What to give the boy for 10 years?

10 years is the very first anniversary in the life of a child. The first threshold of life when a boy passes from childhood to adolescent life. At this age he still remains a child, but is already looking for himself in this life. Children at this age are addicted to something new, develop, learn and actively recognize the adult world. A gift should not be just a tradition. It is important that the child is happy to receive it. Therefore, it is worth approaching the choice of presentation thoughtfully

Before you start choosing a gift for a boy of 10 years old, you need to determine some criteria. They will help in choosing.

• Interests of the child. A boy who is interested in mechanisms is unlikely to like, for example, a book about flowers. Therefore, it is so important to consider interests when choosing. This is a guarantee that the child will receive positive emotions from the gift.
• Who is the gift for? Who is the child donor? Best friend, brother, son, grandson - in each case there will be different gift options.
• Occasion for a gift, because the gift should be appropriate. It is important to understand when a gift can be symbolic, and when you need to pick something more serious. Birthday is not the best reason to give your child some kind of cute trinket. Such gifts are more appropriate to leave for less significant events.
• The purpose of the gift. It is clear that the main goal is to please the child. But the goal can also be entertainment, encouraging hobbies or, for example, developing a child.
• Gift Budget. Determining the amount that you can count on when buying a gift will help significantly reduce the range for choice.

There is also something that is definitely not worth giving for a ten-year anniversary.

• Expensive jewelry like chains, pendants, bracelets and expensive watches. These are status things that a ten-year-old boy does not yet need. At this age he is still a child and lives a very active life. Such jewelry delights can be lost during the game or harm the boy.
• Soft and other toys. By the age of 10, the child increasingly begins to strive for independence and positioning himself as an adult. Such a gift can not only not please the boy, but also offend.

Parents and grandparents usually want to give their child something useful. For adults, it is important that the gift is safe for the child and practical. Moms and dads do not like gifts to be thrown into the far corner. It is really important for them that the boy use the gift at least for a while. But this does not mean that the choice of a gift from them is limited to knitted socks or a very necessary book. For ten-year-old boys, designers, radio-controlled models (cars, drones, miniature boats) and games such as chess and drafts are most often given. This can be a great option if the child is fond of it.

By the age of ten, boys, if they are fond of sports, already have some kind of favorite appearance of their own, or even already engage in some section. Therefore, sports-related gifts will be an excellent solution. Such presentations are suitable not only for small professional athletes, but also for boys who like to play soccer on the street, ride a bike.

Depending on your favorite sport, it can be:

• ball - football or for another sport, standard colors or with the official symbols of your favorite competition or club (for example, the World Cup);
• branded sports uniform favorite club or athlete - it can be T-shirts, shorts, pants or one-piece suits;
• roller or ice skates, skiing, bike, skate;
• darts - a real "adult", not a child's version with suction cups;
• other sports equipment - boxing gloves for a boxing fan, a stick for a hockey fan.

Plus sports gifts also in that they stimulate active spending time. The main thing is for the child to be interested. Still, you should not write off books. They are not always boring and dull and may well become an original gift.

It's time to pay attention to the options are more "adult", depending on the preferences of the child.

• For a fantasy lover a series about Harry Potter and Russian analogues about Tanya Grotter or Methodius Buslaev will do. A series of books by L. Besson about the adventures of Arthur and his friends or the fantasy of Jon Kolfer “Artemis Fowl” will also suit the child. It can be considered as a gift variant of the book of J. Tolkien on Middle-earth or C. S. Lewis on Narnia.
• For science fiction lovers F. Pulman’s trilogy “Dark Beginnings”, books about the adventures of Alice K. Bulychev or “Knights of the Forty Islands” S. Lukyanenko will be a good choice.
• Works by J. Verne, D. Defoe, C. Doyle considered classics of literaturesuitable for children. Journey to the Center of the Earth, Captain Nemo, Robinson Crusoe, Sherlock Holmes will be great options.
• Children's detectives, for example, the Black Kitten series or any others. Detectives carry away with their plot twists and make the child think, in order to try to figure out the villain himself.
• Children's Encyclopedias, collections of useful tips, literature with a narrow focus will be a good gift for curious boys or those who have some specific hobbies like assembling models, collecting, studying history and so on.

