Teens Birthday invite

globalds

My son has been invited to a birthday party ...Like a football party at a leisure centre.
It is for a boys 15th Birthday.

The question ...What kind of gift does he give ....And how much ..
I was thinking CD Voucher / I tunes voucher maybe ...can you give cash?
Any help for this one ...I don't want to have my son look a complet Numpty by giving something thats just way of the mark.

Alikay

In my experience, teenage lads are not squeamish whatsoever about accepting cash as gifts from friends or relatives. It may turn out that he's saving up for a new mobile phone/ipod/console or some other piece of techie equipment. If you're OK about giving it, he'll be OK about accepting it!

My sons tend to give (and receive) about £5 if it's a reasonably good mate...maybe an actual present for around £10 if it's their VERY best friend. A common theme is the big bar of Cadburys wrapped up along with a fiver!

globalds

Thats cool ....

justpaper

wouldnt bother with I tunes voucher, as the fact of the matter is most if not all teens download their music the free way,

Coupon-mad

Alikay wrote: »

In my experience, teenage lads are not squeamish whatsoever about accepting cash as gifts from friends or relatives. It may turn out that he's saving up for a new mobile phone/ipod/console or some other piece of techie equipment. If you're OK about giving it, he'll be OK about accepting it!

My sons tend to give (and receive) about £5 if it's a reasonably good mate...maybe an actual present for around £10 if it's their VERY best friend. A common theme is the big bar of Cadburys wrapped up along with a fiver!

Agree completely, this is what my DS1 (14) likes to give for a pressie and it's not too bulky for them to carry into the party either. The fiver is in the card of course and sometimes he doesn't even wrap the choccy as long as the card is attached to it so the recipient knows who it's from at the end of the party.

At his last birthday, all his friends gave him cash in with the card, some gave a fiver and others a tenner (guess it's down to whichever note is in the parents' pocket on the day, and whether they can afford it, as it didn't really seem to be closer friends giving the higher amounts). DS was happy just to get some cash together, he didn't keep tabs on who gave what anyway.

globalds

Thanks for the comments ..i must admit the music present did seem a bit naive .