Too Expensive for a Christmas present?

[DanceTeacherMom]

My 8 year old daughter is really into art, and has asked for a large set of markers for Christmas. The makers she has asked for are high end and she will not settle for cheaper ones. They are 300 pounds and I know she will use them a lot but I have 4 main concerns.

1. I wouldn't know what to get for my 6 year old to make up for that as I don't want to get her gymnastics mat etc as id rather that be a joint present, but with her being 6 she doesn't have any main interests except cheaper toys and dance equiptment (most of which she has as I own a studio).

2. She is well aware of the price and I'm concerned she will become spoilt if I buy her something that expensive. And I couldn't bring myself to not getting her other presents aswell.

3. The set she wants has 72 markers and she won't settle for a smaller pack as there is 'not enough colours'.

Should I get them?

Buy her the pens , you know your daughter. It will be the Christmas she always remembers when she looks back on her childhood . I’ll see if I can find a pic of the ponycycle unicorn .

Smyth’s have it for preorder at the end of the month. If you could get the 20% off it in September when they normally do their promotion it would be £160 . I’d ask in store . This is most definitely a wow present . My friends little girl has so much fun on hers and as I said before my 8 year old son always has a ride around their kitchen on it when we visit . Hell I’ve had a go too and would love one of my own .

She’s settled on a play kitchen for the time being but she’s not very decisive! I’ll tell her santa needs to know the present she really wants the most and hopefully she’ll decide!

Then just buy it for yourself . Honestly if you’re a dance teacher you’re probably really skinny . You’ll have a ball 😂

I've got some Aldi rip off Copics which I paid £6.99 for

I haven't read the whole thread OP so not sure if someone else has mentioned this but you have to buy special marker paper for Copic's otherwise they bleed through the paper and on to anything underneath it. Marker paper is also really expensive. She won't be able to use them in colouring book etc.

I'm not sure you did address my comment in your updates, if you did I missed it. But see you are now intending to buy the expensive pens set for her.

I do understand wanting to encourage her artistry & that you have your sister teaching her so feel they are better use to her because of this.

But speaking from experience, with 2 professional artists in the house to teach DD & an equal passion for art & an older minded 8 year old at the time. These pens will not last much better than a cheaper counterpart as with the best will in the world an 8 year old isn't going to look after them properly, been there & done that & had DD ruin my own equipment too. Plus they lose interest, DD was forever drawing & creating stuff for most of her childhood, but by 13 I don't think she's hardly picked up a paint brush in months

Your youngest will change her mind loads between now and December. Hell, it's only August.

She has assured me this is definitely what she wants, she is very responsible and I will be keeping a good eye on them. If she loses interest they can be passed down to her sister, or my sister will happily take them.

I shop early as I’m very busy during next term.

Depends for me how into art she is, if in a oooh pretty picture way sorry no if she was incredibly talented and you wanted to nurture the talent and they would help her yes i would. In regards to the demands though i think it depends how much of a 'bratty' demand it is if in a "oh no mummy i really would love the large pack for the colours etc etc" possibly in a "no mummy i have to have the big one end of topic" way hell no. £300 is a lot of money but adding all the bits kids normally get for xmas together probs not far off.

Have you thought about other posh ones? My 11 year old loves promarkers and I can often find them on offer for less than £1.50 a pen

Didn’t know you could GET markers that expensive. do they last forever and ever?

The only worry I would have (if I could afford to entertain the idea of £300/£150 gift) would be that I would also need to get her other stuff. Like, I know she says she only wants those but won't you end up actually buying her other things too? If you only usually do one gift and you can afford it then fine, but I suspect you will end up buying more on top of this. I do tend to spend approx the same on both kids because it just feels fair but I can see that's probably silly. Hope she appreciates whatever you decide!

I think you should go for the half epics full set. Your original topic made her fwwl a bit demanding but you have addressed that. She uses her Aunts pens, so this is something she knows as opposed to something she has heard about from school. Its easy to crash through 150 on three lot of plastic (yes, I am talking to you Lego friends). Give her the pens. Imagine her little face.