Can you think of a Birthday Party without Return Gifts for Children

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“MUMMA! I want my birthday party to be dinosaur themed this year!” said my 5-year old.

“But why dinosaurs?” I ask

Because Raj had a pirate-themed party and Riya had a bakery theme and Aarav had a football-themed party and and..”

“Okay okay I got it, we will do something different this time, dinosaur it is!”

“YAYYY!” Screams my son with excitement

If your kid’s birthday has gone by I am sure you are familiar with a similar discussion. Celebrating birthdays are such a trend these days and let us all agree, we’re in for it!

There are tons that go into planning a birthday, starting with the theme to the return gifts, the list is endless. Sometimes I wonder if I even spent such dedicated time planning my wedding day as compared to the energy and time I’m spending on planning my kid’s 5th birthday.

Every birthday party that I have attended with my kid, I started taking notes of typical kids’ behaviour at these parties. I noticed that apart from the magic shows, tattoos, bouncy castles and beyond, the highlight of the party HAS TO BE the return gifts for children!

I mean, even as adults aren’t we still so excited to open gifts and see what’s inside? So return gifts like educational toys for 5 year old in India and

their excitement for it goes over and above the roof in such parties! Kids love these Return Gifts and they definitely look forward to it from the moment they step into the party, and by chance, if any kid has to leave early, you get that little “Aunty, I want my return gift!”, isn’t it?!

This culture of return gifts for children was popular when we were kids and continues to be so to date. However, the only difference is its depreciating value over the years. Throwback to the time when we’d be elated to receive a pencil and eraser set or a water bottle at max. But, times have changed now and the whole return gifting culture has become rather stressful for parents.

As parents, we have already given our kids all that they want or what we want them to have. There’s hardly anything that kids today do not have and with that thought, it’s difficult to pick the perfect return gifts for children!

In an era where we want to ditch the traditional gifting options and are actively looking for unique and value-adding gifts, there are hardly any options available locally.

In an era where we want to ditch the traditional gifting options and are actively looking for unique and value-adding return gifts for children, there are hardly any options available locally.

In my search for the same, I stumbled upon PepPlay which was the ultimate level-up from the cliche gifting ideas. PepPlay has got the most value-adding, educational and out of the box gifting options. They have a variety of activities which focus on multiple developmental areas and also encourage fun-learning!

As much as I miss the simpler times of gifting stationery, I was happy to see PepPlay’s range of educational toys that are a revamp of the old school methods of play. I love how their activities are age-specific and give a new direction to basics like colouring, playing with dough, stickers, etc.

PepPlay’s educational activities focus on cognitive thinking, STEM projects and encourage independent play. Also, by buying from their range of Eco-friendly toys, Reusable Activities we can do our bit to save the environment!

So parents, let’s keep the return gift excitement going but opt for out of the box gifting ideas which will make a real difference for all kids!

If you’re interested, you can find them here!