Regarding presents from families?

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we live away from all our family so normally they just send the kids money as it's too much hassle/cost to send presents etc. This year the kids have listed a few things they want and I'm worried it would be way too much in the way of spoiling them to get them everything just from us and then for them to have money to spend from family on top of that. Thinking of taking the money from family and using it to buy some of the presents they've asked for and wrapping them and putting a card on saying from Nanna etc. I think this would be a nicer than just opening an envelope with money, would this be unreasonable?

NOPE

Sounds perfectly ok to me. If you're bothered why not tell the family members what you're planning to do (I'm thinking in case the children thank them for specific item rather than money and they wonder what's going on)?

Seems fine to me. I do this myself.

I think that is usually what grandparents and other family member would expect you to do! Its fine. :) And you can also tell them what their money was used for.

I do that all the time. My mum & sis & sil always send cheques which I pay into my account and use for presents which I label from them.

i thought everyone did that?

(we're hundreds of miles away from all our families and don't see them over Xmas)

I don't think YABU.

But are the presents things that might be available from Amazon? Because I've used them this year to send items to family DCs who live far away. Free delivery and quite frequently the cheapest place online. I don't pay for their wrapping service though as it's pricey, I agreed with the parents that they'd wrap it once it was received at their house and I do the same for the gifts they send to DS.
I've got an Amazon wish list for DS as well, as he generally likes books and games so it's easier to avoid getting duplicates that way.

Sounds ok but as others have suggested, I think it might be worth mentioning it to the family members beforehand (imagining the potential for misunderstanding and fall-out this seemingly well-meaning act could give rise to)

very reasonable OP, its just what we did with DS till he was old enough to enjoy "going shopping" for something he wanted after christmas.