What to give a teenager for the New Year?

Everyone is waiting for the New Year - both young children and adults, for everyone this holiday has a special meaning, embodying the hope of a miracle, fulfillment of desires and achievement of new heights. Adolescents are no exception - they, like children, still live by their brightest aspirations, but no longer believe in Santa Claus; parents and grandparents enter as the main New Year's wizard. We offer a list of gifts that will appeal to your teenager.

It is far from the simplest task to choose a New Year's present for a child of 11-15 years old. In order not to miscalculate with the present you need to think through all the details in advance and find out what children at this difficult age are interested in today.

In addition, it does not make sense to present items that parents already buy on any weekday as needed.

It is imperative to take into account the interests of the growing up child. Children at this age are already quite smart, so you can directly ask them - this is easy to do, especially when it comes to your own child or next of kin.

When this is not possible, you can get the necessary information from the child’s friends or view his profile on social networks - for sure you will learn a lot about the personality and preferences of the teenager.

Remember that you should not present gifts that are too childish for the teenager, for example, soft toys in the form of a symbol of the coming year or figurines in the same theme - they are already too big to enjoy a new toy, but not yet old enough to appreciate care and attention in details.

In fact, picking up a present for a modern teenager is not so difficult. Agree that nowadays, none of them can imagine themselves without all kinds of gadgets and digital devices - they simply can not do without them, so in any case they will be happy to receive something new and interesting.

That is why the current and desired gift can be selected from the following list.

• The new smartphone of one of the latest models - Of course, such a present will cost you quite expensive, but you simply can’t come up with a better option for a teenager. Usually, several relatives take shape on such a purchase at once: parents, as well as grandparents, and even uncles and aunts.
• Modern teenagers love to listen to different kinds of music, and they do it everywhere: at home, on a friendly walk and in any public places. A good gift idea might be compact speaker or stereo headphones - today the selection of such devices is impressive, they are offered in stores in a variety of designs, sizes and sets of user characteristics.
• Webcam Useful for any child: with her help, he will be able to chat with friends or take photos / videos, especially such bloggers will like budding bloggers.
• Cool phone case - A good gift idea, it can be made of expensive material and decorated with rhinestones, engraving or funny images.
• In winter, many dream of touch gloves which allow you to use the phone on the street and do not worry about freezing your fingers. These devices at the tips are made of a special material that the touchscreen reacts to.
• Unfortunately, smartphones run out pretty quickly, so power bank It will not be superfluous in the arsenal of a young man or girl, and to make a gift truly unique, you can engrave a personal inscription on it.
• A good alternative to gadgets will be concert ticket favorite band or popular artist that your teenager dreams about.

Boys always have their own ideas about which gift can be considered necessary and useful. Most often, young men order the following for their relatives.

• Glider - This is a multifunctional device that will appeal not only to boys aged 11-15, but also to older men. It is almost impossible to break, it is completely safe, easy to disassemble and assemble.
• If the boy is focused on making money himself, it makes sense to present him a business card holder or an expensive wallet.
• Nowadays, healthy lifestyle is in fashion - if your child prefers sports, then the question of a gift for the New Year's holiday is solved very simply. At this age, boys tend to look as courageous as possible, so for sure they will appreciate the new snowboard, certificate for a diving course or a master class in skiing.

The list of successful presentations can be supplemented with the following options:

• gym membership, allowing you to practice at any time of the year;
• fitness bracelet - An indispensable assistant in the classroom, especially if physical education classes have just begun to enter the life of your child;
• any sports equipment - it can be horizontal bars, punching bags, skis, skates or rollers.

Girls in adolescence dream of looking beautiful and stylish, like show business stars and models on the pages of glossy magazines, therefore a gift should be closely associated with the beauty industry.

• Certificate for the purchase of cosmetics and perfumes - every young lady will surely be delighted with this gift; if she already has cosmetics, you can present the certificate to a fashion boutique so she can choose stylish clothes.
• Bag or backpack - This is a great choice for the New Year's present, just keep in mind that it should meet all the latest fashion trends.
• Stylish sunglasses - Such a gift is appropriate at any time of the year, especially since spring is just around the corner, and with it the bright sun will come.
• Stylish jewelry - This gift will allow the girl to stand out from the crowd.
• It is unlikely that there is such a beauty who will refuse professional photo shoot - Teenage girls will gladly replenish the collection of their photos, which they can share on Instagram, VK and other social networks.
• Brand clothes, a set of gloves, a scarf and hats, jewelry or trendy kigurumi - All this will please a teenage girl. This is not surprising, because they always dream of receiving something for which they themselves do not have enough money and when dreams come true - this invariably causes delight.
• Alternatively, you can give her selfie stick or smartphone filter - Modern girls love such devices.
• Many girls are fond of creativity. - Now it’s fashionable to draw, do soap making, make slimes - there are a lot of hobbies, so everything that is connected with the girl’s hobby can be useful to her.

If we talk about gifts from child to child, then symbolic gifts, including those made by oneself, are quite allowed. Due to their young age, children still do not earn money, therefore, for a brother, sister, adolescent or school friend, they most often make gifts with their own hands. Usually such crafts cost cheaply - everything that is necessary for them costs literally a dime. There are many ideas, for example:

• Christmas tree made of threads;
• snowman made of plastic cups;
• bead jewelery;
• scrapbooking photo album;
• chewing gum for hands, lizuny and similar toys.

This is only a small part of what can be presented to a teenager on behalf of a younger relative.

Symbolic Christmas gifts are always relevant, regardless of age - only you need to select them more carefully, for example, boys and girls of 10-15 years old will probably appreciate Christmas tree decorations made in the theme of their hobbies, for example, a ball with the image of the heroes of your favorite TV shows.

As a rule, such products are released in limited collections, so no teenager will refuse to get a stylish exclusive item.

Traditionally, you can give him a set of gingerbread cookies in themed packaging, fortune cookies or chests of delicious treasures.

Surely for many years you have already managed to study the taste preferences of the child, and it will not be difficult for you to get a set of sweets for him - such a present will surely please both boys and girls, especially if you add it with a practical trifle.

An interesting option will be funny greetings, gifts with a surprise and cool pranks. A wide selection of such products can be found in any specialized stores. It can be a funny stand for a smartphone, an umbrella “Samurai Sword”, a 3D lamp or other gifts. In recent years, the Magic Ball has been popular - it is an interesting device for fortune telling. Its owner mentally formulates the question, shakes the ball, and the answer appears in the companion box.

Many people like an impromptu lie detector, which will surely amuse its recipient and take pride of place in the teenager’s room.

A set of make-up pencils or paints does not go unnoticed - most likely, the child will immediately use it in order to decorate the face of himself and his friends.

A special atmosphere of the holiday will be given by a balloon with predictions - for this you just need to purchase a huge bouquet of balloons, inside each place notes with predictions decorated in the style of old scrolls.

The original piggy bank for money - such products are made in a transparent version with many labyrinths inside. Thus, the bill very easily and simply gets inside, but to extract it you have to try hard. The “chewing” piggy bank looks ridiculous - such a device literally eats bills carried to the hole.

Notebook in the form of an iPhone, a T-shirt with a cool print, a running alarm clock - all this is also one of the top ideas for pleasant presentations for teenagers.

Well, of course, what a teenager does not like new emotions, so you can always give them a fascinating adventure:

• a sleigh ride pulled by a husky;
• snowboarding lesson;
• playing paintball with friends;
• master class for creative natures;
• martial arts lessons and much, much more.

See gift ideas for teenagers for the New Year in the next video.