Ideas please - Three year old girl, £10-£15 budget :)

earthmother

I'm stuck. She has two older brothers, and is a bit of a tomboy.

They're getting playsets (a pirate ship for one, a Matchbox Hero City playhouse thingy for the other), and I'd like to get something along a similar line for her - that is, something with plenty of scope, rather than just a doll etc.

There's also the added factor that a new baby is due in the house in January, so I'm trying to get things that won't be too dangerous for them (no tiny fiddly bits).

So, any ideas? I'm not used to buying for girls, lol.

CLARABEL

how about play doh barber shop style thing? my ds loves his to death!!

or some kind of mixed craft box with beads, glitters, felts etc

or a second hand dolls house?



or some dressingup stuff in a big bag?(secnd hand charity stuff good for this)


:A clara:A

morveryn

My young daughter loves anything to do with animals or dressing up. She's not keen on dolls and very rarely plays with them.

bubblebathgirl

i would second dressing up outfits my dd (5) seems to have a fetish for bridal wear at th mo

SammyD_2

Duplo has some nice sets for that age range, or else ELC has a range of "little village" pieces - my son who is three was given one for his birthday and he wont stop playing with it - he got the vet set, and we will add to it for Christmas.

Edinburghlass_2

I too would go for animals, my daughter loved anything horsey! You can get stables with horses or the vet type sets are good, we had the Animal Hospital play sets, although perhaps at that age it was more the Pingu playset with igloo

jetty

how about one of those doodle bears? she can draw on it with special pens and they have one that glows in the dark in woolies.

or how about a megasketcher? my daughter was a tomboy (now into princess) but she still loves it

Nyla1979

I would also have to go with anything animal related, the ELC sell wild animals similar to the animals you get in farm sets but slightly bigger, they also sell a baby version of the animals for about £1 my daughter who is two loves playing 'mommy's and babies' with them!

She also loves cars, pirates, and barbies!

MissBehaving

My DD is 3 1/2 and she loves playing with her Tomy Megasketcher.
Basically it is like a etch-a-sketch but easier to use.

We got ours from Toys-r-us and I think I paid about £15.

shimmigirl

I too have a little girl of 3 and can confirm the favourite toys of the moment are: mega blocks how about this:
http://www.wilkoplus.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=26525&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=14007

Also animals as mentioned above - we bought a lion king set in Disneystore and they go with her everywhere see here
http://disneystore-shopping.disney.co.uk/ProdDetails.aspx?id=26349

she also like the duplo that she has we bout a set that makes animal shapes, crocodile, elephant, lion & giraffe you don't seem to get the sets any longer but there are lots of other sets to promote creativity.

there is always little people playsets and although my daughter still loves hers I would think that 3yrs old may be a little old for this, but if you like the idea and can afford a little more than your budget this is great:

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50716307

hope some of the ideas help

sazzlewhit

What about a Fairy Playset my daughter is 3 years old has one for elc
thats like a toad stool that opens up