So what is everyone planning to buy their kids for Xmas and what's your budget?

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As the title says what do you plan on getting how old are they and what is their budget for Xmas?
It's done every year but I think it's good for ideas and inspirations.
I'm pretty much stuck for ideas although it's early I like to be prepared before all the prices shoot up.
I plan to spend 250/300
Dc7 lol dolls, Xmas outfit arts crafts
What do you buy kids who aren't really interested in toys but are still youngish can anyone recommend spy kits science kits magazine subscriptions or activities PRESENTS?

We don’t really have a set budget per child but I concentrate more on making sure they have the same amount of presents to open. This works better for us at the moment although I’m sure as they get older it’ll change.

Ds1 9 years old / Ds2 8 years old

Telescope / LEGO indoraptor escape
LEGO Minecraft Ocean monument / LEGO Dilophosaurus outpost
LEGO Minecraft Ice Spikes / LEGO city arctic base
Pokémon Elite Trainer box / Peacekeepers Military Base
“Knot It” knot making kit / Nat geo Dino fossil dig
Pokemon Lunala tin / not sure on last one for ds2

Then stockings

Ds1 Compass, Pocket knife, mini Newton’s Cradle, iTunes gift card, MP3 player, orbeez, underwater predatorstop trumps, chocolate coins and satsuma

Ds2 Compass, Pocket telescope, mini Newton’s Cradle, iTunes gift card, MP3 player, orbeez, Dino top trumps, chocolate coins and satsuma

When my ds1 went through a stage of not really playing with toys much he got things like chemistry sets, electronics snap circuits/brain box sets, little science sets like the lemon clock and saltwater robot etc, I once bought him a new desk, one of those with the lift up lid and I filled it with all new pens/paints/paper/craft materials etc. cost me about $40 altogether as I got the desk from a charity shop. He was absolutely over the moon with that.

My Ds2 got a spy kit for his last birthday, I bought all the bits separately and put them together, spy goggles, walkie talkies, spy pens, notepads, spy glasses etc, he loved it.

Oh and I forgot their books and board games but I buy them closer to the day. They both get 2/3 books each and a new board game each.

Will be keeping an eye on this thread.

My baby will be just over 10 months and I was just planning on a few little bits to open but not much as he prefers wrapping paper.

Would that make me a terrible mum?!

Oh I miss buying exciting toys and things. My list isn’t inspiring at all, sadly.
Flights to and from Italy for boyfriend and nice hotel accommodation for both of them x2. We’ll get a few bits and pieces like boots, a coat and a new suitcase too.
Son wants furniture upgrades for his flat now he’s settled. We’ll get new wardrobe and chest of drawers or something and a large photographic print from his favourite photographer.
Other daughter we might upgrade on flights to Orlando they’ve booked for January. Plus boots and a coat.

We got DD(6) tickets to see Annie with me and DH and the theatre up north is way more expensive than what I thought it would be 😱😱😱.

No idea what she'll ask Father Xmas for but she'll get one thing off her list. Shes been prepped the past couple of years you don't get everything you ask for! Then She'll get her stocking which is usually stuff she uses through the year / needs replacing.... Felts/stickers/singing soap/socks etc .

She has grandparents and aunties who I'm more than happy for them to spoil her 🤣

I'm another who doesn't have same budget per child LO will be 2 older child 8.

2YO needs nothing but was thinking either Paw Patrol or Duplo train

8YO If they are lucky a Nintendo Switch or more LEGO

For my daughter, 4:
Lol surprise house
Unicorn slime surprise
Unicorn pomsie

My son, 1:
Sloth fingerling (he loves playing with his sister’s ones that she got last year)
Kinetic sand

I have no idea what I’ll get ds (11) or dd (7) tbh.
However for dd’s 8th Birthday she’s getting
CUshioned gym mat
Baby born brother
Guitar
Whiteboard for playroom
Teachers set
Robot horse thing I’ve forgotten name of. Maybe zoomer pony?

I have DS 14 and DD 9 budget is £150 per child.

DD is so easy to buy for, she has asked for a new violin, not massively into toys anymore but loves anything from Lush, lip glosses, LOL dolls, anything music related so she is a piece of cake!

DS is soooo hard to buy for!! He likes hoodies and t shirts and plays bass and Xbox, his birthday is this week and I've got him a new bass guitar and amp and a few other bits to open but apart from that there is just nothing he is into! With the £150 budget he will more than likely end up with 2 Xbox games and a superset hoodie while his sister has a pile of cheap goodies to open!

