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What can I get my 6 yr old boy?

17 replies

madmomma · 29/11/2016 20:36

Just that really. He's a tricky one. Very practical - not into imaginative play at all. I've got him batman Lego set but I'm struggling now. Any ideas welcome. Tia

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PoohBearsHole · 29/11/2016 20:37

Knex?

Smartleatherbag · 29/11/2016 20:37

A DS?

TweeBee · 29/11/2016 20:39

A Lego table? You could even make one.
Ours is just a coffee table sort of size with a big drawer under and those boards for Lego stuck on top.

NoCapes · 29/11/2016 20:39

Craft sets? The wooden 'build a plane and paint it' kind I mean?
Gross science kit?
Those 'dig a fossil' sets?
A board game?
Weve bought Ds1(7) a globe and a telescope too, if he'd be into that?

NoCapes · 29/11/2016 20:40

Oh sorry, too many question marks Blush

madmomma · 29/11/2016 20:52

Oh brilliant you guys are on fire! Knex is a great idea actually. He wants a gross science kit but I guess I thought it'd just be a bit of bicarb and vinegar for £20. Maybe I'm being a misery guts about that. He has a ds but maybe there's a particularly cool new game for it . Globe might be an idea. Thanks so much

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Smartleatherbag · 29/11/2016 20:56

Pokemon sun and moon is the one my 6 yr old would like.

NoCapes · 29/11/2016 20:57

Yeah the gross science kit we have is pretty much just plaster of Paris (?) and bicarby experiments, but in nose/ear/foot/bladder shaped moulds so it appeals to my gross child
The globe we got is a light up one from Smyths and was only £19.99

madmomma · 29/11/2016 21:02

You guys are brilliant, I've put a knex helicopter and gross science kit in my amazon basket and I'm off to look at globes.

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ninjaturtlesmum · 29/11/2016 21:05

Things I've got for my 6 year old:
Lego dimensions (Xbox)
Lego hulkbuster set
Paracord bracelet making set.
Star Wars play dough
Star Wars Tsum Tsum
Nexo Knights

My parents are getting him a kiddizoom action cam which he is really excited about.

AtSea1979 · 29/11/2016 21:06

Lots of great ideas already, I was going to say structured craft/modelling sets and science stuff

nurseinwonderland · 29/11/2016 21:09

My DS (now 7) loved his kiddizoom camera last year. He takes it everywhere.

We've got him the new skylanders game this year.
He's also asked for some more playmobil

IveAlreadyPaid · 29/11/2016 21:10

Mine is really into Nerf guns right now. He has a 10 year old brother!

Blueberry234 · 29/11/2016 21:14

Mine has got
Lego
Hatchimal
Robot thing
Snap electronics
Spirograph

frigginell · 29/11/2016 21:23

Mine is similar. I won't tell you what we've gotten him this time, because we don't know how they'll go down yet. But his favourite things to play with right now are:

An interactive globe
His tablet
His 'making' kit (old electricals with a set of proper tools - hammer, nails, screwdriver set etc/scissors/velcro/torch/string/rubber bands and loads of other stuff)

madmomma · 29/11/2016 21:27

Hmm I did think about an electrical toy - that hotwires thing

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madmomma · 29/11/2016 21:27

Did the nerf thing for his bday

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