Present for a 9 year old

[lukey121]

Can anyone recommend a good birthday present for a 9 year old boy.  What are they into now days.  I know that all children like different things but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[cliffsdoll]

depends how much you want to spend, my son is quite a bit older at 13 and likes computer games and games for playstation,  here are a few more suggestions

books nowadays are fantastic for kids, not the dreary educational books we had as kids.

is he interested in football, how about, football related gifts

 dvds or cds  very popular

those robots are really popular at the moment

remote controlled cars

mini fridge

there are lots of harry potter games and toys too

starwars toys

argos are great for gifts and so are wileys toyshops

good luck with the present buying

[Clanad]

Mine's really "into" the Legos Star Wars based figures and vehicles, etc.  He started about a year ago and i had to help him sort them, but now he whips them together by himself.  Check here for descriptions...

http://shop.lego.com/department.asp?x=x&d=5&t=3

I'm sure they're sold in the U.K.

[February]

PS2 or X Box games

Skateboard or roller blading gear

Warhammer figures (he may need some help making these but my son loves them)

Rucksack

Football items

My son loves all these type of things.

A fancy lamp for his bedroom

[madham]

My son's nearly ten and would probably like:-

CD / DVD / Scoobies / Hotwheel Car / Skateboard

All of which can be brought for less than �20.

[shaz-rla]

k-nex stuff is excellent.

[Stretts]

Your cheapest option is Friendship - whether it's your son, nephew, cousin or friend's son - friendship. Take him out somewhere he may never have gone - broaden his horizons. I have three young sons, 9, 7 & 5 - my best days have been when we have gone out cycling or to an adventure park or good museum. Presents are ok but they wont last long and will most likely be one present amongst many - "the greatest of all is love"

[alphamale]

If I was a 9 year old boy I would really like a tritium gas key fob that glows in the dark - just tell him it's radioactive (well, it is) and he will think it's brilliant.

They are perfectly safe. Look them up on the internet - I got mine off ebay.

[Buenchico]

Something I've bought for lads at this age (and some girls too) is a pair of walkie-talkie radios. This always seems to be very popular. (Walkie-talkies seem like a very 'grown-up' present to a 9-year-old but they're still lots of fun to play with!). The only thing to watch out for is batteries. The best thing to do is to buy the sort of Walkie-talkies that have drop-in chargers. (If you buy the really cheap walkie-talkies in Tesco, you'll have to buy rechargeable batteries and a battery charger - then they won't seem so cheap any more!

The best place for cheap, but good quality, walkie-talkies is your local Maplin electronics store. You can find the nearest store here:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/StoreLocator.aspx?doy=24m9
(I don't recommend the rest of the Maplins web site. You'll probably find yourself looking for ages for something suitable, only to find 'This item has been discontinued' at the bottom of the page. Wonderful company - Crap web site!).

Hang on! - I've just found something suitable on the Argos site:
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product Display?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=3801&a mp;productId=161335&Trail=C%24cip%3D28803.Office%2C% 2BPC%2Band%2Bphones%3EC%24cip%3D28846.Two-way%2Bradios&a mp;categoryId=28846&clickfrom=name

If this suggestion doesn't appeal, I suggest that you ask for some suggestions in your local Toys R Us, choose your item and then walk out and buy it in Argos! (It'll almost certainly be cheaper than Toys R Us!!).

I hope that the young

[kaktus]

 

I think that all that have been said would be great for a nine year old, I would go with Clanad's suggestion though! Lego is always fun, for girls too. When my brother and I was at that age we loved Lego (still do btw)! I think they do a line called bionicle which is robot lego.

My boyfriend who works with kids that age says: Games for playstation or gameboy, Lego, if they're into those collecting cards - think they're called Dualmaster cards, pokemon cards etc., robots or action figures.

[lsie]

When my nephew was nine i got him a magicians set,it went down very well,failing that get a little something they like then make it up with money.Then that way they get something wrapped and then when they open their card has tenner in it,or whatever you want to put in.thats great because they got pressie and money.i`m sure whatever you choose to get will be cool.xx

[lurcher]

If he likes animals how about an adoption scheme from the local zoo.You can choose the animal and donate so much, and the child will receive photo's of the animal and information about it. And they can go and visit it,and some times dependingon the animal they can arrange to feed them.

[loopey]

if its gory and disgusting and basically anything the parents will cringe at then he'll love it