Oh and this year nearly 3yo DD will be getting:
ELC toy baking kit
4 x tubs play doh
Sarah & Duck DVD, £3 from Amazon
selection of books
tessellating shapes game/toy (bought last year but it was too old for her really so saved it for this year)
inflatable globe (£3 from ELC)
corduroy dog plush toy (£3 from Tiger!)
Ikea eel bath toy (£3)
a tutu (from the White Company summer sale, heavily reduced in store at the end of the sale - bargain!)
They're all quite small/inexpensive things so far this year (mostly bought half price in sales earlier in the year), so we might also get:
- a few musical instruments (eg. cheap tambourine, jingle bells etc. from ELC)
- a few more train set pieces to supplement last year's set
I think Father Christmas will be bringing a micro mini scooter this year. (Mummy will be using her own last year's saved up Christmas presents of John Lewis vouchers to pay for it!)
I also buy small things for a fair few other 2-3 year olds for Christmas, and I find The Book People indispensable for cheap but good quality books (esp. from their book sets which you can split between several children), plus a mini toy or choc coins/net of choc santas.
Also The Works does a 10 kids books for £10 online and if you trawl through the books every so often you can usually find some good quality ones amongst the dross - I just laid in a stack of copies of Alfie's Christmas for toddler presents, super bargains at £1 each and a lovely Christmas book for this age group!