My second hand Christmas gift guide.

If you’d have told me a few years ago I’d be buying second hand Christmas presents for my kids I’d have looked down my nose at you like some kind of snobby twat because that’s the sort of person I used to be. Just lately I’ve had fun looking round some charity shops and would now consider myself some what a second hand queen especially where it comes to stuff for the kids so

I’ve decided to put together a little second hand Christmas gift guide that I’ve been accumulating on the run up to Christmas because quite frankly I’m sick of spending a fortune on kids toys just for them to end up broken, lost or not played with. So I’ve been hunting down a few second hand bargains and I’m pretty impressed with with some treasures I’ve managed to hunt down.

Disclaimer… my kids will be getting new toys for Christmas to for anyone assuming I’m being a tight git.

So I’ve got a 5 year old and and 18 month old. The 5 year old is pretty easy because obviously he can tell me what he wants. But the 18 month old.. fuck me I’ve struggled with what to get her! I always thought having a girl would be easy but actually it’s really difficult when they can’t tell you what they want! So it’s been a bit of a difficult situation until that is I had a browse round the charity shops the other day and came away extatic with what I found.

So let’s get into it, first up is 3 absolute TREASURES I picked up in a local charity shop, we’ve got a wooden piano that looks practically brand new, a bus shape sorter that again is in mint condition and a train again that looks perfect I paid …. £6 for the lot! Can you believe it? Baby’s toys these days are ridiculously overpriced so i think I bagged myself a bargain with this lot! And River loves these sort of toys so she’s going to have a blast playing with them. Pictures below.

After finding the above beauties I went all out and started searching for presents on vinted and let me tell you when I say I got some fucking steals I really did get some fantastic finds!

So first up Rex wants a robot after looking on Amazon and various toy shops is was apparent I was not going to get a toy robot for anything under then £25 so after a cheeky little search on vinted BOOM I found a walking talking robot for drum roll please…. THREE QUID. Yes you heard it right, three British pounds…. And it’s bloody massive! I’ve not had a chance to put batteries in it yet but this is by far my favorite second hand find.

Christmas gift guide bargain number 3 goes to some magnificent monster trucks I came across once again on the good old website that is the gift that just keeps on giving, you guessed it! Vinted. Now rex hasn’t specifically asked for monster trucks for Christmas but I know how much he loves them and these were to good to not get! On Amazon your probably averaging £10-£15 for the size of this monster truck. Any guesses what I paid? I can now reveal I bought 3 trucks at £3 each!! And once again I was really surprised and excited to see how big they actually are for £3 a truck I grabbed an actual bloody bargain with these and saved god knows how much.

Another FAB charity shop find I’ve got to show you are these 2 puzzles, now Rex loves a good puzzle and he’s bloody brillaint at them but kids puzzles these days are ridiculously overpriced for what they are and he has this really bad habbit of tipping them out for a laugh and losing half the bits which is why id much rather get a pre loved one for a bit cheaper so when I saw them I just had to get them. the Toy Story one retails at around £8-£9 and the dinosaur one at £14.50 !! So you bet I bagged a bargain when I paid £4:50 for both!

Next up I was casually scrolling Facebook one day and it popped up that someone was getting rid of this snail toy for babies it looked pretty decent so I bagged that the second I clocked it. The women even delivered it for free! It didnt look that big in the picture but blow me down it’s huge! It lights up and makes noises and rivers going to love it. And it was fucking free!! after a quick search online something similar to this is retailing for about £15 and up so I really think I bagged a second hand bargain.

Now last but by no means least I think we all need to take a seat for this next gem because OH MY FUCKING GOD just crown me the thrifting queen and be done with it because nothing is going to top this next item… I only went and bagged myself a FREE puppet show and puppets that again is in mint condition! After abit of online searching youd be paying roughly £75 for one similar to this brand new. Choice of purchase this time was good old Facebook market place, I think I just happend to be lucky and get in there first because I think this would have been snapped up in a heartbeat to be honest. I literary couldn’t be any happier right now. It’s currently being stored in my dads shed because it’s so big it would be impossible to hide from sneaky little eyes.

Second hand is really becoming the “in” thing, if you’d of told me a few years ago I’d be buying second hand Christmas presents for my kids I would have been so embarrassed, now look at me! Basically a second hand sensation thrifting to the high heavens, saving money and the planet and making my kids happy. I’ve really enjoyed putting together my second hand gift guide and I’m going to enjoy my kids opening their second hand gifts even more!

Merry Christmas and remember buy pre loved where possible 🫶

Z

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