If kids are old enough to get pocket money, do THEY buy fathers day cards/presents?

Oldernotwiser

I think that if a child is old enough to get £5 pocket money, he's old enough to buy presents with it. He could put a pound or two away each week which would give him a nice little sum to buy family presents through the year. I think he's too old to have presents bought in his name.

loracan1

Seeing as he's getting a fiver each week I don't see why he can't buy presents himself - it's a lot of money. If he saved 50p a week towards them it buys a decent gift.

As for cards - I'd rather have a home or school made one every time.

sillyvixen

can you not help him to make a pressie - home made biscuits, cake ect. rather than the overpriced pocket money tat that appears in shops at this time of year!! a home made gift of this sort is usually well apreciated - he can have responsibility for weighing and mixing and keeping an eye on the time while cooking - also he may learn some cooking skills along the way!

skintsaver_2

when i was young i used to like buying presents out of my pocket money because that way i felt they were really from me, they were only from the pound shop though:rotfl:

Money_maker

sillyvixen wrote: »

can you not help him to make a pressie - home made biscuits, cake ect. rather than the overpriced pocket money tat that appears in shops at this time of year!! a home made gift of this sort is usually well apreciated - he can have responsibility for weighing and mixing and keeping an eye on the time while cooking - also he may learn some cooking skills along the way!

Excellent idea, just what I was thinking. Or little fancy sweets/choccie truffles and perhaps he could make a presentation box or bag for them. If all else fails, peppermint creams are dead easy with icing sugar, chocolate and peppermint essence.

tsstss7

I usually give my ds a fiver and I buy the card (unless he makes one) and if he wants to go for something extravagant he puts in the extra. When he was little and wasn't worried about what things cost (if its dear it MUST be good :rolleyes:) both me and ex oh would take him to the pound shop for pressies for each other (and he could get whatever he wanted lol).

Trix

I think on £5 a week pocket money, it's reasonable to buy a father's day card and present himself. There's a lot of shops where you can get cards from 50p - £1 so that's only a fifth of his week's money which shouldn't be too much to part with for his dad. And like has been said - making a card would be nice too. If he isn't much of a 'cut and stick' type kid, there's plenty of sites with fathers day card designs to print off, or design one using Word. There was even a 'free fathers day card' link on here not so long ago (too late now obviously :rolleyes:)

As for a present - well there are plenty of cheap bits and pieces to buy like pens, mugs etc or things he can make even like 'IOU vouchers' to include things like wash the car or whatever suits. To me - a cheap present and card bought or made by the child means a whole lot more to one bought by someone else (and yes - that includes for mother's day too )

And if a bit is put away each week for this sort of thing in the future, it's a good lesson about budgeting too :money::D

remembered_nights

Yup! We got 50p a week at that age. We made cards and bought presents from charity shops etc, just little things (awful tat most likely ) but it was the fact of making the effort that was appreciated more.

easy

sillyvixen wrote: »

can you not help him to make a pressie - home made biscuits, cake ect. rather than the overpriced pocket money tat that appears in shops at this time of year!! a home made gift of this sort is usually well apreciated - he can have responsibility for weighing and mixing and keeping an eye on the time while cooking - also he may learn some cooking skills along the way!

Sillyvixen, DS is 9 ! I'm afraid home-made pressies aren't cool.

Besides, he has been cooking with me since he was 3, Can knock up an easy meal for himself no probs thanks.

oystercatcher

My boys have always bought Christmas and birthday presents for parents, grandparents and each other with their own money. We have never bothered with fathers day just our family tradition.
They just buy small things , a mug, a chocolate orange, a pen, a small plant etc. Sometimes they club together. I think it's good for them to learn to budget, plan and shop and also to think about what other family members may like.

£5 a week seems a lot for a 9 year old. He can easily afford £2-3 on something for his Dad. If he can't /won't afford to buy a card then he can make one .

If he's spent all his money recently maybe agree to help him this time, but only buy something small. Then agree he has to plan for other birthdays etc. You will probably need to remind him in advance.
If the family are used to recieving more expensive gifts then best warn them they are now going to get small self funded gifts. Hopefully they will appreciate the thought rather than being materialistic!