Please don’t ever buy my kids..?

[Kibble19]

Lighthearted, before anyone gets upset about people being ungrateful.

What gifts would you stick on the banned list?

For me, it’s the classic glitter and slime-based toys. Special mention to toys with 4000 loose parts too.

Everything you said. But also specifically, Lego kits with lots of tiny shitty pieces

Dirty second hand junk, my mum is notorious for this, I don’t mind second hand IF it’s decent quality not filled with dirt, dents and scratches

Bouncy balls, they can’t bounce them in the house and they instantly get lost outdoors, what’s even the point in them?

The most crap you can buy for the cheapest price then comment on how cluttered my tiny flat is!

Would also like to add, those stampers that are for paper, but always end up on the kids’ skin. Murder to get off, and probably leaking some sort of toxic waste into their skin. Hate them.

• Soft toys (they have loads already)
• Crystal picture sets (they don't have the patience or coordination)
• Cheap tat (I would rather a small good quality item rather than a large will break quickly item)

While I should regret buying kids eg kinetic sand and play dough for the mess, most people I’ve bought it for I’ve heard later fell in love with it!

I’ll also add the stuff people have given us that others have called tat have stood the test of time, and we also have a box of magazine freebies and McDonald’s toys the youngest plays with years later so one person’s tat is another’s treasure!!!

Cheap squishy toys that inevitably burst and make a horrible mess.

Hideous clothing covered in paw patrol or cocomelon or whatever other shit kids TV program.

Quilted/padded coats. They aren’t waterproof and stay wet. An actual waterproof coat is far more practical (thin coat that quickly dries, jumper underneath for warmth) and family keep buying the awful padded ones despite repeatedly asking them not to.

Art sets, the ones with a billion coloured pencils, pens etc. We have all those already.

Slime

Bulky plastic crap

Make up that comes with jewellery and those lil' stripper plastic high heels

Toy music instruments 😐

Oh god we’ve had so much tat over the years from well meaning family members.

but top of the list would be:

any kind of craft kit that contains glitter, glue feathers etc

Intricate construction sets (doesn’t have the patience)

any kind of remote control toy. We’ve had them all and they’re mostly shit.

Naff games for the garden - 10 pin bowling set that blows over with the lightest of breeze, badminton set, cheap shitty football goal that never got used.

Anything that’s messy, so like slime or kenetic sand, that kind of thing.

Some sort of meteorological dig kit where you have to chisel the ‘fossil’ or ‘gemstone’ or ‘crystal’ out of basically chalk.

I hate these so much.

closely followed by kinetic sand

Also if you ask what should I get and I say something like one Barbie don't buy a massive box of cheap dolls that will break after one use and pat yourself on the back for doing so.

Whistles
Recorders
Shit toy musical "instruments"
Slime
Glitter
Glue and craft items
Balloons
Electronic toys with irritating farm noises

Mugs with sayings and that flavoured popcorn. The latter when left goes off and smells horrible when it does.

Admittedly the kids are 23 and 18 but really!

Anyone remember The Potters Wheel from the 70s? The wet clay used to spray up the walls as it spun. Think we had one go and that was it.

Paints

Anything that requires sticking with any kind of glue

Glitter

Sewing kits

Huge soft toys

Anything by Vtech.

When my niece and nephew were small I bought them those wooden frogs from a carpenter with a ridged back that you could play to make them ‘croak’. I thought, how lovely, handmade wooden toys. Their mum gave me a death stare 😂 I can still remember the racket they made!

I also bought a friend’s son a toy keyboard that played little versions of classical music and when I was visiting she said it was a shame it had broken. Her son went and bashed on the side of the toy box and it started playing - she’d hidden it!

Can you tell I don’t have kids.

I agree with a recorder. Absolutely the worst possible noise.

Slime bath stuff… it took forever to dilute enough to drain!

Playmobile was also favourite (not) when they were younger 🤦🏻‍♀️