For xmas how much to spend on a 4 year old

Little_Miss_Winner

I have a seperate *ebay bank account* my kids rooms were overflowing with items now too small, not played with etc.

You couldnt move in their rooms, so with the thought of Christmas fast approaching again. And needing space to accomodate more clothes toys etc.
I began in about May listing unused clothes and toys, and putting all the profits, after listing fees into the account for this Christmas, so whatever the total by mid November thats ALL that we will spned.

It's upto £171.25 upto now.;)

Result: Christmas has cost NOTHING
Bedrooms : Nice spacious and tidy
Kids: Will chose a couple of presents each, which in effect has come out of their old/unwanted things.

RECYCLING..... It's called!:T

looneyleo

I have a strict budget of £100.00 per child for one or two big items (bikes etc) and then buy reduced items throughout the year as stocking fillers costing no more than £20.00. I try to arrange gift swops with friends/family before christmas day so that the pile looks bigger. The best thing about christmas is the time you get to spend with your kids playing with their toys together... sometimes wonder if I spend too much but it looks about right from what I read on here...

The_Bride

DD's (5 & 2) are having around £40 each, give or take a £5 and DS (7mths) will have around £20. My mom & stepdad spend approx £20-£25 each on them. My Dad usually gives £100 for me to split between them which I will use for new shoes/trainers & coats. In Laws spend loads on them along with their Aunties / Uncles, Great Grandparents.

This year I've saved around £80 worth of boots vouchers through pigsback so it should be a cheap Christmas this year :beer:

Sarahsaver

I asked DD this morning what she wanted for xmas and she said 'a really big bar of chocolate':)

tiger123_2

I have three children aged 7, 5 and 3 and this year I am spending about £60 on each of them.

I have done quite a bit of shopping already (hubby doesn't want to know!) as I pick up bargains throughout the year.

I do put a lot of thought into what I buy and I have found that I can get a lot for £60.

We always have a great Christmas and this year (for the first time in about 7 years) we won't be in debt!

Looking forward to it!

itzmee

We normally spend around £100 each on the kids for Xmas (10 and 3 years old) but this year we've had a payrise so can afford a bit extra. However the 10 year old (who is a bit of a ratbag to put it nicely!) has to deserve his presents so at the beginning of September we devised a scheme where we allocated £200 to him but in order to get that he has to behave, not swear, answer back etc.

Basically he has 200 points and each time he misbehaves points are taken off him and by the time we get to the beginning of December we'll tot up how many points are left then that's how much we'll spend on him (ie 150 points = £150). He's lost about 30 points so far so he's not doing too badly. It's a good incentive for him and we'll end up spending about the amount we planned to in the first place anyway as we knew he'd never manage to keep the whole £200!!!;) As for the 3 year old £100 is more than enough as he has loads of toys - most of which I usually get rid of in time for Xmas - and tbh he's happiest when he's playing with his cheap cars so it's not worth going mad and splashing out cash on toys he won't bother with (like the Bob the Builder bike we bought him last year).

lambo_3

My daughter is born on christmas day so i have birthday ands chrsitmas in one go (lucky ole me!) but i intend to spend 50 on christmas presents (including treats in a stocking) and 100 on birthday presents including a party for her

i go to the cheapest places and budget carefully but it all adds up ..

SmileBeHappy

The_Governor wrote:

Too much truth be told.

last year we did well as we spent about £200 on our eldest plus about £150 on our youngest who was only 1 at the time.

I think this year we'll break the £250 barrier for our eldest because we have bought her a PS2. But she'll also be getting an XBOX 360 courtesy of Tesco R&R

Not that she'll be allowed to become a video-game drone mind you, more like I will

Why would anyone want a PS2 when they have a console that isnt 5+years old aswell?

laura

nicki_2

I have only ever spent a maximum of £50 on my daughter for Christmas.

She is 5 (6 in April) and she's been told that Santa can't make some toys (like Disney branded stuff) as he'll get into trouble and thats why mummy had to buy the disney wrapping paper from the shops in July :rotfl: He's been to collect it now, but will leave me whatever is left on Christmas Day so I can keep it safe and use it again next year as he like to "Reduce, reuse and recycle"

I've also explained that Santa goes shopping in normal shops sometimes as there are just too many children in the world for him to make EVERY SINGLE toy .... so I often whisper to her when I've been shopping and on picking her up from school "I saw Santa today in Asda (or where ever) and he was in disguise again". This is working great as she still believes :j Plus we have a "magic box" where I put things and she's been told she's not allowed in it otherwise she'll go on Santas naughty list and won't get anything for Christmas. She's not snooped yet to the best of my knowledge :T

DeadTall

We usually spend far too much on our kids (5 & 7), usually about £100. It's hard when their grandparents spend loads of money and the pile of presents from them is 3 times the size of the pile from their own Mum & Dad. Having said that, our eldest is slowly learning the value of money and does appreciate that some things cost more than others, and that quantity is not always better than quality!