What presents landed well for your 4yr old and 6 yr old boy

[Hungrycaterpillarsmummy]

Thinking of ideas for next year whilst it's fresh for you :)

For my 6 year old nephew, the hits were a Minions Fart Blaster (I know!), whoopee cushion, robot battle bots, and a remote controlled robo lizard that actually climbs the walls.

Hot Wheels design bike.
A marble run.
Hot Wheels cars.
Toy kitchen (we already had lots of toy food).
A cuddly car for bedtime.
A giant car transporter.

DS loves cars btw. 🤣

DS is 5 so bang in the middle! Big hits have been a card game called Mind the Gap which is basically Uno but with tube stops. We've played it multiple times a day. I also bought him a puzzle-by-numbers thing of a rocket which kept him solidly occupied for two days and he's now broken it up so he can do it again. He loves weather so we also bought him a little plastic weather station that you put together and put in the garden to see the temperature, rainfall, wind etc. The Science Museum had a great collection of robotics/coding toys which my family bought him. We haven't got them out yet but I think they'll be big hits.

He also loved his new dressing gown and slippers.

A Bluetooth microphone that has a karaoke setting. It’s been Karoke central for days and my ears are ringing. The other hits were a cuddly shark cushion that flips out into a sleeping bag, and a play mat with the Silverstone race circuit on it.

I have a 4 nearly 5 year old.
Vtech DJ mixer (although it's been confiscated a few times 😂)
Akedo giants
Hot wheels track box
Colour change hot wheels cars
Playmobil pirate island and ship

Omg the minions fart blaster sounds sooo up my 5yr olds street lol.
These are great thanks...im making a list!

It was pretty cool because it makes actual smoke rings, but it flipping smells 😂

4yo boy:

• pedal bike
• remote control toys
• Melissa and Doug ice cream toy

My girls are 6 and 4. There best gifts were

Monkey poo
Bluey scavenger hunt
Super Mario Guess Who

My nephew like Mellisa and Doug detective kit.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Monkey-Games-Sensory-Family-Preschoolers/dp/B0BSXNHBXW/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=BA72IX6P1LLR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tro51IrHLVr6eSdNHl8rITBkNfuN6-soYj0e_pODHP6xBksg0xtOpGZyM1TqNHGt70dTsM3xQyXUtK8taiIWju8eyDf0IU8pPIMfBrSapvGaJEtUeRP940fULzSa52wEz39HHGfuSskoKU0l5szxQYLSJum2pkHzrBscokbtgNk0w698-R3yEOoSjCwVC98Vsb92e9EJigHlVZWtJtR7EQ.v7j95RVbDbQthZehAnOI5L9f1j6iosiDn9yIqOPnl0U&dib_tag=se&keywords=monkey+poo+game&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1735599953&sprefix=monkey+poo%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-1

Walkie talkies
Playmobil, especially space shuttle and rover
Radio controlled cars
Kerplunk game
Space hoppers

6yo boy

Chemistry kit
Mechanics kit
Body-building kit
Scientist dress up
Bike
Minecraft magnetic blocks
Iron spider costume

He wasn't impressed with the magic colouring, car/digger building or inflatable antlers ring toss game.

My 6yo loved

• beast lab
• fart blaster
• gymnastics mat and stepping stones/balance beam (he doesn't do gymnastics he just makes an assault course with them)

-microphone

• magicians set

4yo:

Paw Patrol umbrella
Play till
Disco light
Yoto player

My 6 year olds favourites:

Minion Fart Blaster - he loves it but, my god, it stinks
Hexbot Gecko wall climbing robot
Minecraft magnetic building blocks

My boys were 4 & 6 this Christmas . Some of our favorites were:

6 year old
mr beast lab
lego
minecraft nano scene play house
country puzzles
dog man books
diary of a whimpey kid book
minecraft plushies
robo alive tarantula

4 year old
darth Vader toy
wall crawling gecko
light sabers
lego
sonic and Pokeman plushies
robo alive snake
Books
jigsaws

DS will be 6 in 3 weeks, top gifts this Christmas have included:

• Instant print camera (the kind with thermal paper and no ink!). You can go ‘fancy’ with VTech or similar but I got a random one off Amazon thanks to the Mumsnet Christmas bargain threads; came in under £20!
• Lego (always a hit - DS loves Lego City but branched out into Technic this year)
• Gravitrax expansion set (he got the starter set last year and it’s been a slow burn as he was probably a bit young, but it’s coming into its own now!)
• Pokémon squishmallow
• 3D jigsaw (Ravensburger, the pieces are plastic! It’s pretty cool tbh)
• Nintendo switch with Lego City Undercover and Mariokart
• Switch accessories like steering wheels to use with the joycons for Mariokart (unbranded from Amazon, about £25)

We also bought his Nannie / my MIL a game called Feeder Frenzy (she has a long running feud with the squirrels in her garden) and this has been a hit with every member of the family - three generations of us aged 5-66 flinging squishy squirrels (and ourselves) around the room. It’s a miracle nobody’s injured themselves but I’d highly recommend it 🤣