My oldest dd is graduating from 8th grade next month and I have her gift taken care of but I cannot come up with any ideas for her friends. I'm trying to think of something for about $10 that I could get for several of her friends. Many of them are having parties so dd will need to bring a small gift. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Cecilia

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Saint Thomas Aquinas

Maybe a small photo album they can put all their jr high memories in.
Gift certificate to ITunes.

My daughter will graduate from 8th grade next year. How much $$ do most of you spend on your child's gift? Or do you give them cash?

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How about just a gift certificate to one of their favorite places?
Or CD's, lotions or body wash, lip gloss sets or stationary sets.

I like those ideas. thanks. I ended up spending close to $100 on dd's gift but that's more than I intended - I just got a little carried away

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Cecilia

"We must love them both--those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject. For both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in the finding of it."
Saint Thomas Aquinas

We gave our oldest $100 when he graduated 8th grade. He was able to decide what he wanted to spend it on and thankfully, it was something of use for school...a new laptop he'd been saving for.

As for friends, what I did with my oldest is bought each of them a disposable camera and a small photo album. I then had little brass plates made up at our local trophy shop that had their name, graduated from and the year. I gave it to the boys the morning of their last day, since I was helping to serve their pancake breakfasts. They took the darndest pictures, but it's all about them and their friends! I stopped after graduation, on our way to celebrate at Olive Garden with about 25 of my sons friends, with his immediate buddies and bought them each another camera.