What is your 4-6 yr old girl getting??! I need ideas!!
As title suggests! Yes I am her mum, yes I should know what to get but OMG I find it so hard - could be partly my anxiety that goes through the roof with sensory overload in toy stores!
We try to buy open ended stuff, she loves jewellery making ( we have bought her a little set of beads) Strawberry shortcake (are those house things worth it?? Feel like they will be played with for 2 seconds!) loves playing in the mud and making mud pies, dolls, Barbies (comes and goes though), Lego (we have heaps - so I need fresh ideas!!
Hit me people hit me!! Doesn't help I also need to give MIL some ideas and also my mum
I know where you are coming from its hard enough for me to get ideas for gifts from us let alone to give family memebers ideas! My DD is very much an outside person
DD 5 is getting a Cars Go Cart, she has wanted a go cart for ages. My Parents are getting her one of those net things that you throw balls onto and they rebound. She is also gelling a pogo stick (with a round bottom) from someone.
My brother and SIL gave both girls a small musical jewellery box and they both love it.
We have also got a game for her leap pad.
Has your DD got one of those sand/water play tables our girls love making mud pies in it, very messy though. mum got the girls a pop up castle online which they have been playing with
Dress ups are always popular here
DD2 is only 3 but loves her plastic F&P Dolls House so we are getting her a bigger one for her b'day
DD1 is mad on her scooter
DD1 got one of those game sets with a tennis balll and two velcro catcher things that she likes
TBH we arent getting her much - we are doing a family road trip to Melb so that is kinda the big present!
We are getting small things:
a hula hoop
some dot to dot/writing books
a hairbrush/accessory kit
I know we're finding it hard to get them something that will love and just not fill the toy room even more.
So I got the girls to write a santa letter with me there. Then I just use the letter as inspiration as to what to get them. This year DD1 wants a trumpet, so instead we're getting her a recorder (I honestly dont think she'd know the difference) and a few other things for them to share (not too sure what to give DD2 from santa as she only asked for toys and more toys). I want to get them a milkshake maker (because its purple and well the girls just lvoe their milkshakes!) but not sure what else this year.
DD loves board games and books - her big ticket item this year is a doll house that fits her barbies in it. She's going to love it!
Board games are good because they can learn to follow the rules and lose happily - my mum has got DD a make-up set and OMG she is going to love that (watch out carpet!!)
Girls here are getting scooters, lava lamp for their bedrooms, body board and a dress for Christmas day.
During the year they got Leap pads they love, Lava art sets, Mosaiq jewellery box to make, art and craft supplies.
Our dolls house gets a work out with the toys all mixed up - Strawberey S, MLP and LPS. I was determined not to buy any more of those little bits.
We have tried to give practical suggestions, bathers and towels, clothes, lunchbox for school and also beanbags to rellies.
ETA - Kmart had a heap of $10 pressies that looked pretty good!
Well i have boys but if your girls are into contruction i really recommend MOBILO. you can buy lots of stuff to add to it. my boys LOVE it and so do all the kids who come over (many ages and both genders) to our place
so far my kids arent into the toys that are characters - dora, MLP etc so I dont know much about them... but i have heaps of construction, craft etc and they are great.
A swing set, a pillow pet, a barbie car. Barbie DVD, clothes, hair clips/bands, books - some educational, scooter, stocking fillers such as small puzzle, toothbrush, bubble bath stuff, etc
She would love a scooter but it wouldn't suit the area we live in she couldn't use it in the backyard or street. She is getting a Dora doll, (not ideal but she asked for it) an iorning board from her pop, some Mickey mouse clothes and a little mickey car, she is obsessed with him and finally baby Cinderella. She will get bubbles and new pencils too as stocking fillers.
Great ideas all!! Forgot about board games, I was going to hunt a few down and forgot about it, she's got a scooter from my mum /santa, and is not really a girly girl but in between really - will play Lego and trains with JJ but also get her dolls and Barbies out so you would think it would be easy! Going to look at the pogo stick too - looks like something both would enjoy!!!
From santa, a new bike. From us a boogie board, snorkel and flippers. From others, a globe of the world, skipping rpe, elastics, cookbook, Hairdresser doll head, clothes and books.
My dd is 4 and she has asked for a barbie cd player, a mighty beans trick track, and a library bag. Random lol. She asked for these things a few weeks and has been pretty consistent in wanting them so I'm pretty sure she'll be happy on Christmas morning.
The other thing that is played with massively is playdough, there are lots of interesting accessory sets that support open ended play.
Thanks MD!! She has a pink box of Lego Belville stuff ( had no idea that was what it was called!!) already plus all the other police/space pieces we have but might look and see if I can find some more to add to it!
Barbie all the way for my little miss 4 1/2! But we also got her some dress ups, a craft box (with glitter, stickers, coloured paper, scissors ect...), story books about things she loves or what is happening in her life (we got a book about going to pre school, one about dancing and a barbie story), some activity books with NSW cursive writing in it (sheis learning to write and LOVES to write at the moment), some playdough and playdough tools (roller, cutters, ect...).
Big thing we got for all of them is a swing set.
How about some outdoorsy stuff, like a soccer goal thingy, or those tennis sets with the ball on a string, a mini tramp, sand pit, water play table, slip n slide, subby house. OR some kitchen-ish stuff, like pots and pans, maybe a kitchen if she doesn't have one? Even if she doesn't kitchen stuff with playdough goes down well at our house! My DD loves it!! Or a dolls house with little dolls/people. Educational stuff like leapfrog or vtech computer-ish things.
connect 4
assorted jewellry from Diva
a digital camera (my old one so not a new one)
a zhu zhu pet castle thing
clothes
a tin bin from smiggle to house all her jewellry
some books
Beach towel
i'm not sure what the rest of the family is giving her.
What is your 4-6 yr old girl getting??! I need ideas!!
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