Present for a boy turning 1 who doesn't need anything?

[WeAreAllAdults]

I'm really struggling to think of a gift for a friends little boy who's turning 1 soon.

He has an older brother who is 2 so he's making use of all of his toys, clothes and other bits and bobs that he's recently outgrown.

His mum has politely requested no more toys, clothes or books as she says they have more than enough.

Can anyone offer any ideas please? Or are there any mums about with 2 kids close in age also who know of the perfect gift? I'm looking to spend up to £20.

The only thing I've come up with so far is a little box packed full of his favourite snacks and a fun wash mitt for the bath. He's a snack fiend and loves baths! Is it weird to gift a baby that?!

TIA!

Cardboard box big enough for him to sit in, filled with blown up balloons. Maybe fifteen loo roll muddled as well, if you are feeling fancy.

...middles, not muddled

Premium bond or money to go into a savings account.

Thank you all very much for your responses and ideas. I really appreciate them! You all have a better knack for this than me.

I like the idea of giving him the money to save for later. I think I got a bit hung up on him having a physical present to open, even though that's a bit daft considering he's too young to open a present successfully 😅

We have a lot of great local attractions but they already have season passes to all the ones they're interested in going to. They like to get out of the house every day so have given themselves lots of options there.

In terms of me stating a price, it was simply a maximum budget. I didn't want anyone to go to the effort of replying with a lovely gift idea only for me to shoot it down because I didn't say before that I couldn't afford it 😊

I think some tableware is a sweet gift too! I could give him some of his much loved snacks to eat off them!

I've never heard of a terramundi but I'm going to Google it now. I'm intrigued!

I think the money/premium bond idea whilst probably fitting the bill, doesn't sound fair to me. Their DS1 would have received gifts that their DS2 is now benefiting from and then he is the one that gets some savings on top.

I'm not one for shared gifts or for older siblings getting gifts on their siblings birthday, but think this is a case for getting something that they could both use or that is consumable. Your idea sounds good OP or tickets for something they can both go to is also good.

If you really want a present he can open then could you get him a helium balloon with his favourite toy/character on it? It will provide a few days of entertainment and then deflate and not add to the pile of toys

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WaxOnFeckOff

I would sympathise with the older Dc but there is no reason why OP or the family could not do the same for this child when its birthday comes along .

WeAreAllAdults just a word of warning , I knew a family many years ago that did this for three DCs some people bought gifts some put £s into their account ( particularly useful as they had family living in different countries so they posted a cheque to them)
Unfortunately all three DCs accounts got dipped into by the DM/D sometimes for holidays / new washers or car insurance , and while I know the DCs benefited from them things I don't think money that was given to them should of been used for that ( you would not expect them to pay towards this kind of thing as they were between 9 and 14 when they found out most of it was gone ) it caused quite a few family arguments .
Hence me saying it should go into a account that can not be touched till the child is old enough to pick what they want to spend it on.

Angie, I guess because I have 2 boys a year apart it was maybe just more pertinent than it might otherwise be as I've always tried to keep things fair. Their DC1 would no doubt have received some lovely gifts which he would have enjoyed, but at that age, their DC2 won't care that the things are used when he then has them. Therefore, he might end up with the use of the toys plus a couple of hundred quid in his bank account. And, even if others do that for the DC1 on future birthdays, they will probably also do that for DC2 so DC2 will always be up.

I really do appreciate that no-one has to give anything and it's up to people what they buy, but the likelihood is that with DC1 being the first, for the next few years anyway, he will be more likely to get gifts and DC2 to get money. DC1 will love getting the gifts, but longer term he might not have the cash/premium bonds.

I'm not saying it isn't a good idea, just that if everyone does it it will result in unfairness longer term. But i'm probably overthinking it! :o

You could give two sets of money - real and play money, so he has something to open?

waxonfeckoff
It's fraught with minefields this whole gift-giving malarkey isn't it.

Even if OP was to give both friends DCs something to unwrap dc2 would be better off as he could play with DC1s toys when he got old enough where's DC one is unlikely to want to play with DC2s toys.

Mine are about to turn 18 and 19 so I'm at the end of this whole thing. I basically ended up topping up their accounts so that they end up with roughly the same on their 18th birthday. Luckily mine have always been close and mostly interested in the same stuff up until teen years so they have played fairly equally with each others things. It got easier when it gets to personal electronics as these are not really passed on, in the same way as books and toys. It's mostly balance out. DS2 has had music lesson costs that DC1 hasn't, but he did an expensive DofE gold trip that probably evened up the costs.

I think if you have different genders or a bigger gap it's not as much of an issue. e.g. leavers dance for a boy is considerably less outlay than a girl so whilst paying to kit them out in itself is equal, the cost for a girl will be more.

How about a plate with sections, so eating the snacks is also a game? Like this Dinner Winner plate

Bath toys always good. They get manky quickly so need replacing more regularly than most toys.