What to get for 9/10 yr old boy?

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Mumsnetters I need your help. I am struggling to think of ideas - and battling whether the console option is a good one or not. What have you been getting your boys of this age? Big and small present ideas all welcome!

Star Wars and Lego city space Lego are going to be ds9's main presents.
We don't have consoles and we are not going to get any. However we just got a new laptop and he gets a mine craft game. That's going to be his first game.

Other things he gets are Star Wars book, Star Wars aquabeads, Star Wars water bottle, Star Wars T-shirt and pyjamas. I think he is getting loads of Star Wars :D He is huge fan of it though.

We don’t have consoles either my ds is getting high back bean bag and foot stool. Anki overdrive (shared with brother) , HP lego set, NFL Jersey, Pictionary and some books. Some of these will be for his birthday the week before Christmas

Lots of Lego, Harry Potter and Space sets. A Kindle and cover. A golf putter and little practice hole. Geomags magnetic engineering set. Boomtrix set. For stocking - books, stationary, lush bath bombs, balloon car, PlayStation game, chocolate, pass the pigs game.

Football table
Basketball hoop and ball
Anki cozmo robot
Chemistry set
Hot wires
Meccano
The new David Walliams book
Watch
Horrible Histories magazine subscription

Nintendo Switch
Dribble Up (Smart Football)
New football kit and boots
Fortnite Nerf Gun and bullets
Gravitrax

Garmin vivofit jnr
Tom gates book
Football kit
Guinness book of records
Switch game
Chemistry set
Mini football table

My 9 year old already has an Xbox so so far:
FIFA 20 game
Scooter
Dragon fingerling
Horrid Henry book set
Electronic drumsticks
Smart ball

My 10 year old ds is getting

Chromebook
Wireless headphones
Micro fibre towel for swimming
Alarm clock from smiggle
Money bank smiggle
Drawing pens - proper ones as he loves art
Horrible histories books
Pokemon cards
Fortnite books
New coat
Magic set
Various games and craft sets

Last year he had a light board that he absolutely loved and still uses. It was about £12 from amazon and lights up the background so you can draw accurately over it.

DS is 10 and he's getting:

Bendy and the Ink Machine books
How to draw Fortnite book and a fancy set of pencils
Undertale plushie

But they are all game related apart from that he is getting

Trainers
Homestuck graphic novel
Domino set to set up a display to knock over
Drawing tablet to connect to my laptop
And various bits and bobs like socks, smellies etc

My 9 year old is getting
New bike, helmet and lock
PS4 headphones and new controller
PS4 game x 2
Fortnite Book
Football gloves
New trainers
Snood
Hand warmers
iPad pillow
Footnote Monopoly
Amazon Echo Dot
David Williams book
Guiness Book of Records
Aftershave
Colouring book and pens

New diary of a wimpy kid
Switch with Mario kart
Football kit
Knex
Football kit

Fantastic ideas. Thank you so much. Lots of things I have never heard of that I will be researching tomorrow. I think my DS will be very grateful to you all!!

My 9yr old is getting,,,,

A Gravitrax
A light up Lego set
A Perplexus puzzle
A training snowboard
A glow in the dark hovershot (maybe)
A board game called "box n balls"
A Wii game (Donkey Kong)

Some stocking bits and bobs....E.T. DVD, some watercolor markers, a knights transfer book, a Star Trek communicator, spy glasses, Star Wars playing cards, a football training belt.

3D printer! Ours is an ender 3. Bit of a learning curve but so much fun and creative.

Harry Potter lego, pokemon funko pop figures and a nintendo switch

@mrsdaz do you know which light up drawing thing it was please? Wondered if one would be good for ds...

Ds was 10 a few weeks ago & got a switch last year-loves it.
this year he's getting games, lot of books, HP Lego, invisibility cloak, & gravitrax

@AvocadoBubbles An aftershave for 9 year old?

@buckeejit

It’s gone up slightly in price but this is the one we have. He loves it and uses it most nights to draw even after a year.

Thx some fab ideas

Pandemic and other slightly older boardgames like that have been well received by mine.

Also waboba wingman and foooty pocket football.

An outdoor hammock (has waterproof roof type thing so your totally enclosed), general tarpaulin and rope type stuff, camo netting.
Night vision motion sensor camera for videoing what's in your garden at night.

Light up t shirt you can write on.

Mechanical coding robot (coding without a computer)

Mines getting from me and other family members;

Kindle and £20 voucher for books
Salt lamp
Books, lots of
Pokemon shield game for the switch
Nintendo labo kit
Hexbugs

Just turn 10 -
Main - Fitbit ace and Hp lego set - willow one
FC - 4 x books, football, shoe horn (yes he asked for one!), brain box football, personalised boot bag, astronaut food and chocolate sprouts.

I think budget must be the most limited but hey I hope he is happy!