To buy nephew a present to piss off SIL

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BIL and SIL have done something to royally piss us off today, have spent the whole day fuming. Basically they are selfish £@&@'s.
Anyway it's our nephews birthday next week and we love him and want to get him a nice present (he's 5), what's the most annoying thing we can buy him that he will love and they will hate?!

You seem too be asking for a generic "piss-all-off" gift/solution. I really like the glitter idea, their house will twinkle for months! I'm curious about any direct pet peeves either have, I'd love to see the creative minds of MN think up the perfect gift that will like all things, fade from the forefronts of their minds only to resurface in a nightmare 20 years down the road

I think I saw at least one PP mention a hamster, and I admittedly chuckled as my parents rekuctantly got me a Teddy Bear Hamster for my 10th birthday. She had a Habtrail with a solid plastic wheel that sat outside of the cage connected via tube. Every. Single. Night. That damn hamster would take the largest sunflower seed from her food, drop it inside the wheel, and run....for the next 5 6 7 hours. It sounded like she was spinning a bingo ball machine all night. Long story shirt, she was with us two months before I found her half dead in her cage (before dinner - appeared fine, 4 hours later I found her like this). Had to go to the vet and have her put down. I was really attached to her, I wasn't okay for a while after this. So! While I'm sure it was said as a joke, an animal should never be purchased as a tool to annoy with no plans on who will REALLY care for it. Even a hamster. It could also backfire, your nephew might love his little buddy and I'd hate for him to end up hurting as I did, instead of your intended recipients.

...that was a downer. Did I already say I liked the idea of glitter?

Don't you think that you could make better use of your time.
Ok, you piss off your BIL and SIL and then what.
How is that going to improve your life?

If they are truly selfish, they can turn him against you. Be cautious.

A trumpet...packed with glitter. That would be glorious to watch

An axolotl - DN will love it and you will be the extra cool Aunty - and your SIL will have to buy it really gross things like night crawlers and frozen blood worms to eat.

One of those impossible jigsaw puzzles that is a million pieces and is a picture of baked beans.
A singing goat that sings the yodelling song from the Sound of Music. (I bought this once for my friend as revenge for In the Night Garden singing Upsy Daisy doll.)

A dog with bees in its mouth.

Seriously though, get him something he will really like, if his parents are horrible, he needs someone kind in his life.

Hungry Hungry Hippo game, I dreaded them playing that game, eventually it somehow got misplaced on the top rafters of the garage.

www.amazon.co.uk/Hasbro-989361010-Hungry-Hippos-English/dp/B0071HOIX0?tag=mumsnetforum-21

Monopoly well probably junior monopoly but it's good training for the older version.

Craft set including lots of glitter. Ask him to make you something specific with it. Tell him you particularly love red and blue glitter.

Moon sand.

This is very nasty. Very low indeed. How would the little guy feel if he knew the gift was out of nastiness towards his parents rather than your love for him?
You sound horrible.

Harmonica. Hope you aren't my ILs

A puppy!!

(Just kidding, that would be extremely irresponsible)

I agree with PPs who suggested glitter and drum kit. Why not both?

DS has 3 harmonicas (granted we bought him one - and a ukulele).

Just get him something he will love - there’s no guarantee the parents won’t approve anyway. (Then he will go on about how much he loves his Aunty for getting him the bestest present ever).

Some great ideas here thanks!
Obviously my main priority was to get him something he would love, but I'm not ashamed to say something that would wind up BIL and SIL too would definitely add a spring to my step!

Nothing with a battery, the parents will just remove the battery.

Musical instruments are fun. Most kids have no talent for them but love playing ghem regardless. A drum or flute or trumpet.

Sorry, who's 5?

No, don’t get him something as obvious as a drum kit because that’ll go straight to the charity shop. Get him something that looks seemingly innocent but is an absolute fucker.

Moonsand
Hama beads
A science experiment kit
A volcano making kit (I highly advise supplying the vinegar and bicarbonate but “accidentally” give them Malt vinegar because the smell is horrendous when you mix with bicarbonate!)
Some lovely loud toys...lightsabers are both annoying in sound and a total PITA when waved around so double win there

This:

www.marinesuperstore.com/nautical-gifts/toys/repeating-parrot?utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=pcn&utm_term=99144456&utm_campaign=MSS&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjoDg36652wIVzZ3tCh1ntAd3EAQYByABEgIa8_D_BwE

Oh for heaven's sake, some of you really need to lighten up a bit! OP is not horrible or a bad Auntie, she's having a bit of a laugh.
Hungry Hippos is over too quickly, Junior Monopoly or Scrabble. They will have to play it with him and it will eventually cause their brains to dribble out through their ears..

Tokelau, that is just fabulous! I'm going to get one.

I always wanted a parrot that I could teach to swear, but I'm bird phobic. Now I can have one.

A nerf gun, they will forever be picking up bullets and he will adore it. I don't know any child that doesn't love a good nerf war.

If you love him, buy him something he’ll like.

Don’t make a five year old a pawn in childish adult spite.

I agree with this.

Make loads of fictional plans about what you could buy him and then just buy him a nice gift without any malice behind it.

A worm farm. My brothe bought one for my son and he loved it. You layer different soils and a layer of leaved and then have to dig up worms from the garden to put in it.