Present idea for 6 year old boy

clairelou44 · 2 February 2011 at 11:02AM

Hi I need to buy a birthday present for a 6 year old boy but havent a clue what to buy - can anyone suggest anything for £15 or under? I know in the past he was into transformers but thats about all I know

jcr16 · 2 February 2011 at 11:31AM

Lego, my 5 yr old boy ( well all my children) are lego mad. can't go wrong.

Apricot · 2 February 2011 at 11:35AM

Yes I agree with Lego - my little brother is 7 and loves it!

onlyroz · 2 February 2011 at 11:57AM

Agree with Lego, or some sort of car/action figure. Or maybe something arty/crafty like paint, pens, stickers, play-doh etc.

jellyhead · 2 February 2011 at 11:58AM

My son is in year 1 and most of his friends are 6. The most popular gifts have been lego, transformers and gormitti. I am hoping gormitti eggs are still in favour because I'm giving 2 to a boy this weekend.

All lego is good, but the boys in my sons class like indiana jones lego, or star wars lego the best. Tesco usually sell T-shirts of both of those too, which always go down well.

jellyhead · 2 February 2011 at 11:59AM

Also, expensive at £2 but M&S do a transformers card which folds out into a poster. I got this for a party this weekend because when I asked my son what this boy likes he said that he always goes for Optimus Prime at playtime.

Sublime_2 · 2 February 2011 at 12:00PM

Lego, or a construction set, such as meccano, or kid knex. Action figures are good too.

WestonDave · 2 February 2011 at 12:01PM

Our eldest was 6 at the weekend - star wars lego is the favourite but its expensive - tesco do a couple of small sets for around £10 each. The other present he had which he liked was a Zibit robot - little remote control robot that runs around the floor. They are about £13 on Amazon - probably not that great value for money but he likes his!

clearingout · 2 February 2011 at 12:05PM

Lego, Knex, anything at all to do with Star Wars, Ben 10 or Gormitti, art materials, reading books at appropriate level (you can get books that feature Spiderman, Shrek etc. etc. etc. so not quite as boring as it sounds - try the big supermarkets) are good for boys as they do seem slow at reading compared with girls so anything to encourage it. All that would be appreciated by my 6 year old and his 4 year old brother!