Kids bank accounts

[Houseoflego]

Hello

My son likes the idea of putting some of the his Christmas money into opening a bank account. I remember it being a big deal with lots of free stuff, rulers with calculators on, free piggy-bank etc. I asked at my bank and they did not seem to offer anything. Any suggestions? I would like him to feel it was a bit of a special thing to do.

[womanofdulwich]

Halifax make a big fuss- we got a calculator and piggy bank a few years ago.

[fapl]

About 2 years ago HSBC gave my son a quite nice metal money box that was like a safe. It could be one of those things where it depends on the staff in the branch and if they can be bothered to keep these items in stock and hand them out, so maybe drop by the branch and enquire before you get your son excited and drag him in only to find there are no presents.

[BeccaL]

Coop bank do a money box and also send a card for birthday which my daughter likes. There's a branch in Lewisham

[Houseoflego]

Thanks for all the ideas. Might pop in to a few banks tomorrow, before to all gets blown on spinjitsu ninjas!

[edmama]

we opened an kids account in january at llyods for my daughter and they gave her a piggy bank, a story book about saving money and a money saving chart too, my daughter was very excited.

[nunheadmum]

Is it normal that kids bank accounts need to be opened in the parent's name? They said that at Barclays when I opened accounts for my daughters. As a result, I have access to it but not my husband - so I need to be present if they wanted to take money out of it.

And they've just informed me that the account no longer tracks the base rate....so guess that lets them offer even worse rates.

I'd happily open new accounts with another bank if they offered some incentive.