I don’t have any WOW presents for dd10?

[Marioodd]

Hoping someone can help. I love reading everyone’s lists but I have no inspiration what to get my daughter. I got all her gifts out and her pile looks very sad. Does anyone have any ideas for presents or have their lists that I can look at please?
She has so far....

Little mix tickets (fingers crossed)
Converse
Echo dot
Microwave teddy thingy
Books
Watercolour paints
Board games
Bath bombs from lush
Spongebob switch game
Led strip lights
Dressing gown new pjs etc
Big versions of her favourite chocolate

She loves art but has been gifted copic markers, a light box proper paper. She already has a laptop, switch, iPad, fitbit etc.

If anyone could help that would be great

We got our children’s gifts out last night and had a similar feeling to you. There’s no ‘big thing’ and we were trying to rack our brains thinking of one to get them but there just isn’t one that’s suitable this year.

Unfortunately it is just part and parcel (excuse the pun) of them getting older. The presents get smaller and more expensive therefore fewer.

Mine still believe so there’s a bit more pressure as well.

One thing I did get my 9 year old that looks cool is a Robomaker - it’s £56 on Amazon.

DD is 11 and doesn't really get toys anymore but a big hit for her birthday was some Logic games form Think Fun.

I know what you mean OP, when you've given them play kitchens, dolls houses, bikes etc that are physically big it seems a bit anticlimactic when they have a small (in size) pile. I would put the little mix tickets in their nice envelope and keep them until last, and then either keep any boxes that come our way and have it as a box within a box within a box gift, or wrap a large box up and fill it with shredded news paper and have it as a lucky dip type present to make it look a bit more substantial.

Why don't you get yourself a reality check? Surely this is a joke? To post a very extravagant present list for a 10 year-old and complain it's a bit meh not WOW enough?

Most people on here won't be lavishing expensive gifts on their children like you. You've massively misjudged this IMO.

OP your list is fine honestly & sometimes wow presents are small (especially as they get older).

My DD's wow presents both cost the same but there's a huge difference in size of parcel - DD1 has AirPods (tiny 2x2 inch box), DD2 has a Hollywood mirror for her dressing table (40x25 inch box) so DD2's pile looks bigger but has no more value & both girls will be thrilled mainly because I've said they've no chance of getting either of those things

I know exactly what you mean OP. My dd is also 10 and I've spent the same amount if not more than I usually do but don't feel there's that one big wow one in there. She has got some lovely things though and I know she will be happy. Your list sounds great, I definitely think the little mix tickets will have that wow factor. We did the same for dd with ariana grande tickets for her birthday last year and she was over the moon

The average amount parents spend on children at Christmas is £150. You've far exceeded that (fine if you can afford it) but at least recognise she's been completely spoilt/ lavished in gifts.
How do you know the list cost more than £150? The most expensive presents, excluding the tickets which haven't been bought yet, are the Dot and Converse which you can pick up in sales for £20 each.

I know what you mean OP, it's hard the older they get as they don't tend to have £50 giant Barbie sets or remote control cars so there's not as much to play with.

OP my DC are little but I can empathise that it must be strange going from buying lovely toys to not doing that.

I'm kind of having the opposite problem; my DC have loads this year and I keep picking up extra bits but I felt guilty because no single item is a huge present and no single item is worth more that about £30.

I did give my head a wobble though as I have spent weeks putting in effort to plan, curate lists, source and get presents. The fact that no single item cost a bomb also unfortunately doesn't mean I haven't spent a load 😅😅

How do you know the list costs more than £150? Come on, it doesn't take a genius to work that out. The concert tickets alone are at least £50 each.

I'm finding this a rather crass post. I clicked on it because like a lot of families this year we're struggling financially only to read what I think is an obscene amount for a 10 year-old

It seems an extraordinary "problem" to post about on a public forum.

I seriously think you need to have a look at this from a bigger picture. How much actual stuff does anyone person need? Why are you feeling this need to give so much to one child? Is there something lacking in her life or your life that need to be filled with stuff.? I'm not being goady I'm just surprised you can't see that that is a lot of shite for one person. I have a 10-year-old she's getting some blendable pencils, drawing and drawing pad, a pranks box, a football top and some books and chocolate. And we are getting a board game to share as a family. She wanted an iPad but was told she would have to sell some of her piles of toys that she has grown out of and rarely plays with. She she has set up a tablet fund and is working extra chores to earn some cash. You might think that's really tight but she absolutely won't and will be delighted with the football top. ask your daughter what you bought for her last year and see how much she can't remember that give you a good indication of how much these things really mean.

thank you everyone for your replies. This isn’t a wind up or me bragging. I’m a newly single mum, I’ve worked really hard to make sure my kids have a nice Christmas. Just like I’m sure everyone else has. Any of her electronics are from her dad probably to make up for not being there.

I did get her a little ticket holder for her to open last, I might put it in a box so she has more to ‘unwrap’

She has got some board games from family for Christmas but I might buy a new one for the day.

You're right, OP. You need to add an iPhone 12 to her presents.

