Non-toy present ideas for DC

[MinisterforCheekyFuckery]

Hi all

DD will turning 6 a couple of weeks before Christmas. She already has so many toys that rarely get played with, I'm trying to avoid adding more plastic tat to the pile. The only toys she plays with consistently are her Barbie's and her Build a Bears so have bought her a Barbie Ambulance and she's getting a new BAB for her birthday a couple of weeks before Christmas. But I'm struggling to think of gift ideas that aren't toys but will still be exciting for her to open on Christmas morning. She loves books but already has loads of them. She tends to get quite a lot of clothes from family members.
So far I've bought her some unicorn bedding, some pyjamas and some stuff from Smiggle for her stocking as she loves stationary.

Any non-toy, non-boring ideas for DC would be much appreciated. It's too easy just to go out and buy loads of plastic shite that I know she'd love on the day but won't get played with for more than a week, but I really don't want to do that this year.

Thanks.

Easy then: her own google home mini for her bedroom. And a colour changing smart light bulb. Oh and a microphone for singing into

I did think about getting her a Google home mini (as she loves the one downstairs) but was worried about her potentially accessing stuff that's not appropriate or whether there are any safety considerations I haven't thought of. Will have to do some research.

I know what you mean re having lots of books but at 6 she's probably becoming a more independent reader and it's nice to have new stories to read. Could you go through her older ones to see if some could be passed on to make space? A bundle of new books is a great gift for a dc who loves to read, add cute bookends and some pretty bookmarks (and maybe a little torch for secretly reading under the duvet ).

Re the music thing I'd probably go for something like a kids karaoke machine at that age. I just think it's a bit more exciting than the more grown up gadgets plus as you say the concern about accessing something inappropriate. Though you could live to regret it when she's belting out the 'toons' at full volume!

DS loved baking bits and pieces at that age

Well as she enjoys the garden then her own garden tools would be useful not plastic 'play' tools but ones that can actually be used.

That also opens possibilities for other gifts for next year and the year afterm can you cope with a worm world?

A den kit? Maybe for the future www.thedenkitco.com/

Is there anything she's hinting at OP? I don't think Christmas should be relevant as that's her birthday every year so she'd be getting less presents just because it's that time of the year (I have two born in Jan and they definitely get less presents, hope none of this comes across as condescending) Most used gift ds ever got was a huge art set. It came in a case with paints, crayons etc and it's his set if you know what I mean

I don't think Christmas should be relevant as that's her birthday every year so she'd be getting less presents just because it's that time of the year (I have two born in Jan and they definitely get less presents, hope none of this comes across as condescending)

Not condescending at all, I think perhaps I haven't made myself clear. I wasn't implying that because her birthday is so close to Christmas we'd get her less presents. There's no danger of that, I love buying gifts for the DC and if anything my family tend to go overboard!- I'm not complaining, I know we're lucky. I only mentioned it because a.) having a birthday so close makes it even harder to think of gift ideas and b.) a lot of the plastic tat (LOL dolls etc) that only tends to get played with for a few days and then forgotten, probably gets played with even less because she has an influx of it on her birthday then an influx of similar stuff just two weeks later. So that's what I'm trying to avoid. I'm not suggesting less presents, I just want her to have presents that she will actually use and enjoy for longer. Does that make sense?

Ah okay, yes, sorry, I read it wrong!!!