Posting this in the Simple Living community a well, but thought I might a different perspective and additional input here.

Christmas is coming and I have a two year old and a five year old. My wife and I are pretty stumped about what to get our kids for Christmas. The two year old is easy; he doesn’t care, will be thrilled with a ball, and just happy to be included.

The five year old is very down to earth and grateful for anything, but he already has everything he needs because up to now we’ve tried to be smart about buying him things that will last and give him good enjoyment mileage. He has plenty of Legos, an assortment of figurines (farm animals, fantasy creatures, little play houses, action figures, cars.), plenty of outside balls and whatnot. He also doesn’t need consumable stuff (has plenty of candy from Halloween, crayons, coloring books, crafty supplies)

He doesn’t need more stuff, but we still want Christmas morning to feel special and exciting and we want him to have a good “Santa came!!!” experience. I like the idea of giving experiences like tickets to Disney on Ice or a voucher to an ice cream shop, but that just doesn’t have the same effect for a five year old, cause he can’t hold it and it’s really just a promise for the future.

Any advice or suggestions would be really appreciated!

Thank you all and much love from me to you!

  • @[email protected]English
    6•1 year ago

    I remember being a kid well enough to know that there is no such thing to a child as “enough Lego”. Give them something new to build on Christmas morning. It doesn’t need to be huge, just new. They may only have a few more years before new Lego are no longer exciting. Hell, I’d still have rather got a new Lego set than more than half the other crap people get me every year even if I struggle to muster that grade school excitement.

    Obviously this does not imply that he should keep all his gifts for all time. Regifting isn’t always a dirty word. If some other kids hadn’t upgraded to Super Nintendo and lost his old Nintendo, I’d have never gotten a Nintendo at all.