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To ask if you’re a grandparent would you like this

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Riddlemethisplz · 15/12/2022 10:37

For x mas?

handmade x mas ornaments from dcs at one of those glaze your own pottery places, baubles that have a hand or foot print sometimes made into a picture. Dc1 desperately wanted to do it, it’s a handprint, name (transfer of handwritten, they’re 3 so joined dots) and age. So it’s one from 3 year old and one from baby. They weren’t cheap, and when I saw them they looked sentimental and the kind of thing you’d hold on to. Personally I’d love it. But my dm is notoriously hard to buy for and a friend said it sounds naff… does it sound naff, I’m worried now lol?

we’ve got a fragrance and chocolates for her too but this was the gift from the dcs

does it sound ok?

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saraclara · 15/12/2022 12:36

I still have the tree decorations that my DDs made at playgroup out of card and glitter or craft 'clay' thirty-odd years ago. I'm very sentimental about those. But these footprint things leave me cold, I'm afraid. It's kind of commercialised sentimentality that I'm not keen on.

But of course I'd smile and say thanks and recognise that the three year old had made it for me and was proud to give it to me. That's the point where I'd be sentimental. I'd enjoy the moment and the DGD's pride rather than the item.

Xanadu58 · 15/12/2022 12:37

Yes, I'd love those

thegreylady · 15/12/2022 12:42

Grandma to 9 and love anything like that .

RunDownRita · 15/12/2022 12:45

Not a grandparent but very much hoping I become one so that I can receive this bauble 😂

soundsystem · 15/12/2022 12:56

I'm not a grandparent but a parent of young children... of my children's grandmothers, would love these and treasure them and take them out every year as a PP said and the other would absolutely think they were tat (she would be very polite about it though to my face though!). So... it depends? #helpful

Bluevelvetsofa · 15/12/2022 12:59

I’ve got a plate with my granddaughter’s handprint on it. It lives on the sideboard. She’s 19.

Ohdofuckofdear · 15/12/2022 12:59

I'm a Nana(grandparent) and I'd love those they sound adorable and something that can be treasured for years to come.

Doidontimmm · 15/12/2022 13:00

I’d pretend I loved it and put it out for show when you came round but would secretly think it’s tat! Sorry, just don’t like stuff like that.

SirenSays · 15/12/2022 13:10

My mother would secretly think it's tat. She'd probably refuse it and say something like Oh how lovely, you should keep it for yourself 😂

whataboutnow · 15/12/2022 13:17

Id love anything from the grandchildren and would treasure it. On the other hand if the best you came up with for me was chocolate and perfume I would be less impressed. It 's not very personal and doesn't show a great deal of thought or effort.

Lifelessordinary1 · 15/12/2022 13:36

We are all different so its difficult to say - I would be really upset if my daughters bought me chocolates and fragrance from the grandkids to be honest - they know me better than that - i would love handmade gifts.

10HailMarys · 15/12/2022 13:45

My mum is really particular about ornaments and decor in general and likes classy, elegant things - but she still absolutely LOVES getting this kind of thing from her grandkids! Her Christmas tree is always decorated beautifully and tastefully but she would still be delighted to hang even the most garish bit of a tat from it if her grandchildren had made it or it had their picture/handprint/name on it.

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Riddlemethisplz · 15/12/2022 13:49

whataboutnow · 15/12/2022 13:17

Id love anything from the grandchildren and would treasure it. On the other hand if the best you came up with for me was chocolate and perfume I would be less impressed. It 's not very personal and doesn't show a great deal of thought or effort.

It’s what she put on her Christmas list lol, she’s very particular hence the list. It’s her favourite scent that she always wears and it’s only available In the holidays

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Riddlemethisplz · 15/12/2022 13:50

Lifelessordinary1 · 15/12/2022 13:36

We are all different so its difficult to say - I would be really upset if my daughters bought me chocolates and fragrance from the grandkids to be honest - they know me better than that - i would love handmade gifts.

Nah the fragrance is from me, from her x mas list

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strawberry2017 · 15/12/2022 13:51

We have let our kids paint money boxes for the grandmas in our family- they look pretty terrible but I know they will LOVE them because the kids did them.

Hidingawaytoday · 15/12/2022 13:52

My DM and PIL got similar last Christmas but on plates. Both lovingly displayed (at least when we visit, no idea if they're there day to day 😆). This year they're getting photos from nursery (among other things!)

JellyfishandShells · 15/12/2022 13:55

I’d love anything like that, and would appreciate your other gifts, too.

DilemmaDelilah · 15/12/2022 14:06

Definitely NOT my mind of thing and yes, I think they are very naff, but I would treasure it and put it on my tree every year.

hiredandsqueak · 15/12/2022 14:06

I'm a Granny, it wouldn't be something I'd want but neither dd nor dgs would have an inkling as I would ensure I appeared suitably impressed and grateful. I'd put them on the tree until they were hopefully forgotten about by dd and dgs. I only really like gifts that leave no trace so flowers, chocolates or books I can pass on are the gifts I treasure

SomethingOriginal2 · 15/12/2022 14:08

As you hand it over say "DC chose this specially and worked so hard on it!" Then she'll have to love it 😂

Karatema · 15/12/2022 14:13

To the PP who said no baby photos displayed, that's me, but I'd treasure these!

caringcarer · 15/12/2022 14:15

Yes I'd love that. I took my dgc to the paint a pot to paint a Xmas bauble this year. I have just collected them after the firing. They are fabulous and I have to take them for them. My most precious Xmas ornaments are not my expensive hand blown glass ones but the little bell made by my dd at nursery when she was 3. It is a bit of an egg box covered in foil with a pipe cleaner to hang it on tree and fir cone with a blob of cotton wool on my son made when he was 2. Surely you parents and in-laws would treasure them.

caringcarer · 15/12/2022 14:18

This is what my dgc made.

To ask if you’re a grandparent would you like this
Elspethelf · 15/12/2022 14:30

You could ask her. Just say the kids are thinking of making you something this year, are you into that? And then see what she says. Then you’ll know what you are in for.

I would love it but I’m super sentimental :)

VickerishAllsort · 15/12/2022 14:31

I'm a grandmother, and whatever theme my Christmas tree had anything made for me by my beloved grandchildren would have pride of place. And I'd probably shed a little tear every year too.