Birthday Presents for 5 Year Old

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Alleycat

Poundland and the like usually have some great craft sets as do some supermarkets like Asda and Morrisons. Also there may still be a few bits in the sales in Marks.

Alternatively, if mum and dad don't mind too much things like bright nail polishes and nail stickers from Savers.

Lunar_Eclipse

I agree with the craft angle as an option, but would avoid stationery. (since I have a daughter who hates it due to infant school gift overload.) However, if you do go down this route, supermarket quality is much better than "Poundland", though Wilkinsons is fine.

If money were really tight, I'd bake and decorate a batch of biscuits and put them in a nice jar, tied with ribbon and a pretty tag. Someone did this for DD2's 5th birthday (as it happens) and it was a much treasured gift at the time, as well as being remembered.

Another fairly uncommon gift that was also loved here was a small handbag from GAP Kids with a few coins in it.

Funky (character) bubble bath and bath soap in a squirty tin have also had good responses. Alternatively, something like a My Little Pony?

Or how about making up a gift in a jar? Layer ingredients to make something like a batch of chocolate chip cookies. Looks great, is unique and very cheap.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Apparently Lala Loopsie dolls are very popular. I earned extra credit for getting one for a four and a half year old, anyhow.

Toto

Unless you know the girls are into girly stuff I would stay away from dolls and pink glittery things. My 5 year old isn't the least bit interested in anything like that. She loves spiderman and tom and jerry at the moment


Craft things are good, anything which requires painting is usually a winner. She gets bored with colouring pretty quickly these days but she loves some practice handwriting books she has.


She does like things which seem a bit grown up, she loves her watch now she's learning to tell the time, she'll tell everyone who listens what time it is.


She also really enjoys simple board games she can play with others such as the orchard range, can't go wrong with those in my opinion.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Toto wrote: »

Unless you know the girls are into girly stuff I would stay away from dolls and pink glittery things. My 5 year old isn't the least bit interested in anything like that. She loves spiderman and tom and jerry at the moment


Craft things are good, anything which requires painting is usually a winner. She gets bored with colouring pretty quickly these days but she loves some practice handwriting books she has.


She does like things which seem a bit grown up, she loves her watch now she's learning to tell the time, she'll tell everyone who listens what time it is.


She also really enjoys simple board games she can play with others such as the orchard range, can't go wrong with those in my opinion.

Every kid is different, I agree. I wanted Spider-Man stuff at that age (and beyond ). But I also had a large collection of board games - and nobody to play them with.

Plus, there's only so much Stuff a kid can have before their room resembles a bring and buy sale.