I have zero ounces of creativity in my body. My son will be entering 9th grade this fall, and I know these next four years are going to be great!! I’m looking for some memorable ideas to do for him for his high school years. So far, I’ve found the idea of getting a photo album, putting a $10 bill in the slot with a notecard saying something good/memorable on it. Or even something you like about him/her etc. It would be done every Friday during the school year. I’ve also seen the idea to save his sports shirts (from camps, warm-ups) and make a blanket out of them. Any other creative ideas you’re willing to share? Thanks in advance!
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I saw someone say about the album you mentioned except they said to open a saving account for the money and put deposit slip instead that way they get the interest
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Teaching him money management. This may sound strange, but in the long run it will pay off. Write a small journal of highlights throughout your years with him growing up. Educate him to go out into the world. He may look at that and appreciate what his mom did for him as he enters adulthood.
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a photo album would be nice but also make sure you have enough photos in case they do scrapbooking and they need to have pictures. could be anything from the parents night for sports, band, etc. action shots on the field. money is a good idea too, like maybe put in a dollar for each day or like a dollar the first day of school and each day of school just increase the amount and keep it hidden until he turns 16 and use some of that to buy a car or save it all the way up to his graduation day and give them the whole amount as a gift
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I have a friend’s who made a blanket from their sons jerseys &, gave it to him for his 8th grade graduation. It turned out really cool!
Saving cash isn’t a good idea. I did that then moved & put everything in storage. My storage unit was sold out of under me. I was paying for it every month for months after it was sold. I had no idea until I tried to empty it. Besides that fires & robberies can happen. It’s better to write notes every Friday if you wish & put money in a savings account.
Another idea is to collect pictures from each year & make a collage. You display it at his graduation party (if he’ll have 1) or present it as a gift. I knew someone who did 1 from birth to 5. Then 5/kindergarten to 4th grade, 5th grade to 8th grade, 9th to 12th grade. It was cute.
Create an email address and send every photo and memory to it and when he graduates give him the password and let him open all the things you sent him thru the years maybe?
Write down things you love about him, good deeds he did, what made you proud of him, his good qualities. Either put it all in one document or on little slips of paper. You can keep it a secret and give it to him for graduation or give him access to it as you keep adding to it. I suggest you make it available to him so he can read through and be inspired, comforted, encouraged, or reassured during the tumultuous years of high school and puberty.
Take out a 529 plan to help pay for further education.
Make a bucket list with him of fun stuff to do/accomplish by the time he graduates and check off as many items as you can. Memories last longer than stuff.
Have family and friends write down words of wisdom for dealing with life. Or have them write down what they like or admire about him, or something he did that impressed them. Present it to him in a book, binder or document for graduation.
Ask your son what he would like or if he has any suggestions. This might change as he matures.
Don’t cut up jerseys if they still fit him, though!
Gift hm with a family history with a family tree. Or get one of those books that have prompts for you and his dad to fill in info about your childhoods. Give him his own for him to fill in for himself.
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First day and last day interview them. Take pictures.
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What about a video diary from his friends family n teachers throughout the years something to look back on n keep as memories x
Buy the Dr. Seuss book “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” and have his teacher thought out each year write a note in it and give it to him on graduation day.
Save ur money graduation alone is going 2 break u. My senior year costed a fortune and I didnt do alot that I could have. my sister did alot more and costed twice as much. Things u spend along the way are a good start like the blanket but if ur schools anything like mine they reuse the jerseys every year so they dont get 2 keep them unless they are retiring them. Buying shirts every year though can get expensive anytime they send a form home. Year books at the end of the year with lots of signatures and personal notes are a good start. Get the book Oh the places you’ll go from dr suess, have a teacher sign the book every year
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Sounds like a good idea
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Make a hug pillow for him out of one of your shirts and one for you out of his for his graduation year. When he goes off to college you both may enjoy.
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I like the photo album idea but don’t tell him about it just take pictures, give to him at graduation
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You can buy the Oh the places you’ll go book by dr Seuss and have all his teachers and sign it and give it to him for graduation…family members as well and his friends but secretly lol
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