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I reward my eldest grandson with days out as his younger brother has cerebral palsy he enjoys one to one time this includes spending time building Lego creations. My younger grandson prefers toys or books which help his development.

Our 5 are under 4 and they get All of the above!, they all love books the best I think, (that stay at Nana n Grandpas). We are lucky in that we see three of them every week, inc looking after one for a day Pw, and the other two once a month as they live 2+ hours away. But stories are what they love.

I like time together as a reward. So generally the reward is "I will take you to..."

I love to reward my grandchildren. My grandson recently had an excellent report from school where he exceeded expectations and had worked really hard at school. He is saving for a new computer game so I added £10 to his money bank (I also think it is important children are not given everything they want and they learn to save and therefore appreciate). I also like to reward them for kindness and helping others and each other - depending on their actions their reward may be a trip to the park with ice cream, cinema, trip to the seaside or money for their piggy bank.

Reading over this thread I'm reminded how short childhood is and how I need to be creative about spending time with my grandchildren - while they are children. GS loves to cook and bake and doing these with him is exhausting - but I need to make the effort, I know he will remember. His little sister just loves singing and nursery rhymes. So it's not about buying things for them, but doing things WITH them.

We have three Grandchildren, Harry our eldest is 9 and Casper and Tess are 2. The little ones just love us playing with them, trips to the park and feeding the ducks are great adventures. Harry is a Lego fiend and has been since the age of 4. All his treats are Lego related and mostly around birthdays and Christmas but we do treat him for that very good school report or gold awards gained for exceptional work. He loves junk modelling and painting, drawing is always a hit. He is also an interested cook, designing cakes is a passion and they always have a Lego theme which can be rather challenging for Grandma! He loves his big treats like days out but is also happy playing French cricket in the garden.

My GD is 8 and GS is 3, they are cousins not siblings so I usually see them separately. GD is into crafting so I pick up bits when I am out and about and she gets these for good marks at school and being well behaved. I don't see her that often as she lives with my daughter 50% of the time and with her Dad 50%. She may get a packet of sweets or ice cream if we are out shopping. GS sleeps here every Saturday and various other times depending on shift patterns of my other daughter and her partner. He likes Spiderman, Lightning McQueen, Minions, Thomas etc and may get small toys or a dvd but not every week and are usually bargains i have picked up and he will ask if he is allowed a (sweet) treat after he has eaten a meal.

I have more money now than when my own daughters were little but they did get treats now and again, for good school reports etc.

I buy small cars from poundland for my grandson to add to his collection. They don't cost much but he does love them. He is only 2.5 years and I expect the price of the treats will increase soon.

when they were small it would be a small book or toy ,now they are older its a trip to the cinema (courtesy of Tesco rewards ) , 0r a day at the beach which is near to us

I like to give them books or something educational to play with. They do rather like my baking too!

Being a relatively new Grandma I'm just learning the ropes and have really enjoyed reading everyone's posts.
As I live quite a distance away I do already tend to take something on visits. At the moment mainly outfits, but I'm sure that will change with time.

My youngest is nine and Autistic. He gets treated daily for good behaviour, a good day at school currently is a cupcake from greggs after school, not very healthy I know but it's been working.
A reward chart and stickers keep us up to date, a good day with no real issues is a £1 pocket money to be paid at the end of every week, so potentially £7 pw pocket money. However. Kieran has been very behind in toilet training so daddy added a £1 for every time he uses the toilet :O Kieran now does at least one poo on the toilet every day which makes his pocket money £14 pw and wouldn't you know it, Kieran has been doing some wee's on the toilet now too. Kieran spends his money on Lego mixels, we even sent a video he made to Lego because it was amazing.
My eldest is 20 and last year she gave me my first grandson, so far he just gets spoilt rotten lol, I do try and take him something everytime I see him but that varies, one day its a packet of goodies csnacks, the next a toy, the next a pair of shoes or babygrows. As he gets older I will try and be more routine in what he gets and what for.

I find books and day trips work well, as they are really rewarding and educational, as well as being fun things that we can share together.

My little grandson lives with me and receives treats frequently although they are not always flagged up as treats as such. As he has difficulty in controlling his behaviour we make a point of telling him that he has received some special treat because his behaviour has been great. This then balances out against the sanctions he receives after an episode of bad behaviour.
Treats are often smallish things, an ice cream, book or toy although he did get a small skateboard recently because his nursery report was excellent.
I definitely treat my GS more than I did my own children, probably because I had 3 children to buy for and only one GS.
It's hard to get the balance right though. I love buying him things and seeing him enjoy them but if it happens too often then they lose the 'special' factor and he starts to take it for granted.
Treats definitely get more elaborate and expensive the older the child gets, it can be a very costly business.

