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Hobbies for grandson

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Lynne59 Sat 08-Dec-18 17:50:14

Those hobbies sound very dull for a 10 year old boy!

Does he play any sport? Does he swim? Ice skate?

How about arts and crafts - making things, painting, etc. Photography?

BlueBelle Sat 08-Dec-18 16:18:18

Ginny this sounds very structured for a 10 year old, not much freedom of choice wouldn’t it be better if he chose his own interests I might be wrong but I don’t think kids collect stamps these days I have a stamp album and offered my grandkids but none were interested, more interested in footie or pokaman cards?
What is he interested in ?

Greyduster Sat 08-Dec-18 16:15:58

There is a good stamp collecting starter kit on Amazon. The album has inserts that you slot the stamps behind (no fiddling with the hinges I use to get so annoyed with as a child!). I don’t know if W.H. Smith still sell starter albums. You should be able to get packs of mixed or single subject stamps online. If you can get him interested, he might want to specialise in stamps relating to particular subjects or countries. My DH collected stamps until about 1980. We still have all his albums gathering dust in the attic! I wish my. GS were interested in them.

Ginny42 Sat 08-Dec-18 15:59:56

We're trying to wean my 10 year old GS off computer games. He has recently set up his train set again and is having a new train and some scenery for his layout for Christmas. So far so good.

During his summer stay with me I got him into collecting coins from the Royal Mint for his birthday and also collecting fossils.

I have been saving stamps for him for a long time and given that there aren't many letters with stamps now, they are quite difficult to come by. However, I do have some and some first day covers from the UK, Spain and some sets of stamps from China.

My question is: Anyone know the best way to go about saving stamps? I presume they don't still use the fiddly little hinges I used as a child. Do they use an album?

He attends school a long way from where he lives and playing with his friends online is a vital part of his weekends. He's not allowed to play during the week but he can spend a few hours playing with his trains and getting his collections sorted.

Any ideas please?