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Baseball Season Gift Tip: Baseball Gloves for Kids
If you will remember, I talked about Sports Fanatics Parties and how a game watched over the television could excite and entertain several family members (and even neighbors) for the duration of the party. Now, I’m going to talk about what gift to bring when there’s a kiddie party at a neighbor’s house, and there just happened to be a baseball game on TV. Two wonderful reasons to throw a house party.
The best gift for a 12-year-old boy who is having his birthday during a baseball game is something that’s related to the game and will encourage dreams of being a baseball star someday, such as Baseball Gloves!
Specialty Kid Sports accessories stores such as this advertiser, Kid Sports Inc, offer ready-to-use kids’ baseball gloves that you can just purchase, wrap and give. However, regular leather gloves need proper breaking in before usage. You can spare the little leaguer the trouble of breaking in a tough leather glove by giving some extra gifts:
1. Glove oil - to be used sparingly, or applied in small amounts until the leather softens up.
2. Petroleum Jelly - to help maintain the look and feel of the glove
3. A Glove Care handbook - To create a sense of responsibility for a treasured possession
After the game and the party, friends and neighbors can play baseball and the celebrant can properly break in your gift further! Have fun!
Gift Suggestions for the Armchair Sports Fan
Happy Father’s Day!
“Sports is a man’s thing.” That’s what i thought at first when I got involved with someone who’s into it so much. Then later on I realized, that it’s not just a male preference, but female’s too. Getting into your man’s hobby and interests is important in growing with him within a marriage or a love relationship
Is your partner in love with sports? Gift giving for a sports fan is easier than I thought. He’ll like that you understand him and put some real thought into his gift. Try these gifts the next time your sports buff has a party. There are sports fanatics that watch all season long even if their team is losing. Only the best gifts are to be given for such passionate individuals.
Sports paraphernalia. A real sports fan is never without his accessories? Even an armchair sports fan needs a beer helmet. If he doesn’t drink alcohol, he can use soda, water or any other drink he enjoys. I wonder though if you can put coffee in a beer helmet. 
Also consider the “number one” rubber fingers in his favorite team colors. For the extreme fan, give them body paint to show their true colors in the living room or at a game.
Sports logos. A huge logo on the wall in his TV place will be the first thing they see when they enter. Life-sized posters of their favorite players or a cardboard cutout by Fathead would thrill him. Another great idea is a flag for the yard sporting his favorite team’s insignia.
Sports package on cable television. No sports fan can see every game on regular television. Surprise him with a subscription to satellite or cable television’s sports package. He can watch every game played by his favorite sports team all season long.
A scrapbook where he can put all of his ticket stubs, newspaper clippings, and other souvenirs that he’s picked up at the games during the season. Collect these and add dates and places so he will spend his time looking at these with his buddies and reminiscing each play.
A year’s subscription to Sports Illustrated or another favorite sporting magazine. Each month he can keep up with what’s new in his favorite sport or with his team.
What is a Practical Wedding Gift?
I’ve attended and helped manage several events this year, including weddings. I often stay for feedback of the catering service, the food, the band, the venue and other wedding quirks.
Rarely does the couple complain, if the service is fair, and the guests are fed right; but the relatives do. There is one instance though that the couple directly ‘complains’ about something. As a meddling party planner who has to stay and wait for the check that will complete the whole transaction, I inadvertently witness the opening of gifts. Here’s a sample of what I hear from the couple:
“How nice! A rice cooker!”
“Oh my, another rice cooker. We have a spare just in case the first one breaks down!”
“Oh no. Yet another rice cooker!”
Do you see a pattern here? That people do not hear the couple complain doesn’t mean they don’t. It’s just tacky to say it in front of the guests, of course, but sometimes couples receive gifts that they don’t need, or they have too much of. A bridal registry could be a solution, but not everyone knows about bridal registries. More often than not, couples do avail of bridal registry services, but the guests are barely informed about it and/or are too lazy to learn how to use it.
For this post’s gift tip, I’m going Tempur-pedic! That, of course, needs explaining. Tempurpedic is a term to describe mattresses that are temperature sensitive; which indicates that the foam is softer in warmer conditions and firmer in cold conditions.
This is a practical gift for a newly wed couple because they can use this for a long time, maybe even forever. If more than one guest gives them a Tempurpedic Mattress, they will surely find another room in their new home to put that extra one in, and it won’t be a waste of space because a comfortable guest bed (or kids’ bed) is always welcome in a new home.
Go practical. The couple will remember you and your lasting gift. And please… not another rice cooker.
Gifts for the Aspiring Executive (Girls)
Your young lady graduate wants to be an executive? Help her look her best during her first interview or resume distribution sessions. That one has to make the best first impression possible may put a lot of pressure on her, but you, her friends and relatives can give her these following items during her graduation party to boost her morale.
For her job interviews, you can give the following:
A Classic Work Duffel that can serve as her convenient carrier for jobhunting necessities like cell phone, make up for retouching prior to an interview, and her organizer.A classy bag tells a story about the taste of the individual. Because a fresh graduate cannot afford a designer bag yet, she will appreciate gifts that she can wear with confidence when joining fellow hopefuls in job application queues. If she applies in the business sector or in advertising firms, her taste in accessories will play a big role in her success.
An exclusive personalized mint tin. She will be speaking with people and shaking hands, joking with future employers and networking with contacts. She needs to have fresh breath no matter where she goes, and even during casual business dinners. A mint tin is a thoughtful gift exactly because our new lady graduate will not think of buying it herself. Prevent her from chewing gum before an interview and give her a personalized tin she can fill with mints later on.
Business cards she can put inside her organizer for giving out to people. Handing out cards can be an easy way for her to introduce herself to potential employers. The awkward new graduate can practice a bright smile in front of the mirror while she’s pretending to hand a business card to a new prospect or business contact.
Gift Certificate for her Favorite Magazines. A young female graduate is eager to try out new things, discover new trends and simply explore her new world. It’s amusing how many young girls rely on advice from women’s magazines to update their fashion sense and other needs. Give her the gift of reading, but to make sure that she buys only the magazines she’s interested in, make it a gift certificate.
