For an 18th
- A first proper toolkit or kitchen box for moving out one day
- A driving lesson or two, if they are learning
- A letter from each family member, sealed until their 21st
- A framed print of a place that matters to them
Gift ideas
Birthday gift ideas
Ideas to suit the person, for every age. Pick one, then make it yours.
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For a 40th
- A day out they keep meaning to book
- A hobby starter kit: a camera course, a model kit, a cookbook
- A photo book of the last ten years
- A quiz night built around the year they were born
For a 50th
- Fifty notes from fifty people, one for each year
- A trip back to the town where they grew up
- Music from the year they were born, on vinyl or a playlist
- Tickets to something they loved at 20
For children
- A book about the thing they ask about most: dinosaurs, planets, trains
- A puzzle game to play with friends
- A day out with just one grown-up, their choice of where
- A time capsule box to open on their next birthday
Gifts that cost very little
- A birth year page. Print the page for their year, add your own notes in the margin, and roll it up with a ribbon.
- A time capsule. Fill a box with a newspaper, a photo, a shopping receipt and letters from family. Write the opening date on the lid.
- An experience you run yourself. A picnic at their favourite spot, a film night of their choice, or a walk with a flask and a cake.