What have you brought your children for Christmas?

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DD who is 5 years old i never struggle she is so easy to buy for, typical girly girl who loves all things pink, loves dolls and has a great imagination, ds however who is 9 is sooo hard to buy for, i just don't know, he has no imagination so hates all the action figures, does not play with any toys in fact.
He has asked for an electric scooter, he is a very outside child and also loves arts and crafts but what else can we get him?

What have you brought? it may help to see other people presents for ideas.

Famous five are on amazon black friday deals right now

DS1 (12)
A BMX (he didn't ask for a new bike but needs one & was a bargain at £40!)
Lego Harry Potter castle (the smaller one)
Lego Star Wars
Lego Harry Potter duvet set
Lego Harry Potter books
Club Penguin soft toy
Selection pack

DS2 (8)
Lego Police Station
Ultimate light saber
Glow globe
Lego Star Wars book
Small lego sets x2
Nerf gun
Soft seal thing
Club Penguin polar bear
Selection pack

Any idea where I can get a leappad? Everywhere seems out of stock, eek!

My dd (5) is getting:

roller skates and pads/helmet
wooden chess set
big dolls head that you can style the hair and put make-up on
Tudor princess dressing up costume
squidgy human body kit, that you can take all the parts out of
sewing kit
national geographic kids mag subsciption
Orchard shopping board game
magnetic mosaic set
new ballet bag
some books

Ted bear (will be 2 and a half) is getting:

Bike
Step2 dream kitchen and play food (from my parents)
Imaginext fire station and space shuttle
Robot
RC Lightning Mcqueen
Wooden farm (thank you eBay)
Vtech camera
Jungle Junction playset
Pretend medical set
Handy Manny talking tool box

and some books / dvds for stocking.

He's done quite well!

DS is 9 and hates sports but loves gadgets so he is getting:
Spy Gear stuff from various family members
2 Richard Hammond Science kits
an MP3 player (bargain on Groupon)
a Scalextrix set
a marble run, which he has to build
set of adventure/spy books
bathbombs from Lush!
remote control robots from Grandma

DDs are 18 and 21 and will be getting:
perfume
clothes from FatFace, Pull&Bear,Rampant Sporting
Scented Candles from Isle of Skye Candles
Lush stuff
tickets for the theatre
DVDs
books

DD 9 is getting

a pink DSi (preowned)
3 DSi games
Sylvanian Families school
various hello kitty stuff
new pjs dressing gown and slippers
xmas day outfit
moshi monsters
monster high dolls x2
strictly come dancing make up set
smelly stuff from boots

stocking with things from pound shop in

DS 15 is getting

a samsung galaxy ace phone
the northface coat
jack jones jeans
voi jumper
top gear dvd
jeremy clarkson dvd (yuk)
2 x xbox360 games
smelly stuff from boots
new pjs and slippers

stocking with things from pound shop in

i do the love2shop vouchers every year they are great
as it has paid for 99% of the DC,s presents

I have bought quite a lot, but still have a few bits to buy

ds (4)
elc garage
cars
micro scooter (the metal kind)
shark game
Stick Man book
Phineas and Ferb backpack
Cops and Robbers book (Ahlburg)

dd (6)
dressing up costume (gorgeous lots of netting)
doll
Hello Kitty scooter
Faraway Tree book
Ramona Quimby books
Hello Kitty colouring
Lego game
Sylvanian Family Wedding set
Wii game
Body Shop smellies

ds (8)
2 x Star Wars Lego kits
Lego Ninjago
Mancala
Battle Ships
Bakugan
Transformer
Charlie and the Choc Factory and Elevator books
Deadly 60 book
Beast Quest books
will get JD Bug scooter

dd (10)
will get new guitar
Beatles watch
Beatles book
Stars and Planets book
Michael Morpurgo books
ipod shuffle (my old one, ready filled with Beatles back catalogue)
Cath Kidston notebooks
sock monkey kit
Nasa space food
Body SHop smellies

I will be getting them some more bits too, and I have more upstairs, but I cna't remember what!

