Go on then, what have you got the kids?

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An ideas thread. No boasting, no judgement. Just post what you are getting/ have got, cos it's exciting isn't it?
Ho ho ho...

DS 5
Lego
Globe

Taboo
A joke book
A book
Choc Santa

Stocking:
Aldi carrot toy
Watch
Hatchimal
Choc coins
Socks
Bathbomb

DD4
Baby Annabell
Toy pram

Washimals
Lego
Book
Choc Santa

Stocking:
Hatchimal
A necklace
Aldi carrot toy
Bath bomb
Choc coins
Socks

Dd1
Playdough
Toy phone

Book
Choc reindeer

Stocking:
Bath bomb
Choc coins
Soft toy

DD who will be 16 months old at Christmas

Disneyland Paris tickets for next year
Wooden Pram
Ragdoll
Wooden Cut up Veg
Melissa and Doug play food (got a kitchen for her first birthday)
Fishing game
Minnie Mouse Cuddly
Bubble Machine
2 x ‘that’s not my’ books
Joules Wellies
Hey Duggee PJs
Bamboo bamboo unicorn plate
Fisher price talking tea set

In her stocking -
Small duggee toy, twirlywoo box board books, electric toothbrush, hair bows, box for hair bobbles and bows, finger puppets, organix selection box, milky bar choc

I think that’s everything!

DD - aged 9

Main present - Polaroid camera and paper

Stocking
Unicorn shower cap
Jaqueline Wilson magazine
Harry Potter notebook and pen
Chocolate Santa
Mini light box
Unicorn tree decoration
Nail varnish
Body spray
Hair band
Swimming weights for diving

Not sure it'll all fit in the stocking tbh. Think there might be some overflow

Ds. Teenager.
Xbox.
Tracksuit
Gaming chair
Dressing gown
Headset
New bedding
Lamp
Trainers

Stocking..
Can't actually remember much but. Smellies, sweets. Stationery ( I swear he eats it at school as he goes thro loads)
Sporrt socks

Dsd
Nintendo switch and game.
Barbie and a horse set
Board games
Dressing gown
Bedding.
Pjs

Stocking
Arts and crafts
Playdoh
Sweets
Hairbands and all that stuff

Dd toddlwr

Peppa pig toys
Train set
Bath toys
Pirate ship
Cozy coupe car
Leap frog ice cream cart
Doll and crib
Toot toot track

Stocking
Mainly puzzles and books.
Playdoh
Toot toot cars

Then they have a sweet hamper each and Xmas eve box.

DS4:
Lego Rocket (from Santa)
Superhero figures
Chair you make yourself
Marble run
Alphabet puzzle
Paint sticks
Books

Stocking:
Motorised train for brio track
Batman torch
Bath bombs & beans
Bath mitt
Chocolate coins
Satsuma

DS 8 months
Push along activity walker (from Santa)
Baby Einstein Drum Kit
Soft Photo album
Pop up toy
Singing nursery rhyme book
Books

Stocking:
Nesting animals
Jingle bell stick
Bubble bath
Bath mitt
Some kind of snack
Piece of fruit

Think I'm going to need a bit more to fill the stockings now I look at the list. I could have sworn I had bought loads!

The presents are from me & DH, MIL, my DParents, DSis & DBro.

DD 10 yrs

Lego friends theme park
Lego Harry Potter beaubatons carridge set
Lego friends gymnastics
Hermione doll
Dance school hoodie
Harry potter audio book
Lottie doll
Lottie doll outfit
Fluffy pjs
Mega bloks american girl ballet studio
Harry Potter duvet cover
Jacqueline Wilson annual
Team Jem beam toy

Stocking - bath bombs, pusheen blind box HP pens, bedsocks, gyrosphere, bath scrunchie, choc coins

DS 9 yrs

Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts
Lego harry potter hagrids hut
Lego Harry Potter patronus
Gravitrax starter set
Harry Potter doll
Helen Moss book set
Harry Potter duvet
Personalised drum sticks
Rubixs game
Onesie
Horrid Henry annual
Harry potter trivial pursuit

