'I'm keeping Christmas gifts to £100 per child this year'

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A mum who limits Christmas spending to £100 per child says she is "standing by her own values" despite external pressure

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00:00We set a £100 budget for each child for Christmas, so this is everything that I got for my two-year-old.

00:05I'm talking stocking, gifts from us, and gifts from Santa.

00:09First up, these are the stocking fillers. We have got some bubble baths from B&M,

00:12we've got quite a few bits from Teami, we've got a set of socks, a little bath sponge,

00:17we've got some of these squidgees, two cookies, a little gingerbread maker kit,

00:24some bath bombs, some little foam stickers, gold coins, a harmonica and just a roll of animal stickers.

00:33And then these here are his main gifts.

00:36Now I actually ended up paying £5 for this set, and I've got a whole bag over here of all the little people too.

00:43I bought a £20 bundle off Facebook Marketplace, took the bits out I needed and resold the rest on,

00:48so I ended up only paying £5 for what I've got there, so that was an absolute bargain.

00:53We got him the Bluey recycling truck, which was from Smiths.

00:56From the wooden toy events, we're going to give him a wooden teal shopping basket and a coffee machine.

01:02I got him two little Thomas trucks.

01:05We've got this little doggy buddy, which is battery-operated, so it moves.

01:10We've got a couple of the little vegetable toys from Aldi, a shopping trolley, which he is going to be obsessed with,

01:17and then also this little game from TeamU.

01:20Now I know a lot of people say £100 is not enough, but I feel like that is absolutely plenty of things for a 2-year-old.

01:28He's going to absolutely love it. I can't wait to see his face on Christmas Day.

01:31This has to be the most controversial video that I posted last year.

01:36I am doing it again. This is everything we got my 10-year-old stepdaughter for Christmas for £100.

01:42This is her stocking, so she's got a little Percy pouch there.

01:47She's got some highlighters, she's got some pens, cookies, hair ribbons, lip balms, a little lip gloss, a hot chocolate,

01:55some socks, some glittery felt-tip pens, and some little post-it notes.

02:00All of that there was literally less than £15.

02:04These are all of her main gifts.

02:07She has requested, this was on her Christmas list, a loom band kit, which is from Amazon. These are so cheap.

02:12I got her some penny sweets because I know that she will love that.

02:16This here is a pack of those little squishy things.

02:21Again, from Team New Super Cheap.

02:23We've got her a couple of packs of Lilo & Stitch diamond painting kits.

02:28She, again, this was on her Christmas list, she wants to start collecting these mini brands, so there's two in there.

02:33They were the home ones, which again was her request.

02:36Another thing that she is obsessed with at the moment is bubble tea, so that was on the Christmas list to get her a bubble tea set.

02:43I got her a couple of these little squishies from Aldi.

02:46A cushion for her bedroom, again, that was a request.

02:50I got her some Squishmallows little body sprays. She's very into body spray at the moment.

02:55Of course, we've got pants.

02:57We have got some slippers, because again, she needs a new pair of slippers ready for this year.

03:02I thought they were super cute.

03:03We've got her a pair of cosy pyjamas.

03:06And then the last thing that I got her, this. This is a request.

03:09So this is a punch needle kit. We saw a video of it a little while ago and she requested one, so I got that from Amazon.

03:15And then her actual main gift this year is we have got her a ticket to go and see Six The Musical in London.

03:22We managed to get a ticket for £35.

03:24Obviously, myself and my husband will take her, but that won't be included in the price of her Christmas bits.

03:29So that is her main present.

03:31So that is everything I got.

03:32I have to admit, I have had to shop savvy.

03:35I have had to be super careful.

03:36This is probably marginally over £100.

03:39I'm going to say this is probably about £110, possibly £115, but I think we did really well.

03:43I think she's going to love it.

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