Gifts for 7 year old that were a surprising hit.

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My DD's 7th birthday is next week. She only asked for a couple of bits for Christmas so that was easy to fulfill.

I've asked her what she wants for her birthday and she doesn't have a clue. Neither do I.

She's not big into dolls / Barbie's / play sets etc. Has a bike / scooter / usual outdoor stuff.

She loves crafting and spends pretty much all her time doing something crafty but we have soooo much craft stuff right now with pretty much all the extended family getting her bits and bobs.

She does like board games and we have a good collection.

So please help inspire me Mumsnet. Did your 7 / 8 year old receive anything for Christmas that was a surprising hit?

Silly sausage!!!!!!!

A potter's wheel
Silly sausage
Connect four but the new one you throw the balls .
Tattoo gun
It's my daughters birthday is two weeks so I also need inspiration 🤣

Loom bands were huge hit.

I gave my 8 year old DN a mirror ball and she was delighted. DBro has sweetly put it up in the living room (I'd aimed it for her bedroom) so now we can all have proper disco parties, total bonus.

Is your daughter into STEM toys? My son loves anything STEM related and I bought him a super scientific stem set from Argos for £27 which he absolutely loved.

These are a list of what my son got and loves. National geographic gem stones, a badge maker, shark tooth extraction kit. Science kits.

I'm in my 30s and I absolutely love silly sausage 😀

Hot Wires
and playdoh

He spent nearly all day playing with the play dough, making colour mixes, pizzas, people, planets

best tenner I have ever spent!

Ice cream roll maker is what I've ordered my child for their 7th birthday!

Kirby game on the switch.

A brief case full of art supplies like water colours. Pencils. Oil pastels. He loved it.

Hungry hippos, we've spent hours playing it.

Ds and dd loved their Lava lamps and glow lamps they also got a Starlight

Her own mirror for her room with a new hairbrush.

Thought it was a bit boring but she loves it!

I have a 7yr old DD and her favourite presents, starting with the most surprising, were...

Walkie Talkies! She's had a blast with them!
Playmobil Park
Arcade game play sets sets from Smyths (Down the Clown, Alley Ball etc)

Then her other fave presents were;

American Girl doll (bought from Simon's Collectibles so didn't have to import from the US!)
Our Generation School
Our Generation Bowling Alley
Barbie Art Teacher Playset
Barbie Mermaid Power Playset
Unicorn Make Up set

Oh and 'Guess Who?' She loves that!

Her birthday is in a couple weeks and for that I've bought her a metal detector for the beach and a Telescope!

Just asked my 7yo niece and she recommends spray pen art (whatever that is!)

My DS is a bit older, but the three of us had lots of fun playing Six second scribbles using the easy cards last night.

Glitter tattoo set
Tie dye t shirt set
Slime set
Keyboard (musical instrument)

Yo-yo amazingly well received and one of the top presents! The fancy ones that spin and light up!

Fake oodie
Popcorn maker with bowl, kernels, smarties etc
Lego friends sets
Rock painting set
A little lockable diary/notebook

Thanks all. Some good ideas here to go off.

My 7 year old got a Fitbit Ace and it has been a great hit!

My 6 year old has spent hours playing with the FAO Schwartz fashion designer set I got her from M&S (lots of other similar available on Amazon). I had something similar as a child and loved it too! Dd also very crafty, has enjoyed the lego dots unicorn set with pen holder/bunting/frames to make, cotton twist craft sets, a wooden bank from Aldi and we love the londji board games - they are fantastic quality. The Eugy card models are good fun and can be done alone at 7 I imagine.

A "crafting accessories" box with sellotape, masking tape, duct tape, scissors, string, wool, washi tape, split pins, paperclips and bulldog clips whatever type of glue you are happy with her having ( even a cool melt glue gun to be used under adult supervision).

My 6 1/2 year old loved her Lego dots. She's quite crafty and enjoyed being able to make the patterns/decorations. And handy as it's mess free compared to other crafts!

Dd got this Crystal mining set
It’s amazing with so many crystals. She’s spent hours playing with it. Mining them, cleaning them, looking them up, sorting them…