what's your budget for your kids?

[Leliana]

Aiming for £150 split between birthday and Christmas for DD. If I can get it for less even better. So far I've spent about £90 and have another £50 worth of stuff to pick up. She has absolutely loads for this amount though, far more than I envisioned.

DS is finished and his things came in under £30 this year.

 

[Kess]

About £50. A lot less than most people, but he has plenty IMO.

 

[MMAmummy]

DS's birthday is on the 9th of December so I normally aim for £600 or less for both but I'm not too bothered about spending more or less. As long as I get the things on my list and the things he asks for I don't mind xx

 

[Natasha2605]

I don't set a strict budget but I do keep count of spends just out of interest. When toys cost £40/£50 a time a £200 budget doesn't go far.

 

[QueenMummyToBe]

Amelia and Tristan have had around £70 spent on them and I just need to buy a couple of bits for their Xmas eve box and ill be done so £75-£80 each.

Alma has had around £40 spent on her.

Xx

 

[Jaysmummy]

I've not really set a budget but I am definitely cutting down this year

Hollies main is an iPod touch at £150 so her total spend is going to be between £250-£300 I reckon

Jackson is a £100 2DS so his will be about £200-£250

And Kaiden's is a LeapPad which I got for £32 so his will be around £150

Definitely gets more expensive as they get older

 

[jd83]

In the past I've probably spent $200 each for the boys, but I am cutting way back for this year due to budget this year. I've bought most of their gifts 2nd hand from a FB mommy selling site for our housing development, and spent maybe $60? on all of it. Got them an Imaginext pirate ship, a dragon pirate ship, a set of Lego Duplo, a huge race car track, a batmobile, a ninja turtle car, and a few other odds and ends. Actually quite a lot, and would have spent my normal budget if I'd bought them new like I typically do. Still planning to make them a Lego table too, which will cost maybe $50ish for supplies and Lego boards. So maybe $100 total this year for both kids.

 

[Mum21boy1girl]

I am supposed to be cutting down this yr, and will have cut down a bit but not as much as i probly should! Usually we spend around $700-$800 each on the older two, this yr their stuff will equal about $300- $400 each and my youngest DD's birthday is a week before Xmas, so with Xmas and bday hers is going to be about $500, she is getting outdoor stuff this yr though like a house, sand box balance bike etc

 

[embo216]

We spend around £150 each on the older ones and around £100 for the wee one x

 

[sbl]

About €400 in total.
I've done about €200 worth already.
Not including clothes and shoes which would bring it up to about €500.

 

[Pingu]

I buy for both birthdays and Christmas as they are all within 3 weeks of eachother so tend to spend £300-400 each and then split presents for birthdays and Christmas. I don't really keep track though so it could be less/more x

 

[Reid]

I'd say round about £200 would have been more if not for 3 for 2 argos and keeping an eye put for deals on amazon 😆xx

 

[shambaby]

Ours will probably be about £150 each, not too strict on budget, though. Almost done, just need to get them both their main presents and stocking fillers.

 

[Tilliepink]

~$800 between both of them.

 

[kirstybumx3]

I haven't set a budget for Rio. I've just brought what I think he will like. I've spent so far about £300 and there's only a few more things I'm going to get so I am happy with that. His pile doesn't look very big though need a couple more big box items! Although I'm sure he will care more about the paper lol.

 

[excited07]

ive got 2 dd with birthdays either side of christmas so prob works out about £350 on each one, could easily spend more though

 

[comicwife]

I don't have a budget for the kids I just get them what they ask for (with in reason and after I have reviewed them lol ) and then hope that I can get most of everything in sales or on deals
I think if I actually sat and worked out exactly how much I spend I think I would probably collapse lol
aw well they are only young once and believing in a Santa doesn't last that long and when they stop believing that's when the negotiations will kick in lol

 

[kwood]

I don't set a budget but was hoping to spend less than £100. I added it up yesterday and so far I've spent £71 (all presents, stocking and Christmas eve bag) with only chocolates and bubble bath to get. If I hadn't got good deals and used vouchers it would have been over £200.

 

[sue_88]

About £30 cash, £15 clubcard vouchers, £20 nectar points & £20 ELC vouchers so £85 perhaps. Probably a bit less cash actually, and nectar vouchers might do mum and sis instead. I'm a bargain hunter so she's already got 15 crafty gifts and I've spent less than £10!

 

[JessyG]

That's a good point sue I prob have nectar points and books points too. Although I have already bought Bs Xmas it might do other folk!