Gift ideas for 9 year old boy???

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suggestions would be most grateful - i haven't got a clue

my DS at 9 was given a telescope (not an expensive one), a solar system mobile, a football, MP3 player, A suduko book, scooter, magic tricks book, card tricks set, football books, oversized calculator

Cant think of any more atm

HTH

What sort of boy?
Sporty, sciencey, bookish, outdoorsy?

ds has just turned 9 and he has had:

• an electricity kit thing from the Science Museum ("harness the natural power in your potato!")
• a set of Dr Who novels, written like flowcharts - where you decide which turns the story takes (great, as nearly inexhaustible for re-reading)
• a subscription to First News
• various computer games featuring bits of engineering components (springs, levers, bananas) which you have to put together to solve puzzles. It came free with a game about caring for virtual puppies & kittens, which he generously gave to his sister & now they play that for hours
• a box set of Madeleine L'Engle (Wrinkle in Time etc.)
• an etymological dictionary

(He is sciencey & bookish)

Oh, I also gave him 1066 and All That

Thank you, all very good ideas. I am not really sure what he is into as I see him once a year at most. Always ask but never get ideas from the family. So thank you all!

An Amazon voucher for him to spend online is good - then he can choose books, games, electronic games etc. My ds (12) has had these since we moved abroad two years ago and loves it.

I want to harness the natural power in my potato!

Thought about vouchers as they live in north america but not sure what amount is appropriate.

Another thing - an aunt gave him a trendy t-shirt - a simple surfy one, Canterbury (? New Zealand brand? - something like that - & he was really happy with that.