What to give a boy for one year?

The very first birthday is a memorable page in family history. The baby himself still does not understand why there are so many smiling people around him on this day. But years later, he will be happy to look at photos and videos from this holiday.

All parents want to make this day unforgettable. In the course of preparation, which usually begins in advance, many questions arise, the main one of which is what to present to the little one. In this article we will try to answer it.

Age features

For a year, the baby has come a very long way. He met his relatives, learned to pronounce the first sounds and even syllables, crawl, sit, and some even walk. In one year, a new, no less interesting stage begins. Now the child will become aware of himself as a person, master speech, comprehend and try something new every day. The brain develops at a very fast pace, and every day a boy or girl needs new knowledge that will help them understand the large and complex world around them.

A birthday present at 1 year old should satisfy the child's need for this knowledge. If in half a year it was enough to give a child a bright rattle or a tumbler doll, now the baby is able to understand more complex processes, and he needs more interesting games. He can already spend quite a long time playing alone, without a mother, and this should definitely be used when choosing a present for a one-year-old birthday boy.

Kinds

Due to age, the child cannot yet choose a gift on his own. Therefore, it makes no sense to bring a one-year-old toddler to a large toy store and present him with a choice. It will be better if the parents themselves, relatives and friends of the family choose something as a gift.

Depending on the goals the giver pursues, gifts can be different:

Helpful and functional. These include clothing, footwear, baby care products, baby food, diapers (if you still need them);
Developing. These are games, sets, toys, the main task of which is to develop the intellectual abilities of the child, his memory, attention, speech skills;
Playful and entertaining. These are toys that by themselves do not have a developmental function, but children really like, for example, plush toys;
Creative. These are sets for the development of creative skills - drawing, sculpting, collecting mosaics, applications;
Developing physical fitness... These include bicycles, swings, walkers, sleds.

The best gift for a child is the one that will be of interest to him, and not to his parents. Pampers, suits and T-shirts are a great gift for mom and dad, who can thus save the family budget on buying clothes for the baby. But the toddler himself is unlikely to be delighted with the new T-shirt. Paintings, family photos, decorated in a gift baguette, casts of baby's legs and arms are more likely to be memorable gifts for parents.

Gifts that can please the birthday person can be conditionally divided into several groups:

Developing

To satisfy the need of a one-year-old child in development and world outlook, you can give him a construction set. The main thing is that there are no small details in it. There are many types of constructors for children from one year old, which consist of large bright parts that are easily connected to each other. With such a toy, the kid will be able to develop fine motor skills, and coordination of movements, and spatial thinking.

Cubes are another versatile idea for a year-old of any gender. You should not take sets where it is proposed to put a picture out of cubes - this is still quite difficult for a baby, but large and bright cubes made of soft plastic will delight the child for another year and a half for sure.

Children are very fond of arranging everything in piles, sorting. Knowing this, you can safely take a sorter for a one-year-old birthday boy. This is a toy, which is based on the principle of sorting, in which a child cannot make mistakes in principle. Figures of a certain color in it are embedded in grooves of a certain shape and color. The sorter can be simple - in the form of a rectangular platform, or it can be a real ship, plane, house. A simpler version of the sorter is inserts, which are a plate with grooves of various shapes, in which the child must pick up objects that are suitable in shape and color.

At one year old, children, as a rule, are happy to assemble a pyramid. The original model of the toy can be a great gift. For the development of imagination, imagination and logic, as well as the physical form of the crumbs, you can give a puzzle mat. At first, you can assemble it with your mom or dad, and then you can have fun jumping and do gymnastics on it.

For creativity

Experienced mothers who have repeatedly re-pasted the painted wallpaper and washed the refrigerator painted with felt-tip pens know that the craving for beauty begins just closer to the year. This stage of development is very important for a child, even if he does not become a famous artist or sculptor.

It is still too early to buy paints and an album as a gift, the baby does not have the necessary perseverance for classes and it is still difficult for him to hold a brush. Give better finger paints. And to them a couple of large Whatman paper. It will be enough to spread the paper on the floor and release the child onto it, supplying him with jars of finger paints. He will be able to create his masterpiece with both hands and feet.

Usually, children still gorge themselves on these paints, but you should not be afraid - they contain food colors that are completely harmless to babies.

If the young artist already stands and walks well, you can give him an easel for drawing, which is adjustable in height, as well as a set of paper for creativity.

Modeling lessons are very useful for the child's pens. Therefore, a set of good quality plasticine will be very appropriate.

