Mamas with Twins, Need Gift Advise!

I would say either is fine. It really depends on what you are buying and the age of the twins. We get a lot of "same, but a little different" gifts that seem to work great, but we get a lot of identical things also.

I'm a Mom of twins :) I will say that it depended on the gift for our girls. When they were young, if it was a toy or stuffed animal, then the same in a color variation was good (one likes pink, one likes purple). As they got older, buying 1 game they could play together was always popular, or an art set, etc. When they started on webkinz, our friends bought them the same one the first time so we put their letter on the tag and off they went.

Hope this helps!

I would say it depends on what you want to get. If you want to do clothing, I would say similar but not the same (i.e., different colors). If you want to do toys, then if the toys are something they need to play together, it is okay to get the same thing (i.e., the light sabres that one mama mentioned..these they'd play with together). If it's something that they can play with by themselves, then I would get each something different since it's not likely they will be playing with them at the same time.
As a twin, I can tell you that my sister and I are very different. And in most cases, I would not have wanted the same things she did unless it was something that we could do together.

I have twin girls who are almost three. I think it really depends on the kids and how old they are.

If they both like the same thing then I think it is OK to give the same thing, or the same thing in a different color, etc. so they each have their own to play with and not fight over the gift. If one kid is really into X and the other one isn't, then I'd give two different gifts entirely. We've also received bigger gifts that they can share without fighting (like a tent) and that works well, too. If the kids are older I'd prob. try to get them each a gift that fits what they like. It is hard being a twin and always having to share. You are thoughtful to think about that!

As a mom of three year old twin boys, I really prefer different gifts for them. Rarely do they play with their same toys at the exact same time so for me, it just creates clutter because there's an extra something. If they have different gifts, then they have more options of what to play with - afterall, twins are expected to share - our's came into the world sharing (space, that is) so that's their curse in life! LOL

I am not sure about with twins, but my SIL and our friends both have kids that are the same gender, close to the same age, and have similar interests. I have found that same, but not identical gifts seem to work well. IE one year both boys got light up light sabers, but in different colors, one year was frisbees and water guns, again, slightly different.

My girls are 7, and the same but different colors are great. When given a gift, they keep whatever is giving to them, and then they know which one is theirs, and there is no fighting about it. You get the same, they don't know which one is actually their, unless you write their names on a take or somehting. LIke everyone else.. I think the younger, they don't care so much, the older they get, the more they care. They want their own stuff.. Good luck!