Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 17:51     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
Let them get him whatever they want. Tell him to say wow and thank them profusely. Then if it's something he doesn't want, tell him you can return it and you'll give him $100 to spend on whatever he wants and the rest will go into his college fund.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 17:47     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
Telescope? Binoculars? Tickets for everyone to go to a play and out for a meal?
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 17:45     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
A good bike?
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 16:10     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
Does he like audiobooks? What about a yoto player and a bunch of yoto cards? My nearly 8yo likes his and uses it regularly- but i appreciate that not every 7-8yo wants to sit and listen to Wind In the Willows or Treasure Island for hours and hours
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 16:05     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
No sports stuff she said he’s a nerd
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 16:01     Subject: Re:expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
Boxing stuff, skis? His own real amazing set of tools and a tool bench? Great quality 3d printer?
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 15:53     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
Nintendo swtich
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 15:51     Subject: Re:expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
Anonymous wrote:If he's fairly academic/analytical, what about a levitating (magnetic) world globe or world globe with led lighting for night and day views? They are over $100, look neat, make a statement, etc, etc (my FIL bought one as a "statement gift" for our son)


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1SA2AU/ref=sspa_dk_detail_6?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B01M1SA2AU&pd_rd_w=oKXyz&content-id=amzn1.sym.386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_p=386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_r=S8B7S1RW3F65TQMFAD1T&pd_rd_wg=Ex7kt&pd_rd_r=6681bf6a-3bf0-4eb6-9b20-e1f7ee255f33&s=toys-and-games&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM



A desktop globe is not a wow gift. Sheesh.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 15:32     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
Hearthsong toys has a ton of cool spendy gifts -- swings, jungle gyms, big outdoor toys, etc.

https://www.hearthsong.com/
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 14:59     Subject: Re:expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
If he's fairly academic/analytical, what about a levitating (magnetic) world globe or world globe with led lighting for night and day views? They are over $100, look neat, make a statement, etc, etc (my FIL bought one as a "statement gift" for our son)


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1SA2AU/ref=sspa_dk_detail_6?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B01M1SA2AU&pd_rd_w=oKXyz&content-id=amzn1.sym.386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_p=386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_r=S8B7S1RW3F65TQMFAD1T&pd_rd_wg=Ex7kt&pd_rd_r=6681bf6a-3bf0-4eb6-9b20-e1f7ee255f33&s=toys-and-games&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM

Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 12:57     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
Jordans
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 12:54     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
My 8 & 10 year olds would love to go to a concert by one of the current pop stars.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 12:42     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
Could you FIL handle a sporting event? Tickets to a professional baseball/soccer/hockey game are very expensive and very wow. Also recommend a sports jersey, maybe even with your kid's name on it? I have an 8 year old boy obsessed with sports and these are things he would want.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 12:11     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
Treehouse or trampoline.
Anonymous
Post 04/23/2024 11:49     Subject: expensive gift for 8yo boy - ideas?
How about a digital camera (and maybe photography lessons)? Or a telescope?

My in-laws just got my 9-year-old an Apple watch, and that was a huge hit. But you might not be ready for that yet!