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How do you like to reward your grandchildren? Tell LEGO® and win a £300 voucher NOW CLOSED

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LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 24-Jul-15 13:19:44

The team at LEGO® would like to hear about the treats and rewards you give your grandchildren.

How do you like to reward or treat your grandchildren? Do you treat them with toys or maybe a day out? How often do you like to treat them? Are treats and rewards saved for special occasions or do you give them one every time you see them? How does treating/rewarding your grandchildren compare with how you treated/rewarded your children?

However you like to treat/reward your grandchildren, LEGO® would love to hear about it!

Please share your thoughts on this thread, and be in with the opportunity to win a £300 Love2Shop Voucher. Every gransnetter who posts a comment will be entered into the prize draw where one gransnetter will win the £300 Love2Shop voucher.

Thanks and good luck!
GNHQ

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fillygumbo Sun 02-Aug-15 10:15:23

I try not to overdo the treats as I tend to think that they have too much too often! I usually treat them with things like sticker books or little materials for art work.
Birthdays and Christmas are very different and I have just bought my 5year old grandson the lego city starter pack as alas the pile of duplo I had amassed from charity shops is now considered to young.

lilihu Mon 03-Aug-15 14:15:56

No sweets!
Trips out, walks, swings in the park, small toy or book when something achieved.
Nothing has changed from one generation to the next!

janerowena Tue 04-Aug-15 11:32:38

I buy mine books usually, and occasionally puzzle or colouring books. They do have sweets, usually a bag of giant chocolate buttons, but we are not a great sweet-eating family. They love Lego, and have a Legoland pass, but it's so expensive now that when they come to stay with me I have to buy them sets on eBay. Even on there it can be pretty pricey, I have to say it does hold its 'value' well. Still, it does keep them occupied for a long time so it's worth it.

cporteus Sun 09-Aug-15 17:40:57

Sticker books

Worlass Mon 10-Aug-15 16:17:08

My six grandchildren are now adult, so 'treats' usually mean money towards some project or item they are interested in. I do this on an ad hoc basis, giving gifts as and when, although I try to make sure that each gets approximately the same amount overall. I also organise days out to places of interest. I have never given pocket money on a regular basis. When my own daughters were young, I operated very much the same system, although they did each receive regular pocket money from grandparents. When they were older, I would often match any money they saved towards some treat from their pocket money, or occasionally paid them for doing small jobs.

suelowe Mon 10-Aug-15 18:26:41

Watching a film or TV with them and listening to them explaining the plot or commenting how funny it is without interrupting ...anode is all that's needed...

LucyGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 14-Aug-15 17:11:17

Thanks very much for all of your contributions, and congratulations to Annie29, who has won the voucher! Annie do look out for an email coming your way soon.