No clue what to get toddler for Christmas

[epimetheus]

Oh yeah, one of those cheap electric toothbrushes

 

[kievonn]

@epimetheus Wow. This comment is getting directly copy-pasted into the list. Thank you

Something about this list is making me feel emotional/nostalgic. Your ideas will definitely be present on my daughter’s special days.

 

[yhudithagios]

@kievonn I'm giving my child a book (Let's Find Momo Outdoors), a toy (Perfection Junior or Lite Bright, whichever one that has a good sale), shoes (trying to find a pair of fuzzy house slippers with a cute doggie on it), and maybe some sort of yummy treat or dessert that has a doggie theme, like a doggie shaped cookie or something. He's a big fan of dogs this year.

 

[breakthewallsdown]

@kievonn We’re getting ours a play shop. I’m planning to buy it second hand and paint it. An ikea kitchen, hair styling mannequin and brio set are my other ideas!

 

[kievonn]

@breakthewallsdown Hair. Styling. Mannequin.

Wow, I completely forgot about how much time I spent with one of these braiding heads as a kid. My curly headed daughter is obsessed with “do my hair tonight” and “it’s okay I brush mommy hair?” She absolutely would adore this. THANK YOU

 

[breakthewallsdown]

@kievonn Yay! I hope she loves it! I think the idea came to me when my daughter clamped my ear with a butterfly clip

 

[kievonn]

@breakthewallsdown Ouch! No clue why I wasn’t thinking of that while my daughter was “brushing” my super curly hair… with her dustpan

 

[breakthewallsdown]

@kievonn Haha I can just imagine this they’re so random and hilarious

 

[lbgreen]

@kievonn Floor puzzles, play dough, paint- things to do easily with them or starting with them and then they can do it themselves.

 

[christeveanity]

@kievonn Bandaids

 

[katrina2017]

@kievonn Is she in a helper phase? Kid safe versions of adult items, like play kitchen, car keys, etc are often a safe bet. And it encourages imaginative play.

 

[kievonn]

@katrina2017 Oh jeez yeah she’s my little mini me when I do chores. Now that you mention it, I wonder if they make kid versions of the rubber gloves I use for dishes.

 

[katrina2017]

@kievonn Mine likes oversized versions of stuff so an adult rubber glove size small could work.

 

[kievonn]

@katrina2017 You know what, you’re so right.

 

[erin27]

@kievonn There's a Melissa and Doug "driving rug" we call ours. My daughter turned 3 at the end of September but she likes to get that out and drive the wooden cars it came with on there. I got a returned one from Amazon and it looked great.

We're over here in big sentence land as well. Has your daughter seen any Numberblocks? It's on BBC but we watch them on YouTube. There are some cute Numberblocks toys... we got a mathlink cube set of the numbers 1-10.

Hot Wheels are great too but I saw that suggested already.

We got some duplo-compatible marble tracks from Amazon also over the years and we might get more.

National Geographic also sells little science kits that we've done a few of. One popular one here are the marble tracks XD

Play-Doh is also a good bet here. My mom got her a set with little cookie molds and we make cookies a lot.

Another thing we've gotten a lot of mileage out of are crayons, paints, colored pencils, markers etc. Joann's (craft store if the chain isn't local to you) has unfinished wooden stuff you can buy to paint, like wooden stars or boxes or coasters etc.

Loose fabric leaves (maybe they're for home decor? IDK) are also a big hit here. They're out on the floor for days at a time to run through, toss, fold in to one another...

 

[kievonn]

@erin27 Wow, I think those fake leaves might be a big hit, she’s a ms Rachel kid so “the leaves are falling down” is a game we already play!

Also, YES!! Numberblocks used to be on DAILY in this home, she watched it on Netflix. That show + her number puzzles is what taught her to count to 30.

 

[lionelm]

@kievonn We got one of those toy catalogs in the mail and asked our daughter to circle the things she likes.

 

[kievonn]

@lionelm My luck, she’ll just pick all the $100+ stuff

 

[puree]

@kievonn Yoto

Scooter

Costumes (capes, crowns, shields, dr’s kit)

Magnetic tiles

John Deere build a Johnny tractor

Craft supplies (colourful masking tape, pipe cleaners, Pom poms, markers, stickers, construction paper)

Koala crate subscription

 

[imheretohelp]

@kievonn Perfect time to get her a bank account that builds money over time put in the amount you think you’d spend on her gifts and let it go to work for her