I (thankfully) listened to the voice in my head a week before Christmas... I had thought I should make a bag for my niece(5) because I'd made a pirate backpack for my nephew (8). I was getting stressed and not going to be able to finish everything I needed to. I got the message "don't stress over it, she won't appreciate it at her age anyway if it isn't a toy". When they opened presents, he loved his bag (and everything else-started putting the books and game in the bag), and she just tossed anything that wasn't a toy (books and clothes) in a pile. What a relief I hadn't stayed up late for something that would have been discarded so easily. I'm sorry you had that experience though. My mom made shopping sized bags for EVERYONE this year. But there was something in each bag too, that was how she wrapped gifts this year... I was worried about the reaction she might get, but mostly it was "Oh my, you MADE this for ME!"