yourself railway, world sights, paper puzzles or even reconstruction of military events. Older boys will like an encyclopedia with a large number of illustrations of the same military equipment or devoted to historical events described in simple language. A very memorable “adult” gift for boyst compass. In addition to the fact that it will be useful to the future defender of the Fatherland, a quality thing can last for many more years. If desired, an engraving with a pleasant commemorative inscription commemorating the kindergarten is done on the back of the metal case.
You can give the boys a whole “military” set - a thermos, a flashlight, a fork, a spoon and a multifunctional whistle with a compass and a thermometer, packed in a stylish khaki case. If the present should be smaller, then you can turn your attention to the pens “3 in 1”, uniting itself ballpoint pen, flashlight and laser pointer, in addition to which a notebook with a thematic picture is purchased. If parents do not mind, then it makes sense to acquire themed toy. Alternatively, this may turn out to be sword, machine gun, rifle, water gun or military helmet. For an older child already suitable armored personnel carrier or fire truck.
In many historical museums on February 23, special quests or other interactive events. Kindergarten children will already be interested in trying on a military overcoat, hold real weapons in their hands, try soldier's porridge or look into the bag of a field doctor.
By the way, some museums conduct such excursions directly in kindergartens, so parents and teachers do not even have to worry about a collective trip to another area of the city.
Another good idea would be a trip to the museum of cars or military equipment.
Original Gift Ideas
Preferring unusual souvenirs for preschoolers, you can give them grassy animals or men. The essence of the gift is that regular watering of the figurine and keeping it on a sunny, warm windowsill leads to the germination of real blades of grass.
It is usually very interesting for children to observe the development of the "herbal", to look after him, to learn from adults how this process is carried out. This gift is also good because the figures can be chosen different - in the form of fairy-tale characters, animals or objects. Thus, gifts will be the same and individual at the same time.
A variety of fashionable “things” are perceived with a bang, for example, spinners and beyblades. Many boys like puzzles: both modern and retro versions, for example, Rubik's Cube. If the gift is purchased budget, it makes sense to choose a joke toy: lizuna, jumper, soft anti-stress toy.
A bright flying disc is considered a great gift. frisbeemade of light plastic. By the way, the boys will surely like comics suitable for age. Children who have already reached the age of 5 can be given a collective gift, for example, to bring to an amusement park or a movie at the premiere of an interesting cartoon.
Naturally, parents will have to accompany their children, but this is even for the best - a joint event strengthens relationships and leaves memorable emotions.
Other event gifts include visit to the dolphinarium and contact zoo, theater and rope park, thematic performance and shooting gallery.
You can learn more about children's impressions of visiting the contact zoo by watching the following video.
List of useful things
If parents want to present a gift that is not only interesting for boys, but also useful, they should choose some set for creativity, for example, drawing or applique. Suitable thematic coloring books with interesting tasks that come up with your favorite characters, educational games, including board games.
Such a developing gift as kinetic sand, which is an unusual material for creativity, is also interesting.. To the touch, it resembles the usual moisturized friable substance, but its moisture does not disappear anywhere over time. The kid can build from it a variety of structures and structures, but not to get his hands dirty. Moreover, this type of creativity brings not only pleasure, but also relaxation, and also contributes to the development of fine motor skills.
Older boys already suit thematic sets, for example, with tricks or for a young chemist, physicist, biologist. Stained-glass paints can also be of interest, allowing you to independently create an interesting sticker on the film to design your own children's room. Other interesting solutions include plates for painting and plaster bas-reliefs, paintings, applications and origami, prints, a set for burning or manufacturing prefabricated wooden models, such as a birdhouse or feeder.
A large stationery set with multi-colored felt-tip pens, colored pencils and an album, on the cover of which a popular cartoon character will flaunt, will please the child.
By the way, you can supplement it with items just with a military theme - a ruler covered with a characteristic print, an eraser in the form of a tank or a sheet with stickers.
Choosing a gift for representatives of the younger group, it is also worth considering options such as modeling dough, a designer with large details, a soft puzzle that promotes the development of logic and motor skills of fingers. The easiest way, of course, is to buy toys - cars, characters of popular cartoons or animated series. Not every kid will appreciate the book, therefore, its selection should be approached with particular care - illustrations should be vivid and attractive, and the story - exciting.
Older boys will like thematic toys that allow them to play any adult situations. As an option, it can be a cash desk, a toy phone or a car steering wheel. Children from the older group can already be given sets of designers with small details, collectible car models, transformer toys that turn from animals into robots. Surely the boys will be interested in a set of real building tools, like dad's or grabber - an unusual toy that develops reaction and dexterity.
For future first-graders, it will be relevant to present a lunch box decorated in a suitable theme. It makes sense to present them with books that are not even related to military topics. Encyclopedias will be useful and interesting, dedicated to a variety of subjects - from the history of Russia to the life of the inhabitants of the seas. Boys also enjoy various collections of scientific entertainments, for example, crafts or games.
If you buy fiction, then you should choose any an interactive book with numerous volumetric or folding elements, envelopes with "secrets" and tasks for the development of fantasy and logic.
An audiobook will be a good alternative - little boys don’t really like to read, but they are quite loyal to listening to something interesting while traveling in the car or while doing household chores.
The simplest, but still a pleasant gift will be a set of little things: cookies in the form of airplanes or tanks, a notebook, soap bubbles, a key chain, some stationery stuff, coloring. All these things are never superfluous. If the gift is prepared for boys of the senior group of the kindergarten, preparing for release, it makes sense to prepare any gift with memorable photos. For example, it can be a mug, a pillow, a key chain or a T-shirt with a joint image of the entire group or only its male half.
