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Gift ideas for 2 year old girl (my own)?
My first baby is about to turn 2! I can't believe it. A few family members have asked me what to get DD for her birthday and I really don't have any ideas. We have tons of books and toys. As it is, I have to store some of her toys in the garage since we don't have room in the house for all of them. She has a doll she really likes, plenty of puzzles, and a small kitchen set. I just can't think of anything to get her. The only item I was considering was a water table since we have a patio behind our house. However, that's yet another thing I will have to store in the winter.
Anyway, if you have any ideas of small items or if you think she'd really like a water table, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Re: Gift ideas for 2 year old girl (my own)?
I generally asked for toys that encouraged creative play. Here are some things my 2 year old loves
Dollhouse
Water Table
Sand Box
Balls (we got her a tee ball set, it's fun)
Puzzles (she's already mastered a lot of the earlier ones so I have been buying her more complicated ones)
Matching Games
Art supplies
Things to dig with
Cars
Purse
Stroller and wagon for her babies
Little People Play sets
Dress up outfits
Blocks
Beads to string
Musical instruments
I think a water table is a great idea. More stuff - but we just got our friend's daughter a shopping cart with food and it was a huge hit. Does she already have a tea set? That won't take up much room.
Does she have an art easel and art supplies?
DD LOVES drawing/coloring, and uses her easel every day.
DS's two year old gift from us was a sandbox. DH made it, but the original plan was to just get him a turtle sandbox.
DD#1 loves her easel and crayons (I'm not brave enough for paint yet).
For her 2nd birthday, we also asked family and friends to make/bring a donation for the DC Diaper Bank. Just about everyone brought at least one package of diapers for donation and it cut down on the "stuff" in the house. Most folks still brought a little gift, but we didn't have nearly the volume of gifts as before.
We just opened our water table, and it was only moderately successful. I think DD will have more fun with it if another kid plays with it with her.
Currently, DD is completely obsessed with bubbles. It's literally the first word out of her mouth in the morning. What about bubble-related toys?
What about a gift certificate for the MoCo parks and recs? That way you can sign her up for a class.
I am going to suggest FFX parks and recs gift certificate for DS's bday this fall.
For us, we tried to think ahead to what she would like for the next year. The non-board books with real pages and longer stories were getting popular - the Llama Llama series, Pinkalicious (I only really liked the original), Tickle Monster, Duck and Goose books, Little Quack, Madeline, Curious George.
Also the smaller toys, like the Disney figurine sets from her preferred movies, and the little plush toys from the Disney store - she liked to play pretend with them. At first she loved the MMCH sets and then she got more into Nemo, Ariel, etc.
She also started liking the Little People sets more - the farm, the bus, etc. It was when she got her first castle set which she liked more than the LP house.
DVD's for trips and the Disney movies you think she will watch in the future.