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Guess what 8 year old DS wants for his birthday...

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RamsaySnowsSausage · 14/05/2025 19:19

A pestle and mortar.

Does he like cooking...no, no interest.

Is he a forest witch...not sure.

Is he an alchemist...fingers crossed.

He's seen them in videos and now that is all he wants.

Anyone else had some weird requests?!

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Cerialkiller · 14/05/2025 19:21

Ah wonderful. Get the boy his mortar and pestal and spice paste recipe book.

Unless it's poultices he wants to make, do you live near any willow trees?

We've had a request for a life size corgi toy, not as weird as you though.

Redheadedstepchild · 14/05/2025 20:03

I can remember asking for an telescope at about the same age as your DS . Not a space telescope but more an Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, "Land ahoy, matey" 18th century naval battles telescope.

Don't mention this to your DS as I suspect he may be a child after my own heart and you could let yourself in for a very lengthy investigation into the Napoleonic Wars.

Or do. It might be fun.

Redheadedstepchild · 14/05/2025 20:09

Redheadedstepchild · 14/05/2025 20:03

I can remember asking for an telescope at about the same age as your DS . Not a space telescope but more an Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, "Land ahoy, matey" 18th century naval battles telescope.

Don't mention this to your DS as I suspect he may be a child after my own heart and you could let yourself in for a very lengthy investigation into the Napoleonic Wars.

Or do. It might be fun.

Maybe I'd just been watching Mutiny On The Bounty over a bank holiday weekend or something,

Vatsallfolks · 14/05/2025 22:01

My five year old (30 next month) wanted 7 large King Edward potatoes in a sack bag (she meant hessian I think ) but VERY specific about them being King Edwards.. I obliged . She was euphoric with happiness and took them everywhere with her (a very obliging primary) .. they had grown long eyes and ‘looked scary’ before she forsake them 4 long long months later and after they had been camping in Italy with us… how I long for those days . Since then it’s been iPads , laptops , iPhones .. and now the hire of a country house for her 30th .. I’ve offered 10lbs of King Edward’s and even offered to throw in a couple of pounds of jersey royals .. but it seems the British spud has lost its allure in favour of a country estate that will sleep 30 😩…

WetBandits · 14/05/2025 22:03

Vatsallfolks · 14/05/2025 22:01

My five year old (30 next month) wanted 7 large King Edward potatoes in a sack bag (she meant hessian I think ) but VERY specific about them being King Edwards.. I obliged . She was euphoric with happiness and took them everywhere with her (a very obliging primary) .. they had grown long eyes and ‘looked scary’ before she forsake them 4 long long months later and after they had been camping in Italy with us… how I long for those days . Since then it’s been iPads , laptops , iPhones .. and now the hire of a country house for her 30th .. I’ve offered 10lbs of King Edward’s and even offered to throw in a couple of pounds of jersey royals .. but it seems the British spud has lost its allure in favour of a country estate that will sleep 30 😩…

This made me cackle!

My sister asked for a jar of gherkins for her 4th birthday. I still get her one every year, and she’s just turned 26.Smile

NeverDropYourMooncup · 14/05/2025 22:14

You'll also need to get some watercolour paint blocks or chalk, as he's very likely to want to grind those up, along with assorted dried plants and soil; the videos tend to be of grinding pigments, mixing them with oils and then mixing the colours with a palette knife or making pottery glazes & clay.

Get a fairly large and heavy pestle with a flattened base (or add that in for the present so he has one for crushing and one for fine grinding), a flat surface for the fine grinding, a box of disposable gloves and a large sheet of plastic to cover everything.

I don't zone out to assorted shorts with stuff like this, no, not me...

And think positively - at least he isn't into the bloody tapping.

mnahmnah · 14/05/2025 22:27

DS wanted a litter picker and high viz jacket when he was 8!

whatcoulditbee · 14/05/2025 22:36

My 5 year old asked for a bin for his birthday.

Back story is he was playing with our new bathroom bin one day, randomly having a great time and I joked that maybe I should get one for his birthday. He was taken with that and kept mentioning it for weeks after and genuinely wanted his own bin. 🤣

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