Watching your loved one receive a gift from you can be as much fun as receiving a gift yourself! It’s often not just enough that you have bought the most appropriate gift for this special person, it’s always a nice touch to just be a little creative in the way you hand it over.
A little creativity in the way you hand over your gift is the icing on the cake – oftentimes it screams, “I really made an effort,” and tells that you didn’t just pick a gift simply because you had to, or as an afterthought. You may be asking, “How do I go about presenting this gift?” Or “How best can I show this person just how great I think they are?” You will have to tap into your creative faculties! Good news – fret no more! Here are some ideas that can help you make your next gift-giving memorable!
1. An Unsuspecting Delivery:
Here, you allow your loved one to ‘stumble’ upon the gift somewhere you have hidden it prior to the time – whether in the socks drawer, kitchen or bathroom cabinets or even in the study. Just ensure that the person frequently visits this place and that the gift will stay intact before they discover it. The recipient just goes about their usual routine and voila!Out comes your gift!
2. The Trojan Horse:
Can you remember story of The Sack of Troy? Here, instead of losing a war you have a pleasant surprise. The idea is that you will hide the actual gift in a much bigger, and sometimes less impressive, one. For example, you can hide a beautiful pair of earrings in the pocket of a beautiful dress for her or tickets to a concert or match in a book he has always wanted to own. Simply put, it’s a gift within a gift.
3. Fake Packaging:
It can be very boring to know a gift just from the shape of the packaging, introducing a bit creativity into your packaging can make it a completely different. Here, the idea is to build some sort of disappointment in your loved one before blowing them away with what is contained in the package! Note that the packaging should make the gift look less appealing than it actually is because that’s where the fun lies!
4. A Hunt:
Here, you can decide to leave clues for your partner or special person to follow in order to reach where the gift is. You may decide to make it a full-scale scavenger hunt or decide to use your inside jokes or riddles just to add to the fun.
5. Surprise:
For events like birthdays and anniversaries where your target will usually be on high alert, you could actually ignore the person all day just feigning ignorance and then find someone other than yourself to present the gift. You could incorporate the waiter or waitress at an outing, a little child on the street or even your recipient’s dog for the delivery!
Even with the best plans, you must study and choose the best times to make these presentations so that the surprise and satisfaction is at its best! Ultimately, if the gift-receiving experience creates a lasting impression in the mind of the recipient, it is worth every effort. And finding money in strange places unexpectedly is awesome too!