ideas for present for 90 year old gran! help please!!

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need ideas for 90 year old gran. does not holiday, does not use smellies except johnsons. can get around but not too far. help please!

My grandmother is 101 and so this year we have bought her a tin of really special biscuits which can go on the tray she has by her chair. My mum reckoned that would be our best bet as she is fairly infirm and she would be able to enjoy them without any difficulty. In the past we have also had flowers delivered and bought her nice hand soap, but I agree it is very difficult. HTH

how about making up a hamper of a few treats. just egt a basket put sheaded paper int he bottom. arrange a the treats and cover with cling film, then hairdry the clingfilm so it tightens. i do it every year for gran who is 87,

Hamper or framed picture of DC or erm...

Will follow this thread as I need ideas too. Mine is also diabetic so no choccies.

I was gong to get her some new shoes, she said "I only got these for going to your g/f funeral"!

That was only 15 years ago

a gift basket with a warm shawl, some lovely pics & some biscuits/sweets

thank you for all your ideas! i will see what MIL thinks of them as now it was mentioned i think she may be diabetic too!! the portrait is a great idea but the family are all over the country!

Our last present was some of those 'artificial but look good' sweet peas from Lakeland. She couldn't cope with real plants, we always used to get hyacinths but they were too much hassle, so the smelly artificial ones were perfect.

My DDs 89 year old granny requested a new crossword dictionary. She is also getting a calendar with pictures of dachshunds (gets one of those every year), DDs school photo and a frame DD made herself containing snap of DD and DH. She usually gets enough scotch from her neighbours (who probably drink it come to think )

If you've got scattered family, you perhaps just have time to ask each to send you some pics for you to compile a small album.

We have bought a Digital Frame for 80 year old Dad, and filled it with photos from his birth right through to his greatgrandaughter, photos of when we were little, his and Moms wedding, photos from when we lived abroad, and from when he was in the RAF.

It did take me hours to scan them onto the pc tho.

Not read rest of thread but my lovely Granny is getting a photo of the grandchildren in a frame and some Fruit Jellies. Dh's amazing Nana is getting the same photo and frame and some shortbread.

Talking books (NB if buying CDs check they have a CD player otherwise tapes). Always popular with my GPs.

My great gran in 96 and i have got her a nighty dressing gown and bed socks she ususes simple smellies ao i bought a load of simple stuff and made a wee set with it and put it in a nice basket

A bird table or feeders to go outside her window so she can watch the birds.

We did Oxfam buy a goat thing last year for both our elderly Grans and they loved it (was actually buying school books for children, but you get the idea.)

When my granny was quite old and infirm, we got her a lap tray which was a big success, like this:

www.candh.co.uk/category-Lap-Trays-HSEHHSLT/

having rung her usual hairdresser I have made my nan (91) some vouchers for getting her hair done perm & shampoo & set.

For my Great-Nana (92 on New Year's Eve), we have a small bottle of brandy, a framed school photo of DS, a new plump cushion and a fleecy throw. For her birthday she will have a photobook, a compilation of our year in pictures (the bulk of them being of DS).

I agree that a digital photo frame is a great pressie - just bought one for m-in-law and thinking of getting one for great gran.

Needs to be a decent size and you would need to have it all setup to run.

Some run on batteries if electrics are a problem. Some have remotes, which can be handy as they can be fiddly and fall off shelf when trying to press buttons on back. Also some play background music!

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