Would you judge if someone gave your child an Amazon present in just the Amazon gift bag and no card

Hang on -
£40?! Which kids are you giving that sort of money to? I only spend that much on my nieces and nephews
(often not even that much to be honest it’s usually £25-30)

Would it be helpful to have a small stash of birthday cards and gift bags stored at home, ready for parties? Once you get down to the last 2 cards, bulk order a few more?

If you post a gift then the Amazon wrapping makes sense, you don't want to receive it and have to wrap then post it, just send it directly. We do that each way with some of the cousins.

For a kids party though, it takes 10 minutes to do the wrapping and card with your small helper and is part of them learning how to use scissors, how to cover things, writing their name, how to write a card... I don't know why you wouldn't. You can get a 5m roll of brown paper with some sort of pattern plus a stack of child suitable cards then just use that each time, and it'll be much cheaper than £3.95 for every gift too. You can do it if you want to, and it certainly isn't rude, but it is a bit odd and you are missing opportunities to teach your kids some basics.

We always reuse gift bags, if you want to send cards just get a cheap pack to keep in, the DC writes it anyway, I certainly wouldn't buy individual cards.

Gift bags are great since they can be reused. Everyone should be happy not receiving wrapped gifts from me: I'm crap at it so it looks like a 5 year old wrapped it.

Any kinds of gift bags which can be reused are great. Much better than keeping using wrapping paper.

just buy a big roll of wrapping paper. No I wouldn’t give a gift still in the box, but equally I wouldn’t judge someone. Ex DP sometimes does it. My mothers day gift from kids this year was in an amazon box, which was fine as it was some lovely perfume i’d wanted but was expensive (DS2 must have looked in my amazon wish-list. It must be saved on there since I shared a train ride with this hilarious lady who kept spraying her perfume (Alien) every time she sneakily vaped. Whenever I spray it, I remember that crazy train ride with such a funny lady. I helped her change trains as she was incredibly anxious and then she added me on TikTok and sent a message to say i’d made her journey so much easier. Sorry random story off track there!!

Nope, we've switched to Clipify video cards years ago and I don't personally know anyone who would be bothered about the wrapping. The gift bag is pretty much the standard and it doesn't go to waste like most of wrapping paper might.

I actually think it's a really nice idea! A lot of people buy gifts from Amazon, so it makes perfect sense that someone would choose the Amazon gift bag to go along with it. It's not the most budget-friendly option, though, and I think that’s a big reason why it’s not more widely used.
As for cards, I personally don’t enjoy them as I find them to be a bit of a waste. But I still include them because I know kids like them, some quite a lot.

Absolutely acceptable

Though I also loath Amazon gift bags as I don't like the way they look and so don't want to reuse them but feel guilty at chucking the polyester. Also so overpriced!

I find cards a complete waste of money and resources and never have the space to display them. As I child I was never bothered by the cards and it used to annoy me that my mum made me open them first before the present. Cards cost circa £3 I'd rather spend the money on getting the child a nicer present and putting on a gift tag.

Meh, if people want to judge let them. It’s 2 minutes they’ll not be judging someone else for some imagined sleight.

I'm all for this - I can't wrap neatly to save my life, I think it's genetic 😅

No. I'd think they were really busy and too frazzled to get to a shop. No judging.

So if they are actual gift bags why would anyone judge them? How is it different to buying your own bag and putting the gift inside?

No judgement here, I was pretty much cash in a card as soon as dcs friends turned about 8!

I love the Amazon bags because they can be used over and over. Much better than wrapping paper.

No judgement here. Those Amazon gift bags are expensive too! Also no judgement if you were to put £10 in a card.

100% wouldn’t judge

What's an Amazon gift bag? Is it something you pay for in addition to whatever you've bought?

I'm not a fan of Amazon so would rather not have the gift tbh but i know that the mn demographic has an aversion to shops so probably not a popular opinion

I think it's fine OP

I wouldn't judge

Because nowadays I find a lot of people don't wrap and just put in the gift bag

However for me personally I think all presents should be wrapped. That's half the excitement

I always wrap presents. If someone gives me a present or sends one for my child before the date then I'll always wrap it if it isn't already

I like the whole faff of wrapping gifts really well. It’s something that gives me a lot of pleasure to do. I’m not great at choosing gifts so the pleasure might be all on the outside, I don’t judge what other people do or don’t do.

Ime, girls take over the card writing, then card making, then wrapping and finally buying of gifts. Boys take no interest in any of it. The art work and calligraphy on teenage dd’s recent birthday cards were stunning. Thoughtful, personalised gifts come artfully arranged in presentation baskets. The standard of signature legibility on ds’ cards didn’t vary from ages 4-10 and nothing was ever wrapped or signed after that.