1st Birthday Present Ideas

[JordieC]

DD's birthday isn't for 2 1/2 months but starting to think now what we would like to get her. I don't want to get her toys or clothes as such because she will prob get those of relatives and friends. We were thinking about getting a wooden toy box and/or maybe a kids table and chairs set.

I was just wondering if anyone had any other cool ideas - something I may not have thought of! What did you get your kids (in particular daughter) for their 1st birthday?

Thanks!

[feeb]

What about a rocking horse.

A friend of mine her parents bought her kids one for christmas last year when she had a 2 year old and a nearly 1 year old and the younger child loves it more!!

Or a trampoline or swing set.

[Arimeh]

One of DS's best gifts from our friends was a rocking horse - he LOVED it... he got lots of bikes too... we got him a basketball ring as well (like a tiny one) and he loves to shoot hoops - not very "girly" I know, but basketballers can be chicks too.. lol
We got him a chair of his very own to sit in from IKEA and he loves that too - thats where he eats (pulled up to the coffee table)

[sunshine_sieben]

Table & Chairs is a good idea. That's what DD got from her grandparents. She loves climbing on it.

Or a trike??? One of those ones that they can ride on and push themselves along or use pedals and that also has a handle at the back so you can push her.

Paper and Crayons?

A doll. Just around the time of her first bday DD got interested in dolls. i know, you didn't want to do toys, but that's hard...

A sandbox if you have a backyard..

Sorry, I'm all out of ideas.
Sasa

[Trillian]

We decided to get our kids furniture for their first birthdays too - our first got a toybox, our first DD got a table and chair set which we brought in plain timber and then painted; our 2nd DD got a toy box (in the Flowers theme from the Off The Wall range - gorgeous it is) and we will get A a bookshelf in the traffic theme from the Off The Wall range too.

[Evie76]

DH and I bought Daniel some "Megablocks" for his first birthday. They're big legos. He looooves them.

To start off with he would just carry them around because they're brightly coloured, but now - four months later - he builds things.

I'm really glad I bought them for him - they're a real dexterity item. He exercises his little brain coordinating putting the blocks together.

LP

[mrsr]

I guess kids aren't really fussy at 1 year of age but I think, something that they can keep as they get older is nice.

My mum swears blind she's going to buy Jack a shaving kit for his 1st birthday because he was a furry little thing when he was born...he still has a faint mustache...poor love.

[smiles4u]

I got my daughter last year for your 1st b'day a gold baby bracelet that you can engrave a name on ... which had an extended chain on it so she can also wear when she is older ... a treasured keepsake & hopefully one day an heirloom

My younger sister got her a beautiful porcelain doll

... and my older sister got her a tiny little tiara

Her 89year old great-great uncle got her, her very 1st doll's pram

and her great-uncle got her a rocking horse !!

My Dad made her a beautiful doll's cradle !!!!