A memory box which can make a great original gift. You can buy boxes with a glass or perspex cover which slides off, allowing you to cover the back with photos, poems, or artwork, and then accessories the interior with mementos relevant to the recipient or memories you share. For milestone birthdays like 18 or 21, a photo album showing the stages of someone’s life is an imaginative and thoughtful idea (and will require some work!), which can be kept forever. For another milestone birthday idea, or indeed for a christening, why not fill a beautiful hand-painted box with gifts? A fun idea for little children (or big ones!) is a treasure hunt which reveals progressively larger presents until the grand prize at the end! For this you can find all sorts of little gifts like pencils, hair clips or bath bombs for example.
