Christmas Requests for Things You Know They Won't Play With...

I would not get her the toy. I stopped doing the "getting them what they ask for even though I know they won't play with it" years ago. I have the kids make quite a long list and then I can pick from what they list, thereby eliminating the issue of REALLY wanting just one or two things.

Now, if she really gets disappointed on Christmas morning you could
(a) always get it for the next holiday (if coming up soon) or
(b) give her a gift card to the store where it is located (she may change her mind and end up getting something else that way) or,
(c) make her do chores and you give her money to buy it. Lots of helping mom set the table for fifty buckaroos!!

I guess I would also ask, why do you think she won't play with it? If you provide a reason, I could better provide a solution. In other words, have to gotten similar things like this in the past? It doesn't sound like that is the case, as this is a "strange" toy according to you.

Good luck!

I KNOW!!!!

The list of things the kids are making is so ridiculous! I am not going to by fake hair for dolls! I would rather buy milk and food!

The boy was talking about he wanted this and that. I told him things that could go on the list were things he would really like...then I was being silly and making up stuff. He was really enjoying it...like, chocolate milk, hot wheels, candy, etc...then I was really going and said he could put veggies on his Christmas wish list and he lit up like a light bulb and said "That's what I want...veggies!!!" I about laughed out of the chair, he was dead serious, like we don't let him have any or something.

We don't have much money this year so I am trying to make light of it but I don't want them to be severely disappointed.

If you know that she won't play with it then I say don't get it for her. If she really wants it she can work for it. If she gets an allowance have her save up for it. If she doesn't get an allowance maybe it's time to start with a set of chores and say $5.00/wk ( if you can swing it). This will teach her to value the things she gets and that if there is something she really wants that it will be more gratifying if she earns the money and can purchase it her self thus she will be more likely to play with or take care of the things she has. I don't think that 11 is to young to start teaching these lessons.

No.
She won't play with it.
Does she like Webkinz?
They can also play online with it.
My 9 year old, likes that. Don't know if an 11 year old will.
They have SO many Webkinz toys.... ! Cute. Fun.

Both my kids, once had something like Lulu Kitty.
Okay. They wanted it. Aunty got it for them.
Well, they DID NOT play with it, for longer than 24 hours.
It just sat on the floor, collecting dust.

I wouldn't get it for her. For some reason, parents think they must get everything that their child wants. You have to use your discretion on this one.

Our kids make up their wish lists every year. We tell them that it is a great way to offer suggestions but that they are not going to get everything on the list (my kids have put some weird and odd things on there that could not even be found..like the year one asked for a marble set that looked like the planets because a cartoon had some LOL). Santa will look at it and pick the things he knows they will like the most and looks for surprises that were not on the list that he knows they will enjoy. They have never once been disappointed because they didn't get this or that. If it gets mentioned that we didn't get something we just say Santa must have looked at it and found it wasn't as good as the commercials said it was and he found you something better.
I would pass on getting the cat and find something she'll enjoy better.

Since you know she won't play with it, don't buy it. Just because she wants something doesn't mean she should have it. Moderation in all things, even with Christmas gifts, and especially with a list of other things she will use!

Dawn

I don't see it written anywhere that a kid has to get everything they want just because they want it.
$50 is a lot for something that she doesn't need and won't even want after she gets it.
I wouldn't buy it, but that's me.

The whole gift thing at the holidays isn't about getting everything you want.

I got my son a really cool science kit one year and he said, "Thanks, Mom! I didn't even know I wanted this."

To me...that's the fun part.

Just my opinion.

I never bought my kids everything they wanted. Sounds like she's getting plenty and will have a very happy Christmas :)

definitely not. if she wants it, she can earn the money herself and buy it

Yep, I'd skip it too.

It's highly likely I would not buy it. This is the reason I make my girls give me more than one idea. That way if its something I think is not going to be used and waste of money I won't buy it and skip to something else on their list.

I would not buy it for her. If you know she won't play with it then you will be wasting $50. I have done this more than one time, buying the toy they desperately want knowing it will go untouched. Each time as expected the toy comes out of the box and is never played with. I agree with Krista B, let her earn money and buy it for herself. She will either change her mind, realize it's not worth it, or buy it with her earned money. My daughter wanted a $200. item, we talked about it and she decided to save her money to get it herself. After a while of saving and realizing it would be a while to reach her goal, she learned the value of money and decided she didn't want it that badly.

I agree with the others... she doesn't have to get everything she "wants." My son wants a pillow pet. He has so many stuffies on his bed that he barely fit on it and I know it will just end up another one being moved from place to place because we have no room for it. My kids know that they can make a list and put anything they want on it, but it doesn't mean that they'll get everything.

Tell to ask Grandma and Grandpa! That's what my mom did when I asked for something she knew she wasn't going to buy me. It usually worked since grandparents are usually a little more on the side of "She'll love it", not like us parents who are like you said "She'll never play with it" :)

I would say yes to Kitty...I think they are so neat.

My daughter does this. We have 6 small furr real from birthdays that are sitting on a shelf. I finally did the her money thing. She decided to buy something else

I wouldn't. Sounds like a pretty dumb toy that like you said, she'll be excited about for about a day and then forget about. If she is not still actually believing in Santa, then you just say, sorry, not in the budget with everything else you want. My daughter is 4 so of course Santa is still real in our house, and I'm already prepping her by saying that neither Santa nor us can get her everything that she may decide to put on her list. At 11 years old, she can decide that if she has Christmas or birthday money or allowance money saved up, she can buy the toy herself if she wants it that badly. Then at least it's "her" money she's wasting and maybe she will learn a valuable lesson.

My daughter is in the same boat. She wants this doll called Little Mommy that talks etc, but it costs $40. Thing is she never EVER plays with dolls, plus she has a baby sister that does the same thing.

We are not getting it for her. She will be thrilled with the other stuff she is getting.

Not sure. Personally, I'd rather get my DD a toy at that age than a cell phone. Pretty soon the cell phone will be number one on her list, and kitty toys, she will feel she is old for them. If she still wants toys, I'd buy toys. Kids grow up too fast. You still don't have to go overboard and get each and every thing she wants.

If she really wants it she'll buy it after Christmas with her own money!