Help - my twins are turning 4

[HotI]

i;m a bit late, but thought of this last night when i couldn't sleep- you could get new backpacks, lunchboxes or pencil cases for kinder or school.

[Traveller]

Thanks HotI, I did consider new backpacks but TBH they have ones that are just fine. Next birthday/Christmas I will get them new things for school though because they don't start until 2013. Thanks for the suggestion though

[nickle730]

I know you have already bought presents, but maybe for next year... I buy my kids a canvas and oil or acrylic paints with some cheap brushes. I put them out on the grass on an old painting drop sheet and let them create an artwork. When they are done and the paint is dry, the artwork is hung in my study ('the Gallery'!). The kids LOVE doing the painting and I love the result! You could always hang the painting in their bedrooms if they wanted to. It entertains them for hours... I buy all the bits and pieces, including the canvas) from the $2 shops and it works out pretty cheap, maybe $30 for 2 x canvas, paints, brushes and a palette.

Just make sure you wait for a nice day and get them painting in an old pair of knickers because the paint won't wash out of clothing! (But a water soluble paint doesn't work as well).

[Traveller]

I haven't bought them yet, that'll be Tuesday, so I have added the canvas idea to the craft kit I will be getting from my mum. Brilliant idea, thanks!

[krysalyss]

I haven't read all of the replies yet, but my DS is 4 and he likes mechano sets. The ones for that age are flexible and though they need a bit of help they are great for them to learn reading instructions and putting things together and looking at a 2D picture and thinking about it in 3D. DS is pretty good now with it. I think I underestimated that kind of thing for his age.

[Traveller]

I love mecanno, but because the twins are the youngest kids we already have so much meccano, lego, etc that we don't really need any more. One of the problems having 4 kids