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!
Honestly my Santa sack filled with some treats, including my OWN WHOLE MANGO was ultimate excitement for me as a small kid! You don’t need to think big, and you can go healthy. Other than that you could always have a chat to him about how some people aren’t so lucky in what they have in life, see if he would donate a few toys he doesn’t use anymore, and replace them with some new books/toys, teach the joy of giving as well as recieving
Yep. Mangoes are common where I live, but I have never forgotten the time we got a little bag each of cherries from santa. Taste sensation! And old books have kids receiving oranges from santa…
Honestly give the kid books and interesting rare fruit and some more lego bricks and they will have a ball.