DS (aged 1):

Multi-story garage
Pirate ship for the bath
Large wooden activity cube
Wooden trike with trailer
DVDS - Lion King; Beauty & the Beast; Toy Story Boxset; Happy Feet

Oh and an ipad....

I promised I wouldn't do this but....an ipad, for a 1 year old???

ds (5):
books
cars 2 dvd
cars 2 ds game
cars 2 appmate
nerf guns
marbles

dd (10):
books
harry potter dvd (last film)
golden compass ps3 game
barbie + horse set
a mug
slinky

joint pressies:
lego harry potter hogwarts
lego spongebob set
ps 3 lego harry potter 5-7

All from us and then have to come up with stuff from 4 sets of grandparents...

DS (3)

Wooden garage and cars
Marble run
Hungry hippos
Harry and the dinosaurs book plus dinosaurs
Thomas train storage stool (eBay bargain!) plus some Thomas trains
Peter pan DVD
Cash till (because he's sad that he doesn't have one when he plays 'cafes')

demented - He is a total sponge at the moment - I figured that this is tomorrow's technology, I don't know how to use it, I can't teach him, he needs to absorb it from the beginning and get used to it as normality like we did with tape recorders and vhs players.

But yes. I can see it is a bit crazy!!

Joint for the DSes (2 and almost 5):
Tomy Big Loader
Was also going to be the ELC Brambledale windmill but ELC have failed to deliver a month after ordering so have cancelled. Would like to get a nice wooden castle instead but they're all £££ - waiting to see if the Melissa & Doug one comes back in stock at Tesco Direct while they're still doing the clubcard exchange.

Plus stockings: puzzle, Playmobil bits, toy snake, crafty bits, chocolate, slippers (the one thing DS1 asked FC for!)

DD8:-
Ipod touch
Crystal growing kit
Fashion design sketch pad
hair crimper
Moon sand
Mr Frosty
Puzzleball
Twister

all bought already, so just stocking fillers and books to get. MIL has got her Just Dance 3 for the Wii.

DS5:-
Ipod touch
Metal detector
Paper Jamz Guitar
Books
Shaker Maker
Playmobil pyramid

Again, all bought and in the loft. MIL has got him Skylanders for the Wii.

Might have to get another Wii

for dd (5) bought

Aqua beads
Barbie hair styling doll
New ballet vanity case
New pink ballet cardigan
Moon sand bakery
Splash and Surprise Dora
Squinkies wedding set
Magic tooth fairy game
Electronic Guess Who game
Button bracelet making set
Lala loopy mad hair doll
Chocolate money box
hello kitty nightdress
Chuckle brothers dvd
Ballerina dvd
Disney book
Colouring book
Magic painting book
ELC tub of felt tips
Jigsaw

That's definitely it!!!

Heroinahalfshell

I have a one year old shed just slobber on an ipad

Where did you get the pirate ship for the bath

leftmy pirate ship is just a baby colourful one with water cannon and squirty octopus thing. From mothercare.

Re: the ipad - DS has never been a slobberer so hopefully he wont break it by dribbling all over it! He is very precise with his hands so I'm hoping he may be able to get the hang of it!

DS1 (5)

Harry Potter Robe (current bedtime stories)
Nerf gun (hate it but he seems quite keen)
lego advent calendar
stuff for a stocking (see below!)

DS2 (14 months)

I don't intend to get him anything as we have a house of toys (and he just plays with the laundry basket) but I guess I have to find something to put in a sock otherwise his brother will wonder why he gets a stocking and his brother doesn't.

I'm sensing from other lists posted here that I may be a little light on gifts here but MIL will make up for it (grit teeth and smile).

