How much do you spend on your kids for their birthday presents and how old are they?

ethelsmum

My 2 are 5 and almost 7 - on dd's 5th birthday last month we spent about £70 on gifts, although I did get her some clothes as well as toys which I would have had to buy anyway.
I aim to spend about £50-60 but always go over slightly. As they have got older I find the toys they want cost more, and therefore I have increased from about £30-40.
Family rarely buy gifts for our children - they always get money instead.

They are allowed a party or a day out treat too - for dd's we took her to Alton Towers but ds wants a party.

SingleSue

Birthdays is £20-£25 per child.
Christmas is £15-£20 per child.

Very rarely have parties for them but I do try to do a birthday dinner, sometimes a small takeaway or something like that.

Mine are 12,13 and 16.

Eldest purchased his own Xbox 360 from birthday and Christmas monies (from everyone) plus saved pocket money.
Middle son purchased his own Wii after saving for just over a year and using birthday monies.

Caroline73_2

I don't have a set figure for mine. It depends what we can afford at the time. This year OH has just had a payrise and DS1 is 12 next month and would like a tv for his room so we have budgetted £150 and we will go out for a meal.

bestpud

That's a very difficult thing to compare because people vary in the way they treat birthdays and also how much they buy for their children during the rest of the year.

I tend to spend quite a lot but then I pretty much kit them out with clothes and toys for the year. They rarely have anything in between their birthdays and Christmas - that includes underwear, coats and everything basically except shoes. Then again, they've often had shoes and/or wellies as presents too!

They've always had mobile phones for a gift and I've never paid for their top ups. They have a toothbrush in their Christmas stocking too (although I do replace those throughout the year!)

Basically, what I'm saying is you won't get a figure you can compare imo.

That's not much help, I know!

donnaessex

Around £60? They are 1 and 2 and each get a present on each others birthday (at the moment!) The birthday girl/boy gets around £40 (2 presents) and the other one gets around £20 (1 present).

flippin36

11 and 9 and we easily spend more than £100 (plus cost of parties). I think we have gradually spent more as they have got older. Next year I'm going to start winding parties down, and I would like to reduce the amount I spend on them really. My DD is at the age where she enjoys getting money which I think might end up being cheaper in the long run.

esmf73

My DSons 6th is tomorrow and I think that I've probably spent about £70 on him - thats presents from all our immediate family (parents and brother). I have got him a DS (he's been on about one for 2 years) and some games. It is all second hand (except for a book from his brother) as my boys are pretty tough on their toys, so I only buy second hand. He got a game at his party last week from a friend and couldn't understand why he was getting a game when he hadn't got a DS!

Can't wait to see his face, and we're travelling tomorrow so will have cake and presents today - he doesn't have a clue when his birthday is really, he just knows he'll be 6 soon!

peachyprice

We spent £100 each on our 2 15yo's for their last b/day, and have done for the last few years. We're up to about £50-60 on our soon to be 9yo.

brians_daughter

birthday child 1 who is 12 gets £50 on a present and £50 cash -plus costs of party but the cash goes into his long term savings. xmas he gets £200 plus usually - an xbox 360 plus games and bits cost us £200 last xmas

children 2 and 3 who are preschool get £30 or so on gifts at bithdays plus cost of parties -(bithdays are xmas eve and boxing day so we just tend to have all the family round for xmas dinner and have a birthday party that day(very expensive and chaotic to do this with 4 grandparents, 4 great grand parents 6 aunties and uncles and 10 cousins plus us 5!!) . xmas they get £50 in gifts and £50 into savings

Allegra

8 and 13, and it's in the region of £100 per child for Christmas, £100 per child for birthdays, plus no more than £50 (it was £35 this year) for DD's birthday party (OH's DS does not live with us and his mum pays for his party). This is what we can comfortably afford - if we could afford less, then that's what we'd spend.