A gift for a child that has everything!

MrsTinks

I'd second the adopting a local zoo animal. It's great for the zoo and great for him as he can visit it and follow its progress. If possible then include tickets to see his adoptee

jopsey

What about naming a star after him and maybe a telescope ? somebody bought one for my little boy and I love the idea of trying to find it in the sky with him when he is older ,prob be impossible with just a toy telescope but could be educational and may generate a new interest.

ollyk

ok my shop of choice is hawkin's Bazaar for alternative / interesting toys.

Grand Illusions is very cool and interesting

Netyfish great stuff but haven't checked for a while.

What about something on the fun / educational side? You can buy 'model' car engines with a clear case to show the insides moving that you have to build yourself for about £20 there is so much stuff these days!

I always like the wierd stuff me

anonymousie

Y'know my kids don't "have everything" but certainly have everything they need. They know they are fortunate though (going to a church school means they do fundraise to help others- not "sunny smiles for black babies" like I did in the bad old days but a special wheelchair fo a particular girl in Rumania, stuff for the teen cancer unit at a local hospital etc).

This will sound really corny probably but my 3 are 14,11 and 9 and for a couple of years, as well as the usual Xmas tat they have had a smallish (£10-15 worth) present from the Oxfam unwrapped or Christian aid present aid catalogue. eg DS had clean water for so many people and DD1 (who had just joint amnesty) had a "change maker". The really loved them and really quite a while after, after the toys were done and dusted, Ds said to me that it was one of his best pressies:o

Would he see the logic of this sort of thing? You could by footballs for an orphanage and a football for him, or school dinners from Oxfam and some bits for school for him, or plant an orchard somewhere for a poverty stricken farmer and a small tree for him to plant etc etc

BTW did you know Oxfam etc are so keen on school dinner provision because a free meal means the children will be able to attend school as, having had their meal that day they don't have to work/beg to fund their own food.

Otherwise a days out thing "financed" using tesco points would b fun you the 2 of you.

Amanda65

I like the idea of a movie night hamper - you could offer to share it with him next time you babysit:rotfl:

bobbybuttons

Ok so this is probably gonna sound daft but how about a metal detector, you can get them from ebay. kids love them my brother in law got one of these for his birthday and he has not left it alone he's always out and about searching for buried treasure and i bet he doesn't have one?
ok i can hear everyone laughing at me now lol

full-time-mum

elona wrote: »

Have a look at www.thebookpeople.co.uk - they do great books for children and adults at a much cheaper price than the shops.

They are not a book club and you do have to buy a set amount or buy more from them later or anything like that.

I got a set of ten children'sbooks that should have been £70 for £9.99.

I was going to suggest the book people.
Look here for free postage code and don't forget the cashback sites.

Only other suggestion is to take him out for the day. I'm not saying this is the case, but often children who have large amounts of money lavished on them don't get taken out to the local park for simple things like picnics.

mae

bobbybuttons wrote: »

Ok so this is probably gonna sound daft but how about a metal detector, you can get them from ebay. kids love them my brother in law got one of these for his birthday and he has not left it alone he's always out and about searching for buried treasure and i bet he doesn't have one?
ok i can hear everyone laughing at me now lol

No not at all, its a good idea. My son used to have one.
Sometimes you have to think outside the box to find an unusual gift.

hellies

Loving the idea of a metal detector but theyre more than I can afford to spend really, so I think I'm going to go with the adopt an animal thing. He swan with sea turtles in australia last year and loves them so I just text him mum to make sure someone hasnt already adopted one for him, so fingers crossed they haven't and I'm all sorted!

Thank you for all your suggestions!

bobbybuttons

I noticed empire stores are selling them about £10 and you can get them on ebay for about that too, you may even find a dsicount code for empirestores too?