The main thing you need when choosing a book as a gift is to be sure that the boy has not read it yet. Adults consider developing gifts the best option. But often a small conflict of interest occurs. What seems like adult developing kids seems boring. However, this does not mean that such gifts should be excluded from the options. The choice of gifts that can expand the horizons of the child and help him with the acquisition of new knowledge is extensive. It can be:

• microscopeif the child is interested in biology;
• telescopeif the boy likes to study the stars;
• globe or world map for a geography lover, including a scratch card for boys who have the opportunity to travel and love it;
• sets for physical or chemical experiments;
• table games - some of their variations develop logical and analytical thinking;
• models airplanes, ships and the like;
• sets for working with wood and so on.

That is far from all. You can choose anything if you know what exactly the child likes. The 10th anniversary is a great occasion to give a young teenager an unforgettable experience. There is no mandatory rule that only a physical thing can be a gift. You can give a child something that he has never tried, or something that he loves very much. As a keepsake from the given impression, photos may remain in which the child will be happy. As a gift, impressions for the boy will be appropriate:

• interesting workshop on the interests of the child - making chocolate, modeling, working behind the potter's wheel and much more;
• a trip to the go-kart center, to the climbing wall, to the water park;
• visit to quest rooms - there are children's rooms where children need to solve puzzles and puzzles;
• children's experiment lab will be a great gift for a young chemist and a lover of physics;
• visit to the museum, contact zoo, planetarium;
• race on radio-controlled cars and much more.

If the parents are ready to give the child an expensive gift, you can buy him a game console or some kind of mobile gadget - a watch or a smart watch. The readiness of the child for such a gift, parents must determine for themselves. It must be borne in mind that 10 years is the age when a child is especially easily carried away by everything new.

Another prerogative that only parents have is an animal as a gift. Do not give your child a pet just because he wants to.

Brothers and sisters, especially if they have a small age difference, are often limited in means. Therefore, the budget for a gift to a brother can be very limited. But even in these conditions, you can choose the best option. For a ten-year-old boy, you can make a gift with your own hands. Such a gift does not lose his attractiveness. A postcard is a classic option. But you can also interestingly arrange such a banal object as a mug or hat, endowing them with interesting home-made elements and decor. You can use your skill to create a homemade gift. If a person knows how to knit, you can make a personal scarf or mittens for the birthday person. Popular gifts among friends are gifts for hobbies. A cool option will be gifts with your favorite characters. It can be figures of characters, circles with symbols, T-shirts, key rings, notebooks and so on.

Almost all children love sweets. Therefore, a delicious gift always remains a win-win option. An excellent option is a colorful "sweet" poster with a bunch of favorite sweets and wishes.Even ordinary sweets can be beaten and decorated so that the child will be delighted. Optional sweets to buy. A sweet gift can also be homemade. No child will refuse a delicious cake baked and decorated with their own hands. This will add notes of love and care to the gift, show that it is designed specifically for the child.

The easiest way is to ask the boy’s parents what exactly the child wants or what he is fond of. But there are godparents or an uncle with an aunt who do not want to follow the path of least resistance, you can come up with something yourself. Since uncles, aunts and godparents are the same adults as parents with grandparents, they have the same criteria for choosing a gift: benefit, safety, practicality.

When adults know what their nephew or godson loves, this greatly simplifies the task. Practical, but no less enjoyable will be bedding with your favorite characters from your favorite fictional universe. And you can pick up a backpack or a bike with a picture of a hero. The child’s love for cartoons, films or games gives a huge scope for choosing products with their images.

Children among themselves like to exchange unusual and interesting gifts. Often, such a gift is inexpensive due to budget constraints among students. Friends always want their gift to be the coolest, so they often choose what is now in the wake of popularity among young people. Children always aim to make their gift bright and memorable, even if it will be inexpensive.

You can give a classmate a cool keychain, a mug with an unusual print, and tasty surprises. Joke gifts are popular among schoolchildren. Pillow-fart, chewing gum-electroshock, punching bag, running alarm clock, cool clock on the wall - the point is to get positive emotions and cause laughter.

Gift tips for a 10-11 year old boy see below