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Gift Giving for Kids

sarenu1sarenu1 member
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I'm torn.  I don't want to have a ton of presents under the tree for the kids.  I want to keep it light each year, because I know they will get a ton from family. 

So I want to give one really good toy each year (or maybe two small ones).

For C I'm leaning toward this:


My daughter is the harder one.  We got a big contain full of Duplo blocks from the neighbor (she had way to many given as gifts and she wants them reduced).

Do I:

1. Wrap up the Duplo blocks and give them as a gift.
2. Buy her a small gift and wrap up the Duplo blocks?
3. Give her the blocks and then buy her a good gift?

If it helps, I think I'm going to get her a Play Doh set.


Thoughts?

For the record, I've also got a book (Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Lorax) and a piece of clothing (pajamas for her and a diaper for him).
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Re: Gift Giving for Kids

  • unaveragejaneunaveragejane member
    I had a Play Doh Fun Factory growing up! I didn't realize they still made those. How cool!

    Okay, my thoughts on the gifts... I'd give the blocks, the play doh, and maybe something small-ish to go with it unless your oldest is able to have free access to the play doh all the time. (My oldest is 2, so play doh is a supervised activity; thus at my house, the doh wouldn't be something he could play with all day long like other toys and that kind of sucks a little bit of the fun out of it for me.) Maybe you could get something that both of the kids could use and enjoy together?
                 

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  • sarenu1sarenu1 member
    I really hate that my daughter's birthday is in January.  I feel like I'm giving her a ton of gifts.

    I think I'm going to give her the blocks and play doh for Christmas.  She's getting a princess doll from Santa at my parents.  And then I'll give her a Melissa and Doug sewing kit for her birthday.

    Blocks she can play with any time and C will love those as well.

    Plus I'm going to give him the ball popper, which she is fascinated with as well.

    I do like the idea of giving her something she can play with all the time.
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  • sarenu1sarenu1 member
    I'm thinking of taking her to the aquarium soon. That maybe a possibility.
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  • NKviewNKview member
    edited December 2014
    This isn't really what you asked, but we have the ball popper and my toddler loves it! It sounds like you've got a great plan and the Duplos will also be great for both of the kids.

    ETA: What's the Melissa and Doug sewing kit? That sounds neat! I did a super fast search online and I couldn't find it, though. (I need ideas for about the same age.)
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  • sarenu1sarenu1 member
    NKview said:
    This isn't really what you asked, but we have the ball popper and my toddler loves it! It sounds like you've got a great plan and the Duplos will also be great for both of the kids.

    ETA: What's the Melissa and Doug sewing kit? That sounds neat! I did a super fast search online and I couldn't find it, though. (I need ideas for about the same age.)
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GIJ4Y4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

    or this:


    I loved these as a kid.  I'll probably get the first one and save some of my thread spindles to add.
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  • NKviewNKview member
    @sarenu1 Thanks! Those look like fun.
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