There are numerous ideas for retirement gifts, but there are two things you should take into consideration before giving a gift to a retiree, namely:
• Decide whether you want to take the classic, funny, personal, utility or classic approach.
• As everyone is different, try to come up with something that would be important to the person.
Following are a few great ideas for Retirement Gift Baskets
A gift for a new or existing hobby — since the retiree will have plenty of time on his/her hands to do lots of fun things, why not give a gift that can be used for a new or existing hobby? This could include things like:
• A fishing pole for specialized fishing
• A new set of golf clubs
• A bookstore gift certificate or a Kindle reading device
• Lessons for cooking, tennis or some other type of pastime
• A craft store gift certificate
Give a customized gift to suit the retiree’s interests or another hobby that you feel they might enjoy doing in their leisure time.
Something related to their type of work — a really thoughtful gift would be something to commemorate their type of work, such as:
• A framed listing of all the major accomplishments they’ve achieved during their time with the company
• A framed territory map for a salesperson
• A trophy engraved with their name and dates of their years of service with the company
• A mounted or bronzed item significant to the type of work they were involved in
• For a firefighter, a fire hose nozzle
• For the executive, a keyboard or pen
• For the plumber, a wrench
• A scatter cushion made from a part of their uniform or their favorite tie
A grandchildren fun basket — one of the benefits of retirement that most people enjoy, is the chance to have more time with their grandchildren. For the retiree who has grandchildren, you could put together a gift basket that includes:
• Board games
• Activity books
• Tickets to a special event
“Young at heart” retirement gifts — to help keep the retiree young at heart, you could include gifts like:
• A selection of candy that would have been popular when he/she was a teenager
• A yo-yo, Frisbee, or other types of fun and goofy items
• A skateboard, cruiser bicycle or razor scooter usually for kids, but plenty of fun for everyone and a great and fun way to nip down to the store for bread and the morning paper.
Apart from the above ideas for Retirement Gift Baskets, you could also keep in touch with the retiree, by gifting him/her with luncheon once a month or year, paid for by the company, with colleagues and friends from their place of work.
