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ugh i have a lot more sympathy for my older relatives who never knew what kinds of gifts to buy me because i am staring at amazon’s “toys for boys!” page and thinking of my 6-year-old nephew I haven’t seen in like a year, who apparently likes sports, and I am like an alien from another planet here, what on this page would even be remotely interesting to him, oh my god I am my uncle reincarnated. (his specialty was buying us gifts that needed batteries, but no batteries, and then breaking the gifts when he tried to put them together. he was a precious cinnamon roll and I don’t think he knew how well we understood him anyway and didn’t mind. At least I have that consolation, but I wish we’d told him.)
ugh i have a lot more sympathy for my older relatives who never knew what kinds of gifts to buy me because i am staring at amazon’s “toys for boys!” page and thinking of my 6-year-old nephew I haven’t seen in like a year, who apparently likes sports, and I am like an alien from another planet here, what on this page would even be remotely interesting to him, oh my god I am my uncle reincarnated. (his specialty was buying us gifts that needed batteries, but no batteries, and then breaking the gifts when he tried to put them together. he was a precious cinnamon roll and I don’t think he knew how well we understood him anyway and didn’t mind. At least I have that consolation, but I wish we’d told him.)
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Date: 2015-12-04 08:02 pm (UTC)I've found that you have to get to page three or four before you find good presents - the first couple pages are all the most common stuff, which they already have.
Here are things that went over well:
The stomp-on piano (rollup mat that actually looks like and sounds like a piano and is about 12 feet long) - maybe not for age 6 though?
awesome experiments science kit - this was at age 6-7
second awesome experiments chemistry kit
and - here's hoping - this year stamp-on nails stamps
Things that were utter failures:
Goldie Blox engineering kit (too easy)
legos (too normal)
porcelain doll (come on! She loved dolls! How was this a bust??)
So, good luck. Let's hope the thought counts.