Stocking - bath bombs, hotwheels blind bag, science museum spinning top, bath scrunchie, bedsocks, glow in dark stickers & choc coins

DS 7 yrs

How to train your dragon Hatchimal
Lego atlantis set
Lego Harry Potter horntail set
Aquaman & warrior shark
Steve Backshall books & dvd
Oceans book
Lego jurassic world duvet cover
Indorapter
Lego style indorapter & baryonex
National geographic annual
Wolf fingerling
Onesie

Stocking - bath bombs, bath scrunchie, wind up boat, hotwheels blind bag, dino stickers, bedsocks & choc coins

I really love these thread for ideas for birthdays & next christmas!

Xmas- £600

DS 13
Lego technic
Adventure fit halves for switch
Flip side
Stem set
Sweets
Dog Iq book
Cluedo board game
Fidget tangle
Multi tool
Wallet

DS 10
Fortnite annual
Mighty beanz x2
Super smash for switch
Gaming headset
Nerf gun
Sweets
Fortnite monopoly game
Fortnite v bucks
Fortnite survival guide

DD 4
Hatchimal puzzle
Ryans world puzzle
Ryans world annual
Play foam
Slime
Lol pets mega set
Mini pets
Head phones
Ryans world switch game
Art box
Sweets
Hamma beads

Don't know why it says £600 ignore that. It's my overall budget haha

DD Echo Show 5
DS Echo Show 5
DSD Minisun lightpad
DFC1 IKEA Kitchen, pots, pans and kitchen-y bits
DFC2 Bugger all as they only arrived last week, is only a month old and we hadn't planned on having a baby for Christmas!

DS5

Telescope
Lego
Books
Calendar
Watch
Pjs
T shirt
Hot wheels race track
Hot wheels cars
Rugby kit
Guess who
Jigsaw
Pants
Socks
Chocolate

DS23months

Farm
Wooden farm animals
Happyland plane
Books
Pjs
Slippers
Dungarees x2
Wooden Construction vehicles
Play mobile mini fire engine
Talking lala
Chocolate

Ds (13)
PS4 Star Wars game
Personalised football top
Hollister tops
Lots of books
Car that climbs on walls allegedly
Watch
Signed book

Stocking
More books
Football accessories
Sweets
Super dry water bottle
Adidas wallet
Toiletries
Slippers

Dd (9)
HP sprocket
Creatable barbie
Gravitrax
Desk and chair
Microphone
Hype / river island clothes
Flashing hula hoop
Tracing pad that lights up

Stocking
Sweets
Toiletries
Pocket microscope
Books
Craft stuff
Temporary hair dye
Slime
Spirograph
Stationery
Costume jewellery

Joint
Basketball net
Harry Potter knight bus
Harry Potter sorting hat
Xmas eve box with biscuits, bauble, game of Dobble and PJs in

DD (4yo) is getting;

Peppa Pig wooden house
Peppa Pig theatre playset
Peppa Pig playsets X4
Peppa Pig characters
Pop Up Olaf (like pop up pirate)
Baby Alive
Baby Annabelle
Silvercross pram
Baby nurse station
Doctors Kit
A wooden makeup set
Vanity table
Some stickle bricks
Moon sand
Crayola colour wonder
Washimals
Crayola bumper set
My fairy garden
Peppa Pig Guess Who
Orchard Games X2

Stocking will be;
Lush Christmas bath bomb box
Chocolate coins
Shopkins
Silly Soap
Bath Crayons
Sparkly things for her hair
Giant kinder egg
Books
Puzzles

It's a huge list. But there's no extended family so she only gets presents from us, plus she's had a tough year with loads of upheaval.

DS5

Fureal cubby bear
Kiddie zoom watch
Batman figures set
Chad Valley racing cars
Books - more than I thought
Pjs’s
Toy story Lego
Talking forky

Stocking bits

This thread makes me sad. My children are getting a mouldy satsuma, a book from a charity shop and a donation in their name to The Earthworms of Bolivia Rescue Society - which they will be delighted with because we’ve brought them up to be anti-materialist.

