Have I got it right for DD's Christmas?

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Her Xmas list is looking like this (she's 3):

Crayola art set
Doodle tablet (crayola again- had to get it shipped from America!)
Little Tikes house (toy, not an actual mini house)
4 x duplo sets
Peppa pig wooden house (thank you other MNer!)
Peppa pig classroom
Peppa pig figures set
Doc Mcstuffins doll
Doc Mcstuffins baby
Doc mcstuffins Lamb doctor set
Doc mcstuffins toy vet house (house playset)
2 x soft toys (reindeer and Everest from paw patrol)
Pillow and blanket (Peppa pig)
All the paw patrol figures and vehicles (7)
Masha and the bear house & figures
Paw patrol HQ toy

DH thought that was perfect but now I'm thinking how long will it take to open and will it make it seem a bit 'thank you, next' iyswim?

At 3 mine was 'thank you' next. At 4 we nipped it in the bud and have a system where we all watch everyone open one present at a time and usually sat on our bed to do it. They are now early 20's and we pretty much still do this.

The list looks good (although you may not think so by mid January when they're cluttering up your living room)

Why don't you get a few bits to open Christmas morning, then maybe suggest other bits to family members so the opening is more spread out.

Will she be getting presents from other people too? If these irems shared out aroind family to give perhaps not too much, but I do think.it sounds an awful lot.
Personally at that age we would have bought the art stuff, May be a couple of sets of duplo, a soft toy and perhaps the blanket. Then pants, socks, sweets, character toothbrush, book in stocking.

Wow, seems like a lot! I’m sure she’ll love it all- maybe spread out the unwrapping a bit - we always had some ‘tree presents’ under the tree for the tea time excitement on Christmas Day 😁

We have a one present an hour rule. The kids have their stockings and main from Father Christmas but everything under the tree is from us so they have to open one at a time but they are allowed to pick which present they want to open!

On Boxing Day they are allowed to open any left when ever they want which is usually all of them immediately!!

We had a six year old foster child who was horrified at the rule but after admitted he likes it because he could remember everything he got!

That does sound like a lot. I've been holding back for my DD (3 in March) as I don't want her getting overwhelmed.

I've got her
My little pony
Happyland Hedgehog
Meerkat matching puzzle
Happyland House
Baby shark pyjamas
Melissa and Doug jigsaw
Dr Seuss book
Baby shark soft toy

And some stocking bits.

It's difficult as we don't really buy toys throughout the year so I've got the urge to supplement her duplo and kitchen, etc but am trying to resist and have put things on an amazon wish list for family if they ask.

That’s seems like an awful lot. Where are you going to put it all?

Have you already bought all this or is this what you are planning to buy?

I mean this kindly, but it looks far too much to me...especially if just from you and your DH. I would slash it I half and maybe share it with family and it would still be plenty and you will still have a delighted little girl on Christmas morning.

Does she really need 4 Duplo sets...could you get 2? Does she need a Peppa Pig house AND the classroom? And if she’s getting the Peppa Pig house, does she need the Little Tikes house and the Marsha and the bears house as well? I don’t know what any of these things are btw so maybe they are very different, but could some not wait until her birthday? And the Paw Patrol vehicles...could you not just get a couple of Christmas and a couple for her birthday? Personally I think young children can get very overwhelmed by all those toys and some won’t get played with. I wouldn’t want them all in my house either!

We tend to go quite big at Christmas. My only thought would be most of the toys seem a bit faddy which might not have the best long term play value but your child, your choice

There are an awful lot of house playsets but you know your little one best. I'd have put some books, jigsaws, games and arts and crafts in. x

Looks good to me hun! I think she will love them all

I dramatically cut back at birthdays and Christmas after last year. We were still opening presents on the 27th.

My lucky children have a huge family and our in-laws parents like to buy for them, plus grandparents friends. Last year was obscene.

Consider the amount she gets from other people. If not much then it’s ok, if it’s lots I’d scale back.

If they are all from you and your husband then yes that’s too much. If they are spread from grandparents and other family members then maybe not.

I think it sounds lovely. Only slight thing to consider is if it’s worth having 3 different houses? Perhaps don’t buy all 3. Or could you gift them to other children you’d usually buy for if you’ve already bought them. But it sounds really good

I am flabbergasted by the quantity of presents here. That’s the amount I’d expect to give over about 4 years, and I thought we were pretty generous. It’s lovely that you want to treat her but will she really play with all this all at once??! If you do give it all please put some away to re introduce over the course of the year.

I think that's a lot. She might get completely overwhelmed and end up playing with nothing.

She needs about a quarter of that at the most.

OP, from someone who completely overdid it when my DS was 2 year before last, may I suggest that you keep some gifts back? You can give them to her for her birthday or even have them stashed away for two mes she's been extra good or brave (any jabs coming up!?) The year I went overboard I felt physically sick as I watched him rip open the paper, put the gift down and move on to the next. I was then surrounded by (expensive) toys, some of which were never played with. Half of them ended up in the charity shop, brand new.
DS is 5 tomorrow. He has four gifts to open from us, plus some from family. I learned my lesson very swiftly. This Christmas he may get 5 gifts from us (and he always gets a stocking from Father Christmas). He'll get a few gifts from family again, and this will be more than enough!

That sounds like a perfect amount to me it always looks ‘more’ written down in list form than when it’s all been opened and put away after Christmas! It’s such a lovely age to buy for, mine will be the same age too and I can’t wait!

I also have a 3 year old and sorry but I think it will majorly overwhelm her. Its just way too much, as others have said maybe keep some back.

I have got / am getting dd:
2 enchantimals
1 sylvanian family set
Sylvanian family car and roof rack
A dinosaur onsie
Dinosaur jigsaw set
2 books

Plus small stocking

And to be honest and still wondering if it will be too much. At 3 they are very easily overwhelmed

I'm planning to get my three year old

• stocking with small bits - like chocolate coins, lollipop, orange, tin of marbles, sylvanian family candy cart, abc puzzle etc

Then under tree from us

• a couple of books
• sylvanian family Campervan
• wooden toy beauty set
• a puzzle
• a dolls bed
• a Lottie doll

Then I am going to get a large wooden grocery shop or cafe type for her and her little sister to share (hoping Lidl do a wooden toy event again this year!)

It sounds too much to me tbh, hard as they’re a lovely age to buy for.

For comparison my DS is 3 and he’s got

• a stocking with chocolate buttons, 2 little cars, superhero pants and a bath toy.

-a duplo set
-a cuddly penguin in a dolls bed
-a bike

• a sticker book, 2 pj masks books and an animal atlas.

That’s it and I think he’ll be well pleased with it all.

That is a lot. Way more than a three year old will be able to enjoy either opening or playing with.

one really big thing (e.g. play kitchen) can be much more fun that lots of little things.

when my DD was 3, she got a cardboard spaceship - it made an enormous parcel & lasted a remarkably long time.

Far too much- I doubt she'll be interested in even half of that- multiple 'big' presents playhouses and sets- shed be delighted with one. Never mind three or four. Ultimately your child your choice, but she'll play with less than a third and be bored half way through.