Ah. Just read your update. I know what it's like when their dad buys them expensive things as compensation for the split. I have an ex husband like that and I dread to think what he's getting them this year. Thankfully my dds don't compare.

I think your daughter is very lucky. That's more than our children have got all together!

Perhaps you feel you have to over compensate because of your recent break up? You don't, you are giving her more than enough already. Don't lose sight of what makes a happy Christmas. All I'm saying is, your dd has plenty to feel wowed by, don't buy more stuff!

She already has a laptop, switch, iPad, fitbit etc

Blimey. Sounds like she wants for nothing. That is a huge list of presents. Personally, I would never give a 10 year old so much.

Could you get a little mix helium balloon, attach the tickets to the bottom of the string and put in a big box? Will make the pile of presents ‘look’ more even in comparision with her brothers without buying tat for the sake of it?

Its perfect OP really. I love the idea of a box and helium balloon though to add to the excitement. And take no notice of the posters trying to guilt you with all the 'that's a massively obscene amount of presents' bullshit. It really isn't. I'm only surprised that you haven't had that stupid bloody poem quoted at you yet

@BrieAndChilli

Could you get a little mix helium balloon, attach the tickets to the bottom of the string and put in a big box? Will make the pile of presents ‘look’ more even in comparision with her brothers without buying tat for the sake of it?

Don't waste helium in balloons, we need it for medical uses and it is running out.

www.cnbc.com/2019/06/21/helium-shortage-why-the-worlds-supply-is-drying-up.html

I would set up the presents so they are working as she opens them - I'd put the LED lights inside a box lined with silver foil, and leave the plug/ lead outside the box so you can start it up when you give it to her. And the echo dot, I think that's a music player? Get it to play as you give it to her.

That's an amazing set of presents. At 10, she's old enough for you to have a quiet word now about how the more grown up you become, the present pile is smaller but presents are more expensive so same amount of money is spent as on younger siblings.
The 'wow' factor can be introduced by to the pile by wrapping - e,g. Put the tickets in a box, wrap, place inside another box, wrap, and keep going. Wrap a present in multiple layers pass the parcel style adding clues as to what the present is in each layer.
In my experience, those are the memories that stick with children more so than the presents themselves.

I totally get you OP. My youngest dd is just turned 10 and doesn't want any toys. So used to wrapping up lol dolls houses and barbie camper vans, that I now think her wee pile just looks a bit sad. I've spent the same as last year or thereabouts but it just doesn't look wow. Your dds gifts are lovely though and she'll be delighted with the tickets etc. Maybe wrap them in a big box full of balloons to make it look like a wow present if that makes sense. Definitely a difficult transition stage where they stop wanting toys but aren't yet teens who understand the monetary value of things. I hope you have a lovely Christmas 🎄

Op, given your update (I'm a single parent too) the list is great, beefing up the packaging for the tickets will work well, or turn it into a scavenger hunt.

What are your arrangements? We did 12 noon Christmas eve to 12 noon boxing day that way Dd doesn't get interrupted and we just shift 'christmas' to a different date.

Don't spend Al day in the kitchen trying to cook the perfect dinner, the children won't care but think of other things that you can do, new traditions you could make now that there are three of you to make the day memorable. When I tell stories to DD about Christmas from when I was a child it's always these events I remember not the presents, apart from never getting my Mr. Frosty - I bought Dd one when she was 5 and it was as rubbish as my parents told me it would be. Maybe buy a little trophy and have a competition, crazy golf, an assault course around the house or in the garden, darts, get out in the garden and play swing ball but take the dressing up box out with you or a box of jumpers and scarves and they have to put a piece of clothing on everytime they miss. Repeat the activity every year for the converted family trophy.

A good list op, always difficult with children and adults to make a piece of paper exciting to open and it’s not something to “do” or immediate when opening.

So many touchy posters, it is not an overly extravagant list I think you’ve got a good balance, and I’m really surprised some have take it to be bragging etc, they seem to have missed the point, your post isn’t that you feel you haven’t spent enough but more that it’s feels a bit underwhelming at the point of wrapping, as it’s not the shiny sparkly things of younger children Christmasses

I get it too. I also don’t think that’s a huge pile but I do go hugely over the top at Xmas. Unapologetic too, as my kids don’t get much from family or friends, and quite honestly it’s nobody else’s bloody business.

One of my 10 Year olds best presents was a massive gift box full of slime making stuff. Eye wash (containing boric acid), clear school glue, bicarbonate of soda, shaving foam, food colouring, a laminated instruction sheet, and every type of glitter/beads/scents going. Loads of mini Tupperware tubs.
I think I spent £50 on it, and it’s still being used a year later. She spends HOURS mixing and playing. She thinks she’s too cool for it, but soon forgets once she’s engrossed

You can get quite cheaply blank key rings or fridge magnets from Amazon and she could put whatever she wants in them. You could get some for
Both your children and they could make thank you fridge magnets for presents they have received from people. They can just make what they want. Last year my class loved my left over box of bits of Christmas craft including pipe cleaners, sequins, paper chains etc which they could just make what they wanted. We had crowns and decorations and all sorts made.