What are you building tonight?

[Incywinceyspider]

Who is joining me in the annual toy build? What are you building?

We need to put together a kitchen. Feeling quite smug cos it's already half done. Just need to fasten the top to the bottom and attach the cupboard doors.

The bloody thing has already caused a lot of swearing and need for the first aid box, so hoping the last bits won't take too long!

A dressing table
That's the only thing I hope needs building.
Plenty of things need wrapping 🙈🙈

A Bike, A train table and a gymnastics bar.

We really miss those years. (DC are now 10&8, plus we ate on holiday!)

Our best year was the wooden kitchen. The 20 month old appeared half way through and helped. And was still amazed the next morning (it was a joint present for her and 3yo!)

Worst was barbie dream house. Boring to assemble...

@Incywinceyspider built my kitchen yesterday super smug.

Nothing too hard this year.. but I send my thoughts out to anyone building a Tefal Smoby kitchen this evening It's horrific to build. Still mentally scarred from 2 Christmas eves ago!

Those years have now passed but about 6 years ago dh locked the cellar and over 2 months built a model railway for dc. It was absolutely ace and tested his patience for the entire period but was definitely worth it!

Enjoy. Nothing beats the year for me when my ex had to build a full drum kit and I wrapped 78 presents while drinking gin after midnight mass.

DH has just built a basket ball stand and hoop. I feel bad because it's in DSS room, but DSS is surround in his own clothes and stuff and says he likes sleeping like this 🙈😄
Have just done a quick tidy though as felt bad. DSS looked pleasantly surprised at a tidy room (albeit with a basketball hoop in his space 😆)

A mighty pups paw patrol tower. Hoping it doesnt take as long as the ikea kitchen did a few years ago

Nothing! Everything is in the Garage waiting to be brought in to the living room later! I’m feeling very smug!

Duplo train which will no doubt be broken up in 30 seconds in the morning

My ds's favourite thing in the world is building furniture and toys so I let him do it now. He was using a screwdriver (safely with help) at 3 years!

@Winterfellismyhome we built the paw patrol movie look out last weekend. Wasn't too bad - we watched a YouTube assembly video and it made it much easier to follow along as the instructions were hopeless.

Sending prayers for anyone building a little tikes cuppy car - that was killer

We've just built a supermarket check out. We may have to hide it again as DS is supposed to be asleep but is very much not asleep.

DH has built a cozy coupe truck over the last few nights. He says never again! If we ever need another it will be second hand and pre assembled

@oneofthose

DH has built a cozy coupe truck over the last few nights. He says never again! If we ever need another it will be second hand and pre assembled

This was one of the worst things we ever had to assemble also - was a complete nightmare! Our DCs are older now so no building required and we even managed to get all our wrapping done yesterday so we can have a lovely relaxed evening.

(I don't mean that in a smug way as the years go by so quickly that I miss the horror of Christmas Eve present building!)

@Winterfellismyhome

A mighty pups paw patrol tower. Hoping it doesnt take as long as the ikea kitchen did a few years ago

The IKEA kitchen is a killer. We did that last year...

A large Bosch toy kitchen and a wooden medical centre with a seat.

Oh, and I have the flu. And I need to wrap all DDs other presents.

Does whiskey help with flu does anyone know?

Nothing! My DCs are grown now, and I don't miss it. The thing that got me was the endless stickers to apply.... (plus they would never bloody go to sleep for ages so I ended up doing it past midnight some years..)

Basketball stand here too, though it's in the shed already done. Otherwise everything else is wrapped and ready.

@Flubadubba yes! I redesigned ours so didnt end up going to bed until about 1

I thought I was past all this but have a flat packed cardboard castle for the (spoilt because she had a hard life before she came here from rescue) cat that I'm twitching about building

Not a lot this year!
A gaming chair & I'll set up the toot toot house and hospital as it's pre loved.

I already built the wooden arch rocker yesterday so that's sorted.

Undecided if I will wrap or build the swayer/mini go cart thing.

Three scooters are pretty much assembled. My (handyman, very capable and calm) dh cursed and swore his way through them in the garage while the bairns watched Home Alone 2. I feel dh deserves a large whisky tonight.

No building this year but haven’t wrapped anything yet so something of a relief. Every other year for the past 5 my husband and I have nearly killed each other with the screwdriver assembling various things. The cozy coupe was a lowlight.