BTW - am I the only person who thinks that Santa delivers the stuff in the stocking (and by stocking I mean something I could put my foot in, not something that would make quite a good tent for a family of 6) and that family/friends give the presents under the tree ? I feel awkward at the consumerism here (I should add that we don't give presents to family members other than children and my OH may get a pair of socks if he's lucky - a nice pair though). When I discussed the cost of all the things that he'd like with DS1 he suggested we get Santa to get the lot so that "we don't have to pay for it". I think he may be missing the point....

Santa brings stocking stuff here and one present under the tree. Other stuff is from friends and family and thanked accordingly. Their stocking is not massive - is about a foot long and 20cm wide.

In our house father christmas delivers the presents but he does send mum and dad the bill! Ds is completely accepting of this arrangement.

Ds is 6 this year is getting;

Sylvanian families Beechwood Hall and some furniture to go in it.
Toy story scalextric
a small cars lego set
A Lego starwars mini figure book
Disney store set of 10 cars 2 cars
Cars 2 dvd
MCFC pj's

We have been lucky though as most of it was on good discounts and deals so stuck roughly to our £150 budget.

So far for our DS 9 (but 10 11 days before Christmas) we have got

Turbo Trainer (for use with the racing bike he's had for his birthday so he can train through the winter indoors)
Speedo (for said bike)
'How to build a combustion engine' - he's also car mad!
Cluedo
Pass the bomb game
Clothing
Rallying DVD's
Lego advent calendar (he's always wanted one so will be a nice surprise on morning of 1st December)
Voucher for Playstation Network

Still need to get a couple of books - Top Gear book of Christmas and something else possibly Lego Ideas.

He wants to modify his scooter so might get some bits like that from my Auntie for him for his birthday and perhaps Lego for Christmas.

His list has PS3 and PSP games on it too along with a huge list of Lego he'd like, a dart board and the Scalextric Velodrome (but think that might get boring) but most of that will have to wait and he can use money that he usually gets for his birthday and Christmas to buy some things.

Two things I would love to get him are the big Harry Potter Castle and an iPod Touch as he uses mine a lot mainly for the apps but also to listen to the music.

We are trying to buy things this year that he will really use and not just buying for the sake of a big pile of presents to open!

So far:

DS1 (6 in Feb)
Universe Documentary DVDs (they are the adult one on recently but he watched an episode and loves everything space)
Book - a short stories thing as he is just about to start independent reading
Colour by numbers tiger

DS2 (4 in Jan)
Zog by Julia Donaldson (he loves JD)
A Toy Story Rucksack
Numbers,countin puzzle

DS3 (1 in Mar)
Thats not my tiger book

As you can see after Christmas they have birthdays so I am trying to limit.

They will all get PJs for Christmas eve and planning a stocking or hamper/box under the tree with various bits:

Character socks
Breakfastbars/drink for openign pressies
a set of new clothes each to wear
bubble bath
dvds (cars 2 and kung fu panda prob.

We have talked about getting the older two desks, but will need to make these up.

DS1 has also asked for a telescope and DS2 would like either a castle or a garage but need to decide on either the desks or these for Christmas/birthdays.

DS3 poor thing is getting not much really at the moment but I cant imagine what he might like or need at 9 months old.

DS is 3.4 and will be getting:

A Hungry Caterpillar breakfast set
2 games from Orchard toys (the gingerbread man one and the bus one, don't remember the names)
Room on the broom book
Charlie and Lola series boxset (haven't decided yet)
from me and DH.
I have no idea what he'll get from his grandparents or aunt and uncle yet.
He will be getting a large bag of sweets from DH's work, which will make his day :)

dd will be 2 on Christmas day, from us she is getting a mini micro scooter as her birthday present and then a christmas stocking with

piglet stuffed toy
the tiger that came to tea book
emergency vehicles jigsaw from m&s
peppa pig mini flannel thing
socks
and the tat from a peppa pig magazine that I kept back (stickers, crayons, mini colouring pad).

I think that I have gone overboard a bit but she doesn't get any other opportunities for presents during the year.