gifts from one sib to another sib

[beanma]

wondering if anybody out there had great ideas for gifts from one sibling to another. do you just take them out to the store and let them pick something out? that's what we do for friends' b-days, but i haven't done that with the girls yet.

in the past i had each girl decorate a shirt with fabric paint for the other. not sure i want to repeat that again although they both loved their shirts. i wrote their name on them in glitter fabric paint.

any great ideas? i'd just love to hear what other folks do. dd2's b-day is coming up as well as the holidays so i need to get going on it...

[Houdini]

We always just set a limit on the amount of money they spend on each other and let them pick something.

[LovemyBoo]

Last year I bought string and large, colorful beads and ds made a necklace for dd. Another year he painted a plaster kitty for her (she loves cats).

I usually try to find something they can make for each other, rather than buy. Although this may be dd's first year making something, other years I've bought stuff on her behalf for ds since she was so young. So I'm on the lookout for something she can do.

[wildmonkeys]

I took each of them to the craft store and let them pick out a fun activity for the other for their Christmas presents this year. I figure they can sit and do them together...

BJ
Barney & Ben

[beanma]

thanks for the replies. would love to hear from more folks.

[Shenjall]

We give them a small $ limit (hey, I've got 6 kids!) but talk about in great detail and often what they think their sibling would like. They can buy or purchase supplies to craft something. When they have something in mind, we go to the store to get it. I find just letting them pick it out there ends up with them getting stuff they can play with....

[MsChatsAlot]

I let my kids pick, within reason.

I've actually been amazed to see how thoughtful they are when picking something for one another and how they really know what the other likes and dislikes. I know often times the *favorite* gift has been the one from their sib.

[srain]

We don't really buy presents for each other. My son usually either gives his sister something of his that she covets, or he makes something. (Usually both!) My daughter is only 2, and completely clueless about gift-giving, so she doesn't give anything to him.

[mommao3]

I usually take them to the dollar store and let them pick out something for each other or they buy at the Santa Shop at school (everything is $1.25). I really like the idea about them making something for each other. Now to get some ideas....

[Jess A]

We give them a small money limit and let them buy something. DD bought DS's birthday present yesterday, and I was surprised at how long it took her to pick. She is VERY excited to give him his present later today .

[Shenjall]

I totally forgot about what we do for xmas....

We have 6 kids so it can get pretty $ around xmas as you can imagine!

We usually have them draw a name and then keep it a secret. Then the gift is either a music cd or a dvd. One year we had a rule it had to be by a canadian artist. We're thinking about having some kind of "theme" every year, but not sure yet. (ex: comedy; fave actor; old movie; not seen/heard before...)

The funny thing about the "secret" part is that the older kids always tell each other. Then they keep it a secret from us. They think its sooo funny to "trick" us like that! But they really do enjoy it.