Shopping for gifts for someone can be difficult, and it can be even more difficult when you need to find gifts for a specific person or persons. One such example of this is shopping for a great gift for children. Kids can’t always tell us what they want, or when they do, they want something extravagant like a pony.
Of course, you can’t get them a pony, but you want to find them something special for their birthday or the holidays. To get a good gift for a kid, check out these helpful tips and you can make them happy with a great choice.

Ask the Internet

The internet isn’t just here for us to surf social media and other entertainment, we can use it as a really powerful tool to help figure out what people need. The resources at Toy Box Advisor show how important it is to look for people who know shopping, and thankfully the internet is full of them. There are also algorithms that can help you with suggested products that might be similar or even better than what you were looking for. The more lists and children’s gift experts you consult on the internet, the better the chances are of finding that perfect gift for someone you know.

Ask the Parents

If you’re friends with their parents, a relative, or a teacher of theirs, you can easily ask their parents what they might want. This is the safest bet because you can’t go wrong gifting someone something that they have asked for or might ask for. If the internet is a good resource, then their parents or people they know the best will definitely help you out in choosing something that will wow them with your gift buying powers.

Figure Out What is Trendy

Kids go through trends on what is and aren’t popular as often as teens and adults do, sometimes even more so. This makes it hard to narrow down what would be a good gift because you’re more focused on what’s trendy for someone your own age, not a kid. There are obviously gifts that never go out of style, except for maybe age (Lego’s, anyone?) but there are also plenty of gifts that kids love for a long time. Try to steer clear of electronics because these are expensive and frankly children should be given more interesting gifts anyway, but maybe that’s just a matter of opinion.

Get Them Something Memorable

A good gift doesn’t always need to be something you use or is trendy or even something you asked for. Children might not see the power that sentimentality has yet, but they will eventually when they get older and look back on their youth with fondness. A good memorable gift, like a keepsake (jewelry, hand-me-down, heirloom, etc) doesn’t hold as much weight for a kid as an action hero or doll playset, but it can be something that is priceless and makes them really appreciative in the near future. Great gifts are often ones that are memorable, not just fun.

Figure Out Their Passion

If kids go through trends on games or toys that are in season often, then they go through what they are interested in even more than that. Figuring out their passions, interests, or hobbies is another good way to get a read on what they might like. 
Again, ask their parents or other relatives what they might like or what might help them first, but you can also see that they are starting to get into sports or maybe show a keen interest in an academic subject like math or science. You can get them sports equipment to help them get better in their hobby or get them a science kit for their love of experimentation.

Gift Them an Experience

Lastly, you don’t need to only buy them gifts or give them something material. One great way to give a child a gift that is something they will remember is an experience. It could be tickets to a sports game or something along those lines that provide them a gift that they can think back on. Just like gifting them something memorable, you want to give them something unique and we love to remember all of the interesting things we did as a kid so why not provide them with something that can do just that.
Children can be tricky to shop for when it comes to gifts because they usually go through phases of what they like and that can make it difficult to pinpoint one thing. Equally as hard is figuring out what they like in the first place. If you use this list, you can see how to find a good gift for a kid for any kind of giving occasion.

WRITTEN BY

Daria Brown