Kinetic sand, which is popular today, can also be used for classes. It does not look like an ordinary one, because it does not crumble, does not stick to the hands and does not stain. Silicone added to quartz sand prevents it from breaking down into small particles. From this sand, under the control of the mother, the baby will be able to mold any sandy figure, and then break and mold a new one.

Entertaining

An interesting set of ducks or rubber pirates for swimming will give a child a lot of joy. The gift can be tried out the same evening, and, believe me, now every time during water procedures the baby will demand these toys.

It's too early to give interactive toys, but all kinds of wheelchairs will be just right. A child learns to walk, and it is much more fun to do this if you tie a funny caterpillar or a small train on wheels on a string. There are gurneys with a plastic handle that a child can push in front of him.

For several centuries, the rocking horse has not lost its popularity among kids from 1 year old. Today the choice of such toys is great. It can be a rocking giraffe, a rocking elephant, and a rocking camel and anyone else.

Another favorite children's attraction is the swing. Surely, the baby has already ridden them with his mother in the yard on the playground, but he will not mind at all if the swing appeared in his apartment. You don't have to be the owner of a large living space for this. You can purchase a swing that attaches to the doorway.

A boy, even one who is barely a year old, will appreciate his own vehicle. A tolocar wheelchair is a small car or motorcycle with a steering wheel, sound effects, and a trunk opening. The kid will be able to ride a tolokar, pushing off the floor with his feet. If desired, parents can help the young driver by rolling the car from behind by the handle.

Practical

Leaders of practical gifts are sledges and bicycles. You should not buy a model "for growth" for a child, because the joy of the gift, when the child grows up, will dry up. Children want to have fun with their new toy here and now, so choose small bikes. Preferably, with a canopy from the sun, so that the mother can replace the cane stroller in the summer with a new transport for her son.

A sled for a one-year-old boy, if the birthday falls in the winter, it is better to buy with an awning protection against cold and snow (with a special protective cover, which, by analogy with a stroller, can be easily fastened on both sides of the sled).

If you give a boy a small table with a chair, he will also be very pleased, especially if it is a developing platform with a lot of games, sorters, a place for drawing, sculpting, with scores and a button that turns on music and multi-colored lights.

Examples of specific gifts and feedback about them:

Gymnastic center Chicco Deluxe 3 in 1 is a universal educational toy for children from 3-4 months to 3 years. If the child does not walk yet, you can remove the tabletop, which has a lot of play elements built in, including interactive functions (music, guessing). Once the child is good enough to stand and walk, you can put the tabletop back in place. Reviews about the toy are mostly positive, of the minuses, parents name only the high cost of the toy (within 7 thousand rubles).

Thematic constructor Bristle Blocks with textured elements (needle-shaped). When assembling a racing car or building a city from such parts, the child will simultaneously massage many physiological points important for health at the fingertips. The set costs about 1.5 thousand rubles. The reviews about the constructor are positive: mothers note that children do not get tired of playing it months later, because the parts are connected as they like, and you can experiment a lot. Of the shortcomings, parents note the relatively weak adhesion of parts to each other, and therefore the built cars cannot be rolled for a long time - they crumble.

Transformer "Donnie" is one of the favorite children's characters in the children's cartoon about airplanes. You can buy an inexpensive transformer that will be interesting for the child to disassemble and assemble, or you can spend about 2 thousand rubles and buy Donnie with sound effects. Reviews about the toy are mostly positive, the child does not get bored with it.

The game set "Freight cars with animals" BRIO is a set that includes a locomotive, carriages and several figures of different animals. The doors are opened in the train, everything is well detailed. Parents in their reviews note that the quality of the toy is very high, and the train itself perfectly connects with other carriages of their other sets using convenient magnets.

A business board is a large development board that will keep your fidget busy for a long time. On it he will be able to find everything that interests him so much in the house, but his parents do not allow him to get to - latches, sockets, clocks, locks, corrugated pipes, buttons and much more. Reviews about such a board are positive, the parents got a little more free time while the baby is engaged in the toy that interested him.

What shouldn't be gifted?

Gadgets;
Electric vehicles;
Books;
Sports gymnastic corners, since a child, due to age, can be severely injured on such apparatus;
Animals.

Gift requirements

The main requirement for a gift for a one-year-old child is safety. Make sure the toy does not contain small, sharp, dangerous, easily removable parts. Be sure to make sure that it is made of non-toxic materials, ask the seller to show you the certificates of quality and conformity.