What’s the Perfect Traditional Gift?

Grandparents often want to make a big gesture to their grandchildren. In this day and age birthday presents often consist of electronic games consoles, DVDs, CDs and MP3 players but for those of you that want to give a traditional present, what is the best gift?

Wooden Rocking Horse – A Rocking horse is a perfect gift as unlike a ride on or a wooden bike, it is stationary which makes it ideal for smaller spaces. Children who love see-saws at the play park will be especially delighted with a rocking horse.

Wooden Dolls House – All children, boys and girls alike, adore a dolls house. Children have an endless imagination when it comes to what is essentially a wooden box with a hinged door. Little girls may play with it as if it is a house or a cooker, whereas little boys may treat it like a garage for their cars.

Train Sets – an oft neglected gift, you will find that children who love puzzles and building bricks get the same sort of delight from a train set. Putting the pieces together and creating the train set is the biggest part of the fun so make sure you don’t interfere and put it together for them!

Wooden Hobby Horse – again, a bit like a hula hoops, cantering around with a wooden hobby horse between your legs is an essential part of a traditional childhood

Wooden Bead Frames – usually confined to the doctors and dentists surgeries, primarily because the beads cannot get lost. A bead frame a delightful gift, though from experience, I can tell you it is not a gift that children can share well as they argue about who is playing with each bead. Perhaps then, not an ideal gift for twins, triplets or more!