How much do you spend on a present for your childs school friends party?

girl28

My five year old gets invited to a party every other week. I usually buy something off amazon for a fiver, write a card from a cheap multi pack and wrap the present in paper off a big roll from asda . When he started preschool i used to spend 8-10 pounds but when parents can't be bothered to say thank you it gets annoying.
How much do you spend?

building_with_lego

Loosely £5, but if it looks like a fiver but cost less that works too; e.g. I got some Lego brick light key rings in the Sainsbury's sale for £2.10 instead of £7- they'll do just fine. I keep a stash of things to hand, then the children choose from The Presents Box- the Book People sale is good for stocking this box too.

For closer friends I'll go up to £8-10 but usually it'll be less than this.

building_with_lego

Oh, and they make their own cards and wrap in tissue paper. I keep every gift bag that comes through the door, and make tags from big jigsaw pieces, and reuse ribbons, and .....

girl28

I was thinking of bulk buying when shopping in the January sales the entertainer shop had some good bargains i will definitely do that next year

Alikay

Tends to be around a fiver in my area too: I try and let the children choose a suitable present themselves (keeping within the budget of course) as I think it' s a good skill to encourage in little ones. I'm a bit of a meanie with the cards and gift wrap, though as you could easily add another £3 with those, so I stock up on cheaper cards and wrapping paper from Home Bargains or similar places.

mummyroysof3

About £5 usually. A little more for closer friends maybe

kingfisherblue

Cards from the Card Factory, usually 8-10 for £1. Presents no more than a fiver for most. A couple of close friends, maybe £8ish, but these tend to be friends from outside school. I also keep any gift bags, tissue paper, ribbon, etc that finds its way into my house and if it isn't used by us, I pass it onto my Rainbow and Brownie units. It isn't being mean, it's recycling

74jax

girl28 wrote: »

i used to spend 8-10 pounds but when parents can't be bothered to say thank you it gets annoying.
How much do you spend?

How rude.:eek:

princessdon

The older it gets the more expensive it gets but there are less of them as they don't go to as many parties.

victory

It used to be more as there were less parties but the more parties made the cost too expensive to sustain, so now everything is bought in the sales, cards in bundles of 10 , so I'm always prepared and the presents always seem more expensive than they cost me which they were:D

bylromarha

7 for £1 cards from Card Factory stored in a box upstairs.

Range of presents for boys and girls stored in loft. Priced between £1-£6, value between £5-£15.