What are you getting your kids for Christmas?

@robertharris I like shopping at a local toy consignment sale that's held in my town a few weeks before Christmas. My eldest wants a specific Paw Patrol toy, so I've been watching Facebook marketplace to see if I can find it used. Low waste is really important to me, and you can find some really unique toys secondhand, so FB and consignment sales are my bread and butter.
 
@robertharris I just finished all my kid shopping and am ready to brag! It’s kind of a lot when I type it all out. Probably too much. I might hold some back for their summer birthdays. And it’s not all crunchy.

Both: Dollhouse, Books

3.5: Name shirt, PJs, Melissa & Doug scissor skills book, Sarah Silk’s rainbow skytail, weather board

1.5: Name shirt, PJs, Gotz doll, Jack in the Box, Jellycat banana

Stockings: Cork hair bows (Honeycomb cork), Glo Pals, Bath bombs, Schleich/Papo, Holtziger, jingly bell things, plastic sound box things that moo or baa when you flip them over, stickers, chocolate, clementine

Books: I Just Ate My Friend, Skinnamarink, I’s the B’y, My Friends (Taro Gomi). They’re a bit random, but 3.5 likes to pretend to eat people, they both love song books (the Raffi ones are A+ if you don’t have them), and we were lent the Gomi book and it was a hit. We’re book fiends, so I may have recommendations if you give a little guidance! Current faves for both are: Little Excavator, Chu’s Day, Olivia, and Wolfie the Bunny. Wolfie would be a sweet choice with the new baby coming. Congratulations!
 
@noldoxis Thanks! I’m Jewish and overcompensating for my own deprived childhood, haha.

A weather board is a board which has symbols and measures to describe the weather. Google will explain it better. I have stashed the Lovevery one, but Tender Leaf also has a popular one.
 
@mario777 My 3.5yo loves that Lovevery weather board! Every morning we do the board before picking out her clothes. It also helps that we have a tree that looks JUST like one on the cards right outside her window.
 
@cadie That’s so cool about the tree! I’ve been holding it back because I was worried about adding another step to our painfully slow mornings, but there’s been so much resistance to weather appropriate clothing and I’m hoping it helps.
 
@mario777 I don't think that's too much or anything! Those are all really cool things and will be a fun Christmas morning.

Ohh okay, I didn't realize this was something across brands. It sounds cool! My daughter is only a year, but this would be cool for a future birthday or Christmas I think.
 
@robertharris Lovevery came out with a cool music set so I’m thinking something like that.

I’m also a huge fan of Melissa and Doug toys.

I think both our toddlers would really like some kind of music/story player but I’m not really thrilled with the toonie or whatever it’s called. So I have no clue.

Both my toddlers are really into babies and im a few days from having our third so I’m thinking about more things to fill that out.

Really anything in general that facilitates pretend play or gross motor play.

I also do a lot of poking around on Facebook marketplace. I feel a lot better about buying toys that our kids may or may not like second hand. Heck, one toy that has lasted for years has been a $12 pretend kitchen that has a doll house on the other side. My kiddos both play with that about every day.
 
@cadie We were gifted a tonie for a birthday one year, and I am not a fan of their story selection. We borrowed a Yoto for travel and I LOVED it. The stories seemed better, and we had so much fun with the cards that we could record ourselves - I just read our favorite books and the kids loved it!
 
@cadie Also chiming in to say how much we love our Yoto mini! We gave it to our toddler last year for Christmas and we all truly love it. If you sign up for Target Circle, you can use the 25% off one toy coupon on it! That’s what I did last year and it felt like a good deal.
 
@cadie Seconding the rec for the Yoto. It’s my favorite toy I’ve ever gotten my 4 yo! We got the Yoto mini. Sometimes it goes on sale at target, but they don’t have the best selection of cards
 
@robertharris We’re only barely granola, so my almost 6 year old is getting a Barbie dream house, and the 3 year old wants the squishmallow squishville stuff and even more Paw Patrol things (as if our house isn’t already basically the Lookout). And they’re both getting scooters, some pjs, some weather gear they need for school, books, and some baking stuff since we bake together quite a bit.
 
@robertharris Oh, for books, here are ones we've loved. Chapter books and short story collections:

Womenfolk and Fairy Tales by Rosemary Minard

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Long Christmas by Ruth Sawyer

Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

Gone-Away Lake or The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright

Picture books:

Cicely Mary Barker's flower fairies books

Ox-Cart Man or Island Boy by Barbara Cooney

Anything illustrated by Rie Munoz (we have King Island Christmas)

Thank You Omu by Oge Mora

Song in the City by Daniel Bernstrom

Mama Panya's Pancakes by Mary Chamberlin

Zen Shorts by Jon Muth

The Easter Story by Brian Wildsmith, if you're religious (it has the loveliest illustrations of any book we own)

Sugar in Milk by Thrity Umrigar
 
@robertharris 3,5 will get an anatomy book, a consent book and a kitchen knife set (she loves helping in the kitchen).
Family will probably gift Lego, art supplies, PJs, board games, swimming lessons, etc.

For our (then) 6 month old we will wrap up a few baby toys that we already have 😅
 
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