present for 8 year old boy birthday

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any ideas for dnephew?

he is being homeschooled so if there was a nice book etc I could buy that would help that would be good (mil is being v sniffy about decision to homeschool so would like to give small message of support to sil)

but anything, really, would do. have no idea what boys like

i just got piranha panic for my 8 year old nephew
we went through the catalogue together and he picked it out

ooh that does look fun

any more ideas?

or do we go for the pirahnas

Does he like reading?
The Horrible Histories, Horrible Science books are great fun and full of gory stuff boys like, and educational too!
Or what about a years subscription to National Geographic Kids-it's only about £7.50.
Discovery World do great science kits for kids, especially the Chemistry Lab.
Any help?

i have an 8yr old ds, also home schooled he LOVES reading, is currently on the last harry potter book.

aslo likes the horrible histories, and those science kits you can get, he has a great physics experiment set that he likes.

he is also obsessed with lego and star wars

oh wow saw horrible histories other day in bookshop

top idea

They also do HH dvds and live theatre shows which are excellent.

runnerbean have taken the subscription out (not 7.50 but £24 but it did come with a free globe, so that's ok )

thanks v much