21st Birthday Gift Ideas – What to Buy and Why

The traditional 21st birthday gift ideas have been overshadowed a little by 18th birthday gifts.
Twenty-one used to be when you became an adult and took on all the responsibilities of adulthood. The key to the door comes at 18 now – if not before.

Times have changed. By the time your 21st birthday comes around there’s a good chance that you’ll be coming to the end of your university life or getting stuck into life in the workplace. Either way, you could easily be living in your first real flat (rented of course), paying your first real bills (mostly on time) and doing your own real shopping every week (microwavable only). So if you’re buying 21st birthday gifts for him or gifts for her you need to look beyond the traditional 21st birthday gifts and think a little more creatively – think gift ideas for the home, gift ideas for work and even a few gift ideas for their inner child.

21st Birthday Gift Ideas for the Home

Lifestyle gifts are a great alternative to traditional 21st birthday gifts. They’ll either be out on their own and starting to furnish their own place or just about to. Either way, funky gifts for the home look great and will help make their new place feel like a home (and not the student squat that it now resembles). Photo frames, mugs and funky alarm clocks all fit the bill.
Wall plaques inscribed with homely verses might even make them feel like they’re still at home – minus the clean laundry.

21st Birthday Gift Ideas for the Workplace or University

Working or studying, twenty-one is supposedly around the time when you start to takes things a little more seriously – maybe even thinking about what you want to do with the rest of your life. Gifts for men might include a set of cufflinks to go with the newly bought shirt and tie. Gifts for women could be retro styled handbags and purses to add a little glamour to the boring work look.

21st Birthday Gifts for their Inner Child

Of course twenty-one isn’t all that grown up. Just because they might be old enough to rent a flat or buy a drink in a pub that doesn’t mean that they don’t like feeling – and acting – like a kid every now and again.
Help them embrace their inner child. Every little girl loves cuddly soft toys – even soft baby toys -  and every little boy would love to chase a Wacky Weasel toy around the living room (it’s a stuffed weasel attached to a motorised ball just in case you were wondering).

Turning twenty-one is a big occasion. Even though your 18th birthday might technically make you an adult, your 21st birthday is the first one where you really feel like you are. To choose the perfect 21st birthday gift, buy for an adult but don’t forget something for that inner child.

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