(Joking. What’s a Christmas presents thread without the Smug Christmas Police?)

Here’s my list:

DD (12):
iPhone
Uggs
Harry Potter Hogwarts Lego
Harry Potter Toiletries Trunk
Too Faced Make Up Set
Marc Jacobs Perfume Set
Star Trainers
Heart Wall Light
Rainbow Cake Baking Set
Candy Floss Maker
Fluffy Dressing Gown
Socks
Books
Selection Box

DD(7):
Mary Poppins Barbie
Lego Elsa Ice Castle
Lego Elsa Jewellery Box
Jellycat Polar Bear
Maileg Christmas Little Sister
Glitter Trainers
Blossom & Bloom Matilda Set
Marvin’s Magic Pens
Sylvanian Families Bunny Family
Frozen T Shirt
Frozen Secret Diary
Unicorn Socks
Books
Selection Box

DS(5):
Playmobil RC Porsche
Lego City Space Station
Playmobil Pirate Ship
Marvin’s Magic Circus Set
Jellycat Robot
Buzz Lightyear Operation
Spiderman T Shirt
Crash Bandicoot Nintendo Game
Marble Run
Brio Switching Set
Dinosaur Converse
Socks
Books
Selection Box

DD 11

Ukulele
Graphic tablet
Hello neighbour for ps4
Sketchbooks
Copic markers
Harry Potter jigsaw
Chilly bottle
Nail art kit
Prismacolor pencils
Watercolour paints and paper
2 books
Selection box
Slippers
Onesie

Stocking

2 Bath bombs
Chocolate coins
Scrunchies
Nail polish
Chocolate santa

DSD 10

2 lego unikitty sets
Lego classic
Lego Base plates
Hatchimals set
Pokemon guess
Pokemon jigsaw
Detective Pikachu dvd
Unikitty t-shirt and book
Pokemon stationery
Pokemon headphones
Book about space
Selection box
Slippers
Onesie

Stocking

2 Bath bombs
Expanding Face cloth
Pokemon mini figures
Chocolate coins
Chocolate santa

DD 16 months

Toot Toot Pirate ship
Toot Toot cars
Toot Toot track
Baby pram
Baby doll
Moonchair
Aquadoodle
Babyshark toy
Mega bloks
Slippers

Stocking

Chocolate coins
Boat bath toy
Expanding Face cloth
Baby bath bomb

The Earthworms of Bolivia Rescue Society 😂

'This thread makes me sad.'

Oh me too.

Dd 9 INSISTED just a donation was made on her behalf to various charities, she will be so ANGRY if she receives any more than a Terrys chocolate orange. In fact she's got us all doing a footpath litter clear on Christmas Day, we are taking with us a flask of lentil soup and a measure of festive cheer to warm the cockles.

DD (6mo)
Stacking rings
Rag doll
Wobbly wooden penguin

DS (3)
Robot dragon
Pj masks play set
Paw patrol figure
Play cash register
Wooden alphabet puzzle
Stocking: fluffy socks, Santa jumper, chocolate coins, dinosaur bath beans, wind-up t-rex

We live in a tiny house so don't have space for loads and DS still plays with most of the toys he got last year so we're determined not to go into toy overwhelm!

DD (18 months)

Toy kitchen
Jigsaw
2 x outfits
Hooded towel
ITNG figures

Stocking:

Bubble bath
New Sponges
Shampoo
Yoghurt covered raisins
Book

13yo
Hamilton tickets
3 books
Colour change lightbulb

12yo
Ps plus membership
3 books
A cactus

3yo
Kindle fire
3 books
A puzzle

11mo
A toy that shares his name
3 books
Wooden stacking toy

They each have a stocking with around 30 small items in (mostly edible/toiletries with a few toys for the younger two)

DS (9)
Nintendo switch and 2 games
Legend of Zelda keyring, notebook, pen, mug, T-shirt, socks, lamp and soft toy
2 books
Detective pikachu DVD
Pokemon cards
Checked shirt
Usual stocking fillers: chocolate Santa and coins, body puff thing, toothbrush, socks and undies.

