Nephew is 7!!

[Spencer0220]

Posting here for traffic. I originally posted in toys and games and got nowhere.

Nephew is 7 beginning of March and I'm stuck. DSis literally no help as she doesn't agree with my £25 budget. Thinks all I will buy is something crap! £25 is literally all we can afford.

This was Christmas and he loved it: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B092VWCQF8?ref=cmmswrrcsowaaapindppXE6HGCY9PPJMJTRB9BJM&cafHiResImg=1&language=en-GB

He loves anything craft/paint based. No modelling clay please.

Has a few paint by numbers. Not sure if he wants more. Loves marvel, Roblox and football.

Thank you so much x

Posca markers, learn to draw books, couple of white t-shirts so can design own t-shirt.
A big box full of craft paper, and all sorts of embellishments, pom poms, stickers etc that you'd use in crafting.

So if 7 yos won't remember, what age is it acceptable to buy from?

Hama beads, sticker mosaic books/paint by sticker, dig your own fossil kit (National geographic do a big one, but smaller ones could be an add on to another gift).

Get something creative that's messy and difficult to remove from clothes, carpets and walls.

@Bertielong3

thats a bit stingy!!

id throw in a whistle too!!

😂😂

@Spencer0220

Your sister is RUDE!!

Did you see the paint your own moon lamp? That looks pretty cool.

Given Dsis’s attitude I’d suggest a trumpet, a second hand drum kit or a nerf gun and show him how to dip the tips of the bullets in ink just before he fires them.

this is an excellent idea

Put a search for 7 year old boy gifts on amazon and you will get tons of options. To name a few, kids camera, scribble ball, remote control stunt vehicle, lego etc. For £25 you can get a pretty neat gift. Your sis is being super ungrateful and very grabby!

My son is 7 in may and super crafty.
Some of his faves from Xmas were - paint your own solar system, Crayola craft box, crafting kit from the works, slime making kit and playdoh set (maybe too close to modelling clay)

Most of the above were 25 and below.

Lego or craft stuff.

You can get a teifoc water wheel kit on amazon for under 25 pounds. Dc1 loves teifoc. You mix your own cement and build the building. Then you can demolish and redo.

Around that age my brother and I had this book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0746020295/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

I remember that there was lots we could make independently with the stuff in our craft box (tissue paper, coloured paper, crayons, pipe cleaners, some stickers), which was great. So maybe a book like that, along with some craft materials, would be good?

If you have a Range store near you they normally have a load of craft kits for well under £25. I actually think that's a very generous budget.
If he likes games, cat&mouth, genius square and gravity maze are good.

My DS is only slightly older (8) but loves Roblox and he was very impressed that a few family members gave him Roblox gift cards for Christmas.
I have bought them as birthday gifts for other boys that age and they've always been well received.
Also £25 is a lot of Robux.

I wouldn’t haven’t given her a budget I would have just asked what he is in too. For reference my 7 year old likes Pokémon; his switch, rainbow friends, football, cricket and board games

That is a good amount for a child that age - mum is ungrateful.

Lego from market place - buy loose, wash, and put together into a shape, download a few free models to make. If he does not have a container, buy a biggish wooden box and tell him you will fill it eventually. Others family members may offer more.

If he is the type to read comics, a short magazine subscription e.g https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/subscribeuk

Does he have any kind of electronic device - £25 could buy him a new game/cartridge esp if you have a local shop that sells recycled ones, but Smyths have a number of cheaper ones suitable for his age group.

Is he in to figures? They are expensive, but he will remember a favourite one. Pokemon, He-man, for example. Spiderman is a perennial favourite (bought for my oldest GS who is 22, and youngest who just turned 6)

If he is the cuddly sort he may love a squishy.

But as it is from you he will be happy (I fondly remember as a still-at-school teenager buying a nephew a plastic sword, armour and helmet for a few pounds and getting a huge supermarket box to wrap it in - his parents brought him an expensive Scalextric . He did not even open it, and spent all Christmas day either sitting in the box playing racing cars or playfighting with anyone who would join in.)
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/4914662-ideas-for-7-yo-boy
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/ninety_days_only/4945722-gift-ideas-for-8yo-nephew

Lego.
Marble run is a good shout.
Cinema gift card?

You can get relatively cheap resin kits on Amazon to make keyrings and things. They look quite fun and have good reviews.

£25 is plenty. Generous. That's so rude

Lots of craft stuff, Hama beads, learn to draw books, ceramic markers?

Oh and just for you sisters benefit... lots of glitter!!

My nieces and nephews really liked a tie die kit that I bought them from Amazon, think it was about £20?

ElfieLea has a great idea there! You could buy 4 or five things and wrap them separately so he has a pile of presents. e.g.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Galt-Mini-Marble-Construction-Years/dp/B0BTHW4GVT/ref=sr_1_18
Deffo Slime! https://www.poundfun.com/products/barrel-o-slime
https://www.poundfun.com/products/mini-connect-four
https://www.networldsports.co.uk/forza-garden-football-pack-of-1.html
https://tuclothing.sainsburys.co.uk/product/tuc140835552

Potion kit

https://thepotionlab.co.uk/products/lava-fizzing-potion-kit

My 7 year olds favourite Christmas present was a tamagotchi, he takes it everywhere! He also loved a diamond art kit if you wanted something crafty.
My sisters spend £10-15 on my son and that is plenty!

Ravensburger Labyrinth is a great game. £24.99 from John Lewis. £19.99 from Amazon. Age 7 upwards.

My kids played with it for years.