What are you buying your 9yo?

I've bought my 10 year old a Minecraft light up booksafe from smiggle.
Paper aeroplane making kit with motors

My son's having a birthday party, he said it meant more to him to have his class mates at a big bash than having money to spend or gifts. He loves build your own robot toys, microscope for kids and science kits. He likes nerf guns too. So that's what I would have bought had there been no party.

I'm seriously tempted to buy a load
Of decathalon vouchers and hand him one every month for a year.

I'm constantly buying, being asked for or replacing footballs, goal keeping gloves, rugby gloves, cricket bats, hockey sticks, wet suits, shin pads...

It's endless.

Otherwise I'm going to go into decathalon and just buy the first ten things I come across, because that's that he wants. (Maybe not the sports bras)

My 9yo dd is getting:

A mobile phone (aware this will be unpopular on mn but is pretty normal where we live)
Tickets to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Graphic marker pens
A Harry Potter hoodie
Books - the Hetty Feather series and Lottie Brooks
A resin craft set
A painting set
A water speaker
A robux gift card

A skateboard was a very popular gift for my elder DD when she was 9.

Mine wants an air up water bottle

@MinnieMountain

1. leaning more towards geography but a volcano themed kit, basic but has a brilliant tectonic plates puzzle.
2. Science mad kits
3. we bought a sizable one for age 8+ very detailed instructions, see pic. Lots to do with that one.

Not science kits but worth their weight in gold: Smyth's sell a science and human body encyclopedia. Use them a lot.

Human body parts game (Smyth's)

We also have a chemistry plant nearby who gave us a free book for children's science experiments to do for free at home. We also bought a few as he loves reading them all (pic)

An electric scooter, a cuddle cushion, an oodie, books, slipper socks, the game uno & sweets/chocs.

Big present for my ds will be a new bike, however already also got the following (clearly he loves London, lego, Harry Potter and jigsaws!):

• London lego set
• London underground jigsaw
• London attractions jigsaw
• Great Britain jigsaw
• Harry Potter train lego set
• Harry Potter Book Collection
• Uno
• Maponimoes game (like dominoes but with world maps)

Mine is getting some Godzilla 6" figures, a Pokémon figure, lots of cards and a card folder/wallet thing. A Pokémon trainer box (his most expensive present), a Pokémon plush and a Demogorgon plush.

He's also getting an RC raptor (as is my 2 year old, or they'll only fight over it, they both love dinosaurs), mini drone thing, a thanos glove, a star wars figure and the next attack on titan book he needs.

The one he really will be amazed by and that I can't wait to give him is 6 fossils, he's got a few really cool ones like mosasaur, spinosaurus and megalodon teeth that he's going to go mad for, they were only a few £ each! We've also got him some shelves to put them on, and a little engraved sign to put up that says 'XXX's Museum Est. 2022'

@FleecyBlanketPerson

You are giving your child a birthday party, for his Christmas?

My DS, 9 is getting

Loads of books and annuals
Nintendo e-shop voucher
Pet simulator x plushies and eggs
Hype hat, hoodie, T-shirts and gloves
Logo, labyrinth and boggle games
Bath smellies
Couple of cuddlies

Possibly a switch game as well.

I had never thought about the water speakers. I've just searched them and think they're class. I'll be getting them as well for my 13 year old 😁.

• Lego bonsai tree
• Lego Star Wars
• Dragon ball figures
• crystal growing kit
• GO ape gift voucher
• 3d Eiffel Tower jigsaw
• pop figures
• Star Wars scrabble
• remote control car
• football training set

Weve got her...

• a climbing harness
• a wetsuit
• a camping backpack
• warhammer stuff
• rugby bag
• Harry potter blanket
• minions game (joint with sister)

Stocking (so far)

• shower gel
• hair bands
• harry potter sweets
• gryffindor keyring

Books

• latest Adventures on Trains
• Ministry of Unladylike Activity

Grandparents (set 1)

• joint Paddleboard with sister
• Hagrids Hut terrarium

Grandparents (set 2)

• lego
• luna love good toiletries
• gryffindor oodie-type thing (Dunelm)
• book voucher

• probably loads of other stuff from both sets, they go a bit overboard!

Aunts/uncles

• ice skating voucher
• The Works voucher

For my nearly 8yo DS the list so far is
New bike
new cycling tights and club jersey
x box and games
model tractors
display shelves for model tractors
basketball trainers
dealer boots (like a farmer)
An oodie (well a primark version)
i think he’d love a toasty maker but I don’t know if I can justify it
some sheepskin crocs
clothes
books
possibly a hammock chair for his bedroom
some toys the same as his little brother to avoid fights and because he has sensory needs
a drone I picked up for £7.50 in the range sale

this is from everyone on both sides of a big family

My daughter is almost 10. She has:
An alexa
Sewing kit
New swim towel
New swim bag
Clothes
Stationary

One set of GPs are giving her a big Harry Potter hoodie/oodie .
HP Lego from an uncle
Snorkel set from an aunt
Clothes from other GPs (HP themed no doubt)

From us the dc are getting a possum play couch for their room and Carcassonne.

Santa sack

Mini cola tin
Mini Pringles
Socks
Pants
Pyjamas
Purse
Bookmark
Picture frame
Chocolate
Calvin and Hobbes book
Novel of some sort
Activity book of some sort - Horrible Histories possibly
HP top trumps
Lip balm
Bauble for the tree

May pick up other wee bits if I see them. I should say I've only just begun with the sack stuff so this is just my ideas list.

Main present is a scooter upgrade. Uses one every day to go to and from school so will get a lot of use.

Another things (including family gifts)

Magic set
Several books
Couple of board games
Minecraft Lego
New Pokémon switch game

@Sidking please could I ask about fossils! My ds would love this-were didypu get them from please?

They're all from here: mylostgems.com/

And got the display boxes for them from here: earthlines.com/product-category/storage-display/specimen-boxes/ (though the fossil place does do gift boxed ones I believe)

@Sidking thanks 😊

@AndyWarholsPiehole please could you share the link to the aeroplane kit? Thanks 😊

For the 8 year old we have

Annual ticket for local science museum
Harry Potter Clocktower Lego
Harry potter bedding/room decor
New wetsuit
Two board games
Loads of books
Crafting supplies

Stocking is a mix of sweets, bath bombs, loom bands, Lego & practical bits like new undies, water bottle & pencil case