Nephew is 7!!

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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

This https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/products/128551?gclid=Cj0KCQiA5fetBhC9ARIsAP1UMgF5XVMqVMSas2ayTccrEoMT4sjKX_eZs7da5tTxSo5iWY97k2F-qkEaAtOSEALw_wcB and some fine black marker pens so he can draw his own comics

Bath Bombs / products? Look at the Baff range on Amazon and there are so many things that we always get great feedback on when we buy as gifts for family and friends children. Crackles, colour changes, rocket bath bombs etc. It's like a science experiment in the bath!

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A really messy slime making kit or potions kit just to piss your sister off. Or a really difficult Lego set that his parents will have to spent hours and hours helping him build.

My 1st thought was kidezoom either camera or smart watch.both child friendly(resistant!)decent products.both offer camera\cames setting. they still over budget tho cex\ebay has lower cost pre own.both are fabulous for 7 yr old.photography is art. they donnot connect to internet but are fab starter level digital products. there is alternatives but i only had the kz for mine.eg https://www.amazon.co.uk/Camera-Childrens-Digital-Toddler-Birthday/dp/B0CJ6SC9HJ?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A2WC981Z0FQHVT

I get loads of things from Wicked Uncle:

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Lots of reasonably priced, interesting gifts.

Your sister doesn’t agree with your budget??? Wth! I have various nieces and nephews and have managed presents at £15 - £20 for years and all successful. Tell her to stop bringing her chn up to be spoilt brats like her!
I work with 7 year olds Try a water bottle with a fave team or game on it or books.

My just turned 7 year old DS is obsessed with those dig kits, you know gemstones, fossils, sharks teeth etc he has had tonnes but still always wants to buy them with his saved up birthday money when he sees them. National Geographic activities are always a hit, the volcano one involves building and painting too, crystal making etc

Totem Internal and Beyblades have been a hit too. And his current hobby is magnet fishing, you can get kits for that, if he has somewhere to go and someone to take him.

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I bought one for my (then) eleven y.o and the seven year old nabbed it! Ended up with two so they could play together (outdo one another lol)

Good price just now as well, I paid full price and still thought it was worth it. It doesn’t take up lots of room, is ideal for travel, encourages creativity, perseverance and hand-to-eye co-ordination. What does your DSis want, a Rolex 😜

25 is a lot of money for a 7yr! She’s being rude and ungrateful. Wow.

Aww, that's not nice. I'll remember!!

Yep, that's her!!!

😂😂😂

Brilliant!

Thank you so much everyone!!

I ended up getting a paint by numbers kit that I found, where he can hang the finished canvas on his wall. It's got a number of cartoon characters I know he's into.

I'm going to save this thread for Christmas as I'm pretty sure most of the suggestions him & one of his brothers will love!!

A board game, a Where's Wally book and some of his favourite sweets.

Your sister is very unreasonable. £25 is a decent budget by most people's standards for a niece/nephew gift. My siblings are not hard up but when asked for Christmas gift suggestions, I gave a few ranging from £15-25 for the 6yo (and obviously much less for the baby, who didn't really need anything).

When you say he loves football not sure if he loves playing or watching.

If he loves playing, training equipment live this has been a hit with various kids: https://www.amazon.co.uk/YISSVIC-Football-Training-Equipment-Children/dp/B0C2433ZJW/ref=asc_df_B0C2433ZJW/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=664376919091&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9742405013020317954&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007336&hvtargid=pla-2194725463842&psc=1&mcid=32c1797b35df3a60b5975d9d262424d3

DD (7) loves lego. Recent hits have included Lego Dobby and Lego characters from Wall-E.

Not sure why modelling clay is out, so this might be too similar, but my kids love it. However it is non messy and really your sister deserves furniture ruining crafts and slime. https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3376339?storeID=575&istCompanyId=a74d8886-5df9-4baa-b776-166b3bf9111c&istFeedId=30f62ea9-9626-4cac-97c8-9ff3921f8558&istItemId=ltqqiiwrw&istBid=t&&cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59157%7Cacid:629-618-1342%7Ccid:20368907733%7Cagid:%7Ctid:%7Ccrid:%7Cnw:x%7Crnd:11582001147668753566%7Cdvc:m%7Cadp:%7Cmt:%7Cloc:1007336&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=20368907733&utm_term=3376339&utm_content=shopping&utm_custom1=&utm_custom2=629-618-1342&GPDP=true&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6MP3rv2QhAMVvphQBh3LnAF9EAQYDCABEgLzw_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Outfoxed is a great whodunnit style boardgame for kids! Ditto Grabbolo, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza. My kid loves Mikado as well.

Most successful gift I bought my kid for Xmas was a Hungry Hippos game I found at the charity shop for £7.50 so your sister can do one 😉

If you feel like being very annoying, get him a domino run. Hideous noise, they get everywhere, hundreds of them, take a million years to clear up, like Lego when you tread on them and kids are obsessed with them

When you get to Christmas have a look at scrawlr box. They have old boxes reduced and at Christmas they went down to about £8. My 6yr old daughter currently wants to be an artist and I got her one of the boxes with paint pens. It comes with some proper art paper, pencil and some instructions/ideas for how to use the pens. She absolutely loved it, felt very grown up with her box of adult art stuff.

I know you’ve bought something now but you can get light up footballs from Amazon, I got my 6 yr old godson one.

I got my nephew a tie dye set (dye came in little bottles with nozzles) and so e white t shirts. He loved it! And it wasn't messy. Also think a marble run is a great idea. Loads of good ideas on this thread!

Second @herbygarden's suggestion of Hama beads and my niece, who loved to make them, also liked scratch art paper/card.

Hama was autocorrected to Hamas, which would be a completely different kind of gift!

£25 roller skates won’t work or be very used and in bad condition if you mean second hand?