This theme works best if you want to give gifts representing many occupations. If you want to focus exclusively on an individual occupation, this may take a bit more work on your part, but we’ll try to provide you with some examples to get you started.
This could work nicely for someone who is not sure where their career is leading (eg: graduates – ”you can do anything you want to do”) or perhaps for someone who kind of does them all (eg: for Mother’s day or Father’s day – ”thanks for being all of these occupations”).
If you do an online search (eg: “gifts for teachers”) you will find more specific gifts to fit each occupation. Often there are items like mugs and T-shirts that are tailor made for each.
Have a suggestion for an occupation we haven’t covered here? Let us know and we’ll try to add it onto the list.
Kids wrapping paper can often have a workable theme (eg: Bob the Builder).
Try wrapping your gift with plain paper and applying pictures of occupations onto the gift or do an online search for job classifieds, print them out and use them as wrapping paper.
Tie a small related item into the ribbon around the gift (eg: a small calculator, toothpaste) or use the item as ribbon if possible. For instance:
