Suggestions for a birthday present for 5yr old boy please

[Albatros]

Hi dd1 has been invited to a party and I don't know what to buy for the child he will be 5. I know he likes spiderman and power rangers but he already has alot of these figures / toys
I haven't had alot of experience with boys !
I am looking to spend between £5 - £10 any suggestions please

I always bought ds friends the Geomag set,(those little magnets that get every where).

books
richard Scarry - cars and trucks and things that go, what do people do all day?

Geomag is good, I agree.
How about a torch? Robert Dyas do a really great wind up torch (no batteries needed) which is about £7 and my son loves his.

A Lego Knight? Some Knex? Blow football? Ikea does a little kit that's a bit like Meccano called Bygga (build your own digger/plane type of thing). Paper plane kit? Soft skittles? Could go on...

someone posted about a light in Ikea that looked like a ghost and was battery powered .. bizarrely I think DS who is going to be 5 soon would love that

Thanks for all your suggestions I love the torch idea and Geomag though he has a younger sister (6 months) are these things she could eat if he leaves them out. I know it is not my responsibility if she does but I would feel guilty. He has got 2 older brothers so has loads of cars trucks etc. I would like to get him a book as he is not encouraged top read at home, but get the feeling this would be put in a corner and forgotten about. Maybe this is a good reason for buying books?
Thanks everyone

Ds who was 5 yesterday got a Bat man figure which he loves, a pair of binoculars which double up as microscope, action man thing, blo pens tesco magnet set, Gormmit doll, Greedy Gorilla orchard toy (goriila burps!) amongst the pressies from his party.

telescope - ds1 bought an explorers set from Tesco.

a power ranger s ball

the new power rangers are claled spd acc to ds1

as for books fro 5 eyar olds id say "dr seuss" "gruffalo" "the big bad pig and hte littel wolves"

marble run

fro kids in clas ds2 often gets a ball and apair of cones form elc

Fabulous Book .. The Rascally Cake

Personally i would avoid buying anything like geomag for a child without asking the parent .. too many little fiddly bits and its recommended from 6 up (although we are getting it for DS's 5th birthday)

How about factual books? Ds (6) loves them. Book People (www[dot]thebookpeople[dot]co[dot]uk) often have sets very reasonably priced, I usually stock up on a few at a time so have present in hand when the invites come (and saves and postage and packing).

a toy car. if it makes noises that drive mum mad - then its brill

Thanks everyone for your suggestions I've now got loads of great ideas. I think he would love the binoculars. He does like power Rangers, they are what? Nitfreecod. Did these come out before Christmas because I expect he or his brothers got some for Christmas if they did.
I think I will get him a toy and a book, something he will instantly like and something (the book) that hopefully he will go back to.

spd power ones( looks puzzled herself)

Anything to do with Star Wars - there are good lego kits. Also, Horrid Henry books.

a light saber, my two lads are mad on em, get them from argos or toys r us