Thread 6 - the one where there is a very sweet STIbaby

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Does anyone's dc have Bop-it? Is it worth buying? Dd2 had a quick go on a friend's, but they hadn't had it long to tell me if it's well used, so I'm wondering if it'd be one of those things played with once & then ignored after that?

@riotlady depending on whether you want the witch costume for Halloween or not, Tesco is a good shout on 31 Oct/1 Nov, they hugely reduce the Halloween outfits, may also be a Halloween- ish fairy outfit too. Other supermarkets the same but have found in past years that Tesco go for quick clearance pricing so more bargainous than the others!

Bop it ! Is brilliant .
The 4 yr old and I had a game off today .
I think the mini version is better .

We don't like Bop It.

@EvilHerbivore, so glad promo was useful for you! The Phoenix is quite a good gateway drug for reluctant readers because many of its contributors are authors too so there's a nice natural evolution towards longer reads by writers they already love.

Thanks for the dress up tips, everyone! :)

Thanks for the hamper ideas. DSis is off to uni next week so going to make a hamper of snacks and booze she likes! I did get rhe Hobbycraft one before I saw the warning but as its for a student and not a nice christmas pressie hopefully will be ok!

www.homebargains.co.uk/products/20123-lol-surprise-winter-disco-doll.aspx

Only 19.99, half price. Can order it online x

For hampers I managed to find a roll of biodegradable cellophane on ebay and a roll of florists' green tissue paper. I'll pack the beers in a cardboard tray, 6 in each, then wrap in tissue then cellophane and tie with festive ribbon. So they'll look like hampers but won't be transparent. I'll need to drop them off way before Christmas so I'd rather they are partly disguised!

VEL15OFF gets 15% off any velvetiser on hotel chocolat website

Thank you for the tip about the LOL doll @Cherryrainbow my daughter will love that

Eldest DD came back from Asda tonight with a massive box of Lego for youngest DS. It was £25 and it's set 10717 with 1500 pieces. It's normally about £50.

Argos have the ps5 to pre order now if anyone is after one

@CoffeeandEnnui how old do you think the Phoenix would be good up to? Christ, the grammar in that sentence . Hopefully you know what I mean! Wondering about it for my niece.

Can anyone tell me what kindles were going for last year on black Friday? Or if there were any other deals? Wondering about one for my mum.

John Lewis seems to have their lego cheaper than a lot of other places at the moment. I just picked up the burger bar fire set for 19.99 which is 5 less than the lego set and much less than Amazon. Seems to be the same sort of price difference for most kits, and they have some dots stuff in the clearance section.

The Vtech Frozen II Secret Magic Diary has price dropped to £20 on Amazon, from £34.99. I’ve had it in my basket for a while so I’m very pleased with this! Vtech Magic Secret Diary

@FilthyforFirth let us know if your luck with them is any better than mine!

I've got my eye on those lockdown baubles with the family all in facemasks, but we are not all white, so if anyone sees one with different ethnicities please let me know

Exploding Kittens is £11.79 plus free delivery with OnBuy - www.onbuy.com/gb/exploding-kittens~c2303~p2061292/

I think I missed the lockdown baubles could anyone point me in the right direction?

Glad the Geometrics book was popular, I got the last one from this thread & had been watching it ever since!

Cute little Harry Potter music box on Amazon for £2.97.

I've just bought one as a stocking filler for DD11

@steph2412 this kind of thing. Even if they are penguins or something that would work for us!

SAYNOTOCARROTS thank you so much!!

@SayNoToCarrots they do have some mixed race family baubles in Amazon, and also penguins etc, but they're more expensive and not specifically 2020-no face masks etc which is a shame

Does anyone recommend the exploding kittens game?

I’d never really heard of it until this thread and was tempted by the on buy deal above but reading the reviews on Amazon are quite mixed.