Quick question for mums of twins - present dilemma!

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My 5 year old is going to the birthday party of a pair of identical twins later on today. Last minute as always, I am rushing out to buy a present first!

Which would be better, a present each so that they aren’t being treated the same/having to share, or a bigger/nicer present for both of them so that there’s less stuff/fewer toys for their parents to deal with?

Thanks for your ideas!

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Present each, similar but not the same eg one snakes and ladders the other Ludo.

I would always give a present each to twins.

I used to do a present each with the twins we knew when dd1 was little. It was a bit annoying though when it came to her birthday and their mum would buy one present from both of them. As previously mentioned they are two people, they should get a present each, but also give a present each.

I think it is cheeky to expect two presents, I think it is one per family!

As everyone else has said a present each. My girls also give a present from each of them when they go to a singletons birthday party.

We've just been to the 7th birthday of twins, and we went to their 5th too.
We gave them a cinema voucher for their 5th, for 3 tickets (parent plus twins).
The recent one we gave them book tokens each.

Present each, then when it’s the singleton’s Birthday they get one gift each from my twins. (So two presents)

Oh and they are a pair of sweeties and INSISTED on getting DS a present each for his party they came to once (but not for other years, I think it's only when they think of it, not the mum).

I'd give them a smaller present each, rather than a big present between the two, unless it was something like a game they could play together.

I think it is cheeky to expect two presents, I think it is one per family!

If both my children are invited to a party, I give one present from both, they're not twins either. Why would you want them to give a present each?

But you knew that the mum was actually buying the presents - it's not like the young twins were earning their own money and spending it on their pals - so it seems a bit mean to say that because she had twins she had to spend twice as much on every other child as all the other parents.

I find these attitudes a bit tight. You have two children going to one party, but you expect to just give one present? Loads of parties are pay per head, so your kids take two places but you only reciprocate with a present from one child? Unless it's a more substantial present then that's cheeky.

And it's mean to expect twin parents to spend twice as much on a child by buying two presents, so instead they should actually spend half as much as other parents with single children by buying a present between two?