What are you getting your 9 yo boy for Xmas?

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I’ve got one present for him from Santa - a Lego set. He doesn’t game, and he is still fairly “innocent.” He likes football, and has been really interested in every school topic recently: world war 1, titanic etc etc. I am at a loss, his present pile is nonexistent and on Christmas morning it’s going to be really noticeable next to his younger siblings. Some ideas please! Got a whoppee cushion on the list but other than that nada!

My ds is getting:
Harry potter coding wand
Indoor skydiving voucher
Nerf moving target
Nerf laser guns
Gravitrax
Super Mario lego starter set
Catan
Flip book set
Harry Potter books
Ranger apprentice book 1
Playstation voucher

Plus stocking full of stuff...

Fitbit
Cuddly tardigrade
Pyjamas
Build Your Own Robot Vacuum Cleaner
Plasma Ball
Many, many books

My 9 yo games so he has some gaming related stuff

Among us plushie and beanie hat
Online gems currency
A piñata
Fleece onesie
A fart card game

And I'm stuck for ideas for a main present. He's only just had his birthday and is asking for crazy stuff like a PS5 or an iMac!!

Books, clothes?

Basketball hoop and ball?

Skateboard

❕football kit from his favourite team?

Does he play football? A football bag, drinks bottle, boots, kit, goal? A few football board games I've seen on amazon.
Lego
Boomtrix
Things for his room, a cool lamp, beanbag?
Those 3d puzzles or lego of titanic?
Arts and crafts
Funny slippers, pj's, Onesie?

Gravitrax is a winner in our house. Marble runs but loads better.

He's getting a PS4, we caved! He's got Minecraft, plants Vs zombies and Among Us to play. His mates all have the same machine and games, so they connect with each other when they're confined.

Some Minecraft themed essentials: pyjamas, socks, pants, backpack, brolly, washbag.

A parrot that parrots back to you!

Lights that go on the spokes of his bike and look v cool when they spin.

Exploding Kittens card game (he plays at friend's house and loves it).

Horrible Histories complete set.

Light-up laces

Glow in the dark Need bullets.

From family: plane making kit (with glue and paints), top trumps, microscope.

He also has a birthday between now and Xmas

My DS is 10. He is getting a few board games because he loves it when we all play together. His first watch and a watch box that holds several watches. He is fascinated with DH's watch collection so we are starting that for him. Covers for his golf clubs. An ipad. A backpack. Skiing mittens. Lego. Books. 1000 piece puzzle. Some collector coins. Chocolates and lollies.

I have three boys, things I've included over the years, depending on interests are
Airfix
Books
Lego
Stuff for his bedroom from his favourite football team
Socks
Rubix cube
Top trumps cards or similar
Harry potter stuff
Magnetic dart board
Table football
Football boots
T-Shirt/pyjamas to do with current interest
Science set
Art materials
Football goal
Cricket kit
Gaming stuff e.g. headphones

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This. He loves robotics and coding etc.

Gaming chair
Fortnite onesie
Bid seal cuddly toy
Genius star (he really likes genius square)
Trampoline ball game
Pyjamas
Novelty lamp for his room
Slime making kit
Money
He is 10.

My 9yo (who's a girl but I dont think her presents are especially gendered) is getting Harry potter lego and a hoverkart. She is also very into skateboarding, gravitrax and magic tricks any of which woukd make good presents.

Birthday and Christmas (not jointly!)

Scooter,
Switch games
Lego,
Remote control off road car
Lots of books incl. History books
Creative writing activity book
Speed Rubix cube
Throw throw burrito
Lord of goats
Tositos soft toy
Day at climbing centre

In the past we've got him laser guns, enough for the whole family to play.

I would definitely get a football kit if he likes football. What about one of those electronic training balls that give you feedback? Horrible history books are good.

My DS is 9 and this year it’s a new mountain bike.
Plus a small drone (reduced on Amazon)
Moving nerf target
Personalised football mug
Bath bombs
Lots of books including Guinness Book of Records, Dara o’Brians science book
Stocking stuff

Cuddly baby Yoda, Room of requirement Lego set, Chocolate frog, Chocolate wand, Chocolate golden snitch, Socks, Sorting hat key ring, Harry Potter stationery set, Harry Potter lego blind bag, newest Wimpy kid book.
Lego sets, Echo Dot, Minecraft annual and sticker book, Harry Potter movie magic book, Thesaurus, Harry Potter polo shirt, Avengers gauntlet toy

My son really likes the eyewitness series of books about ww1&2, titanic etc

My DS is almost 10.
He's got:
Lego train set
Lego space stuff
Nat geo infopedia book
Ripleys believe it or not book
New bedding (minecraft)
Minecraft zombie books
Other relatives are buying him Nintendo switch games as a joint birthday/Christmas present

Mine has:

Ikabog book
Guineas world record book
A shit load of pokemon stuff (books, cards, new folder)
Chocolate
Blokus board game
Remote control car
Arts and craft stuff
Slime making kit
Lego technic

Thanks some great ideas here. I normally get him a Guinness book of records each year which he loves but my parents have given him every one theyve ever had and we had as kids (why??? WHY???) so he’s got about 15 of them now dating back to the 90s. I think part of the problem is that despite trying to get him into other stuff to play with, he is just Lego obsessed - Star Wars mainly. I really love some of the ideas posted above though so I think I’ll add a few of those to the list. His birthday is summer and so he often get a football stuff/garden/ summer stuff then. Thank you so much!!

I have DS7, DD9 and DD11. Presents include:

Guinness book of world records
A drone
Echo dot
20Q game
Zombie kidz board game
Football top
Boxing gloves and punch bag
Lego creator set
National geographic microscope
How to draw comic strips book
House plant

Good luck!

Also, a magazine subscription can go down well. Either a Lego related magazine or we have had: national geographic kids, whizz pop bang (science mag), eco kids, beano.

My 9 year old is into exactly the same! He's getting football boots, kit, separate tops, star wars books, star wars lego, board games and an electric scooter as his main present. His pile will look tiny compared to his siblings but cost is the same

My 9yo (girl) is getting...
Tent, backpack, sleep mat and other camping bits
Watch (normal analogue one, not sports, small adult one rather than a child's one)
Books
Baking stuff

From other family she has Lego, science kits, sewing box, craft stuff, room accessories, pyjamas, HP hoody, more books.

Has your DD got the Horrible Histories books?

Harry Potter Lego set
Brio add-ons
Books
Fleece lined hoodie
Multicolour biro, Christmas pencils, chocolates, calendar for stocking
Board game

He's just had a birthday and got Minecraft Lego, some Minecraft clothing, more books, and a surprising hit was Scrabble.

For Christmas my 9yr old is getting

A subscription to the Phoenix comic
Some Minecraft toys
Lego
A tornado lamp
Books
Some DLC for his current favourite computer game
Cuddly toy
Chocolate

He’s very interested in the Titanic at the minute, one of his birthday presents was a choose your own adventure book set on the Titanic - Can You Survive the Titanic? (You Choose: Survival) by Allison Lassieur. He enjoyed reading that.
He also has a Story of the Titanic book published by DK Children, that’s one of his current favourite books.

He’s also already got a subscription to Whizz Pop Bang magazine, that’s a good magazine for children interested in science.