Ideas needed for 8 yo boy and 7 yo girl please

[kimberlina]

I only have a 3 yo dd so am pretty clueless!

Budget around 10-20 for each. The girl one needs to be postable, but could order it online and deliver to her for her mm to wrap.

Thanks all

[kimberlina]

Her mum!

[wizzler]

My DD enjoys Hama beads.. they are quite light to post. she has played with them for hours, or bead sets.
Am struggling myself for a DS age 9. Does he have a DS or a WII that you could buy a game for? Suggest check first which he has

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

How about this for the boy? DS is 9 and has just had it and loves it.

Hama beads are good as mentioned or how about some lego friends?

[OverAndAbove]

Can't help with idea for the boy, but for the girl, lego friends or sylvanian families are both very light to post and go down well at that age; there are plenty within your budget if you look at Amazon and Argos etc.

[parrotsandcarsnips]

What about one of the flip tshirts? Or an idea I got from last years threads 2 plastic popcorn holders with the latest release DVD?

[BeaWheesht]

Ds is 7 and dn is nearly 8 - things they want within your price range are:

Robo fish
Hex bug v2 playset
Lego Star Wars
Military stuff like toy soldiers and tanks etc
Avengers stuff

[CoolStoryBro]

Rainbow loom with loads of extra bags of elastics. My guys would LOVE that.

[hulahoopsilove]

Ds 8 loves nerf guns, lego anything, books such as David Walliams, tubes of smarties

[iseenodust]

For the boy this wooden cricket set is well inside budget.

[iseenodust]

Or there is a size 5 similar if he's tall.

[havatry]

I can only speak for girls but dd likes lego - they do friends sets but she also likes the 3 in 1 bird and dinosaur ones.

www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-Creator-31004-Fierce-Flyer/dp/B0094J2WWC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382527891&sr=8-1&keywords=lego%20bird&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

Tesco have been doing one of the creator series houses reduced to £15 recently.

Usborne do some nice books like this one:

www.amazon.co.uk/See-Inside-Science-Usborne/dp/0746077440/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382527467&sr=8-2&keywords=usborne%20science&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

There are a few different ones in the series. I can vouch for the science and body ones though - they are both good.

Presents she had recently were beginners crochet set, simple origami set, craft sets, books like the Wishing Chair, Faraway Tree, Roald Dahl.