Advice for gift for nearly 6yo girl please

[Jins]

I'm seriously out of touch with the desires of young children :(

I need to get a gift for my DN around the £15 mark and I have no idea what's on the wish list for that age group. I've always managed to be the cool auntie that gets good stuff in the past but that's been more through luck than anything else. She's quite a girly girl but there's a tomboy not far under the surface so a gender non specific gift would be great.

What's on your lists for your DDs?

A drum kit. Her parents will hate you, but she will have a ball.

Or lots of art stuff - paints, paper, pens etc etc.

Theatre tokens, so she and a parent can go and see something wonderful together.

Girlie lego

my 7yr likes this magnext set

Books - she got the Harry Potter set for her 6th birthday, at the moment we are reading through Roald Dahl.
Lego - again, she got some for her birthday and getting more for Christmas.
She also got a Wii game (Mario Kart) for her birthday.
Magic tricks.
Joke books.
Lots of arty crafty stuff.
Meccano.
Am thinking of getting her a classic board game for her Christmas present, perhaps Monopoly (except I can't bear it and her sister is too young to play it with her...) or Boggle...

Anything with hello kitty on it.

Zoobles.

Rainbow Fairy books. (cracking big pile of 21 of them for £15 at Book People, they are £3 each in Tesco!)

my dd is age just age 6 and i've got her the following in the same price range:

-Barbie sparkles mermaid doll that lights up in the bath - Red from £20 to £15 in argos last week

• Wammy set (argos £10)
• Barbie PDA- like a text/organiser. This looks fab in the box £15 argos and great reviews
• Rapunzel dress up set £15 argos - dd got this yesterday for her birthday and its lovely
• The magic tooth fairy game - argos
• Junior scrabble
• Barbie charm school dolls
• Art stuff like Paperfantastic, Zubber, Disney Princess Shaker Maker

oh you can get the full box set of Roald Dahl for £15 from the book people - this is a great set (we have it and dd loves the stories) and its free delivery with your first order

sorry missed the non gender specific bit!!!!!!! Books then!

Lolo ball?

There's some fantastic ideas here. I'm torn between the lolo ball and the drum kit

what about a pogo stick - id go for lolo ball as i wouldnt thank you for a drum kit :) and my dd would get bored very quickly as most dont have the patience to learn properly at that age!!

also the paper jamz range.... drums, guitar, microphone might be worth a look...

A skipping rope
A book (pippi long stocking with illustrations by Lauren child is about a fiver on amazon)
Puzzle

Sorted :)

Bought my 7 year old niece a zubba (sp?) making sense from Amazon. It was the one thing she really wanted apparently.