How much do you spend on birthday presents for your kids friends?

liney

I have noticed that my DS7 received more £5 notes in cards this year, and that actually he enjoyed chosing a larger gift more than he enjoyed playing with the smaller gifts he received. On this basis I have decided to send money to other from now on.

liney

kjmtidea wrote: »

Cards don't end up in the bin here! I put them all in the keepsake boxes, it is lovely to look back at them

All of them? Sure, if it had a particularly nice message inside, but the vast majority end up in our craft box.

dibuzz

I usually out £5 or £10 in a card depending on how good a friend it is, daughter usually makes the card.
I keep any nice new notes I get to put in cards as I think it looks better than a scruffy old one.

DaisyFlower

I wouldnt spend £2 on a childs card, I buy the multipacks for children which work out very cheap and keep a few rolls of wrapping paper in so that I can just use the amount needed.

I prefer to spend more on the actual present than the part that will be thrown away. I spend between £8 and £15 depending on how good a friend the children are.

gratefulforhelp_2

It is consistently around a fiver here, plus wrapping and card.

cuthbert_the_octopus

Back in the day my Grandma instead of buying a birthday card, she would go to say WHSmith and buy a £1 gift token, with a free card.

I dont think that this is still possible in the world of plastic gift cards - dont think that they still come with a card.

Like many of you have already mentioned, my mum has a box of generic cards that we just chose whatever we liked from it!

PinkPrincessDD1

Bumpmakesfour wrote: »

Just wondering if you have a certain amount you spend on presents for your kids to take to parties?I usually do about £10 on the present plus a card and paper and am HEAVILY criticised by some friends for over spending but that's what we've always done.A best mate actually came shopping with me and physically forced me to put the £2 card back and buy a 70p one :rotfl:
Haven't seen it as an issue till today.Went to tescos and picked up a popular toy that my son loves and was on offer from £12 to £8,grabbed a card,some paper..job done.Got to the party and handed it over to the birthday child who shouted "is that another (enter toy name here) I've got millions of them" and handed it to the mum and walked off :eek: Now I know kids are kids but it made me think.I could literally have spent say £3 or £30 and the child wouldn't have been happy if it was something they specifically wanted.Tbh(and don't tell my friends this!!!)I kind of felt a bit daft
I wish I was more crafty/practical and could make personalised gifts like a few of my very clever mummy friends who make beautiful named bracelets/keyrings etc but I'm rubbish at things like that really.
So what do you do for presents?I'm not sure I can honestly stick to my ten poundsish rule after the shock of today so very interested to hear what others do

I dont have kids but I am quite young myself and I spend between £5-£10, I think you should buy things that people can never have too many of like bath sets etc. In my experience you can get some lovely bath sets or jewellery boxes etc for less than £10 and people are usually thrilled

geoffky

my wife puts a fiver for young kids and a tenner for teens

libbysmum_2

birthday parties for classmates i tend to go 5-10 depending on closeness of friend,
friends kids i usually spend 10 each on them and my neices and nephews about 20 each but try to get them something reduced so it looks like a better present, home bargains etc.
Cards i stocked up when my local birthdays was shutting down , it begrudged me to pay 1.50 for a mothers day card at my local shop
this year x

boiler_man

Usually £5-6 pound on a friend whose party they are going although for best friends will spend a bit more. If they want a gift for someone whose party they are not going to I pick something out of my present box that cost £2-£3. I do try and keep an eye out in the sales and gather small gifts so that the presents always look more expensive than they cost me.

Cards - as cheap as possible. I reuse gift bags when I can or look for end of line reduced wrapping paper.