DS will be 12 next month and I have no idea what to get him! Or what to tell his grandparents when they ask the same! When asked, all he says is “Lego”. He loves building the kits, and has collected quite a bit of the old and new Harry Potter stuff over the last few years, but I’m thinking he can’t just have Lego. He says he’s not interested in Tecnics.
- He’s not into football/rugby. He reluctantly plays cricket (we’ve never forced him, but he likes to go and see his mates) and has all the kit he needs. His main sport is archery, but he got a bow and arrows last year, and we don’t have a big enough garden for him to shoot at home.
- He got a decent bike a couple of years ago, which still fits fine.
- He’s got a tablet. He’s enjoyed a bit of programming in scratch on it, but seems to have lost interest.
- All boards games end quickly in a fight.
- He has a PS4 which he shares with his sister. He recently got a new game with his pocket money, and has no desire for anymore.
- He’s at a middle school (Y6-Y8) so his teenage influences are limited and other than a Hype rucsac he chose last year after he’d started school, he had no interest in the clothes, shoes etc that he wears.
- He has guitar lessons, and was very lucky to inherit a lovely guitar when a relative died a couple of years ago.
My plan forbthis birthday was always going to be for him to have “driving lessons” at one of those places where young drivers can get some experience, but - even though they are running - I’m not that comfortable with him doing this right now. Seems a bit of an unnecessary need to go to a city and sit close to a stranger 30 mins.
I realise that makes us, or him at least, sound extremely spoilt, but I’d still like to give him a birthday present!