Do I say anything?

hmmmn, tricky one! Is your DGD interested particularly in planets, the solar system etc?If so, she may like it, but if not.....
A well meaning but misguided present perhaps.I would not say anything to your DH though today to spoil things, but later have a quiet word with your DD.

Sorry, but I think you are over thinking things.
If I bought my GS a present I wouldn't expect it to be displayed forever.
If he is an eight year old I would hope he could arrange his bedroom as he wished and he would be more than capable of getting it out of the frame if he wanted.
Give it to him as is and let him decide.

Say nowt. This is not really a problem and I agree that a bit of over-thinking is going on. I would simply be delighted if my OH bought my GC anything at all - so far it has all been left to me!

Be ruthless. Tell him to ditch the frame, or not be surprised if GD keeps it under the bed. Or in the shed.

Not fair on anyone really. Men! Why do they have this tunnel vision?!

Would be a lovely present, presented rolled, as a reference map.

An eight year old girl will most likely want to decorate her room in a completely different manner. Anyway, blu tack is the usual method of attaching that kind of thing to walls at that age.

Why intervene? as been said it wont be hanging on the wall forever, my younger grandaughter would have loved receiving that when she was younger. Perhaps your gd asked her grandad for that for her birthday because she knew no one else would buy it for her.

The trouble with a framed picture is that you can't easily trace it, you can't take it to school and pore over it at your desk, show your friends etc.

It's just going to be stuck there, on the wall.

Or not, as the case may be.

How do you know that your GD hasn't had conversations about planets with her GF? They may have a joint interest in astronomy and why not?

Second thought - It would have been more sensible to have had the poster laminated. Then, if her class was studying the solar system, she could have taken it along to school without damaging it.

After it has been handed over as it is (lovely big chunky parcel to open) and admired, it will be taken into the bedroom and tried out against all the walls.

THAT is the moment to say "You know, it would actually fit better without the frame! - and you could trace it then, or roll it up and take it to school to show it to everyone"

Yes! That's the ideal solution, anno!

It could even be stuck on the bedroom wall if she wanted, with blu-tack.

I agree with Elegran tact is called for. Don't over think , your granddaughter will make her own decision. So good your husband actually did this for her.

jbf why wouldn't an 8 year old girl be interested in the solar system? Not all little girls want to decorate their rooms in pink with pictures of My Little Pony!

Thanks for your views. I have no problem with the map itself and agree it is a delightful present and I am thrilled that she and DH have any interest in astronomy. My issue is with the presentation of the map in a frame that is armwidth wide. It just seems such an unwieldy and permanent object to foist upon a young family in their new (small) house

Could this gift not be construed as encouraging GD not to be constrained by the fact she is a girl but realise she can be or do anything.

Sigh! Of course that is true sunseeker. But you can bet yer life there will be other things, girly or otherwise, she will want to put on her walls (small bedroom - huge frame - bit unfair?)

Tbh I think a map of the solar of the solar system might have been a better idea. But that is neither here nor there.

I only put "girl" in bold because other posters were thinking it was a grandson, btw.

I wouldn't intervene, it's a really thoughtful present & with respect it's nothing to do with you.

A lovely frame is a fab present, never mind the map, tell her she can re use that frame over and over as her interests change and never forget who bought it for her.

This seems to me to be a classic "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" thing. ((no naff pun intended) Thuberon's DH thinks entirely differently from how she thinks.

Ditch the frame. This then gives your daughter and grand daughter more choice. In a frame they have no choice.

I think it's quite a nice present. My husband took close-ups of the moon and our granddaughter, who is nearly 6, was so taken with them that she stuck them on her bedroom wall (in our house) herself with blutack.

It's not as if this is the only present the little girl is going to get. If it does prove too cumbersome or of limited interest, no doubt in the future it can be quietly re-located.

Ha ha Jinglebellsfrocks Instead of "Do I say anything?" I should be asking "What planet is he from?"