So - my daughter turned 3 a few weeks ago. My son (turned 5 on Sunday) was looking for her toddler bed... which WAS in our guest room last summer, but at one point I moved it into the extra closet in my daughters bedroom.
My son went into the guest room to look for the toddler bed, and discovered some of the birthday and Christmas gifts I hid in there. He says he saw the lego's. :(
I have two big sets of an off brand (best lock) lego's I bought at Costco this fall. He only saw the corner of the package, not the front. He probably has an idea of the "theme" of them, but not much more.
My husband and I are wondering if we can build the lego's into the vehicles and have them still be a bigger Santa gift for the boys, or should we just wrap them and put them out under the tree from he and I... or donate them to Toys for Tot's...
I don't have a back up idea for them, and really don't want to go shopping for them at this point... but am worried about losing some of the magic of Santa... the boys are only 5 and 6... I hope to keep the Santa magic for at least a few more years.
What do you think? Can we build them, put them out from Santa since he didn't really see much of what the sets are? Or is it too risky?
J.
To risky to give it as a Santa gift. Safest thing to do is just give it from Mom and Dad gift. I wouldn't donate it as he may be just looking forward to getting the gift he accidentally found.
Marda's answer or give them as gifts from you and do something else from Ssnta. I have a 5 year old son and I think those two options would fly.... Not so much if you build them. ....
Bummer.
Give it to him from you and pick something else as a Santa gift.
Let him build it himself or with you - we loved building Legos with our son till he was old enough to build on his own (I miss building with him now).
Kids find birthday/Christmas gifts sometimes - you just work around it a bit - and get used to hiding things higher (till he's tall enough to reach the new spot).
Not giving it to him would be a disappointment for him.
I suggest that you're over thinking this. Wrap the gifts and give them to him. If he wants to know why they were in the house before Christmas tell him that Santa left them ahead of time because he has so many homes to visit.
As you said, he doesn't know much about them. They will still be a surprise and he'll love them.
Children are prone to think Santa is real even when faced with the truth. I remember, when I was a preschooler, watching my parents and grandparents putting an unwrapped rocking chair out. I still thought it came from Santa. I didn't even question that the adults were arranging gifts.
I would still give it to him and swap another gift you have for him from santa.
I wouldn't build it up for them. That takes away part of the fun of getting leggos :)
Too risky. Return or donate them to Toys For Tots!
Santa never BUILDS the Lego stuff does he?
Hi J. I would re hide the gifts in a place where the kids know is off limits. Out of sight out of mind. They will soon hopefully forget that the legos were even there. I am a single mom and have had to do some X mas shopping with my 6 year old daughter and my almost 3 year old son. I simply said we were getting the gifts for a family memeber and hide them she hasnt asked about them and I have them hidden in a place my kids knows is an off limits place. On X mas the spirit of Santa is still well alive. Good Luck to what ever you decide.
I would definitely wrap them and give them to him from you and your hubby!
