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I need the most annoying toy for a 5 year old

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IrritatingToy · 11/06/2026 17:56

My sister and I are in a war of annoying toys, she bought my 3 year old a set of mini bagpipes.. I need the most annoying but equally awesome for the child at 5 years old. I want something that she’s going to despise and he’s going to love. Budget about £100. I’m not unreasonable but she was to buy mine bloody bagpipes!!

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Mumbythesea1 · 12/06/2026 11:59

Tamagotchi!

Jasmin71 · 12/06/2026 11:50

Mini dj set

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 12/06/2026 11:29

Babyboomtastic · 12/06/2026 11:27

Yep, like this.

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Apparently it’s common with them and an American mom is suing the makers for this reason.

Babyboomtastic · 12/06/2026 11:27

Member984815 · 12/06/2026 10:34

I've heard of them getting stuck in hair

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Yep, like this.

I need the most annoying toy for a 5 year old
Member984815 · 12/06/2026 10:34

ProfessorBinturong · 12/06/2026 07:20

Can someone explain the bunchems hate please? From a quick google it looks reasonably innocuous.

I've heard of them getting stuck in hair

IHopeYouStepOnALegPiece · 12/06/2026 09:45

As a nanny who’s about to leave a job where they’ve treated her like rubbish and wants to buy the 3yo a gift to go with their siblings drum set she’s bought them, where does one buy mini bagpipes?

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 12/06/2026 08:19

Amberlynnswashcloth · 12/06/2026 06:31

DC had a clock that chimed animal noises on the hour. That was annoying. It was quite loud and I'd get the fright of my life when it went off. Eventually I took it off the wall and disabled the sound.

My DM has an RSPB clock which does bird sounds on the hour. Freaks you out a bit if you hear an owl out of the blue. She gifts them to friends. Prob less annoying than your clock though.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 12/06/2026 08:16

My aunt and uncle got my nephew a sort of dinosaur toy that moved and made noises. Sent to my mum’s house and I saved it and gave it to a local family with young kids. SIL hates noisy, loud noises toys. They’re all kept at my parents house or mine if they’re presents.

I was going to get DNephew a hamster for his birthday (end of this month, he’ll be 8) which he’d love and he’s the right age for it, but then they recently got a mouse in the house and SIL is terrified of them so no hamster this year. I did get an LED robot thing which DNephew picked out but it looked so complex to make when it arrived (would end up with DB making it, DNephew I’m sure couldn’t manage it) that it went straight back and I got Lego mech and Warhammer. The prices some of those Lego sets go for though. £200-£300! 😱

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 12/06/2026 08:07

Talkingfrog · 12/06/2026 00:51

A cousin got my DC and toddler electric guitar. I thought about returning the favour with a toddler drum kit, but ended up getting something else.

I got my nephew one too. It lives at his grandparents house which is where I gave it to him. It’s not that bad actually.

aquestionforya · 12/06/2026 07:58

My sister got my son a drum kit. V annoying
my mum bought him an outdoor trampoline (that I had to build) - a different level of annoying !

ProfessorBinturong · 12/06/2026 07:20

Can someone explain the bunchems hate please? From a quick google it looks reasonably innocuous.

Bertiebiscuit · 12/06/2026 07:10

A drum kit
A detective kit that includes black fingerprint powder
A young scientist kit with experiments
A noisy fake gun
A mini piano

Shatandfattered · 12/06/2026 06:39

Soubriquet · 11/06/2026 18:12

I’m still traumatised by this fucking bear my dd had a baby and she’s 13!!!

I can still hear the song

“I’m a friendly light up bear
ill teach you
one two three
a sleepy hungry happy bear
hey come and hug me”

You are VERY unreasonable to put this song back in my head, my first child is now 18 and this delight ruined my life for five years cause he's autistic and it was precious nanas first present to him 🫠🙃

PlumBear · 12/06/2026 06:35

Minions fart blaster. They genuinely smell horrific but my kids love them. I can’t even complain as I bought them for them for Christmas 😂

Amberlynnswashcloth · 12/06/2026 06:31

DC had a clock that chimed animal noises on the hour. That was annoying. It was quite loud and I'd get the fright of my life when it went off. Eventually I took it off the wall and disabled the sound.

menopausequeen · 12/06/2026 06:07

Slime set . She’ll never relax around soft furnishings until every bit is used up

EgregiouslyOverdressed · 12/06/2026 05:51

A fart ninja, but they only cost £6, so… 16 fart ninjas is my vote.

JoshLymanSwagger · 12/06/2026 05:50

Something that takes parental oversight to set up?

Mousetrap.

Something just plain annoying?

Indoor trampoline.

Something that takes up tons of space?

The biggest soft toy you can get, wearing a t shirt with DNs name on it. All kids love personalised shit.

Nelly44 · 12/06/2026 02:52

Love this!

massive teddy.. my brother in law got one from smyths it’s literally the size of a single bed.. DS loves it, I hate it!!

ITSSSSCHRISTMASSS · 12/06/2026 01:05

I once bought my Neices toy drums and a guitar with amplifier to piss my DB and SIL off 🤣 I recently bought their toddler DGD a harmonica 😂 They have never been able to get me back as noisy toys never bothered me, now bunchems they are one toy I don’t want in my house.

Talkingfrog · 12/06/2026 00:51

A cousin got my DC and toddler electric guitar. I thought about returning the favour with a toddler drum kit, but ended up getting something else.

Talkingfrog · 12/06/2026 00:49

Soubriquet · 11/06/2026 18:12

I’m still traumatised by this fucking bear my dd had a baby and she’s 13!!!

I can still hear the song

“I’m a friendly light up bear
ill teach you
one two three
a sleepy hungry happy bear
hey come and hug me”

DC one of these. I would hang it on the door handle and press the buttons to play the tunes whilst doing things in the kitchen. Kept DC amused while I got things done.

socialdilemmawhattodo · 12/06/2026 00:05

mogtheexcellent · 11/06/2026 23:17

Dd was given a vtech bath toy duck with a Jamaican accent that randomly sang at odd hours of the night. I binned it after 2 days.

VTECH again. I so hope they have a social media watch out. Next thing we will see is a Mumsnet link up!!

Tigerbalmshark · 11/06/2026 23:36

FIL bought this for DS. Repeats everything you say to it in an annoying squeaky monkey voice like it is mocking you. Absolutely infuriating.

www.amazon.co.uk/Premier-Life-Talking-Monkey-Repeats/dp/B0D3HTKDBM

CruCru · 11/06/2026 23:29

Someone bought my daughter this toy accordion for her third birthday. It’s still in our toy cupboard I think (she’s now twelve).

https://amzn.eu/d/06WH3UGY

Amazon

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