S/O - What Christmas presents were NOT big hits with your 5 year old?

[3*is*magic]

I'll start:

Playstands. Also not a hit with my 3 year old or my 16 month old. They are virtually ignored. Go figure.

Oh, and the Waldorf dolls that I was sure DD2 and DS would be insanely attached to, and therefore spent $130 on (combined)? Also not a hit.

Care to share (vent)?

[zeldamomma]

Any of the craft stuff she got. Poor thing just can't stand to do crafts around her big sister-- she compares herself, and it makes her crazy.

The crayola cutter was particularly disappointing.

ZM

[BiscuitBaby]

I got my DD's a bigger dollhouse and it was definitely not a hit. She had a smaller one and it was too small. The pieces, the people. So I got a 3 story dollhouse with bigger furniture and they don't play with it.

[Daffodil]

A doll from her grandmother. DD is just not very interested in dolls.

[lucyem]

Lincoln logs and all the crayons, playdoh and other crafty stuff.

[tm2840]

The real, nice telescope my brother gave my 8 YO. My DH loves astronomy - so maybe this will be a hit someday. But for now? I feel awful about the money spent on something he didn't adore we are not strongly pushing (WHY does the best astronomy viewing occur between 2 and 5 AM during the coldest months of the year???).

[nancy926]

The lap harp. That's all I can think of at the moment, though I'm sure there is more, since tonight she was moaning about having "nothing to dooooooo".....

[angela&avery]

my 6 year old got a magic set he hasnt really used. In the past we got him a ton of plan city wooden cars and the garage and the gas station.... he never plays with it.... we also in the past got him a wooden marble run, its rarely used... What a waste of money.

For my dd........ I think the most disappointing purchases in the past are her wooden horse barn and her wooden doll house. While she plays with them, i don't think she plays with them enough to justify the money we spent.