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Since we are talking hits and misses of the year I am in search of the really obnoxious.

 

My kids were lucky this year and didn't get anything that drove me nuts. BUT, I was joking with my niece that I got her kids (all 4 of them) safe quiet gifts like pjs and books. Meanwhile she got mine (all 3 of them) nerf guns that they run around shooting. So, I told her game on for next year. Then she said the famous words "Bring it on!" So, now I am off looking for obnoxious stuff for each of her kids next year. They will be 9 (girl) and boys ages 4 and 2.

 

Anyone get or give anything really annoying???? Thanks!

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My sister and I always tease about that. She said she was going to buy my little guys Kota. I told her I would get her daughter the Hannah Montana Malibu House. For us these are not good toys (others may think they were great). But we have 4 boys and live in 3000 sq ft house. She has 3 girls and her house is about the same. You tend to run out of room after having a few kids and multiple Christmas presents of Barbie Townhouses and big toys like that. My house is usually pretty organized, because my boys love video games and they neatly go into the storage ottoman in the loft where they have all their video games.

 

I have found I usually win with the "obnoxious" gifts because it seems everything for girls comes with a bazillion little pieces. She now has Pixos all over her house. I bought her a little sewing machine that has to be a pain. I got them a cupcake maker and that has to be a mess. oh, man, I'm not a really good sister. But I'm a GREAT AUNT!!! :D

 

Neither one of us have, but I hear that Moon Sand is really messy. And a big set of little legos is really obnoxious.

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You could always go with a "group gift" like "Melissa and Doug Band in a Box" from Amazon. But still get the individual gifts they really want. There is nothing more "nut driving" than kids banging on musical instruments all at the same time!
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last christmas at work we had a pollyanna.the person that got my name was a russian guy he didnt understand what i wrote down i have a small hoop in the tragus of my ear i wanted 1 earring well he got me a bracelet a necklace and a big perfume kit powder hand creme body spray well since last year it was still laying on the bookshelf so christmas morning my sons said open this one now hurry hurry i opened it and when i noticed it was a bracelet i thought wow i think i got this same one last year from work then my sons started laughing they said hey mom we just regifted your own present to you!
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DS got a Supermario noise maker w/ 6 separate sounds. I bet you could buy it from him... or wait 3 months, he'll forget, and if I haven't broken it yet I can send it to you
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I gave nieces and nephews, and my own kids the sling animals - that screech when they land! I always get one obnoxious gift. talked to my brother at noon on christmas, and he's already hid them from his 2 kids!
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My DS received a LOUD fire truck... I am waiting for the batteries to wear down. My DD9 & DD7 like their Jonus Brothers and HSM3 CDs really loud. The novelty of it should slowly go with time:)
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I gave my 24 year old brother and 23 year old BIL LightSabers and squirt guns. Mom was ready to choke me!

 

DS9 also got my brother (who still lives at home) an intruder alarm for his room from the Dollar Tree. It lets out a high pierced squeal, and he keeps putting it random places, so whenever they open a cabinet door or something, it goes off.

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My MIL gave my ds a battery operated guitar with push buttons...very annoying. Come to think of it, she's also the one who gave us the Furreal pets cat that have a really loud meow and shedding fur...I guess the shedding is to make it all the more Fur "real".

 

The parents brand drum and instrument kit is very cute, but I had to confiscate the drum sticks because everything suddenly became a drum. They went to "toy wonderland" as in I wonder where that toy went? Hmmm...

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Those cheap little laser guns/machine guns are crazy annoying!

They had one at Target - generic brand. It is a space gun that lights up a makes a noise. I actually handed it to my kids to play with in the store. It's very loud and makes noise as long as you hold the trigger down instead of short bursts. I have a high tolerance for annoying, but this got under my skin fast. DS2 and DD3 both loved it. It was $5 before Christmas, but there is a good chance it is on clearance now.

 

We got:

Play makeup for DD5. Your niece is 9, be sure to include nail polish.

Colorwonder glitter paint set - not as mess free as I had hoped :(. Of course you could totally skip the whole "mess free" suggestion and go with straight finger paint. Or anything glitter.

Hannah Montana singing Barbie. She is loud. Don't even try to think while she is singing.

 

I got my nephew a Wacky Stick the year he was 2. He immediatly started hitting his mom in the head with it. Right now it looks like ebay is the only place to find it, but there might be others like it out there somewhere.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00000ISBQ/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=165793011&s=toys-and-games

 

hmmm, guess I don't know how to link a pic. Look here http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00000ISBQ/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=165793011&s=toys-and-games

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Those cheap little laser guns/machine guns are crazy annoying!

I second the moon sand! Got it last christmas and it still takes the cake!

I third the moon sand! We got it for them last Christmas and that was the worst mistake I've made since they were born. It was on their list this year, I just laughed and crossed it out.

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I gave nieces and nephews, and my own kids the sling animals - that screech when they land! I always get one obnoxious gift. talked to my brother at noon on christmas, and he's already hid them from his 2 kids!

OMG, we got one of those and it was terrible, when the battery got weak, it would go off randomly. It was terrible. He's gone now!

 

Walter the Farting dog is bad... hes a little stuffed animal (goes with a series of books) and when you squeeze him, he farts. At least it is audio only.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Walter-Farting-Dog-8-Plush/dp/B000MWB730/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1230798349&sr=8-5

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My sister, the woman with no kids of her own, gave my boys (4 & 12) both recorders(flute-like things), a bullhorn shaped thing that changes their voices into different sounds like robot and alien that is stuck on ear shattering, and a really loud RC robot that talks and shoots disks all over the house. Is it too early to start plotting my revenge?
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My sister, the woman with no kids of her own, gave my boys (4 & 12) both recorders(flute-like things), a bullhorn shaped thing that changes their voices into different sounds like robot and alien that is stuck on ear shattering, and a really loud RC robot that talks and shoots disks all over the house. Is it too early to start plotting my revenge?

time for the kids to spend a weekend with their aunt. make sure they pack all those toys!

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Moon sand is by far the worst creation yet! DD just HAD to have it one year and i haven't let her play with it since. Lots of well meaning family members bought her different sets because they knew she wanted it and I put them all in the gift closet!

 

She spent last Christmas with her real dad, he sent her home with a giant drum set, he spent several hundred on it but said he didn't have room for it. Well, neither do we! Its still in the garage in the original box!

 

When my cousins were small and got annoying gifts, my uncle would say "wanna bath with your new toy"? I thought that was a good one, hehe.

 

Forgot to mention I gave my nephews light sabers and after five minutes had almost put out my BIL's eye! Only thing that saved him was he was wearing his new sunglasses!!

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By far the worst thing this year is PIXOS. I just washed a load of DS7 clothes and he had them in his pocket. I took DS7 clothes out of the dryer and those stinkin' things are melted to different spots on his clothes. They didn't completely dissolve but they are stuck to everything. I think I will *forget* to pull them off of his underwear:gdevil: so he will think about it next time he puts them away.:yup: Away in his pocket that it.
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I got my cousin a Nick Slime gun. It shoots out slime that is "supposedly" safe as long as you clean it up immediately, LOL.

 

It was funny when we bought it too. We were at Wal-Mart and I asked my sons if they thought it was a good gift. My younger 7 year old said no because I wouldn't let them have it at our house. I told him "you're right I won't but this is going to Eric's house so that means it is ok with me if we buy it for him - his mom will have to deal with it not me". There was a Wal-Mart worker stocking the shelf and she just started snickering. I really did owe my Aunt though because she has bought my kids tons of noisy toys over the years. This was my first really obnoxious gift to her son.

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