Need help with ideas on how to present a present
We bought my step son a rocksmith (real guitar) but that is his ONLY present b/c it was 200 bucks!
Sooooo I need some ideas on how to present this in a special way so that while the others are opening more he can have a little more magic then opening just one present. Of course he will have p.j.s and his stocking but that is IT!
Thanks for the ideas.
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How about a scavenger hunt
How about a scavenger hunt for his gift?
How about spending a little
How about spending a little extra (even if he is at or over budget) and getting him an instructional book/cdrom, or some sheet music to start with... will preoccupy him while others are opening gifts.
It is a game that hooks into
It is a game that hooks into the ps3 so it has the instructions already. I was more thinking along the lines of a scavenger hunt of some kind. But I was looking for a little more creativity to go with it. All my ideas are boring.
I'd spend a little more on
I'd spend a little more on him, give him the same amount of gifts as the rest, they do not have to be very expensive ones. I imagine he's old enough to appreciate the value of what he has. How about have the rest open theirs at his 'musical' cues? That way he's still a part of the opening of the gifts? I am sure you'll come up with something.
I am NOT spending more kids
I am NOT spending more kids can and will UNDERSTAND that concept and I will not go my the # of gifts that is crazy. If you explain things to kids that understand and get it. I have always done that with my kids. I have continued that with my skids. Besides that creates entitled attitudes!
i don't do that with my kids and will not do that with my skids either.
thanks for the ideas.
This is a tough one. Does he
This is a tough one. Does he have limits on video game time? since this is a video game gift, you could do a little handmade coupon book, say an hour of extra video game time per coupon (assuming he has a TV to use that won't inconvenience the rest of the household). I don't really have any ideas besides that, but if the kid is old enough to have a PS3 he's probably old enough to understand monetary value vs. # of gifts and this probably won't be a huge deal.
thanks you stepmommy he is
thanks you stepmommy he is and will understand he is 14. We already told ALL the kids that if they get the most expensive thing on their list that that will their only gift. They ALL said that was ok.
i was really looking for some ideas on how to present this with a little more magic for him as this is a BIG gift.
How big is the box? What
How big is the box? What about wrapping it and putting it in another (bigger) box? And then wrapping that box? And so forth?
On the scavenger hunt, each clue can lead to the next clue, etc.... Or let him unwrap his clues?
First present he opens is a hint written on a piece of paper, next present is another hnt, etc....
Also any "family" gifts, he could open those up.
Oh and if your a jokey kind
Oh and if your a jokey kind of family (we are) just wrap up some items from the house lol
PD, I think your impulse
PD, I think your impulse toward creatitivity is on the mark. He seems very open and receptive to you, the to of you seem to have a good relationship. Who are his very favorite artists? I don't know the gaming/guitar world, but if he has very favorite guitar artists, is there a way they could be incorporated into this gift, and I admit, I don't know anything about how this type of guitar thing works. But, for ex., if he really like Jimmi Hendrix, is there an inexpensive way or a way that would present as another gift if he got that, too? May be off base, you are an artist, I think you are on the mark with wanting it to be something creative.
Thoughts.
I got it!! The first
I got it!!
The first present will be a cd that we burn with his fav artist to tell him where to get the next and so forth! I am so excited! Thanks ladies. 