Anyone with teen boys you are more than welcome to throw some ideas my way!

I really struggle for my daughter as she’s the baby and has absolutely everything already because of her two brothers.

Eldest 7
Possibly stretch to a Nintendo this year but little else

Middle 2
Dino Fingerling
Water table (joint with baby)

Baby ???

There will be lots of little things as well like colouring books and puzzles etc too

OOh love these threads for inspiration.

We don't really set a budget but we've reduced each year. We've stopped with buying the 'filler' presents because they're not needed in reality.

DD7(8 after Christmas) is so much easier to buy for than our other dd who is speeding towards 13. So that said these are ideas for our youngest,

Her main present is the Fur real bird (Rock-a-too I think its called) she loves parrots, and her little face melted when she saw it. We got it for about £55 from Amazon which I thought was a good price as its £80 now in Argos.
Lol dolls (of course) - will look at the new big surprise when its released but may just get a few of the smaller ones, will see
I picked up a couple of Roald Dahl books: the larger ones with the colour illustrations, from Sainsburys earlier in the year and found them a few weeks ago so they'll be for Christmas too
I've got one of the unicorn pomsies on order with Smyths
She needs some new colouring pens and I got a mermaid tail pencil case from WHSmith last week with the two-way sequins so thats been put away too.
Grandparents will buy a board game of some description
Selection box, santa chocs

DD12
Winter bath bomb collection from bomb cosmetics (picked up earlier in year for half price)
7th heaven face and foot mask sets ( all her and friends are constantly doing face/hair/feet masks so she should love this)
Hair curler
Couple of pop vinyl
Escape room board game
Vanity case with some nail varnishes and make up brushes
Coz-e-nail manicure cushion from grandparents
Chocs/selection box

Think that'll be it, but they'll have a present each from 2 x aunties too and I've got little one a playmobil advent calendar and older maybe a paperchase or superdrug beauty one.

The Hama bead advent calendar was part of DS1’s presents last year and he was enthralled - much better than the Lego one.

The guitars are such a good idea - when mine get older I may just rewrap my guitar that’s been in the loft for years - they’ve never seen it so they’ll think it’s new! Thanks MN! That idea has saved me £££!

Sorry to go on, my sil got me the Essie advent calendar last year for £10 as it went right down in the days after Xmas

Ooh I love reading these threads!

I don’t really have a set budget, so I suppose it depends. Older 2 (16 & 12) are actually getting easier as they’re getting older, they’re getting iPhones from us but not sure which models yet.

16yo
clothes
make up
Jewellery
Need to think of something else.

12yo
sims packs
Clothes
Make up
HP Lego

I’m really torn for my youngest. I’ve pre ordered the Lol house and bought the pop up store, but she’ll be 10 after Christmas (asd though) I’m not sure how much play value the big house will have iyswim. Dh wants to get her a phone too but I think she’ll be too young.

I love klutz craft sets too - probably grab the sew food and the clay bake shop this year. I’ll think of more bits and bobs as the year goes on. Always get books and crafts and things too.

Last year I got my then 8 year old DS hot wires and him and his younger sisters love playing with it still, I reckon that would be a good shout for one who isn't into toys, there's a booklet with 100 circuits in that they can copy or they can make their own

Dd will be 3 just before Christmas and she is so easy to buy for! Ds is 9 and I’m struggling. So far dd has (between birthday and Christmas)
Large sylvanian tree house - second hand off eBay
Big set of magiclip dolls - second hand off fb
Minnie dress up
Glitzi globe fairy set
Fairy wonderland toadstool with fairy figures
Large washimals set
Hatchimals
Shopkins birthday cake
Mermaid bracelet making kit
Disney Sand art
Shimmer and shine zahra corns (horrifically overpriced)
Lumiluvs unicorn
Paint your own tea set set

She will also get some pyjamas and probably a couple of puzzles. Maybe a Mia and Me unicorn or a Wrapple. Dd loves toys and plays in a way ds never did really, she loves small figures and little dolls and animals.

Ds so far only has a few stocking things and a Playmobil ice hockey set. He wants a fossil which will probably be quite expensive and I’m going to get him a small pick and mix stand for his bedroom which he will adore. I’m really struggling because he doesn’t play with toys except for Playmobil. He doesn’t read. He basically plays with his iPad, a football or Playmobil. I might get him tickets for something but I’m still looking!

