Would you give this as a present to a 9yo boy?

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My dd needs a last-minute gift to give a friend. We’ve got this… is it suitable or too strange to give a 9yo boy?

Its a bit girly imo

Not very helpful but depends on the boy! One of my 9yos would've loved it; the other very much not. What does your DD think?

My sons would have both liked it.

My son would love it. Could you back it up with a little cash in a card too?

I think it’s too girly. Stick a fiver in a card and grab a bag of Haribo ?

My son would have liked that at 9. He would have stuck them all in the bath at once and had a great time.

It is more of a present for a girl though, even if I will get jumped on for saying that.

So something else would be better. Cash, or an Amazon or Minecraft voucher.

I wouldn't

My 9yr old son would like it.

It is quite random. What's the context? whole class birthday party for a child they don't know that well (probably fine) or best friend's child (less so).

You can get digitally delivered gift cards for Fortnite etc.

My 9 year old boy loves bath bombs. Why is it too girly? Are boys not allowed baths? Or is it the food theme? Unless they only have a shower, you are overthinking it.

Nope.

I think my DS would be a bit confused but use them anyway. I'd hate them as I hate cleaning the bath afterwards!

I don't think a boy of 9 would appreciate that, no.

yeh I’d say that’s a girls gift.

DS would have hated it, DD would probably have come out in a rash

It depends on the child, people in this thread saying their ds would hate it, my ds would love it! He loves a bath and any type of bath bomb.

What does your dd think? Does she think he would like it?

One of mine loved bath bombs at this age. He does have an older sister and always had a lot of friends who are girls, if that makes a difference.

No

Mine would have been very happy with that when he was 9. He loves bath bombs.

I think it’s fine, the only thing that makes it a little bit girly is the cupcake. My 9 yrold would love it, he loves a pamper night. My 40 yr old husband would love it too!

I wouldn’t. My youngest would have liked it but not my older ones.

This is nuts! Why is it girly? Do boys not like playing in the bath, chips, burgers and cupcakes? I despair…

Thanks for all your comments. In the end, I played it safe and gave a pack of gel pens and a box of Heroes.

I gave that exact set to my son aged 9 and he was very happy. But gel pens and sweets would also go down well 🙂

What’s girly about a burger and washing? Is it any wonder people want to try and change their gender when people have opinions like this.

I think it looks perfectly fine for a 9yr old.