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Old 06-07-2018, 11:01 PM   #1
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It seems as though I keep coming across scenarios that I am not quite sure what the norm is these days. Whether it's what to pay babysitters for short term vs longer hours or what to buy for birthday presents for other people's kids.

I figured that while I was making a thread to address my question of the day that it might be handy to have one thread dedicated to such questions where all parents could reference for advice on things that others might have a handle on.

My son is going to a birthday party tomorrow for twin 7 year old girls. The question that I have to solve tomorrow morning is what to buy them for presents. We have been to so many boys birthday parties that I can't remember how many, and buying for young boys is easy for me. As far as girl presents go I am at a total loss.
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Old 06-07-2018, 11:15 PM   #2
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Some thoughts:

1. Girls do not necessarily like "girls toys". So buying the same types of gifts you would for boys will probably be fine.
2. Ask your son his thoughts on what these girls like
3. In the end, it does not matter much anyway since their parents will just re-gift any toys their children do not like.
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^I was actually thinking that they might enjoy nerf guns as much as the boys do lol.
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My wife usually polls my daughter’s friends’ mum on what the preferred gift would be. One trend that came up around the 7th/8th Birthday was LEGO friends. That is something you might want to consider. The other thing that was requested quite often was gift cards to Chapters
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some new skins for fortnight or other fortnight related products and services
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Just text the parents of the twins and ask them. That seems to be the way these days.
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An old jewelry box full of costume jewelry. Saw a beauty at the antique store in Nanton just loaded with fake wearable jewelry for $50 last weekend. Should have bought it.
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We always our kids to check with birthday kid what they would like, and we ask the parents if there is anything they don't want, and try to steer the gift purchase to somewhere inbetween.
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My daughter is 7, in some ways girls that age can be fairly easy to buy for. LEGO friends, elves and superhero girls seem to be popular, some are obsessed with Beanie Boos, and craft-type things (e.g. make your own bracelets) always seem to be a hit.
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as a father of twin girls, please treat the birthday girls as individuals, and not as one entity.

as for gifts, my girls would love the nerf guns and other fun toys. gender specific toys is an adult concept not shared by kids.
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^I was actually thinking that they might enjoy nerf guns as much as the boys do lol.
My daughters love nerf guns
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Books. Craft kits.
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Costco has a kick-ass set of water guns right now. We have them (I have two girls) and they're awesome.
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Gift cards, you can't lose with those.
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I might be alone in this, but I prefer not to buy kids gift cards. I think it's way better to give them an actual gift to open, and while I'm at it, gift bags are lame. Spend like 2 minutes and wrap the gift up.
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Gift cards for Mastermind Toys are good.

And gift bags are good, because they're reusable.
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My friend's daughter has a birthday coming up and I was thinking about Lego as a gift. Is Lego an alright present for a 4 yr old and if so, what type of sets should I be looking at? I'm guessing there are no Frozen themed sets.
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My friend's daughter has a birthday coming up and I was thinking about Lego as a gift. Is Lego an alright present for a 4 yr old and if so, what type of sets should I be looking at? I'm guessing there are no Frozen themed sets.
As someone who has worked with four year olds for many, many years, Lego would be a great gift! It's the one toy everyone seems to like and if things are going crazy, I put it out and it gives everyone something productive to do. The boxes will tell you what age range, so you don't get something too simple or too hard (in general).
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My friend's daughter has a birthday coming up and I was thinking about Lego as a gift. Is Lego an alright present for a 4 yr old and if so, what type of sets should I be looking at? I'm guessing there are no Frozen themed sets.
There are, as it happens... https://www.lego.com/en-us/disney/ex.../frozenchapter

1-5yo sets: https://www.lego.com/en-us/products/...gallery#sp=148

4-7yo sets: https://www.lego.com/en-us/products/...allery#sp=1100

As to if it's a good gift or not, that'd depend on the kid, I'd think. Are they interested in building stuff? Do they like putting things together and taking them apart? Can they focus on a task for more than 5 minutes? Do they get easily frustrated?
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