Ideas for 5 year old boy?

[Lockdownbear]

DS2 turns 5 at Christmas. GPs etc are going to look at me for ideas, except I've only got one, a new tablet.

All ideas welcome, he has the usual stuff bike, scooter, more lego than I know what to do with.

Kidizoom camera (good offer on Amazon at the moment)
Dressing up clothes
Hot Wheels
Remote control car
Marble run
Galt slime lab
Glow tracks
Kinetic sand construction site

Usborne Look Inside books
Code and Go robot mouse
Knex

What sort of budget are we thinking?

Playmobil firefighting range is pretty cool

An experience rather than a toy? Or season pass to somewhere fun.

Budget is flexible as we still have his birthday to get for and I need ideas for the Grandparents too.

I do feel guilty as it feels like we are buying stuff for the sake of buying. But he's only turning 5, he needs some stuff to open.

Knex might be a good shout.

Leapfrog learning adventures interactive globe
Squarbie bean bag
Crayola light up tracing pad
Kinetic sand
Playmobil adventure tree house
Vtech smart watch (new version out or coming soon)
Vtech camera, they also have the studio camera or vtech kidizoom print cam (prints pics on thermal paper)
Walkie talkies
Binoculars
A nice special pop up book
Torch
Stomp rocket

Cinema gift card
Kite

Knex and magformers (or any brand of thr magnetic tile toy) are big favourites with our almost 5 year old.
Also the smart games like 3 little piggies, if he likes puzzles?

I usually get the Smyths catalogue and go through it together.
My 5 year old likes:
Superhero figures
Batman batcave playset
Hot wheels set with spinny thing that goes upside down
Batbot (transforms into a car)
Transformers
Playmobil (especially the water park sets as adding water is always fun)
Playdoh
Craft sets (aquabeads, chocolate lolly
maker etc)
Board game

Posted too soon. A board game is always great to play together on the day, mouse trap went down well.
He also likes switch & go dinos, treasure x stuff, and a Dino smasher egg which had loads of elements to it.

Season ticket for somewhere like a zoo or aquarium. Can wrap it up with a little soft toy animal and an invitation to come and see them.

The only stuff my Ds ever loved at Christmas and birthday in late November last year aged 5 was his Bruder Landrover, battleships game, toy handcuffs and some Playmobil police stuff to go with his police station. Anything else was a big fail tbh, he wanted a globe that his sister had but couldn’t get one.

If you are getting a tablet what about money towards subscriptions of a game? My DS was obsessed with the sago mini games/ world at that age. I know this is not everyone’s top choice but it beats adding more toys to the pile.

What about something for the garden? A swing set or climbing frame? Den making kit, scooter, nerf guns etc

Yoto player?

I’m suggesting screwball scramble for my 5 year old who loves her marble run.

A game subscription could be a good thought. We've never had any Playmobil so I'll have a look at that.

We already have a trampoline and are only a couple of minutes walk to the playpark so I don't really want swings in the garden. He already has a scooter.

Games - guess who, operation, frustration etc
First camera
Books
Annual pass for merlin, local zoo or similar