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What are you buying your 3 year old?

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PigletSmall · 11/09/2016 15:09

I love reading this type of thread, and am just starting to think of ideas for my little one.

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Haggisfish · 11/09/2016 15:13

Set of second hand peppa pig playsets-got loads for fifty quid!

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Ratbagcatbag · 11/09/2016 15:21

So far:
Julia Donaldson set of ten audio books
Bunny jump game
Some nail varnish and lip gloss for stocking (she's been asking for ages)
Tomy bath ice cream maker (makes foam stuff)
Main present is likely to be a Kareoke type machine. She's actually been asking for a music player so she can dance in her room but I may as well get her the combined one.
I expect some books, Shopkins and other stuff as to be determined yet as well. Xmas Grin

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Chocolateteabag · 11/09/2016 15:24

No idea for DS2 as we seem to have bought everything for DS1 but here are ideas:

Balance Bike
Playmobil/Happyland/Toot toot (but just pick one)
Tractor Ted books/DVDs
Tractors/Schleich farm animals/Farm buildings & accessories
Bigger ride on toys
Tickets to shows/childrens theatre - Peppa Pig/Gruffalo/Room on the broom etc (good one for GP's to take DC too Grin )

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Fueledwithfairydustandgin · 11/09/2016 19:48

DS will be nearly 3. I have pretty much all his middle and stocking filler presents but can't think of a main one. He's getting dress up dinosaur, monster truck, orchard jigsaws and games, chainsaw, tool belt, steering wheel for his ride on tractor, books, DVDs, possibly a sensory bubble fish light but not sure if it's worth it?, dinosaur helmet and an elephant hot water bottle. Exactly the same theme as last year Grin

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cheapandcheerful · 11/09/2016 19:49

Last year dd2 was 3yo and we got her a cot for her doll.

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nocutsnobuttsnococonuts · 11/09/2016 22:12

My dd is 4 - so far I have bought

DC superhero girl dolls
Zootropolis and finding dory busy books.
Spy chase and doctor marshall paw patrol vehicles.
Marvel big tsum tsum teddies.
Set of mog and Sue hendra books.

Main gift is a dolls house I'm doing up and possibly the paw patrol airplane.

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SaggyNaggy · 11/09/2016 22:17

My DD wants a DS (The Nintendo made DS, not the mummy and daddy getting jiggy with it, DS)

I don't know if a 3y8m year old should have one though.

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Lilicat1013 · 11/09/2016 22:31

My youngest is having:

Magformers and a set of cogs to attach to them I got from Amazon US (he is autistic and very in to anything that spins).
Yet another ninky nonk, he currently has five but loves them all, I found him one he doesn't have second hand on eBay and it even has opening doors. He will be delighted.
Bedtime Makka Pakka, he loves the colour changing lights in the sensory room at his nursery and this has a colour changing stomach so I hope it will be a hit.
A marble run to share with his brother
Wow toys combine harvester
Talking Dusty from Disney Planes with spinning propellers
Playdoh, Lego and books

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Fueledwithfairydustandgin · 11/09/2016 23:02
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PigletSmall · 12/09/2016 09:15

Thanks, everybody

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Selfsestructactive · 12/09/2016 10:15

Dd is about to turn 3, got her a kids tablet on offer (so I can have my phone back lol), also getting a couple of Lego sets, books, a DVD and maybe jigsaw/game or two

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SpringerS · 12/09/2016 10:22

DS will be 4 at Christmas but last year he got;

Imaginext Batcave and Fortress of Solitude and Playskool Spiderman house, with lots of extra figures like Spider-Woman, Ice-Man and Firestar.
A Hot Wheels type Spider-man car track set.
A Chuggington train track set.
A set of Batman books.
A set of Avengers books.
And a stocking with a cuddly Baymax, wind up Daleks, Rocky, Zuma and Skye from the Paw Patrol and a Spiderman lunch box with Avengers figures inside. And a toothbrush which was specially requested for some reason.

