When you buy birthday gifts for your LO's friends, what is your usual budget?
We have one coming up and I'm curious what others usually spend. I usually try to stay around the $20 range, but want to gauge if that's too much or too little.
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Oh geez, totally misread.
For a good friend $30, daycare friend around $15-20.
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I usually buy a bunch of books around $10 and just store them until we go to parties- I get unsual ones like Pantone books. Then I pick out a new book every year.
If it's a no gift party I bring a bottle of wine or growler for the parents.
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If it is a good friend $30-$40. Day care friend $25.
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Just a random invite - I'd keep it to $10-15.
A close friend/family friends child - $25
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$20-$40 depending on how close we are with the family.
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Generally around $20...more if they're close and I see something more expensive that I know they would love. But I don't spend more just for the sake of spending more if I don't have anything special in mind for a child we are closer to, if that makes sense...likewise if I know that a close friend will love a particular $10 gift, I don't necessarily feel obligated to pad it with something more expensive.
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$20. Less if I find a good deal. Sometimes I find a random sale and I stock up on gifts. Like I got my kids some of that magnetic sand stuff and paid around $20 for a large bag of it, and they love it. So then I saw some on clearance a couple of months later for only $10 and I bought 3 and have been giving them as birthday gifts. I saw them again at Christmas time back up at regular price.
I don't feel bad at all that I only paid half price.
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$20 for friends at school and $35+ for close family friends
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$20, more for family - $30-40.
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$30 for good friend. $15-20 for school friend.
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@yin: That's about what we do.
@Anagram: I try to do that, I love a good deal.
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20-50
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@Anagram: SO true. I generally go by value rather than what I spent.
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$15-$25.
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LO doesn't have friends yet, but he's been invited to parties already.
These are work "friend" parties so I have stuck to a $25-$30 budget, but I really let the item dictate how much I ultimately spend. For instance I bought a hard cover book from B&N and the total just came to a little over $19. I didn't beef up the gift by adding a small toy because I picked out exactly what the mom asked for.
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Usually $20-$25 except my best friend's son in which case it's more like $40. I need to be better about buying things when I see a deal though.
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$25 for a daycare friend; $40-50 for a good friend's kid.
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I've dropped my kids' party gift budget to $10. After being on the receiving/hosting end I realized they can't enjoy that much stuff and the parents probably won't keep most of it very long.
If I'm giving to a kid that isn't having a bunch of kids over (like my nephews or cousins) then closer to $25. Also if their parents told me something specific or practical like (3T sweatpants) I'm happy to go over my cheap $10 limit.
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I try to keep it around $10 but I stock up on stuff when there's a good deal so they aren't necessarily "cheap" gifts. For example in my gift closet I have a bunch of Sequence Jr games (DD's favorite) that I got for $10 each, and some Spin Art and Alex craft kits that I scored for $5 each.
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Between $15 and 20.
I like to get two things, usually a family game and some kind of literacy item and this works out nicely.
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@Corduroy: Agree. I dont think parents of parties expect casual (daycare or otherwise) friends to bring elaborate gifts. I think under $20 is typical. Sometimes I go over that if its a larger event party and our entire family of 5 is attending (like museum event or gymnastics party).
For close friends it also depends on what my friend or the parents want. Sometimes they are cool with lots of toys or I know something specific they want I dont mind splurging up to $40-$50.
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I spend around $10-$15. I try to do books or art supplies instead of toys.
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Pretty much the same as others:
$15-20 for school friends
$30 for my best friends' kids -
$15-$20. I also stock up on gifts when I see a good deal. $20 is the max that I will spend, though.
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We've been to 3 daycare parties and I gave $30 each because I have no clue what the norm is so I rather overdo it than seem cheap!
These are work "friend" parties so I have stuck to a $25-$30 budget, but I really let the item dictate how much I ultimately spend. For instance I bought a hard cover book from B&N and the total just came to a little over $19. I didn't beef up the gift by adding a small toy because I picked out exactly what the mom asked for.
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