Presents for 7 and 9 year old boys?! Help please!

[LazySundayPlease]

I am very behind with Christmas planning (all parts, not just the kids presents) but they are the biggest stress! We've also just had the 7 year old's birthday where I used up my ideas!

Please, Mumsnet, tell me what you are getting your boys for Christmas or what they have that they love. I openly admit to needing to ideas.

They both love gadgets and things that do something. Younger one loves space and football, older one is quite geeky but they both like a range of things.

So far I'm thinking Just Dance for the switch and a space projector. Then I am very stuck!

Nearly 9 year old here.

He is getting:
Gravitrax
Stunt scooter & accessories
Nerf laser guns
Books
Lego Harry Potter

Have they got Alexas? CEX currently have them for £20 link
den building kit
snap circuits
hex bugs
nerf gun

Thanks both.

We have gravitax, nerf guns, alexas and snap circuits 🙈. It is a nightmare. Lovely that they are close in age but also doubly as difficult as over birthdays/Christmas they have accumulated a lot of the things I find online. I need a Christmas miracle!

They both seem to lack the staying power to follow through on Lego, I end up having to finish it or it stays in a box!

Scooters are a maybe but the younger one has some dexterity issues and I worry about that ending badly!

Turing tumble
Ravensburger 3d puzzle (eg light up Buckingham palace)
Rubik's cube
Knex
Board games - Cluedo, labyrinth, Monopoly, ticket to ride, Blokus
Genius Square
Rush Hour
Meccano
Metal detector

Bakugan
Hex bugs
Mine could never have enough nerf guns!

Hexbugs kitchen and rhino hero would be perfect games for their ages. Play together of with family

Things for their room?

Do either like a particular programne/film? My dd started collecting funko pop figures around that age. They have them for practically everything!

Magazine/comic/geek box/roblox/baking subscription.

Dd1 loved beano, phoenix comic at that age.

Wireless headphones.

Squishmallow soft toy, dd loves hers for leaning on or snuggling on the sofa.

Fleece blanket.

Metal detector.

Telescope.

Go for an experience gift but wrap up a clue in a big box.

Games - my dd2 is 7, her favorites are jenga, exploding kittens, catventures, payday, game of life, scrabble, guess who, snakes and ladders, no more llamas. I have bought her a classic compendium, rush hour, ok play, junior colour brain for Christmas.

Baking/cooking Hamper- with fun cutters/moulds. I got dd1 stitch themed stuff from primark. She loves a biscuit or cake.

Milk Heater/frother was a massive hit last year, use all the time for hot chocolate. Wrap up with new mugs, marshmallows etc.

In the same token, waffle maker, popcorn maker, toastie maker (my dds got very excited when my sister gave us one!).

For nephew: hex bugs, beyblades, sweets

I assume they have bikes? If not, a lightweight Frog bike did wonders for getting my less dexterous son riding.

Liferyder scooter, bigger inflatable wheels so can use in parks, grass, rough paths.
Switch games
Rush hour
Genius Square
Usbourne lift the flap books (do a space 1)
Uno card game
Fidget toys
Plasma ball

I have two boys who are the exact same ages, 7 and 9. My youngest turns 8 just a few days before Christmas. I have the same struggle usually as we have most of the things people suggest and with them being close in age it’s even more tricky for the younger one as often toys get passed down.

I started early and have finished my Christmas shopping for my two. Here is what they are getting, hope this helps:

DS 9:
Metal detector
Vinyl record player and vinyls
Illuminated apparel tshirt
Candy sushi
Optical illusions book
Spy vault and door buzzer kit
Architech create your own smart house
Smart light bulb
Venus fly trap in a can
3 in 1 waffle/brownie/cake pop maker

DS 7:
Drone home game
Roblox adopt me figure set
Illuminated apparel tshirt
Candy sushi
Hot wheels gorilla smash set
Chocolate lolly maker
Joke book
Smart lightbulb
Jurassic world Dino bath fizzed eggs
Kids Fitbit ace 3

Meccano micronoid
Action camera
Remote control truck
K’nex
Solar system kit
Moon lamp
Skateboard
Kids Fitbit/Garmin/cheaper Amazon version
Nerf target
Tabletop football/air hockey
Magic kit
Avengers/superhero stuff if they’re into any of those
Nintendo Labo (if they have a Switch)

I have a 9yo DS, for Christmas he's getting ;

A switch(Shared) Mario kart, pokemon sword, Mario 3d games.
Rollerskates
Football goal
Football shirt
Space projector
Stomp rocket
Hype bag
Football billionaire

Thanks so much everyone. Some good ideas and thankfully a few we don't have. I'm off to Google!

If anyone else has any other ideas, please do post them!!

My boys are 9 and 7 too.

9yo is getting a kindle with stop motion animation app and digital drawing app. Plus Beano and Dandy annuals, great art supplies, and weirdly a box of scrap wood and tools to mess about with. Plus a Wreck This Journal and a game (Poetry for Neanderthals) and some joke presents. Both boys also kickbox so are getting a punchbag between them.

7yo isn’t getting a big present as he doesn’t want one. He likes D.C. Superhero girls so is getting four more dolls and some books linked to the series too. He loves doing his dolls’ hair so he’s getting a box of hair supplies (Kirby grips, pintail comb, setting spray, paper straws to do curls with), cool felt tip pens, I spy books and a torch.

DS8, for his September birthday and Christmas will be getting/got...

Lots and lots of books mainly fiction but also Guinness book of records, ripleys believe it or not, some horrible histories books and some annuals
Stomp rocket
Aerobie
Camcorder, tripod and case
Quirkle
Hype clothing
Hype backpack and water bottle
Switch games
Football trainer
Football boot bag
Football skills book
Lego
Chinese chequers
Diabolo
Articulate for kids
Lego storage heads
Nerf guns
Harry Potter hoodie
Kirby plush

Stomp rockets are cheap and fun

Jurassic park monopoly
Horrible histories game
Subbuteo

Magic set
Circus skills items - diabolo or the one with two sticks and trying to balance another one

Some good ideas all - thanks so much!

We have some of these but definitely a few things.

Anyone have any other geeky type gadgets to suggest? We have alexas, iPads (our old ones!), a switch, etc

Tickets to see Steve Backshall's tour in April 2022?

My DS (8) is getting
A switch plus Pokemon game
Fitbit
Lego ninjago
Pjs
Slippers
Books
New bedroom poster (Zelda)
Wearable blanket hoody
Earphones
Superhero figures

@LazySundayPlease

Some good ideas all - thanks so much!

We have some of these but definitely a few things.

Anyone have any other geeky type gadgets to suggest? We have alexas, iPads (our old ones!), a switch, etc

Have you heard of/considered a Raspberry Pi? I've bought the Raspberry pi 400 for my 8 yo, it's a computer in a keyboard.

The imaginext rocket is brilliant and you could get one on eBay.
Mine are getting an Xbox this year so just little bits other than that. Last year remote control cars were big hits here.