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Title: kid present ideas Post by: juddie on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 13:26:46 Any advice on what to buy a four-year-old who likes egg chasing and cricket? he has a cricket bat and all the London irish clothes already.
Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: Bogus Dave on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 13:38:52 Buy him a football and tell him to stop fucking around
Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: jb on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 13:42:36 Tommy Mooney on a piece of string...
Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: juddie on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 13:44:08 his old man supports West Ham, he's got no chance of getting into football.
Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: Anteater on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 14:21:24 That combination sounds like he's on the road to taking up Hurling ! Get him a stick ?
Failing that...STFC shirt or Gloucester RFC shirt or any Mr Gum book ! Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: pauld on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 14:33:24 My kids at that age were really into action figures, either based round films/TV programmes (e.g. the appalling Ben10) or just stuff like knights and dragons etc. Not very sporty, I know, but if he's a rugby and cricket but not football fan he clearly doesn't like proper sport anyway :) Maybe a Real Ale Guide?
Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: Reg Smeeton on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 14:46:44 Obviously if a cricket fan....a game of Owzat
http://www.compendia.co.uk/acatalog/Owzthat_Cricket_Dice_game.html Probably a bit young but you and A.N. Other can have great fun... Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: nevillew on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 14:55:54 Obviously if a cricket fan....a game of Owzat http://www.compendia.co.uk/acatalog/Owzthat_Cricket_Dice_game.html Probably a bit young but you and A.N. Other can have great fun... Many happy break times at school with that game. It was possible to develop a consistent roll to rack up some impressive scores. Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: juddie on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 15:43:19 It was top trumps combined with trying to sell hubba bubba for a profit in my day!
Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: pauld on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 15:49:07 It was top trumps combined with trying to sell hubba bubba for a profit in my day! I really hope you're referring to the gum and not some sort of public school euphemism for favours in the showersTitle: Re: kid present ideas Post by: juddie on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 15:50:10 how very dare you. That came later : - )
Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: suttonred on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 16:40:05 Dont know if you can still get it new, but this is great fun.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/World-Cup-Cricket-Test-Match-Board-Game-/250717363852?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a5feb5e8c Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: Arriba on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 16:41:58 4 year olds are a peice of piss to buy for.
at that age they are into loads of stuff. Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: stfc1969 on Thursday, October 28, 2010, 08:46:16 sit down with your child watching a childs tv show while in the break he points at every other advert saying he wants that :)
Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: juddie on Thursday, October 28, 2010, 10:49:04 sit down with your child watching a childs tv show while in the break he points at every other advert saying he wants that :) If it was my child, I wouldn't be on here asking for advice! I don't have any littluns (yet) . Looks like Hungry Hippos could be a winner (I can't get world cup cricket delivered in time, next year - looks ace!) Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: pauld on Thursday, October 28, 2010, 11:05:24 If it was my child, I wouldn't be on here asking for advice! I don't have any littluns (yet) . Along similar lines is Piranha something or other, game with marbles going up a plastic track and falling through holes. Just in case you're looking for options. Oh, and Pop-up Pirate was pretty popularLooks like Hungry Hippos could be a winner (I can't get world cup cricket delivered in time, next year - looks ace!) Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: nevillew on Thursday, October 28, 2010, 11:30:33 For a four year old a very basic scalextric set (just a simple oval) would be just the job
Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: suttonred on Thursday, October 28, 2010, 12:46:14 Along similar lines is Piranha something or other, game with marbles going up a plastic track and falling through holes. Just in case you're looking for options. Oh, and Pop-up Pirate was pretty popular Piranha Panic. Spent most of last year xmas day playing that. pretty good fun for kids. Title: Re: kid present ideas Post by: tans on Thursday, October 28, 2010, 18:12:35 How about a gun?
And the game 'Rob a shop'? |