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Ask HN: What are you buying your kids for Christmas?

29•JamesSwift•13h ago
I thought this would be a helpful thing to read what others on the site were getting for their kids, along with the age of those kids. Doesnt have to be tech-oriented.

EDIT: besides robux : D

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JamesSwift•13h ago
All 4 of my kids are into scratch but are sort of hitting a wall doing it online, and they also have expressed interest in robotics, so I did research on the two and came up with the mBot series of robots.

For the 11 and 9 year old: the mBot Ultimate (https://www.makeblock.com/pages/mbot-ultimate-robotics-kit)

For the 7 and 5 year old: I wasnt sure whether to go with the mBot Ranger or the mBot2 Rover and went with the Rover (https://www.makeblock.com/products/buy-mbot2-rover-emo-robot)

kylecazar•58m ago
That mBot Ultimate would have made me very happy at that age. I had a 1st gen Lego Mindstorms NXT when I was a little older than they are, it was a blast.

Hopefully adding hardware into the mix will spice things back up for them.

pram•12h ago
3 wheeled scooters and a Switch 2
kasperset•12h ago
Lego and Sketch book with coloring pens.
jayturley•12h ago
My daughter (29) is getting a filing cabinet and pastel folders. And a cute EDC kit with knife, pen, and screwdriver. My grandson (2) is getting books, little people, and a cheap drone that floats and is controlled by hand movements.
squigz•3h ago
Your grandson is getting little people?

That's a lot of responsibility for a 2 year old!

cpburns2009•11m ago
I'm sure you know, but for those who don't know: "Little People" is a Fisher-Price brand of American-chibi-style figurines. They're basically the kids version of Funko Pops. I got my son the Fellowship of the Ring set.
mbg721•12h ago
My 5-year-old loves the British series Numberblocks, and they have lots of licensed toys.
ungreased0675•12h ago
The numberblocks theme song goes so hard.
nomdep•1h ago
My 9-year-old still remembers that show and sometimes says things like “did you know that fifteen is a staircase number?”

I think the show gave him an intuitive understanding of numbers and made basic math easy for him

miek•11h ago
beyond the normal stuff: a microscope, speks mini magnetic balls, 3d pen, japanese snacks.
raw_anon_1111•10h ago
My kids are 23 and 28 and both live on their own. We gave them $1000 each. One to help move and the other to get tires for his car.
sloaken•11m ago
Oh sure set the high bar ... now I need to consider this. Couldn't be something like 50 bucks ...

Of course looking back my dad was giving us money for a number of years and with inflation ... arg I hate giving it away :-)

ulfw•8h ago
A subscription to ChatGPT of course. Not like they'd ever get a job in the new world anyway...
sloaken•6m ago
Nice, I recommend having them take a class to be effective. I recommend this short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWFFaKxsz_s

The first 3 minutes and 20 seconds might be a bit tough, but the useful for most people starts then.

andrewstuart•5h ago
16 nearly 17

Chromebook

Some paper books

Battlefield 6

Board game

chrismatheson•5h ago
One 8 y/o one 3y/o This year:

- Transformer robots

- Origami book & papers

- Some ski gear

- Metal detector

- Climbing harness & slings etc (small climbing frame in the grander they like to attach to and just kinda swing about)

- Kids Cookbook

Past Years Winners:

- Magnatiles - both have loved these, one of the most used toys and reasonably open-ended

- Diablo - the circus toy thing

- Modu - https://modutoy.com

- Potions kit - just a bunch of small pots etc with random glitter and what not in them. pretty good one for an upcycling project

- Playdough - classic for a reason, also DIY'able Little printer roll instant print camera

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ElCapitanMarkla•3h ago
Our Magna tiles get so much use. I should really buy the kids some more.

And that Modu stuff looks so cool, I’ve never seen that before.

ElCapitanMarkla•3h ago
5 year old - laser tag, brain rot toys 8 year old - roller skates, make up/face paint

And just random stocking stuffers / books, etc.

One neat thing we found was a frog dissection toy - https://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/p/slimy-dissect-mini-frog-wit...

cpburns2009•18m ago
A wooden train set for my toddler-aged son.
sloaken•15m ago
Train is always the right answer. Congrats!
cpburns2009•6m ago
He's really into trains right now so he's going to love it.