Joint presents - would it be completely daft?

[Mefisto]

DCs want Lego. Lots of Lego (so do I). Have DD (5) and DS (3, just). If they each get their own, they will fight over which bits belong to them and I foresee trouble. Would it be ridiculous to buy a load of bricks for both of them as a joint present, to avoid any "that's MINE!" Tantrums? They aren't too bad at sharing/taking turns generally and I think by defining it as shared from the outset I might save myself a whole lot of pain. Am I being a bit naive and optimistic?

It's an excellent idea
They'll get their own stocking presents so it'll be fine

we did a lot of joint presents when the DSs were young - they are only 18 months apart so they like the same stuff anyway.
Good idea IMO

I would do the Lego as a main, shared present. Ten get them each something else small that they can have as their own. Maybe some Lego men each, or something unrelated.

I would do the Lego as a main, shared present. Ten get them each something else small that they can have as their own. Maybe some Lego men each, or something unrelated.

Pooled money, more Lego - what's not to like?

All i can say, is that the Lego tubs are quite disappointing wrt size a d contents.

Thanks for the replies, really helpful. . itsjustafleshwound I'd wondered about that. It's quite difficult to judge the contents when viewing online. I was wondering whether buying by weight at the Lego shop might be better, or a job lot from Ebay.

We give our DCs some shared presents, they are 4 and 6, it's not a big deal at all. They play with pretty much everything together anyway!

This year their shared toys will be some lego (normal bricks, plus stuff like roof tiles) and a playmobil pyramid.

Following advice on my own thread a few weeks back I have decided to label all other presents to either DS or DD, so they have ownership of them, even though they are very likely to share them anyway.

They got their first lego last year from a (very generous) friend - he got them a massive starter box (ie not one with a specific model) to share, plus a little set each labelled individually. That worked well.

There is often more tub than contents. I haven't done the e-bay thing, but might be a good way to bet some bang for your bucks ..

When looking at lego sets I go on the official lego site to see how many pieces are in each one, then you can work out the price per brick (find cheapest price on amazon or wherever) and see what's best value

Thanks for the suggestions. I definitely think a starter kit/big box of bricks is the way to go for us, rather than a specific model. Am off to scrutinise the Lego website.