To send a 7 year old gift vouchers for his birthday

[Luxme]

Just that really, I have no idea what to get him and at Christmas his dad told me he already had what we bought him!
I've bought him a little book too.

What about Argos vouchers with an Argos catalogue? My brother used to love deciding when he got that!

It does mean his mum will have to take him shopping! Is it a bit lazy?

That's a good idea! I used to circle stuff in there!

Great idea Spat!

I send my nieces and nephews cold, hard cash now because I have not got a clue anymore now they are 9,11 and 13. For a bit I sent them vouchers but I don't even know if they would be to shops they'd get what they are most interested in!! The girls are into cheerleading so thought with cash they could get what they wanted.

Although I love the Argos idea above

She will get a lot peace while he chooses and changes his mind about what he wants.

Not lazy at all. My two seven year olds love getting vouchers.

Spad I mean!

Mine love cash and Amazon vouchers.

I don't think its lazy at all! Toysrus or Game vouchers go down well with our nieces and nephew. It just means they can buy whatever they want rather than receiving crap they'll never play with.

My 7 yr old DS loves getting vouchers for clothes from his nanny's, he loves to pick his own clothes and shoes.

Depends if they will actually get spent on the child.

Lots see cash or vouchers as theirs rather than the child and spend them on items they should be providing rather than letting the child have them.

I was considering just sending the dad some money to his bank account so the kid could choose where he spent the money rather than just in say Smyths/Toysrus.

Money send to the parent is very lazy and impersonal in my opinion.

Vouchers to the child much better.

Ive never had anyrhing other than book vouchers from my english teacher aunt.

Cash is a thoughtful gift in my opinion. My kids used to get £10 of my MIL from time to time. They loved receiving it. Cash is much better than gift cards or an unwanted present.

Gift cards tie the recipient to using a particular store and they are easier to loose track of than cash. Nearly all gift certificates have expiry dates and you also run the risk of them becoming worthless if a buisness goes bankrupt.

Cash, plus a lovely thoughtful card, plus a bar of chocolate would be my choice.

The best thing would be to ask his dad though.

I think vouchers or cash is fine. DD is 5yo and often gets a voucher from her granddad and we choose something together. It's good for DD as she either has to find something within the value of the voucher, which is good budgeting practise for her, or I might sub her a little to get something she really wants (or she puts other Christmas/birthday money towards it).

We always spend the money on DD, sometimes if it's for somewhere like Next, then we might not find anything so I might give her the money equivalent and DH/myself might use the actual voucher.