What would your child for their 4th birthday?

[kelliewellie]

My 2nd child will be 4 in a few months. She has an older sister so she already has stuff to do and play with. I'm struggling for ideas and also have family abroad who want to post her gifts. She loves dinosaurs, animals, likes small world stuff, being outside, already has playmobil and Lego to play with. What would you get your 4 year old?

Should have previewed my title first!

We've just got a mud kitchen for our 4 year old.

Does it get played with a lot?

A blackboard and chalks.

We got dc3 those connecting magnets and a marble run. Still played with lots nearly a year later

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Schleich. They do some really lovely playsets, not just the little rubber animals. My four year old has a treehouse one that is fab.

Here it is: www.amazon.co.uk/Schleich-World-42408-Adventure-house/dp/B079NH9LDV?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

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Playdough Kitchen Creations
Robo Alive dinosaur
Melissa and Doug pet set
Little Live Pets butterfly or ladybird set
Vet squad playset
Insect Lore Butterfly Garden

My eldest got Schleich dinosaurs for their 4th and 5th birthday. They were expensive but have lasted really well and are still regularly played with. We also have lots of Schleich animals and play sets. My younger son (nearly five) spends hours playing with the watering hole and African creatures.

Toy sweet shop was a keeper in our house (last used for DD, now year 4, for a maths exercise about arrays in lockdown, arranging sweets according to sets in times tables!)

Play tent? Den building set (like a play tent but you make your own shape out of the rods)? Games like Dobble are good if you don't have them already.

Mine wanted an umbrella, we got her other stuff but having her own umbrella went down really well.

Fingerlings were a hit with our 4 year old. As well as walkie talkies, play clay, trampoline, duplo, books and hatchimals.