Every year in December, millions of parents are tormented by the problem - what to give educators for the New Year? The need for a gift has not been discussed for a long time - how to disregard people who work as “mothers” for our children from early morning until late at night? Therefore, most parents perceive a good gift for the New Year's educator as a tradition, a duty and a sign of respect.
Of course, by purchasing a gift, you need to consider the personality of the donee: age, hobbies, marital status - in a word, everything you know about her. Then your present will become truly necessary and valuable for the recipient, causing a lot of positive emotions.
Universal options
New Year - a holiday of magic, fairy tales, miracles. That is why the present should also be with elements of surprise, cause joy and delight.
If you still do not know what your teacher is fond of, there are many universal gifts that any woman needs, which she will be happy with with absolute probability.
From parents
So, what can be given to the teachers (there are usually two of them) as a New Year's present?
First of all, delicious gifts come to mind.
- Fruit or berry bouquet.
- A bouquet of chocolates or a combined version with fruits.
- A basket with New Year's sorts of tea (ginger, citrus, apple and cinnamon) in the appropriate holiday design.
- A similar basket with coffee. Varieties “Belgian Chocolate”, “Irish Baileys” and others are well suited.
- A set that includes jams, marmalade, preserves. Such kits can be purchased ready-made, or you can assemble them yourself in a beautiful basket or box.
- Chocolate set.
- Custom cake or box with your favorite pastries / cupcakes. Now there are a lot of pastry shops at home that make beautiful and tasty sweet presents. A box of Pavlov’s treifles or cakes adored by the tutor will be greatly appreciated.
- A grocery basket that includes traditional New Year delicacies - red and black caviar, red fish, good cheese and other products.
As for inedible presents, you can give:
- New Year's design plaid;
- a beautiful pair of porcelain or ceramic;
- bright salad bowls;
- teapot;
- a set of crystal glasses (best for the New Year's drink - champagne);
- tablecloths.
When purchasing such a gift, choose what you would enjoy using yourself. A present bought on the run, at a sale from the cheapest, from poor-quality material, will say a lot about the donor.
Since a gift is a sign of attention and respect, show it and do not hand in an unnecessary low-quality item.
No one forbids, in addition to the general gift from the parents, to deliver the educator something personally from himself, if you consider it necessary. If you have absolutely no time to search for something truly worthy, a certificate can become a universal gift. It will give the teacher the opportunity to choose the right thing.
Currently, all large (and not even very large) chain stores provide an opportunity to purchase a certificate for different prices - from 500 to 10,000 rubles. This may be the center of dishes, perfumes and cosmetics, a bag or accessory store, a jewelry salon, a chain of stores selling electrical goods and household appliances, home textiles. If you know that the teacher is an avid knitter, give her a certificate to the store of good knitting threads, if she likes to cook, pay for a cooking class.
A lover of creative activities (drawing, sewing dolls, pottery) will like to attend a master class on the relevant topics, and a ballet fan will have tickets to the premiere. If your teacher is a fan of healthy lifestyle, a subscription or a master class in yoga or another form of fitness that interests her will please her much more than a basket of sweets.
From the group
As for gifts "from the group" and for her, of course, they are always happy to accept. A rare kindergarten is equipped with office equipment or stationery so that it never needs anything. Educators are forced to print a lot, draw, so a gift from the field of office equipment or stationery will be appropriate. It can be:
- high-capacity flash drives
- external hard drive;
- memory card;
- a printer, scanner, copier or multifunction device that combines all three functions;
- all kinds of office.
But these are gifts, rather, for kindergarten, and not for the teacher. A personal electronics gift may look like:
- eBook;
- thermo mug;
- digital photo frame;
- backlit aquarium;
- a beautiful night lamp or table lamp;
- mini fountain;
- backlit picture.
Such a gift idea, like a book, is appropriate only when you know for sure that you are giving what your teacher dreams of. Let's say she collects the editions of Alice in Wonderland or Little Red Riding Hood and you present her with a copy she does not have yet. Or she passionately loves the oven, and you give a beautiful glossy edition with recipes for cakes and muffins. Gift editions of the Bible, the Qur'an or other theological books are undesirable, because faith is too personal. It is worth refraining from presenting icons and images of saints for the same reasons.
Of course, the value of the gift is discussed by the team of parents. But, regardless of the budget that you have, you can find a decent present. In this situation, fantasy is more important than a large amount of money.
Custom ideas
If the parents in your group are creative people and want to give the teacher or manager something really special, then, of course, you need an individual approach. Any printing house or photo workshop will make it to your order next year's wall calendar with a photo of children or a desk flip option, where the “faces” of each month will be one or two children, depending on how many children are in the group.
This category of gifts can be attributed to wall clock with a photo-image of the group. Portrait on canvas made by a professional photo artist will be a surprise for the educator or manager.
In advance, ask someone from the teacher’s close people to provide you with the most successful photo so that the portrait turns out to be truly beautiful.
An interesting gift will be Set of Christmas balls or wooden toys painted by children. If one of the parents has the time and creativity, an excellent present would be a book made using the scrapbooking technique, reflecting the most interesting events of the year. There you can stick a photo, make the appropriate inscriptions and much more. If there are no such creative personalities among parents, you can perform in the same style photobook with photographs of memorable moments from the life of the group.
The original gift will be a book about a person, in this case, about a teacher or manager. There are publishers who come up with a story about a person (most often this is a New Year's fairy tale) on the basis of a detailed questionnaire filled out by the donor and photos of the donee. The questionnaire lists both the hobbies of the one about whom the story is written, and its features - characteristic expressions, significant events, names of loved ones, and then the tale turns out to be truly personal. Few people refuse to receive a book as a gift to themselves, and even decorated so beautifully!
Choosing a gift of such a plan, you need to take care of its order, manufacture or purchase in advance so that at the last moment you do not take a photo workshop and shops for goods for needlework.
What is better not to give?
When planning a gift for a teacher or kindergarten manager, one should not forget that they are officials, therefore it is advisable not to cross the limit of admissibility. Therefore, we separately highlight the category of gifts that are not worth giving.
- Despite the fact that champagne glasses - A suitable gift, the drink itself should not be given, like any other alcohol.
- Perfumes of any kind - cologne, eau de toilette, perfume. These are the things that each person chooses for himself. It is better to limit yourself to presenting the certificate to the appropriate store, where the teacher will be able to choose the flavor to your liking.
- Any kind of hygiene products - deodorants, shower gels, anti-cellulite creams and more. You don’t even have to explain why.
- Massager, inhaler, nebulizer, other medical equipment - This is not a gift.
- Underwear - here not only the linen itself will be inappropriate, but also a certificate to the appropriate store.
- Money - Many people perceive such a gift as inappropriate, therefore, if you do not want to offend the teacher, refrain from presenting the “envelope”.
Gift Suggestions
Present is not only the box in which it is placed, but also the design. New Year is a time when beautiful wrapping paper shines everywhere, tinsel sparkles, Christmas balls and toys burn with colorful lights. So pack your gift in such a way that it evokes a feeling of joy with one look! If your gift is in a box, wrap it with beautiful paper and decorate it with tinsel. You can attach a spruce or pine twig with a pair of cones.
If your gifts are stacked in a basket, it is very appropriate to decorate tinsel and her, put some beautiful Christmas toys, figures of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, tangerines with leaves, bows of bright paper.Then your gift will not just look bright, it will be a New Year fragrant.
On how to make a gift to the educator with your own hands, see the next video.
