Birthday Present for 13 year old - Teenager

Sallys_Savings

Queenie...what a great idea

One of my daughters is 13 and she went out for the evening to a nightclub that was opened for 13-17 year olds (run by the police finishing at 9.00 pm before the adult session).
She came home with a bag full of "grown up goodies" and she sat for ages reading them so I'm sure that a box llike that would go down well.
There must be lots of freebies on the internet that you could gather...waxing strips, lipsticks, leaflets, perfumes etc.

lynseyf

What about taking her to a concert if theres any on she fancies. T on the fringe has just released its festival lineup.
https://www.tonthefringe.co.uk

ajr

Love the survival box idea.My son is 13 next year so might start collecting now,any ideas for boys?

Sultana

A couple of things that went down well with mine (at 11/12 rather than 13 but they are still being enjoyed) were an ice-cream maker (a proper one - not a toy) and a hammock.

Queenie

ajr wrote:

Love the survival box idea.My son is 13 next year so might start collecting now,any ideas for boys?

I posted in the OS Daily the boy appropriate books/fillers which I included in my son's last month plus a couple of the other bits I'd put in there:- http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=2241648#post2241648

HTH

lil_me

Great idea Queenie, I do similar ones when people I know are having a baby. Collecting bits and pieces as I go along.

Have you thought of makeover/hairday/beauty treatments, I know as a teen I would have loved to spend the day with my Mum being girly and pampered. And the makeup, if you ask around some bodyshop/boots stores will do it free. If you shop around won't cost a fortune, I know we have a local college who teach hair and bauty and do treatments cheap.