What do you give a child who's got everything?
I love buying things for my friends' kids because I can buy them anything (toys, clothes, books, and so on) and there's always the visible excitement on their cute little faces. However, shopping for my nephew's birthday present is a bit of a nightmare. His parents are very wealthy and he has everything he could ever want. He isn't a brat, he's a lovely child who seems to appreciate presents but it always follows with "thank you so much, oh! I have one of these!" --all the time!
When he was 2 we bought him a small peddle car, made out of plastic kid-safe material only to found out that he had a custom made battery-rechargeable luxury "automobile" with comfy seats, large enough to fit in a 10 year old. When he was 3 we bought him a child's animal type of computer, you know those ones that you press the animal shapes and they make the animal sound? We were left embarrassed because we found out that he already had his own iPhone, iPad and Mac laptop with all the educational games already installed in them. On another occasion we decided to play it safe and bought him a book, and guess what? He already had it! It wasn't even a best seller, no, that would be too obvious. We bought a book we found at the very corner of the shelf, that wasn't even popular or anything. Bless his little heart, he said, "thank you aunty I love this book, I have one exactly like this!".
He is 5. I want to buy him something that will light up his face, any idea would be appreciated.
Take him somewhere nice, you can't simply replicate or purchase a nice day outside with auntie can you?
Ask his mom for suggestions on things he doesn't already have.
Or, ask his parents if it's okay if you took him to the store so he can choose a present for himself. That way he can choose exactly what he wants and it'll definitely be something he doesn't already have. I did this with one of my nieces for a few years because she always liked very specific toys.
Money isn't everything make him something original yourself people used to do it all the while when they cared about each other it's personal it's even HUMAN
The biggest part of the problem is you don't know what he has or is getting from others for his birthday. Shift the question to his parents. Ask them for a list of suggestions
Andy C
Give him an experience rather than a thing. What would he like to do for fun?
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