Kid's gifts that aren't worth the hype

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Are there any gifts/toys etc that your youngsters received that were just... Crap? Any over-rated stuff?
My two were given Elefun one year. What an ironic name; as it was anything but fun, as it didn't even work.

Chocolate egg maker

Didn't work, just made a huge chocolatey mess.

Slushie maker - crap

Oh I remember Elefun!

KiddyZoom cameras are rubbish. Really not worth the money.

Elefun is OK for a simple game for little ones. If yours didn't work why didn't you get a replacement?

I did! The original one the butterflies weren't flying, no movement at all, so messed around with different batteries etc then took it back. The replacement - same problem.
Am I right in saying most food-based 'make it' kits are iffy at best?

DD2 got a la-la loopsey doll that’s she’d begged for. Played with once, realised it doesn’t work and had been in a drawer for 6 months. Fingerlings, both DDs got one and haven’t been played with for more than 10 mins since

All food-based games and most craft kits are utter shite. My heart sinks at the sight of them. I chucked out the fucking Pieface thing when nobody was looking.

Also (controversial) Lego sets. Once they're built - which takes days - you either have to treat them like a museum exhibit, or take it apart and chuck it in the general lego box. DAYS of my life wasted, I'll tell you.

Ahhh I was actually considering Fingerlings for this year! Not worth it then? They seem a bit pointless; they don't actually do anything do they?
I really like Lego, but I agree that once the original is demolished, you never build another one to spec' haha.

Chocolate coin maker, mr frosty ice cream maker. Fingerling broke very quickly and she’d already lost interest by Boxing Day, though ds now wants the dinosaur one for his bday!!!

Unicorn fingerling, played with for maybe 10 mins or less. Even worse was the bloody hatchamal, the only good thing was the hatching and NEVER played with since. But mr frosty is loved here! It seems like the most requested item (or hyped item) is the least played with.

Hatchimals were AWFUL

Another one for Hatchimal! Dd bought one with her birthday money and we enjoyed the hatching - after that it’s been payed with maybe 5 times in a year!

Hatchimals/nom noms/shopkins. Avoid at all costs.

Games: gooey louie and soggy doggy. Awful. Plain awful.

Lipgloss/chocolate making sets. Heinous.

Soft toys. Their souls are left to die on the shelf. Poor sods.

Slime. Just don't.

And those fucking singing birds, secret pets or something? Don't even look at them. They will kill you in your sleep, they have a habit of chirping/screeching what your child has recorded at the darkest hour of the night. Terrifying.

Luvabella doll. Doesn't do much and is very expensive.
Hatchimals- biggest waste of money ever.

Not being bought a hatchimal is going to be the equivalent of not getting a Mr frosty for our kids' generation.

Sprinkle there is an on/off switch on those birds tummies. Just switch it off.

Fingerlings were shite. I got two which got abandoned

Do fingerlings not work?

They just don't do an awful lot.

Fingerlings. Fucking fingerlings

My DD loves the Fingerling and it does get played with a bit. Maybe not in the way it's intended, however (it was driving a JCB this week! ).

I've avoided big Hatchimals as the itch appears to be scratched by the Colleggtible ones. Or it has been so far.

Paw patrol tower. £100 sits in the corner. It just doesn't do much!

Lol, thanks for all your replies, I'm the origin al OP but had to re-register for some reason and change my name slightly.
Oh god, avoiding fingerlings then. My youngest has a digibird which i think is cute/she plays with a lot, but it ma kes rando m grunting noises weird

I think fingerlings depends on child. Dds have played with theirs loads. dd2 asked for another for her birthday so now have 4 of the farting burping buggers being shoved in my face every 5 mins 😂

For us waste of time - crafty sets. Annuals are only read on the day and chucked onto the book shelf never to be read again (except dd1 and her beano)

Games - shh don't wake dad, soggy doggy, magic tooth fairy game.

Shitty stocking fillers that are basically crap. This year I'm buying well thought out bits even if they cost a bit more.

Agree with Lego sets - just buy a basic box then get fancy bits from eBay or second hand Lego websites or Facebook pages. Or even better a big second hand bundle. My dds never build the big sets more than once.

Random shit they didn't ask for.... I'm terrible for buying a bargain. Most of the time they sit around gathering dust until I have a clear out. Waste of money and space in the house. Better off buying what they want or adding to things they already have and like than buying the bargains. Everytime I think of buying random crap i look into the bedroom of doom and rethink it 😂

And if you can get second hand it's a bonus. Then it's not so bad when the game or must have toy turned out to be rubbish. I'd rather charity shop something I paid £3 for than £20.