DD is 8 and stopped playing with toys about 6 months ago. Has loads of toys they just don’t look at.
I sorted them out with her and she said they’re all boring.
Looked through the Smyths toy catalogue and she doesn’t want any toys.
She asked for an iphone 15 which I’ve said no to as she has no need for a phone.
Already has a tablet she’d spend her life on if I allowed it. I limit her to 2 hours on a Saturday and then unlimited access on Sundays which she then refuses to come off even for food.
We have a switch she occasionally asks to play instead of her tablet but isn’t really bothered. She does any homework on my laptop and I’m not prepared to get her her own until the Christmas before she turns 11 ready for Secondary School.
Has a bike and scooter she refuses to use as I insist she wears a helmet where none of her friends are made to, I offer to get them out at least once a week and it’s always met with “Only if I don’t have to wear my helmet”.
She’s not into sport; we tried gymnastics, two types of dance and netball, she hated them all. She has swimming lessons but isn’t that bothered by it, it’s something she tolerates rather than enjoys.
She is a Girlguide/Brownie but I think is losing interest in that to although that might just be because it’s currently half term, she has done a bit of badge work this half term though.
Isn’t quite at the makeup and hair stage, she’s a young 8, only turned 8 in July and is the youngest in her year and all the others seem much bigger/older than her.
She still believes in Santa so need a couple of ideas. She has no idea what she wants, and usually has a list by this point in the year that she's been saving/talking about since her birthday, but this year nothing.
What on earth can I get her that she might like that isn’t a phone/tablet?