To ask if you’d be happy with these gifts for your child’s birthday?

[presentconundrum]

Child is under 5, and in my family.

I’ve got:

a peppa pig art set - this is the main present, it’s a decent size.

Four colouring books, a sticker book and some crayons

a large puzzle

a little “pet care” toy - just a little dog and some accessories

all are within the appropriate age range. Is this enough??? Looking at it now it seems quite small and I might need to raid their Christmas presents to boost it.

total cost is probably about £45

That sounds fine to me 😊

5 is a lovely age - they love everything !

It sounds like loads to me, both in terms of £ and number of items. ‘In your family’ meaning eg niece/nephew rather than your own child? Honestly, don’t get any more carried away.

Plenty there under 5 will just love having presents to open

Do you mean a child within the family as in a cousin or niece or nephew? I think you've got more than enough there. It all sounds lovely, the child will enjoy it I'm sure!

Yeah it’s not my child!!

Not your own child?
That's plenty and they sound like lovely presents. My dd would have loved them at that age.

I agree, that sounds too much, if it's a niece or nephew. The art set on its own, maybe with a colouring book would be a good present. I spend around £20-25 on gifts for my nieces and nephews.

It's totally fine
They are probably getting gifts from other people.

Under age 5? These sound great!!
Don't make birthdays (and Christmas for that matter) " all about the presents" cuz each year you'll have to add more and more.
Birthdays are special to a child but make them FEEL special by telling them how happy you were that they joined your family, how proud you are if the person they're becoming, of their skills and talents...
More praise and love, not more presents.

(Edited, I missed that this wasn't actually your child)

It’s loads!

We find the number of presents for children we receive totally overwhelming - remember they will need to store all these items…!

Blimey, that’s loads. My nieces and nephews are older now but I would spend about £15-£20 on them at that age.

I would think it’s too much.

Bugger. Should I put some into her Christmas pile?😂

That's way too much! I bought four small presents for my first nephew's first birthday and my sister said thanks but that's OTT. So he and his siblings get one thing each now.

I was going to say it's a bit mean until I realised that it isn't your child. One gift is enough.

No, return them to the shop or give to christmas gift collection appeal.

Too many gifts are overwhelming for children and not in their best interests.

Absolutely plenty for a little niece/nephew. Mine would have loved those things at that age. My DB spends similar amounts on our two, because he has no kids of his own to rinse his finances spoil yet.

Christ I hope this is satire. It's four presents, not forty. Have you ever actually met a five year old?

I’ve added to the Christmas present pile to be redistributed to the 4 under 5’s we have in the family (!!!!)

Very generous/OTT if it's not your child!

We usually do one gift for up to £20 for niece/nephew - same at Christmas.

£10-£12 for a birthday party gift for a friend. Something like a Skillmatic crafty thing.

Don't overdo it.

Honestly? I'd much prefer one decent thing than lots of stuff from family members to my DD (6). She has so many toys - one special thing (special meaning chosen based on her interests, not in terms of being expensive!) is so much better than loads of little stuff that we don't have room to store and gets forgotten about.

Gosh that is more than enough for a child that is not yours (and plenty of the child was yours) You could maybe keep one or two of the things back and use as gifts when you visit - its nice to spread things out over a longer period especially for children who have birthdays near Christmas. You sound like a very sweet generous person.

My 5yo was totally overwhelmed by too many presents after their birthday party. We drip-fed them for weeks to make sure every gift actually got time given to it to enjoy, play or make.

No need for the sarcasm, all children are different.

It’s 9 from one relative. The child will also have presents from their parents, other family members and I assume from a class party.

I’ve grouped the books up together into one - I don’t think colouring books etc are necessarily overwhelming?