What age do you start buying cards & gifts from your children?

[HotChocolatemarshmallows]

My DS is 11 months old and my Mum isnt happy because I sent her a Christmas card from us all
Instead of a separate one from our baby.

What age did you start buying from your baby/child? Am I being mean not sending separate ones from the baby?
I sent separate one on her birthday but tried to keep things a little simpler & cheaper this Christmas!

Mine have always drawn cards for relatives from when they were tiny.

They have liked giving little gifts from about 5. Dd's (12 and 13) pay for their gifts out of saved pocket money.

My DD is 2 and loves craft so this year she made cards for family members which I wrote from her. But I wouldn't buy a card to send from her

When they can choose and sign the card themselves, until then it's from you if you're writing their name! My son is four and he likes to make his own card (white A4 sheet folded in half and scribbled on!).

Never.
What is the point in you going out and spending more money on a card or a gift when the child doesn't know anything about it ?

One they could write their names, I got them to "sign" and maybe colour a bit on a thank you card for gifts, after Christmas and their birthdays.

Even now, as adults, they are only expected to buy gifts for the 'house family' members.

We don’t do much adult gift giving in our families. Our eldest is 7 and no one has ever gotten a gift from her (or any of our dc). Occasionally, she’s requested to make her own card for a grandparent (at school for example), so that’s fine. But not something we’ve ever done at home. They’re lucky we have time and energy to get them a card/gift at all, to be honest!

I wouldn't send separate cards from my kids to anyone, ever! They are part of the family unit, so their names go on the few cards we do send. Mine are now in school so send loads, but I've never written them for them. Some parents did in reception, but I found it odd seeing 'to Henry from charlie' in Charlie's mum's handwriting! I liked the ones I struggled to read better. The kids judged by the picture, not the message.
Some years they've made stuff for grandparents and I've helped, we've also made decorations using their handprints, but I've never given them credit for things they had no involvement in!

Once they could have a hand in making them, so around 2 - painted paper - I cut it out into stocking shapes and mounted onto card blanks and they scribbled/ free inside the card. Made salt dough ornaments - they helped stir dough, cut it out and paint the finished product from a similar age...but I was childminding at the time so was making presents with mindees for their parents, so my kids joined in and made them for grandparents and aunts. When older they made batches of fudge or biscuits with help then independently. Now they are adult and almost adult and buy/make for all grandparents, aunts/uncles and now cousins. Charity shop finds often, but still a present of some description. This year DD has bought net material from.a charity shop and has sewn reusable bags for fruit and veg...we are all trying to cut down on single use plastic so I think they will be appreciated.

When they are old enough to make one.

If they're making them, then you're not buying for them, surely.