Dance Charms - Gift Ideas For Young Dancers

Are you scouring the web for a gift for a young ballerina? The ideal solution may be one you least expect - charms.

I previously ran a dance outlet and the biggest seller was a silver pointe shoe charm necklace. Parents and young dancers alike loved it!

That was long before the current explosion in charms such as Pandora and Troll. So, considering a ballet slipper charm was so sought after then, I can only guess how sought after it would be now!

These days, you'll find quite a variety of dance-related charms and charm bracelets. There are ballet shoes (one shoe or two!), ballerinas in a variety of positions, and tutus for ballet dancers. For flamenco lovers, there are flamenco fans and occasionally, flamenco dancers. I've seen ballroom dancing couples,tap dancers, and shoes for tap, tango, Irish and Scottish dancing.

There is less selection in Pandora charms, or even in the copycat makes. Pandora charms need to be chunky to allow for the hole through the middle, so it's hard to design a delicate charm which reflects the spirit of dancing. I have seen some ballet shoe charms but they are too bulky for my taste!

You will find quite a number of Pandora charms engraved with words like "dance" or "I love to dance" - and of course their Murano glass beads have fabulous swirling colors which seem to be dancing all by themselves!

You often hear the saying "lucky" charms. I always thought that meant charms shaped like a four leaf clover or a horseshoe. However I was told a lovely story of a woman who got a charm bracelet for her birthday. It didn't include a four leaf clover, but she soon noticed that when she wore it, things went well -and when she wasn't wearing it, went wrong. She didn't tell her family, but it ultimately became so obvious, even her son commented! Her explanation was that the bracelet was a gift from her children, and the charms were chosen with care and love, so it was transfused with a special quality. Maybe that's a good reason to give a charm bracelet!

If you're having trouble choosing between all the various charms - it may help to know that the ballet slipper pendant sold far more than similarly priced dancer necklaces.

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