This year he'll be getting;
Star Wars Galactic Heroes (similar to Imaginext)
Hot Wheels Split Speeders set
Leap TV and games games
In his stocking he's getting 6 Rescue Bots, Everest from Paw Patrol, Rocket and Groot teddies, Lego DC books, Lego Star Wars books, Poe Dameron outfit and Lightning/DC custom cars (3). And a toothbrush set as I think it's a funny tradition.

Pretty much everything was bought secondhand throughout the year, so it's not a fraction as expensive as it appears.

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PigletSmall · 12/09/2016 12:33

Thanks all.

This thread has been brilliant for ideas.

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PigletSmall · 12/09/2016 21:40

Just bumping. I hope nobody minds.

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SheStoodInTheStorm · 12/09/2016 21:44

I'm currently deciding between play Mobil and sylvanian families. We've got tickets to see Stick Man. Lurking on here for more ideas! We have birthday and Christmas near each other too!!

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Minikievs · 12/09/2016 21:47

DD is getting Happyland sets (second hand off a friend at a bargain price!) Peppa backpack & umbrella, and a cot for her dolly.

My parents are getting her a dolly's high chair and some fuzzy felts.

She asked for a peppy pup (?) after seeing an advert on telly but hasn't really mentioned it since

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Minikievs · 12/09/2016 21:48

Oh, tickets for Ben and Holly live too

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SimplyNigella · 12/09/2016 21:53

DS is 3 a few weeks after Christmas as is getting the following across the two:

Kukkia Oekaki wooden drawing house (like a wooden, Japanese etch a sketch)
Viga cake and ice cream sundae (to go with the kitchen and food he got last year and still plays with daily)
Viga wooden dolls house (love this is it's very gender neutral and DS loves small world play)
Viga wooden doctor's kit
Track and extensions for his Brio train set- probably the train washer, recycling depot and a few others

He will have a stocking with the usual sort of fillers in and gifts from grandparents, aunts and uncles and that will be more than enough as he has so much already and is in nursery 4 days a week enjoying their toys.

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PeggyMitchell123 · 12/09/2016 21:54

Ds has so far got a pirate play set, TMNT action figures, a puzzle, orchards game and some books.

Going to get him another busy book, he gets loads of play out of them and Angry Birds on DVD, we watched it the cinema and both really enjoyed it.

He'll get a stocking and some new pjs.

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PigletSmall · 13/09/2016 21:54

Thanks for answering everyone Flowers

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Lovelydiscusfish · 13/09/2016 23:55

Just trying to remember what dd got (aged 3 and two thirds!) last year. I know we all got her some My Little Ponies, and DM got her Princess Twilight Sparkle's Rainbow Castle. (There may have been other words in its title too. Anyway, that thing). There was also a MLP DVD.
And I think she got some Princess Palace Pets (don't know if they are even A Thing now).
DM definitely got her some kind of monkey tree game, where you put lots of small plastic monkeys into a hollow plastic tree with different colours plastic sticks stuck through it, and roll a dice to see which stick you pull out - you have to minimise the numbers of monkeys that fall out.
DB got her a plastic cricket bat and ball. As per, he spent by far the least of any of us, but she absolutely loves it. DB and my DH play cricket, so DD is fairly obsessed with the game.
DMIL got her some kind of mosaic kit you make by sticking small sparkly sticker squares onto cardboard pictures - would have been called something like "Fairy Sparkle Mosaics"? It was from Sainsburys. She did them for a bit, but quite quickly lost interest.
Usborne sticker books featured highly, and were a hit.

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PigletSmall · 14/09/2016 19:05

Lovely, thanks for the ideas.

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Millie2013 · 14/09/2016 19:49

DD was almost 3 last Christmas and had the asda shop and cafe, with wooden food/teaset and a till. She's played with it loads

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goldensolait · 14/09/2016 20:01

DD was three last year and her main ones shes loved this year and still plays with is dress up stuff, ELC keyboard and microphone set, Ikea kitchen, Barbies and MLP.

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JesusDontWantMeForASunbeam · 14/09/2016 20:05

DS is getting

Thomas take n play bits
Sticker book
Coloring book
New scooter (2 wheeler- he currently has a bulky musical frozen one so I'm happy to replace it!)
Superhero rubber ducks for the bath

Not a clue what else. He's the youngest of 4 so it's difficult to buy for him.

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