Good Christmas Toys For The Kids? IDEAS PLEASE?

mr_and_mrs_t

I have been looking at carboots and ebay for toys for christmas.there are loads of things at the car boot ......bratz and barbie....which are great for girls. I got bratz game and bratz handbag for 50p each!

savingholmes

Hi - look at the finished baskets thread for ideas....

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=13746691&posted=1#post13746691

this one I posted yesterday/early this morning which should be great for your little girl. My DD is currently into Bratz, Hannah Montana and High School Musical. I got HSM2 for £6.99 from play.com which I was chuffed about - she had some birthday money, also got Hannah Montana - 2 dolls for £10 from Tesco reduced from £20 last weekend. My DD says with the Bratz I got her yesterday from Wilkos £12 reduced from £24 that I've got her Xmas present now.

For your little boy - my tesco was selling a hobby horse in the style of a shark which if put in water could be used to squirt water - half price £3.50 from £7. I find you can normally get £1 board books in the works. Wilkos has lots of half prices toys including for boys.... Asda have disney bubbles reduced with toy story toppers (and disney princess toppers).... Lots of bargains to be had.

I'm pretty much sorted for my DD and DS plus have a few party presents sorted thro the finished baskets thread...

I bought a mug yesterday for OH saying Hi gorgeous! that I'm planning to put some of his fave sweets in for Xmas.... I'm also earning vouchers through Bview - if you want to give it a go - just mention that "wisechoices" referred you and I get to benefit too. Hope to use Amazon vouchers from that for other presents at Xmas.

fiscalfreckles

One of the best things I bought mine at around that age was an easel. It was from ELC and has chalkboard on one side and white board (for use with wipe off pens) on the other. You can clip paper to it too, for painting. And the white side is magnetic so you can use it with magnetic letters, numbers & shapes.

They have produced many a work of art, played hangman & noughts & crosses etc, and played school with it. Its been out on the lawn a lot, sometimes as a scoreboard for various games.

It honestly has been one of the most used and longest used toys and they still use it now at 11 & 13 as a sort of message board.

*Louise*

My DS2 has just turned 3 and the toys he plays with constantly are his Matchbox cars, giant road mat and toy garage.

Other good things for that age range: Scooter, Quad bike (pedal power) small garden trampoline

For christmas Santa is bringing him a Vtech hand held console (to stop him trying to nick his big brother's nintendo DS!)

WartimeScrapingofMarmite

My little boy is 4 and he constantly plays with his toy cars that he had in his stocking last year. He also got a scooter last year which he still adores. He will be getting a DS Lite and game from us for Christmas (bought back in Feb when I found a good deal!)

In his stocking he is getting lots of Orchard Toys games, which I can highly recommend for little ones as they are sturdy and educational. My two play with theirs all the time, even my 8 year old daughter likes them! The best ones I have found are Greedy Gorilla, Tummy Ache and Washing Machine.

jopsey

my little boy was 3 in april and I fobbed him off with SS(21) old game boy advance for last Christmas when dad and SS got Ds lite's and he was more than happy with it ! IMO little ones don't see how much it cost's just how many there is .
I bought most of his gifts in Jan sales and just know he will be over the moon .... wait till they get 13 that's when the prob's begin xx

jopsey

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

last year i got my son (who was almost 4) a big playdough set, which had cutters for eggs and bacon, waffles ect and abotu 20 pots of playdough, which i got for about £15 i think in wilkinsons, he loved it and is still playing with it now, in fact he had it all out yesterday, the year before that i got a big box and filled it with paint glue crayons chalk, chalk board, pens, sticking stuff ect and he loved it, i like to go with crafty stuff as he loves making this, something i like to encourage and he loves it and always plays with it for the whole year
hope this helps
maria and the imps
xxxx

think I bought the same play doh set ,was it in a trolley type thing ? it has been used at least once a week since Christmas more if it's rainy ,took on holiday ,Nannas ect

sarahf191979

All my 2 boys (7 and 4) Play with from last xmas is Dr Who stuff and the Leapster hand held game we bought them (Agree these are the best things we bought have kept them quite for hours on long journeys), everything else was hardly touched after xmas day.

This year we have bought them some new Leapster games, and the classic series Dr.Who figures which I've just ordered.

Will be making them some bits too and getting them some craft stuff, but thats it this year, might sound like not a lot but the games are expensive and the Dr who figures aren't cheap either.

We also spent a fortune last year, and have promised not to do it this year.

Lillibet_2

My little boy has just turned 3, he adores playing with Thomas the Tank engine so we have bought him a 2nd hand Take along Thomas set from eaby, bought it in bits & pieces rather than 1 big lot so worked out cheaper, have got about £400 worth of Thomas set for approx £120. We plan to give him the engines, signals etc wrapped up indvidually in his stocking form Father Christmas & leave the track & buildings set up in the living room from Mum & Dad.

At this age cost clearly has nothing to do with it as they have no understanding of such matters, it's all about selecting the right thing for your child.

Good luck whatever you decide.;)

betterlife

hi for you girl what about a dolls house, you quiet ofter see them on freecycle, or i got one second hand for £20 in the paper, im doing it up for my little girl. my son when he was 2 and a half was really into dinosaurs and loved the jp film (i no it seems a bit old but older brothers influence) so we bought loads off ebay, they are still his fav toys.x