What age do you 'help' your DCs give your DH/DP a christmas present??

[RememberToPlaywiththeKids]

DH and i haven't done pressies for each other in recent years due to financial 'stuff' but he said that he'd like to go back to giving each other one this year.

Now - our DC are 4 and 2 nd I think it's important that they give as well as receive and would love to get excited about choosing something and wrapping it up and seeing his face when their presents are opened. when i mentioned it to DH he wasn't v pleased for some reason and thought it un-necessary. I have thousands of pressies to organise around christmas time and he has one. His mother, who he usually gives something small and embarassing to e.g. last year was a snow globe. I nearly died as I'm sure she thinks I'm behind the present buying when infact I don't 'do' her as I think he can.

Oh help!!

We don't do presents for each other either due to budget constraints but this year I have "helped" DS (2.8yr) paint a little ceramic dump truck for DH at one of the pottery painting places (they love reading books about building site machines together!)Was only around £5 I think and DS is really proud of it!

That sounds great and exactly the kind of thing I was thinking. Something that they could each give each other and us - it's so much fun giving pressies and I think they'd get alot out of it.

Now I'm not sure what's happening! In desperation I said 'even just a bag of nuts from the supermarket or a painting they'd done!'.