DDs have loads of toys, mainly due to my complete softie of a DH who can't pass a toy shop if his life depended on it.
DD2 (2yo) is sorted (play shop from Santa, scooter from my parents, random bits and pieces from everyone else)
DD1 is harder, partly because she's going through a very girlie stage (dress-up, ballet, crystals etc) which is pretty alien to me. Santa is bringing her a new bike, which is well needed, and MIL is buying various crafty bits. But my parents want to buy her something, and they prefer one big-ish present rather than lots of small ones (not necessarily expensive, last year it was a swingball type thing that cost the equivalent of about £30).
But I have no idea what to suggest. She already has a scooter, and a innotab thing from when we moved to NZ (Santa was very clever and knew a 36 hour trip required something small and interesting), and loads of crafty things. She doesn't need anything else. But my folks are on the other side of the world, are upset not to be spending Christmas with us, and want her to have something from them.
Any ideas?
if she was like me as a 6yo they could do what they did for me, a big box of books. Unfortunately, or fortunately, she's not like me and is a lot more physical/outdoorsy, so it's not really an option