We have lots of stores in our area, and as I enjoy seeking out bargains in the household goods and food shops, it's only natural that now I have two grandsons my eyes are drawn to the things for them that I haven't looked for since my children were little. I do have to control these urges though as I know how easy it would be to a) spoil them and b) upset Mum by upstaging her when she wants to choose their things herself. I do try then to limit treating till I look after them on an evening while their parents go out, and I tend to leave them a small Lego figure each(which along with superheroes is all they are interested in) for the morning if they go up to bed when I tell them and lie still while I read to them. It seems to work!

Little bits and pieces from the treat drawer, like a pack if pens, stickers or little notepads that I seem to stockpile

My Grandchild love my craft room. They love to make things and have said it's like an Aladdin's cave. I always have sparkly things, paper, wool and material. I have taught them to knit and this summer I'm going to teach them to sew and use a sewing machine. They never go home empty handed.

There was a time whenever we went to the store, year old Daniel, would scream and want something. I decided enough was enough, told my mother she couldn't keep giving in to him. Imagine how bad I felt when at the till an old man who didn't seem to have much money, went and bought him a chocolate?
I was buying treats each time we went shopping became a rod for our back; so it became a treat as a reward or on holiday.

With my own children it was never sweets,
and ice cream when on holiday, but not everyday! I was so lucky to have a lovely mother in law ! Also FiL, where ever we went ..they came too !! She was a wonderful help for me and my three loved her dearly!!!, she would buy them sweets of their choice once a week after meeting them from school, she also stay for tea , sometimes taking them up to bed, reading a story. I did not have a mother ; but she was as good as that to me! I loved her too.
I would get magazines for them to read, puzzles, and such each week; and often spent time with them reading these. I gave them choice once old enough ...pocket money or outings ?? They chose the latter. We went to woods for walks and climbing,, boating on river for sons b/day in may, to the beach for July daughter, and early Christmas type party for November one! But it kept home clean and tidy by being out at park , swimming pool, or even a couple of times in year the pics to see Disney or such!
We were not wealthy, but I stretched what we had as far as I could !! Oh also tea with Nana every other Sunday! Plus our fair share of visiting relatives too.
Oh and b/days got bigger presents, as in special! Xmas got smaller gifts from us!
When my grand kids came along, I just kept the same pattern! Except they loved to stay over ! And mum and dad loved it too !!
I never fell out with my offspring regards my being second /substitute mum, I helped share load, we continued doing things together, and GT nan and dad also came too! Until they grew too old! At over 80 yrs !!
Happy days sharing our lives !

I was 'told off' for buying my Grandson too much so now I try to buy him things he 'needs' like the Bee Transformer he really liked, books on things he wants to know more about, small Lego boxes he can put together himself and I take him to the Theatre, that way we have special, quality time together. My Grandson is almost five and was recently a having bad dreams, I told him about Dreamcatchers and asked if he'd like me to make him one, he loved the idea - I panicked as I didn't have a clue how to make it so I went straight on to You Tube and found instructions, I made him one in the colours of the sky, grass, sun and beads in rainbow colours with white feathers for floaty cloud colour. I called it his 'happy' Dream Catcher, made with love. So gifts and rewards don't have to cost big money, he loved his Dreamcatchers and he told me it worked!!
My other reward includes 'stories straight from Nanna's head' !!
When I'm with him at bed time I make up stories which he loves and he falls asleep to quite quickly, probably bored to sleep!
My next treat is to write a book about our family, a kind of family tree, so that my now two Grandchildren can read about how it all started, how my parents met then how my husband and I met. Should make good, funny reading, with lots of pics too. I love them more than chocolate . X X

Not sure I'd call them treats but we do like to take the children out somewhere when we have them. We like to give them different experiences: ride on a tram, visit to historic house, bluebell walk, fishing; usually with some small educational element. For Christmas I try to find ongoing presents: National Geographical Junior magazine for nature lover etc.. When they were keen on swimming we went to the pool several times. I think a treat is doing something that is important to the individual child.

Our other form of 'treat' is to give money to their parents so that they can afford to go to something e.g Harry Potter World, Disney.

My granddaughter is coming to stay next week and I had planned all sorts of treats and activities. I asked her if there is anything special she would like to do as a special treat and despite all my plans, her answer was 'I just want to hang out with you!'

So 'hanging out' is what we will be doing - that's her treat! And surely mine too.

(and if anyone can tell me what 'hanging out' entails, I'd be very pleased to hear!!!)

My grandchildren are all under 3 years old so mostly it is just having someone extra to help their Mums with cuddles. Though the oldest seems to like being treated as a baby (she has a one year old brother) so I can spoon feed her and pamper her a little to help her cope with the jealousy of Mum being busy

My grand daughters love books and also colouring , so I tend to buy them amusing story books or colouring books and pens/ pencils. I try to buy unusual colouring pens, such as sparkly or glittery. They also love the pens that smell fruity!

Ice creams, Coffee and Cake and a bit of pocket money. Favourite meals and a go on our iPad!