They don’t know much about crypto. He has heard of it but never owned any.
~Snipped~
Once I hand it to them, it’s their responsibility to keep them safe.
I am hoping it will intrigue him a little and get him interested.
In other words, you'll be giving them a product, without the manuals in it! IMO, you might just annoy them with that kind of gift.
How cool would it be if there was a way to safely generate a Bitcoin wallet/address for someone else. But without seeing the recovery phrase or private key.
You can still achieve that by inviting them over to assist in creating those in a safe environment, then simply look away when it's time for the seeds to appear
[instruct them to write it down in a safe place], and lastly, delete all traces of the wallet from your side.