Any Ideas for a Great Sentimental Sweet 16 Birthday Present?

when i was sixteen my mom got me a silver charm bracelet from james avery & had 3 charms on it & then every year i get a new charm. i love it! & it is very special to me.

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This is what my mother did for me and I still remember how fun it was. We spent the night at a real nice hotel in downtown Fort Worth, ordered room service, rented a movie off of the tv, and went swimming in the hotel pool. Then the next day we went shopping. We just had a great mother-daughter bonding time.

How about a mother/daughter day out with tea. You could ask a friend with a nice convertible car if you could borrow it. Then go get your nails done and hair, have some tea at a cute, girlie restaurant, and then finish the day with some nice words, a scrapbook of the important events you've shared, and the other very thoughtful gifts you have already chosen.

I suggest the James Avery bracelet too. You can make it very personalized and she can keep adding to it.

You can make her a special little scrapbook album. Maybe with pics of you and your hubby as children, on your wedding day, you pregnant, her newborn and baby pics, and special pictures of her growing up.

Just a special way to give her a little highlight of her heritage and life and how proud you are of her. Then, add special touches to it, like her favorite song lyrics, sport, activity, hero, animal... that will really show her how much you pay attention to her interests.

I make paper bag albums, and I have custom made them for people before, but if you would rather make one yourself, there are a lot of great tutorials online, or you can just get a premade kit at Joannes or Micheals and make a regular mini album yourself.

Here are some I have done:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6351137
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5644313

What about a picture book? I did one recently for one of my daughter's teachers and it was a really treasured gift. You can put together all kinds of pictures from events of her life leading up to this year. I used Shutterfly www.shutterfly.com. It was easy to do and turned out beautifully! Best of luck and congrats on your sweet 16 year-old!

When I graduated high school my dad put together a video of pictures of me from the time I was a baby through (then) present day, including embarassing ones. My whole family had a laugh watching it. He did it by putting the pictures on a table and zooming in and out on each one individually with a video camera, so you don't have to be great with computer editing equipment or anything to do it! :)