What are you getting your 8/9 year old boys?

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What are you getting your 8/9 year old boys?

A pile of Lego and Nintendo switch games. He’s not really interested in anything else (ASD). He’s also got teddies and fluffy bedding though, he’s a sucker for anything soft, fluffy and snuggly!

This is between birthday and Christmas
Bike
Gaming chair
Books
Escape room games
Switch game

Electronic drum kit
Football rebounder net
Books
Gaming headphones
Pyjamas
Lamp with 3D light thing
Football boots
Harry Potter playing cards
Guineas book of records
Lunch box
Shark bath bomb

A laptop
A VR headset (the basic ones not a gaming one)
Dav Pikey books
Headphones
Various YouTube (Merch)
Roblox toys
Board games (not sure yet which, the floor is Lava is one)

8yr old is getting

-Whomping Willow Lego Set
-car ramp set
-kids camera
-vintage Star Wars board game
-remote control snake
-Baby Yoda
-1 DVD Season of the Amazing Race
-Wooden cars paint set

Stocking
-Kanoodle (small puzzle game)
-Cross section book
-Lego Star Wars video game
-Playmobil pirate cannon
-Star Wars search and find book

Family Shared:
-Ravensburger Jungle Cruise board game
-Illustrated Percy Jackson book

New Switch game
Books
Tamagotchi
Pokemon figures
Lego set

I can't get over how much some of you give your children, mine would think all their Christmases and birthdays had come at once!

Prank robot
Joke kit
Laser guns
Gravitrax
Star Wars Lego
Harry Potter Lego
Telescope

DS9 almost 10
Scooter
Harry Potter Lego
Xbox games - he got the xbox during lockdown back in April but doesn't have many games for it.

Nintendo watch and play
Ps4 game
2 switch games
Kindle
4 fiction books
Encyclopedia
Hot water bottle
Small puzzle game
A soft toy of some description (haven't found yet).

Everything is tiny this year!

@Equimum

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We initially saw them in a garden centre, but they are available from a few places online. If you don’t already have them, Hexbugs also make RWs robots.

Thank you Equimum, these look exactly like the sort of think DS would love!

Other suggestions for OP:

Bakugan (creatures that roll up and you play a game with them in an arena)
Hot wheels
Binoculars
Mrs Wordsmith story writing dictionary

@LookatMeLookatMeLookatMuiii Thanks very much for posting your list, my DS is 7 and will now be getting a watch for Xmas from his grandparents, I never thought of that!

PS4 and Fifa 21
GPS watch (like a kid's smartwatch)
Throw Throw Burrito
Football strip
Beanbag
A football that tracks the speed of your kick

DS8 is getting a 'share' in a family computer (wants his own - not happening - so DG refurbing an old one as a family present, we'll install minecraft etc for him), bop-it, battleships, small desk and lamp for his room (if I can get to ikea!), a "fitbit" (huawei brand, so only £30), and various stocking fillers. A skateboard for his birthday a couple of months ago was a bit success.

[quote ritzbiscuits]@LookatMeLookatMeLookatMuiii Thanks very much for posting your list, my DS is 7 and will now be getting a watch for Xmas from his grandparents, I never thought of that![/quote]

A lego set
Horrible Histories monopoly
The Ickabog
A Harry Potter towel
Hamilton Lafayette print/poster
Hamilton pin badges
Hamilton hoodie
Top Trumps
A hat
A Ninja Turtles mug
Guy Bass collection of books
Michael Rose poetry collection

@IncludeWomenInTheSequel my Hamilton obsessed 9yo ds got Throw Throw Burrito for his birthday and he loves it!

[quote ShowOfHands]@IncludeWomenInTheSequel my Hamilton obsessed 9yo ds got Throw Throw Burrito for his birthday and he loves it![/quote]
Oh really? I am worried about them chucking things about the house but hey, never mind!

Thankfully they're made from foam and do almost no damage! However, I warn you that the instructions suggest you purchase a second set and simulate mega battles. It did give the boy Ideas. He loves playing it with his friends, big sister, grandparents. It's good fun.

Haha well I guess we'll see how it goes