Gift for a 2 year old?

gingin_2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legler-2849-Tea-Set-Rose/dp/B004M8WIJW/ref=sr_1_29?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1342197266&sr=1-29

There are lots of nice wooden kitchen toys. That was my daughter's "thing". The tea set is just an example but there are lots of cheaper bits, I just put wooden kitchen toys into the search.

rollnchips

Look on notonthehighstreet, their sellers have lots of items that would make lovely gifts. Obvious choices would be rag doll.

They have a header for baby and child incase you need inspiration.

chunkychocky

browneyedbazzi wrote: »

What do you think of this? Would it go down well in your house?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wooden-Pull-Along-Chicken-Eggs/dp/B005COWHAA/ref=pd_sim_sbs_k_h_b_cs_19

Yes! We have a wooden ant with an egg on its back and it is brilliant. The eggs rotate as you pull it along. Lots of fun.

chunkychocky

gingin wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legler-2849-Tea-Set-Rose/dp/B004M8WIJW/ref=sr_1_29?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1342197266&sr=1-29

There are lots of nice wooden kitchen toys. That was my daughter's "thing". The tea set is just an example but there are lots of cheaper bits, I just put wooden kitchen toys into the search.

Actually yes wooden kitchen toys are popular too. You can even get them now in places like ELC, M&S etc, so very easy to find.

chunkychocky

shop-to-drop wrote: »

I'd say that's too young. I'd more likely buy that for a first birthday present.

I think one of mine got it for Christmas when they were around 18 months old, but it was played with regularly until 3 years old and even now (aged 4 and 6) they still giggle when they get it out and have a 5 minute play.

The wooden kitchen things probably has a longer appeal to be fair.

Mayflower10cat

Cardboard kits are great! There are lots of companies producing cardboard flatpack kits to build anything from dolls houses to entire space ships. My dad bought a cardboard 'rocket 'for me when I was very young - it sat in the garden until an unexpected deluge turned it into mush! All it needs is imagination as some of the kits are quite basic - but you know the old chestnut about kids preferring the box to the present...?! Just googling now for an example, this is the sort of thing I'm talking about http://www.w4artclub.com/shop.cardboard.toys.html

pinkclouds

Mayflower10cat wrote: »

Cardboard kits are great! There are lots of companies producing cardboard flatpack kits to build anything from dolls houses to entire space ships. My dad bought a cardboard 'rocket 'for me when I was very young - it sat in the garden until an unexpected deluge turned it into mush! All it needs is imagination as some of the kits are quite basic - but you know the old chestnut about kids preferring the box to the present...?! Just googling now for an example, this is the sort of thing I'm talking about http://www.w4artclub.com/shop.cardboard.toys.html

^We have the space rocket one.

jenhug

a fruit tree.

pinkclouds

gingin wrote: »

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legler-2849-Tea-Set-Rose/dp/B004M8WIJW/ref=sr_1_29?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1342197266&sr=1-29

There are lots of nice wooden kitchen toys. That was my daughter's "thing". The tea set is just an example but there are lots of cheaper bits, I just put wooden kitchen toys into the search.

Personally, I wouldn't go with a wooden tea set - tin would be a better option. You can actually use it with water (or cool tea) and it doesn't break like china (although it will dent - badly).

For wooden food toys, I'd go with the kind that velcro together, like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Melissa-Doug-Sandwich-Making-Set/dp/B00210E0VM/

Melissa & Doug toys are generally fab and they do lots of wooden ones. "We" particularly like their piano.

daska

Being two she's unlikely to notice who gives her what, so you could consider something less obvious. For example, if her mum/nan/other is a keen baker there are some good sets of childsize kitchen utensils (rolling pin, apron etc) and I have a huge collection of novelty cake tins because DS1 got given one pretty much every year by somebody in whatever theme he was particularly keen on at the time. Ditto gardening there are some incredibly cute trugs with child size tools.