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

Charlie23

Hi my two are 10 months and 3years. I spend about £100 on christmas each and roughly £50-£100 for birthdays. it depends on what they're having. I don't tend to buy any presents outside of those times but i do get a lot for my money by buying in the sales!!
so my kids get:
£100 from parents
£20 from grandparents
£20 from great grandparents
So £140, they don't really have much from different people compared to some. Yes i do spoil them and while i can i will but this year i will be toning down as my daughter is starting to realise money and amount etc. I've been saving £5 a week and saving £2 a week on a card for morrisons for food. so i should be all sorted soon.
I also don't by clothes as presents, i don't like it as i see it is something that they should have as a basic 'right' but when they grow up and they want 'specialist' clothing they will be given the choice of presents or clothes.
Hope that helps

caris

We have just spent out for our GS birthday yesterday, we bought him a new camera costing £33 a camera case £5 and a 2nd kyak for £35, we also usually take him out for the day instead of a birthday party, but this year he was at him mums (NRP) and from her he had an MP4 player and she bought him a birthday cake, he was not taken out for the day, although this was promised.

I dont think its so much as how much do you spend its how much do things cost that children want.

We dont have a set budget we try to get what is asked for as long as it not taking the michael.

caris

clelmt

my children are 14, 12 and 2

we spend £100 each on birthdays and for Christmas we spend £500 each for the two older ones and about £250 on the little one.