DD’s (7 and 8)
New tablet each and case
Sewing kit each
Lamps for bedrooms
Zara coat and skirt
Squishies
Beanie babies
Hula hoop each
Toy story 4 DVD
2 books each
Ear muffs
Personalised notebooks and pens
Craft kits
Huge pen set to share
Same stocking fillers as DS

Bought them all three new board games including Roald Dahl monopoly which I may be more excited for .

DS (1)
Olli&Ella doll
Wheely bug
2 books
New nappy
Frugi dungarees
A lovely winter poncho from Piccalily
Personalised Noah’s ark
Hey duggee woof woof toy
Sleepsuit
The Organix selection box because he obvs can’t have chocolate
A buggy book
Wash mitt and crayons as stocking fillers.

Christmas Eve they always get new pyjamas, socks, a Christmas bath bomb each and a mug plus this year I got a new Night Before Christmas book because our old one is pretty battered and got some Christmas bath confetti.

DD 10
Slime sets
Kinetic sand sets
Makeup palettes and case
Bath Bombs/ making set
Karaoke Microphone
Emma Carroll books
Art sets
Light up mirror
Annuals
Phone case

DS12
Switch games x3
Xbox fifa 20 game
Pro controller
Gaming books
Marvel Calender
Eco Dot with clock
Electric razor
Nike Trainers
Marvel Books/comics
Air Pods
LED Lights
Adrian mole book and Skullduggery books
Funko pops/keychains

Most pretty much from black Friday deals and I don't do stockings or Christmas Eve Boxes.

Think I may have gone crazy

Ds-4
Mighty pups jet
Mighty pups patroller
Mighty pups figures
Pj Masks helicopter
Pj Mask robot figures
Operation game
Few other games I can't remember the name of..
Lego police set
Lego Batman mini patroller
ALDI Legoesque Fire station..
Robot which turns into a tank
Few cast metal cars..
Pirate Jigsaw
Pop out Peter Pan book

Stocking

Chocolates
Squishy toys
Giant spider
Stretchy toys
Bouncy ball
Sharks and whale toy
And a few other things...

Writing it down I think I have gone a bit mental.. think I shall save some for his birthday in a few months time..

I got my big baby an early present of a rucksack to go travelling with (he's gone already and he won't be home for months and I miss him so much 😭). Also posted him a card, some pants, and some small smellies).

DD (21 months)

Toy kitchen + play food
Playdo
Duplo
Melissa and Doug latch board
3 x board books
Little handbag

Stocking

Toy jewellery
Purse with old gift cards in it
Whistle
Nursery times “newspaper”
Peppa Pig toothbrush
Chocolate reindeer

Dd9

Lego friends horse stables (she doesn't even play with Lego so not sure what I was thinking - it was a Lidl bargain)
Scented slime tubs
Nail studio set

Can't decide on some combination of these
Strictly live tour tickets
Gymfest tickets with a soft gymnastics beam (+maybe gymnastics rings)
Instax camera
little makeup set +scrunchies

Grandparents have got little bits plus
Cluedo game and fingerling
Aquila magazine subscription
Baking equipment

DS6
Not bought anything yet . maybe
Lego technic
Hot wheels set
Walkie talkies
Some farting dog game once I find it!

From grandparents
DHs old wooden castle refurbished
Knights and weapons for the castle
A boardgame
Fingerling
Technic Lego
Hot wheels stuff

DS4
Big wooden farm
Tractor with a sheep trailer
Sticker books

Of grandparents
Fingerling
Boardgame
Will share castle with his brother

All will also get a new onesie and little bits of aunties and uncles. We have half of the presents at my parents abroad and half back home when back after the Christmas week.