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Weird birthday present requests

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Johnduttonsbuttocks · 06/01/2023 20:08

Our newly-turned 6 year old asked for a back scratcher for his birthday. He LOVES it.

Have your kids ever requested wacky presents?

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britespark1 · 06/01/2023 20:09

A box full of Jacobs sour cream and chives crackers!

Rainbowbritestar · 06/01/2023 20:18

A red balloon
a bunny rabbit pet on a lead or a baby sister (ive never fallen on a toy in my life until the day I was in Asda and found a bunny rabbit pet on a lead)
my adult dd asked for a deep fat fryer,two bottles of oil and a sack of potatoes
a tin opener

my kids are weird

Howmanysleepsnow · 06/01/2023 20:40

Not birthday, but at 6 my ds asked for and loved a back scratcher from Santa!

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RNBrie · 06/01/2023 20:41

My dd6 has asked for a "surprise box with a sloth in it" and I have no clue what she actually means! She already has a back scratcher which she loves 😂

LighthouseCat · 06/01/2023 20:42

Jar of olives and some tomato source sachets!

HoneyDragon · 06/01/2023 20:47

My ds asked for a rabbit (no lead) or a baby brother or sister, every birthday and xmas. When we told him he was getting the sibling he cried and said he wanted the rabbit 😁

pigsinoodies · 06/01/2023 20:58

RNBrie · 06/01/2023 20:41

My dd6 has asked for a "surprise box with a sloth in it" and I have no clue what she actually means! She already has a back scratcher which she loves 😂

Like a Jack-In-A-Box but with a sloth.

Instead of popping up it just opens an eye lazily for a few seconds and goes back to sleep.

RNBrie · 06/01/2023 21:00

@pigsinoodies that sounds hilarious and if such a thing existed I'd definitely buy it for her!!

PawMaw · 06/01/2023 21:05

DS asked for a JML shower feet for his 5th birthday. When he was around 7/8 he asked for duct tape, rope, cardboard and a Stanley knife from Santa (he wanted to make a den, Santa disappointed that year). He's 14 now and asked for a terrarium.

MrsSkylerWhite · 06/01/2023 21:06

Really need a back scratcher now 🤣

DidyouNO · 06/01/2023 21:08

When my youngest was 6 all he wanted was a stick. I went down to the garden and got him a very robust stick, spent a fortune on 'proper' toys. Which he ignored because he'd got his beloved stick.

TaffyandTeenyTaffy · 06/01/2023 21:11

Grabber/ litter picker (was school litter monitor at the time) and a shoe horn (like his grandma)

Itmaybeok · 06/01/2023 21:12

One of the kids I used to nanny for asked for a cotton blazer and a woolen blazer when he was 5.

Toddlerteaplease · 06/01/2023 21:14

My colleagues two year old asked for Broccoli.

flooflo · 06/01/2023 21:14

My DS got a back scratcher for Christmas when he was 5 or 6

InconvenientPeg · 06/01/2023 21:17

Toilet roll, because she liked stacking them 😆 and four finger KitKat's, because clearly I'm tight and only buy two finger ones!

JofraArchersFastestBall · 06/01/2023 21:17

My 3 y o wanted a carrot with a face for her birthday. Thankfully jellycat do a very sweet one.

Polkadotpolkadot · 06/01/2023 21:17

Johnduttonsbuttocks · 06/01/2023 20:08

Our newly-turned 6 year old asked for a back scratcher for his birthday. He LOVES it.

Have your kids ever requested wacky presents?

That's so funny. They might also like a back scrubber from tooletries. I got my husband one for Christmas and 3 year old daughter has decided she loves it 🤣

MargaretThursday · 06/01/2023 21:19

Ds wanted an air raid shelter when he was about 4 or 5.
When covid lockdown started (about 7 years later) he was very keen to construct one, but I channelled him into "Digging for Victory" and planting potatoes instead.

Cravingcake · 06/01/2023 21:33

My DS asked Santa for 100 elastic bands one year around age 7 - he delivered a ball of elastic bands which meant one happy child.

OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow · 06/01/2023 21:33

*Like a Jack-In-A-Box but with a sloth.

Instead of popping up it just opens an eye lazily for a few seconds and goes back to sleep.*
I actually want one.

gogohmm · 06/01/2023 21:35

Dd asked for a rice cooker for her 18thConfused

TwoPointFourCatsAndDogs · 06/01/2023 21:38

When DS was about 4 he wanted Baby Balls for Christmas. We didn’t then and still don’t know what he meant. So, we bought him bouncy balls, marbles, dog balls, tennis balls - loads of balls, but non were what he wanted.

Pebbles16 · 06/01/2023 21:40

I asked for a drill for my 18th. My grandparents bought it for me - still going many years later.
Such kudos at uni and in house shares that I could put up shelves etc and my grandparents were so very proud that I was an independent girl (woman would have been better, but I was their granddaughter!)

RevealTheHiddenBeach · 06/01/2023 21:46

Are you sure he didn't mean baby bels?! I'm imagining your DS unwrapping all these balls when all he wanted was mini cheese 😅