Grans are very special people. Whether you call her Nan, Nanna, Gran, or even grandma or Grandmother they are very important people to have in our lives.

Some grans are wildly energetic and active and others are more chilled and relaxed chossing to take life easily and enjoy the simple things in life like gardening and spending time with their families.

What do you buy your gran for her birthday or Christmas?

Some grans love talc and bath products especially those old fashioned bath salts. If this is what your gran loves you can treat her to a whole gift basket of beautifully scented bath products.

For those grannies who love their garden you can set them a magazine subscription to their favourite gardening magazine, or some new plants for the garden - or listen carefully to them cooing over the latest gadgets for their greenhouse.
What about a RHS membership? For a garden lover this is an amazing present -
This makes the most perfect gift for gardening grans!

What hobbies does your garn have? What books does she like reading?

Does she have a favourite film star? Sometimes simple things like afew dvds of her favourite filmstar's films can be a very special gift and it's something you can sit down and watch with her too!

If your gran has hobbies then explore these for suggestions on presents - each hobby has it's own needs and these can quickly tunr into great present ideas.

If your parent has recently become a granny then you can buy the most adorable presents for new grans - such as lovely silver photo frames that you add a new baby photo too! This would be an amazing gift to get - a high quality picture frame already with a picture of the grandchild in.

When your children are little they may well make gifts and cards at school for family members. These are treasured items that grans will love to take care of. If school doesn't do this then look for suggestions for craft ideas and get crafting with your child and make a low cost but incredibly personal gift for their gran.
Items with hand prints or foot prints are so sentimental and will be amazing reminders through the years of just how small they were. Permanent gifts which turn these hand prints or finger prints into silver casts are available too.

Your gran might adore one of these lovely hampers too - a hamper is an amazing present to give. It's a practical gift if you buy a big hamper providing lots of yummy party food, or a smaller more personalised gift can let your gran indulge her favourite foods. Some lovely hampers include the Wessex Hamper, the Casterbridge hamper, chocolate hampers, special picnic hampers as well as several Duchy Originals hampers which are packed with top quality organic products from this exceptional company. Duchy Originals Limited was set up by HRH The Prince of Wales in 1990 to promote organic food and farming and to help protect and sustain the countryside and wildlife.

What about some delicious chocolates? Your gran will love a massive box of chocs from Thorntons! They offer a great range of delicious chocolates (Yes I've tried and tested them all!)

You can get some things personalised too at Thorntons which can make a present even more special!

Whatever you buy your gran make sure you write a nice message in the card too. Take out time to sit and craft something meaningful for her!

Don't forget there's nothing wrong with taking your gran some flowers or a pot plant at any time during the year. Take a bottle of wine too and have some fun listening to your granma's stories!

If your gran doesn't get about very well anymore then buying plenty of reading material or films is usually appreciated. You should take note of special requirements such as large print!

Suggestions for great gifts include:

cookie jars - because grans always have some great biscuits on offer!

new purse - something nice and practical

Slippers are always welcome, as are scarves and hats and gloves! Going down the keeping warm theme you could ensure your granny has the right sort of insulation at her house and that she's not worried about fuel bills!

beauty salon certificate or makeover treat or spa weekend!

chocolate

Booze - she will have a favourite!

Pot plants or flower baskets - those ready made up ones are often packed with nice plants!