Help me plan an IOU present please.

[Manchesterhistorygirl]

We're going to be moving between now and Christmas and our new house will have a garden big enough for a proper swing set and I would like to buy the children one for Christmas, but we're not selling our current house and finances will be tight for the next couple of months, but dh gets a bonus that will pay for it in February.

I have lots of other lovely things for the kids to open on the big day, but how do I do this IOU present? They're both still young enough to believe in Father Christmas if that helps.

The main reason for the swing set is that quite frankly they have more than enough in the way of indoor toys.

this would take a little planning..

but could you take them to the park, get to the swings to find a little note saying

i know youv been very good this year, so i shall be making an extra special present but as its so big it will take a little while" or something along thouse lines?

Maybe something along the lines of too big to fit in sleigh so sending it overland via the polar express so will arrive in a couple of months? If you could find a dolls house size swing or something to wrap up too?

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That's a good idea! I knew there'd be some top tips on here.

If you have a definite date in mind then could make a countdown calendar for it with pictures of swings on and things to do to get ready for it coming - like previous poster said about visiting swings in the playground so they can practise swinging or clearing space in the garden for it?

Maybe invent a tracking number and send weekly updates? Ie first week in jan order is in the elf warehouse, 2nd week being wrapped in the wrapping store, 3 rd week waiting for dispatch etc. clip art some Xmas pics onto the email?

Train could get delayed by a week due to snow on the tracks in Greenland or canada or somewhere? Could then be on a train carrying ship across the alantic

Brilliant! This is going to turn into an epic present idea! I'm also going to chuck in that the grounds too wet to put it up so it can be delivered until it dries up a bit.

Maybe get some of that fake snow (often in poundland) then when you put up the swings place some around the base as though it's fallen off the parcel?