Lego for 6yo girl

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Dd used to like lego building blocks when she was younger. There seems to be a lot out there for a wide age range for boys but not sure about the girls. Probably shouldn't differentiate too much but don't think dd will be keen on the obvious boys toys.

Any recommendations?

look at the lego friends range, aimed at girls around your dd's age :)

my dd3 is 7, nearly 8 and loves the lego friends sets she's got

The lego friends stuff is OK (it gets a bad wrap around here for being a bit pink, but hey ho), the city stuff is OK too - ambulance, police etc.

Is she into...

Starwars
Hobbit
Harry Potter

Oh and the CAMPER VAN - get that for her!!

John Lewis (in Reading anyway) had a good range the other day, but other than the 'Friends' sets it was very much sorted into the above categories, no good 'just bricks' type sets.

was also wandering in to say look at the "Friends" stuff. DD was 7 last week and absolutely loves it - getting some more for Christmas.

PS she's not a very girly girl, she has two brothers but apart from the packaging it's honestly not too pink / naff

DD loves Lego but hates the Friends range. She has just turned 10, and I guess might have liked it when she was 4 or 5 and was into Polly Pocket (it's rather similar) but she was well out of the pink phase by six.

She likes the Monster Fighters range (got the vampire castle for her birthday), Harry Potter, Ninjago, and a lot of the more classic/city ranges, eg she got the marina last year, with boats, cafe, windsurfer etc. There are also some nice, hard-to-find things on the Lego website, like the winter villages with lots of people in the sets.

Lego is pretty unisex, especially the City Range, so not sure what you mean.

My four year old is getting the helicopter rescue for Christmas which is banded as ages 5-12.

She also covets my Lego christmas village - which is a bit much for her yet - she's allowed to play with it under supervision, but it's mine to build.

Friends have some nice models, but it's shite as it doesn't have proper minifigs, so I personally couldn't bring myself to buy it.

Oh yes, DD has the camper van too. And she also plays with the three crates of miscellaneous Lego handed down from her brother, including lots of basic bricks plus some Star Wars and a whole space shuttle.

The lego monsters range is great!

Also the creator range and some of the houses etc. Ds3 is getting the lego.lighthouse for his bday (23rd dec) and there is a legi seaside house or beach house? And lego harbour range.

The seaside house is cool!

DD (7) prefers to have a big box of mixed bricks and to build her own creations. She has my childhood Lego, DH's childhood Lego, my cousins' childhood Lego and three years worth of her own from presents. Its all stored in big drawers in her room and she can spend hours playing with it.

She has had the campervan (fun but fell apart quickly and got adapted into DD's own designs) and she enjoyed the Lego Creator stuff as well. We also got her the Lego Friends science lab set which she was pleased with at first but doesn't play with much, the figure doesn't fit in other 'normal' Lego and the set wasn't really a challenge to build at all, took five minutes rather than half an hour.

I agree that the mixed bricks are a good starting point if she doesn't have any - much more flexible and imaginative. Something like this is a good starter kit and it combines well with all the other city/creator stuff. You can even buy extra sets of pink bricks if you want to make it girlier, and maybe a few more mini figures?

I don't think it's about making it 'girlier' for girls, but just not so Star Wars/Hobbit/endless rescue vehicles. I haven't been looking for lego this year (well, I've bought some, but for a child who is into Star Wars) so I'm not too sure what's on sale directly from lego, but I haven't seen the harbour or beach house anywhere that's had the city stuff. It has all been rescue vehicles - which are OK, but a bit boring after a while. Also, the only other 'plain lego' I have seen is the same boring starter box. It would be nice to have things like houses/schools/shops etc they don't need to be aimed at girls (or boys) just 'plain'.

This 'girl' wants the DeathStar

I just want to build it - then someone else can have it... buy it for your children and let me build it!! Please!!

That's the other thing I don't like about 'modern' lego, there are far too many 'big pre-made' pieces in them, whole boats, whole bases of things/boats etc Fewer pieces and less building = less fun, less flexibility of use.

My girl would have preferred cute animal Playmobil. Else cute animal Lego in a pinch.

Agree, the Lego City range, Lego Monsters and Hobbit ranges are all great. Not so sure about Lego Friends.

ChippingInLovesChristmasLights - if you don't like the different sets, you can just ignore them, and buy boxes of plain Lego. They still exist

Lego is for children. That Lego friends is for people who only buy 'girly' things
At that age I played with a fantastic Robin Hood set and was also mad on pirates. Who doesn't love pirates??

My friend is getting Lego for my DCs this Xmas - he settled on a big box of normal bricks (1600 of them I think! ). I think it'll be a good starting point.

I really want to buy the Lego Ideas book though... I am outrageously excited as I never had Lego as a child :o

You can buy bulk bases and bricks sets by the kilo on Ebay - always the best idea for imagination.

What about Playmobil?

DD 6 just has a big box of bricks (box it blue i think) and some base plates so she can make whatever she wants. She loves it.

Have been away from this thread but thank you all for this wealth of info. Chipping, you put it perfectly for me - not about more girly stuff but just not so much of the stars wars, rescue vehicles etc.

Will check out the ranges and let you know what I think.

Dd2 (6) has asked for star wars lego, dd1 got Ninjago last year but it is very breakable (just need to touch it and it falls apart), i would go for lego city, monsters, harry potter (if you can get it), lord of the rings and Hobbit.

Its all good really but they still like to build free style so the big tubs of bricks are good too, we have bought dd2 the lego ideas book to use with her big box of bricks that we have collected over the years.

I've noticed that toy shops often have a very limited range of the most recent, themed Lego sets (I guess they stock whatever is currently being marketed) but the Lego website has the full range, including lots of the more flexible basic brick sets, and the hard-to-find buildings etc. Worth having a look on there if you want to get away from endless rescue vehicles etc.