8yo girls? What are you buying?!

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I know her main present for her birthday will be a camera and for Christmas a sprite scooter.

But I need ideas on smaller presents. I have a list of books so that's covered but am stuck for other ideas!

Inspire me!

op have you tried lego creator?

the beauty is once built doesnt mean - thats it.

they create three things out of the same peices.

I like the look of the creator house.

The Legi Creator House is fab. dS had it when he was 9 and there was much from DD.

dd adores the animals ones, rainforest - fury creatures, have got her the monkey one for her bday.

gp have got the creator seaons but I also love look of the tree house and beach hut ones.

Went to Legoland today and she spotted lots of Lego Friends bits she liked.

Stationary, jewellery box you can build, a pencil holder to build and some key rings.

I can add those to the long list

Some really good ideas for dsd here.

I haven't got a clue what to get DD1. She doesn't really play with toys but would be disappointed if she got clothes .

She loves her DS and that is what she plays with the most, and the trampoline.

Thanks for the Aquarellum recommendation! DD (8 on Christmas Eve!) will absolutely adore it!

These threads are great for ideas. My dd will be 7 at Christmas and I have been struggling about what to get her as she doesn't seem to bother with any toys now.

I think the Aquarellum and Harimuka will be big hits!

Ideas far my 8 yo DD so far are:

• Either a Hudl 2 and some accessories OR a keyboard and some sheet music (she's just started keyboard lessons so I'll be waiting to see how that one pans out over the next couple of months).

• Lego Elves Skyra's Mystery Castle

• Lego Elves Treetop Hideaway

• Lego Elves Aira's Pegasus Sleigh

• Lego Elves Naida's Spa Secret

• Lego Elves book

• Monopoly board game

• A 3D puzzle (not sure which one yet, but she loved doing Big Ben!)

• Sequin Art 3D Mannequin (if I can get hold of one)

• Inside Out DVD

• Minions DVD

• Monster High Boo York! Boo York! DVD

• Rubik's Cube (already bought this, £4.99 out of Home Bargains)

• Monster High Colour Me Mine bag

• The Sims 3 for the Nintendo Wii

Starting to think about this too, I also have an 8 year old dd. She still loves toys thank goodness. She's inherited her older sister's Girl for our time dolls, they are beautiful dolls, each one from a different period in history. She has the Tudor and victorian one, and I have the Georgian one put away for her. She loves Gotz dolls too.

Will probably get a few lego friends sets.

She loves arts and crafts so something crafty to do too.

dancer

girl of our time look stuning and hopefully investment peices

Marking place - some great ideas here!

Mine is almost 9 and wants a BMX, a full size basketball stand, lots of books, robofish, hex bugs, lego

also needs a new dressing gown...

so plenty of ideas for once (she's not at all girly).

Hex bugs were £1.50 in tesco last week if that's any use.

Can someone explain to me what hex bugs are please?

so they are really beautiful dolls. Very expensive but amazing quality and attention to detail. And my dds really like the books you can get too.

dancer hex bugs are little battery-operated critters- they look like brightly coloured bug, and they have teeny rubber legs which vibrate. When you put them on a hard surface they run around.
They actually far more absorbing than you would imagine. There are lots of track layouts you can get, there are some that can climb vertically and use zip-wires. I thought they'd just be a rubbish swizz, but actually my children still play with theirs three years on.
They're oddly entrancing, I find I can't stop watching them when they're on. They're not creepy like real bugs/spiders either!

Thank the Lord you started this op I'm lost.
Sparkling plastic tat seems to be the order of the day in our house

Big hit from last christmas was DD's soap making set.

No idea about this year, but I'm keeping an eye on Book People as she is a voracious reader and the sets are such good value.

Thanks woo think they might appeal to my dd!

The aquarellum sets look fab