"Token" presents for £5 or so

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I have a tonne of nieces, nephews and godchildren to get a little something for, for around a fiver. Boys and girls, aged 13 to 2.

Last year you lot were very helpful, please work your magic again

Why bother? Just give them the money, in a nice card to buy whatever they want.
You can make your own card if you don't want to spend extra on it.

It gets up my nose when people circulate tat!

Amazon vouchers only start at £10, otherwise I would do those.

Oh, not they don't Ta I might have sorted this

No - those are only for music

Handmade bracelets for the girls. I did this last year very cheaply by ordering beads and wire from ebay. Make use of the 3 for 2 offers and BOGOFs for the boys?

I always think books are a good gift. HMV have some funny/fact/novelty books on for around £2-£3, free delivery. And the book people always do great childrens books offers. I have bought a pack of 10 Julia Donaldson books (the gruffalo etc) for £9.99.

Have a look in places like home bargains and poundland they often have some interesting books in.

I try to keep small inexpensive presents usable so that they don't hang around making clutter, so things like craft/colouring stuff, food, toiletries and such.

Other fail safes includes charachter pyjamas and t shirts.

Would any of them be interested in cooking? You could make up some of these and buy a cheap baking set from the poundshop/supermarket. That would come in around the £5 mark - the jars are about £1 (asda,wilkinsons,ikea) and a cheap baking set would be a couple of pounds tops and then just the ingredients.

Try Hawkins Bazaar online. They do fab silly presents, lots of different things for under a fiver.

Books
Playmobil figures

Cheap DVD with a bag of popcorn?

Lakeland have a load of "less than a fiver" bits and bobs that aren't absolute tat such as this or this . If you follow the recommendation links on the site too, it will show many more, hope that helps

Oh and have a look at Amazon, they have loads of paperback books at a reasonable price too

Have a look at home bargains (online or I store) I was browsing for ideas earlier and they have mr maker craft kits for £4 etc.

The Works are great for presents like that. Got my DN a beautiful hardback copy of The Complete Compendium of Dragonology for less than a fiver from there.

Onesies from Primark. Kids love them. They are about £6.

I hate giving vouchers. It seems such a cop out and I think children like to open presents at christmas.
It'sm easy to find books or toys for under a fiver for the younger children and get some cheap bubblebath or similar for the older ones. There's usually a 2 for 3 offer

Ds would love a pack of Moshi monsters which ate usually about £5.

Dd is 2 and loves stickers

They both love plasticine : playdough

DVDs, temporary tattoos; books (packs from Book People/Red House can be v reasonable); Usborne Books do fab colouring/sticker/activity books for under £5 each; Usborne Spotters Guides if the children are outdoorsy; Melissa & Doug drawing paper - they have some great ones; scarf/winter hat/gloves/toiletries etc.

My boys (in ages from 3-10) all would be happy with a sub £5 lego kit :)

Have a look at Letterbox. I got a catalogue through this week and it had some nice stocking fillers.

£5 is my budget for a few friend's kids. I've been looking at animal torches, sticker books and lego sets.

Have a look on crafty people's fb pages/websites. There are WAHM near me who make little bags with initials/names on for school/nursery, aprons with names on or personalised pottery bits for around £5.

I've just been looking at a finger puppet theatre for under £5 that looks quite good.

M&S usually have some brilliant £5 and under presents normally. Boys love that hydrophobic sand (pour water on it and it runs away from the water and won't get wet. It comes in dayglo colours) or the little meccano toy racing cars.

Don't think their website is showing all the Christmas presents yet but worth checking. Should be any day now.

Debenhams girls' toys

I didn't get as far as checking for Christmas stuff, but just bought £36 worth of Hallowe'en crafts / decorations with their 3 for 2 offer!

Thanks for pointing me there though, DS will love them