Dd wants a (in my opinion) rubbish present for Christmas.

[Florencenotflo]

Dd is only 5 and already doing her Christmas list. She asks for the (attached) present every time we go into the toy shop and has even asked to buy it from her own money.

I am usually quite happy for let her spend her money on things she chooses, but I think this is really rubbish! And I know it will be top of her list again this year. Our budget this year for Dd is around £100 on presents for Christmas so to spend £40 of that on one present seems daft. The reviews of it are terrible, the case is pretty flimsy (not really usable as a suitcase) and the contents are mainly paper.

But at the end of the day, she's 5, it will make her happy, do I just suck it up?

(Plus, I can now see why my parents never bought me a Mr Frosty for Christmas when I was a child, although I'm still salty about it 😂)

Do it. Life's short.

I think we all need a ‘didn’t get the mr frosty’ in our lives to keep us grounded. Don’t buy it and give her something to moan about for the next 30 years.
I quite enjoy moaning about not getting my mr frosty or a la carte kitchen even now. You can’t take that joy away from her

My five year old wants a magic mixers cauldron which is £70... we too have £100 budget for each of our children (4 in total)
It just seems sooooo much for essentially tat!

I don't have kids, so can't comment on the gift
But @Florencenotflo I too really wanted a Mr Frosty as a kid, and a soda stream. Was never allowed either. Like you I still remember it to this day (38 now).
I got myself a soda stream a few years ago - best decision ever! But I have got over my Mr Frosty obsession as I don't like really cold drinks these days.

Could you get her a pink suitcase and fill it full of stuff like that one contains but better quality etc then decorate it disney princess style? Alternatively get it for her and then at least you can say you didn't do the same as your parents. My mum also said no to Mr Frosty and last year my 4 year old asked for it and had his own money so I let him buy it. Its been used once 😂

Just buy it. Try to remember being 5 and really coveting something. Or being 5 and opening a present to crushing disappointment.

I think that where possible, Christmas is about a child getting the present they dream of getting. Let her have what she is dreaming of. If it doesn’t last long, she will still have had lots of pleasure from it over Christmas and she’ll remember that.

I'd buy it and pick up cheaper things from the charity shop or free cycle to balance out the cost.
Some amazing toys on free cycle pages lately.

Buy it , imagine her face on Christmas Day if she didn’t get it 😢

When you are little Xmas is about getting what you really really want, not what mum and dad think she wants. Their joy is priceless. Go on do it, buy it.

I’d take her to see it in store and then see if she still wants it. Often the pictures make them look massive when they’re way smaller.

My DD had an obsession with suitcase sets like this when she was younger and we bought her gifts like this. She loved them so much and played holidays all the time with her toys. YABU. I think it looks lovely.

Christmas is the children's time when they can ask for what they want and get it. It is not the parents' place to judge, be sensible or practical or think of getting value for money. It is your place to give happiness.
Grant the child's wish, fulfil the drr.

My dd had one similar when she was 5. My mum found it at a nearly new sale when my dd was with her. She loved that suitcase and would take it on sleepovers and remember her vividly checking into a hotel with it and trundling down the corridor. Go for it

I think if depends why you get her stuff. Tbh op if it would make her Christmas then I'd just do it. And get her less other stuff. You can always ebay it afterwards.

bought it for my daughter last year and she loves it, still plays with it oftening pretending to go on holidays and its sturdy and well made. I did think the same as you when buying it though but glad I did now!!

I can understand your perspectives op, however if it keeps her happy, then I'd get it.

Buy her a Mr Frosty instead?

@urbanbuddha

Dunelm has this which has a 10 year warranty, although I can't imagine she'd be using it as a teenager. You could some buy some bits. But your DD might be seeing something I can't.

I think this case is so much nicer and much stronger. You can get stuff to go in it with the spare money.

Op, well done on sucking it up. I would say don't buy it too early though in case she changes her mind. I too was heartbroken at not receiving Mr Frosty as a child . Although as a parent, I can now understand why I didn't get one, but in the past I did buy DD the things that she wanted because I remembered that disappointment, so a £20 "chocolate pen" one year and a £50 Poopsie slime maker another year, against my better judgement. I think that both were played with around 2-3 times before never being touched again, but it is priceless seeing that joy of them waking up on Christmas morning and getting that one thing that they so desperately wanted.

DD didn't always get everything that she wanted, like the £350 Hogwarts Castle, but I did try each year to get what she wanted. If I couldn't afford it, we discussed how Father Christmas couldn't make Lego or that it was too much money for him to buy.

As a child I always had the cheaper smaller version of what I wanted, I enjoyed playing with them, but was always aware it was not exactly what i wanted. Like Teeny Tiny Tears instead of Tiny Tears. Sindy instead of Barbie. Bionic Woman styling head instead of Girls World.

So yes, suck it up and bring her some joy. .

My dd will be 5 by Christmas. This would be totally up her street. If it's what she really wanted and had asked for it a few times then I would get it.

I would be loathe to buy this. But with all the mass advertising of stuff like this these days, it is inevitable that children will wan't certain things, no doubt like their friends have.

When my daughter was this age, she always wanted things like her older brother had. like small cars and such, and things to make,and build etc. It was well before the days of all the ads, that firms now cash in from.

42 and I bought myself a mr frosty last year. Asked for one every year didn't get one.

I'd buy it if it's what she really
Wants. Maybe if you want to get more for your money at christmas let her buy it with own money before?

Suck it up and make her little dream come true.

I would get it OP. If you have a look for second hand, you’ll feel much better. Not sure where you are but I had a quick look on FB marketplace abs found this: www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/242819807718858/