Kids birthday party- gift giving amount

[Dawnlight]

Just curious what the average gift-giving amount is for kids birthday parties in your circle of friends/family or area.

This is more for non-relatives than family.

Thanks!

 

[Mizzoufan]

10-20 for non family and then usually a gift card to Walmart. Since I have no clue what they might or might not have.

 

[Kellykins1218]

I rarely spend more than $10. Because I have all boys, I tend to buy things like small R/C cars after Christmas & on summer clearance for around $5. I stock up on them for birthday parties. Even adding batteries I can stay around the $10 mark.

 

[aprilgail]

for non good friends its 20-25, for best friends its 30-40. We are past the little kids parties now and onto sweet 16's which are 50-100!!

 

[THEDISNEYTHREE]

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[mamamary]

$25 or so for friends

 

[Tiffylv]

.

 

[Disneylover99]

I spend between $30-$50.

 

[NewRVLady]

I used to spend $20
slightly off topic-
so funny-I always thought when I had a grandchild I would go overboard.
For new/first Grandson's first birthday
DH and I saw a ride on (scoot with your feet) Thomas the train with sounds and bought on the spot. It was only $50 and he adored it!!!

 

[bsblady01]

we do $20.00 for kids party's

 

[mombrontrent]

When t's fora friends birthday party I spend around $20-25, a little more for a best friend or a relative.

 

[KateP85]

About $30. My 2-year old just had his first preschool birthday party, and we bought them a hardback book, a Spiderman art set, and a card. I think it came to $32, which seemed about right.

 

[poohfriend77]

We do $20-25, and maybe a little more for *best* friends. But my kids are older now (12 and 10), and the invitations have slowed down a bit. I definitely shopped sales/clearance for gifts closer to $10-15 when they were getting those whole-class invitations a couple times each month.

 

[superme80]

$10 for a friend and $20 for family. The boys just went to their cousin's joint birthday a couple of weeks ago. I bought both boys Iron Man hands for pretend combat. They were $20 each at Kmart and I had some surprise points.

 

[Vicki926]

A gift around $20 when my kids were small.
Now $20 bill in a card all the time, every party.
My son had friends over for his 14th birthday last night. He got 2 cards with $20 in each, and the rest just walked in and gave him $20 cash. I felt like we were charging to hang out at my house. LOL

 

[Hrhpd]

Usually a $25 gift card or similarly priced gift and then the card and gift bag, so around $30

 

[worm761]

Honestly, it depends on the kid. Back when my son was little I topped out at $20 for friends gifts with the exception of best friend. Now, I'm all about what the kid will like. We have a birthday party for 2 kids (siblings 1 and 3 years old) this coming Saturday. We spent $10 on the 1 year old but she will LOVE it. And for her bother we spent a little over $40 and he will also LOVE it. It isn't about the dollar amount. It's about how much the kid will enjoy the toy.

 

[cjbcam]

For kids friends 20-30. For Besties and family 40.