Grandson 18th

He’s very keen. He found an old golf club sticking out of a skip last year which only needed a new grip, so he had it repaired at the pro shop at the municipal course he plays on and added it to his motley assortment! Hopefully these new ones will smooth his game out! It’s saved two grans a lot of head scratching.

I know IT'S ALL SORTED for the OP, but I just wanted to say what a fabulous present Greyduster is giving to her GS.

And how nice to hear she is joining up with the other Gran. We hear too much about competitive grans. This is great and something he will appreciate for years to come.

I misread the title. I thought the OP was referring to their 18th grandson!

We had a favourite photograph done as a drawing of our grandson. He loved it.

It is difficult. My grandson had money from us on his 18th - he has an expensive habit i.e. guitars and paraphernalia. I am now wondering what I can give him for his 21st this year. The last 3 years have flown by and as he has 9 guitars and paraphernalia I have no idea. I did think an engraved tankard as he likes real ale.

Could be useful for anyone else who needs ideas Georgesgran….

A red letter day experience. The memory would stay with him forever.

My GS has his 18th coming up very shortly. He’s golf mad and is currently playing with a mixture of his grandad’s old clubs and anything he can borrow from his dad’s set. His other gran and I have agreed to pay for a really good tailored set for him. They won’t be cheap but we think (hope) he’s done most of his growing now so they should last him.

IT’S ALL SORTED!

If he’s a football fan, a tour of his teams stadium….or festival tickets maybe.

My grandson wanted cuff links

We bought one boy a track day and the other a flying lesson both really appreciated. Not cheap but both provided great memories.

I must admit I do think NemosMum could be right… Although my son is 43 he had a really expensive guitar (he was studying music at college) and watch and ring all of which he still has for his 18th and still uses…. 18th & 21st glasses etc that friends bought him are still with us….he didn’t drink, Very rarely drinks now… husband spent £150 to get his Dads watch repaired but it is worth around £1500. Great nephew had a personalised number plate…

Some of these suggestions sound very dated, hip flask and tankard among them. Even when my husband was that age he wouldn’t have been very pleased to get such gifts. Times have changed and these may be very carefully chosen gifts and given with love but I suspect they may never , ever be used which would be a shame.Money towards a holiday or driving lessons sound lovely. I think for our grandchildren money is the perfect gift !

a Euro rail-card

Sago

A quality leather hold-all/weekend bag.
You can have his initials embossed on it.
We got each of our boys one, still going strong.

Yes, a lovely and useful gift ..

Another could be a leather ruck-sack / backpack bag with his initals embossed on it ..

18th birthdays weren't celebrated, like they are today when my family were young. It was 21st when you gained legal rights eg allowed to vote, gain credit. When 21 or 22 they all went off abroad after Uni so were given funds for that and enough for a deposit on a car when they returned. I don't think 21sts are celebrated much nowadays? It's all the 18th.

Able to ask, I meant!

Do you have any other grandchildren/nephews/children of family friends of a similar age you might be anble to ask?

If he has any particular interests, perhaps a special thing associated with one of them? Once you know what he enjoys, you could get clues by getting him to tell you about it or start talking to people who share that particular interest (zillions of websites out there, from balloon-sculpting to antiquarian books...). Enthusiasts will love making suggestions!

winifred01

Leather bag- bought for our son for his 21st birthday, he is now 63 and it is still in use, though looking a bit battered!

I think battered leather bags look better than new ones. The places it's been, the things it's seen.

surfingsal

When my eldest grandson was 18 we had decided to give him some cash but I also wanted him to have something to keep, to cut a very long story short I found a car number plate with his initials and the year he was born, it was a bit more than we had planned to spend but he is now 45 and has had it on every car he has owned .

We did it for our son when he was a baby. Reg of his birth year and his initials. He doesn't want it, it's on DHs car. Son says to sell it. It is an in demand plate due to the letters appealing to a particular profession and is worth several thousands more than we paid for it.

We did the keepsake type things with our kids and to be honest I think they were a waste. GS is getting a contribution to help fund his gap year trip to Australia. Hopefully the memories will be worth more than the keepsakes.

Thank you for all your suggestions. All sorted! I asked him if he would like anything special and he said he would love a travel bag/ holdall. So pleased to be getting something he really wants, rather than something that will be forgotten about and put in the back of a cupboard!! Once again thank you 😊

Leather bag- bought for our son for his 21st birthday, he is now 63 and it is still in use, though looking a bit battered!