3 kids

Dd 5
Dsd 13 just before xmas
Dss 15

Budget will be about £40-50 each

Dsd and dss are too old for toys but the last few years we have bought them some of the admiral young driver lessons. They have loved it. Can highly recommend it to anyone with kids aged 11+ if they run in your local area.

Dd is a while different ball game. She has become obsessed with lol dolls (wtf are they?) and whatever tat goes with her latest fad TV show. But I want to try and avoid plastic tat so may try to look at experiences for her.

Biggest son is 21 and planning on traveling soon so I may get him a decent backpack and some money and travel related things.
Biggest daughter is about to have her first baby so she will also get money and some pampering things like a voucher for a massage and maybe hair dresser too.
Younger daughter is 9. I’m not sure what she is getting yet. She is a gymnast and doesn’t have a lot of spare time. She loves animals so I thought about getting her some riding lessons and an annual pass for a local animal park or something.
I’ve already got her a build a bear stuff your own bear thing, the bargain karaoke microphone off here and a set of cd stories. I’ve ordered her a gym themed Xmas box and I got E.B. mini Xmas mug so she will get them in December.
She would like a Grimms rainbow (weird kid), and she needs a new CD player as well.

My youngest has an Oct birthday and is getting an Xbox 1 which I got as a bargain bundle on the prime day. He will get that then but knows it’s kind of for Xmas too. I’ve got him teen titans imaginext toys too and hopefully the dvd Of the teen titans film will be out by then too. Or an iou!

Mine are 8 and 6 and getting a Nintendo Switch between them. Family are getting them the various Labo packs to go with it. Aside from that, it'll be small things in a stocking. I usually do books but we've masses that they haven't read yet so I'm going to hold off on those.

DD will be 9 by Christmas and she likes getting clothes (the kind she's not normally allowed because they're impractical, like tutu skirts). She is still at the age where she likes pink glittery crap and is happy with a load of that. DS will be 11 and is much harder to buy for. His main interest is Fortnite and we are keen to engage him in ANYTHING else. Probably get him some Lego as he quite likes that.

Last year a lot of people seemed to be giving their kids tickets so I might do that. DD would love to see Matilda and DS would too come to think of it. I find it hard as they have so much, and I also end up thinking of ideas for the grandparents to get them too.

My DD will be 15 months old. We have already bought her a second had cosy coupe car, I've got her a tiny fluffy dressing gown. Then I'm stumped for ideas, what do you get a small person who doesn't even realise that it's Christmas? I only want to get around 3 more presents. The rest of the family will spoil her rotten

About £200 each. Used to easily manage £100-150 when they were smaller but that’s less realistic now.

The younger one wants action figures and Lego so that’s easy enough but the eldest I think is after a laptop and arguably that’s something she needs anyway tbh at some point soon. So she will probably get more than that spent on her even with my boyfriend and his parents chipping in. I try to keep things as equal as I can but the youngest will get his turn to bleed me dry soon enough so I don’t lose any sleep over it.

Mine get no more £50 each. No idea what to get them. I don't really make a deal of Xmas as I have a big family who buy them loads. I buy them a bigger thing for birthdays.

My daughter wants ALL the Lego so likely to be expensive this year

My son has rather narrow interests so should be a more reasonable budget

I normally aim for £250-300 each but predict eldest will be more than this and youngest less. Am determined not to waste money on filler presents this year.

I’ve only figured out main presents and started to get a few stocking filler bits so far
I have DS2s birthday to think about before Xmas too

DS1 (9) -
iPad
iPad case
Headphones for iPad
Electric toothbrush
Dinosaur hologram lamp thing
Then smaller things although I’ve no bloody idea what

DD1 (7) -
iPad
iPad case
Headphones for iPad
Electric toothbrush
Watercolour set
Then loads of slime/shopkins/lol/unicorn crap - she’s sooooo easy to buy for I could go on and on

DS2 (will be 3) -
Play kitchen (joint with DD2)
Food & accessories for kitchen
Happyland construction set
Smaller bits; probably all being vehicles of some description

DD2 (will be 11 months) -
Play kitchen (joint with DS2)
Play kitchen food & accessories
One of those annoying ball drop ramp things
Smaller toys - bath toys, Vtech things etc

They’ll all get new books, colouring pens/pencils/felts/paints, board games to share and the normal stocking fillers in their stockings too (chocolate, bath bombs, blind bags, stickers, play doh etc)

I don’t have a budget as their ages are just too different, I just make sure they all have the same amount of things to open