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?

Do what feels right for you. If you can afford to splurge out why not, it's Christmas. Don't let other people make you doubt yourself. She'll have the best time with nothing or everything. Xx

Far too much for a 3 year old

My 3 year old won't even get half of that

Good advice Babypug. There's a real tendency on mumsnet recently to berate anyone who buys their kids more than a few token presents and I don't think this frugality is representative at all , certainly not amongst my friends and family. Everyone should do what's best to suit their own family and budget. I think the OPs list is a good one with a variety of things to play with.
Oh, and I've never in my entire life met a kid who was 'overwhelmed' because they had presents to open. Ecstatic more like

Everyone has different opinions about what to give at Christmas, so I'm just sharing my thoughts to give you another perspective (so not telling you what you should do at all). I try and buy my DS a main present that he will enjoy for a few years. He is 5 now and still plays with lots of them, e.g. a play tent he got for his second christmas, a wooden farm set, a little shop thing that was for his third birthday, a mud kitchen, a scooter or a bike. The character toys he gets tend to be played with for a few months then he decides he is too old for them as soon as he moves on to liking the next tv program or character and wont play with them anymore.

Seems like a lot. I'd go with one house, one duplo set, one figurine set etc. because she'll be overwhelmed by it all and most of it will get forgotten about.

Last year with DD aged 4 and DS aged 6 we started 4 presents each on Christmas day, including one they will want to play with immediately, and one or two each on subsequent days. DS has a birthday in early Jan so we have to finish by then really but I think we were done by the 30th. My DM is coming that day, this year, so she'll be happy if we keep her presents till then, everyone else now knows not to expect thank you calls on the day itself.

I don't thi k it's too much, a perfect amount I'd say. I hope she enjoys them all.

My 3yr old DD will be getting as her main presents:

*A toddler friendly digital camera (she is obsessed with photography)
*A couple of extra sets from the Playmobil Country range (via granparents/extended family)
*Superhero Cape and Mask
*Le Toy Van Doctors Bag
*Shopping list board game
*Disney Eye Found It board game

Plus some odd stocking fillers and a selection box

If you think she'll enjoy it at some point then give it! She doesn't have to open it all in one go. My DS will be just turned 3 at Christmas and I'll probably get him

Duplo sets (although I'm planning on going via eBay for a bundle, so not new)
Dressing up costume,
A marble run,
Play doh
Couple of orchard games
Few new books,
Something Spider-Man.
Something happyland.

And he'll likely end up with a few other bits too. His birthday isn't long before Christmas so I usually buy everything I see that I think he'll like, then split it between the two. Some I save for a rainy day and bring out as and when.

Wow that's a lot! My 3 yo will not be getting that much!

Sod you get any offers on the pepos pig house?

At £100 I think I'd rather go down the sylvanian family route...

It’s a ridiculous amount 27 toys for a three year old.
I bought 11 last year for my three year old and I felt I went overboard a bit!

That's lots. At that age my Dd refused to open more than the first couple. Wasn't interested.

Why so much ?

That’s a lot! Sorry but no 3 year old needs that many gifts in one day.
It’s easy to get obsessed with buying a lot... We found wit our first child a lot of things never got played with.
3 children in and we’ve reduced a lot. In any case, I hate finding places for it al!!

Oh, and I've never in my entire life met a kid who was 'overwhelmed' because they had presents to open. Ecstatic more like

That just means that your kids haven't felt overwhelmed. It comes up often enough that you should accept that lots of kids absolutely do get overwhelmed. OP probably knows by now whether her kid will though.

Mine got really overwhelmed the Christmas she was 2. So I made a big effort to keep it down to 4-5 gifts for the next few birthdays and Christmases. It was hard! I obviously got her more things as she needed them through the year instead. Luckily, she had got over it the time of her whole-year birthday party in Reception So now I get to indulge myself more in gift-giving, but I still try to keep it reasonable.

Sounds like way way too much.

Can you space out the gift giving? As @DadCanIHaveAZedgie said, I keep stuff back for a rainy day, or anything small and suitable for taking on the plane for our holiday.

Without knowing what other toys you have it's hard to say if it's too much. I got DS a lot for his 2nd birthday as I got rid of 80% of his toys as they were too young for him, but the following Christmas he got much less as he was still happily playing with the toys he got for his birthday.

It sounds like a lot and potentially more junk to store. For comparison ds will be 3.5 at
Xmas and we've got him:

Books (about 3-4)
Jigsaws
Matching up game
Toy tractor which he can take apart
Bath toys (stocking gift)
Crayons and colouring books etc
Sticker books (stocking gift)

I think we will grab a few more items, but he'll get stuff from both grandparents (my mum gets him bloody loads 🙄), my brother and my grandma. And a few little bits from family friends.

You sound like you got lots of samey bits. X4 Duplo sets seems a lot, as well as Peppa pig classroom, house etc and all the paw patrol toys, Assuming family buy for her as well she'll end up with loads. Maybe try and split stuff between the family, so mention you've got X toy which she would love and ask family member wants to give you the cash for it and you'll gift it to her on their behalf (maybe phrase it better than that)

We found that last year opening stuff seemed a chore after a while and I think we bought stuff for the sake of it, as opposed to stuff we knew he would enjoy.

Ok, I'm goong to be that mumsnetter.

It's a crazy, spoiling amount of presents and a load of plastic tat. Why on earth would you waste money like this? Save it until they are teens and want iphones!

When dd3 was 3 she got a bike, a kids cd player, some sparkly wellies and a peppa pig playset. I've looked back in my present book she also got presents from family and godparents and a stocking.

No books
No jigsaws or games
No playdoh

Its all very samey and mainly overpriced TV plastic rubbish.

Could you avoid the thank you next by hiding presents and letting her go and find one at a time. Then when she's played with that present for say 30 mins-1hr you can say right go find your next one!

It does seem a lot on a list but I also get my dc a lot. We only put “real” presents in the stockings so no fillers such a socks or bubbles bath etc. They get figures, puzzles, Lego/duplo sets, crayons, hot wheels and books etc with some chocolates. Their main gift comes with their stocking and there are also more larger gifts under the tree eh oh we open later in the day with any visitors. Think fingerling type toys, board games etc.
My oldest is 6 and youngest two. So far, they aren’t overwhelmed. There’s no pressure to unwrap everything at once or even all be opened on Christmas Day.
For me, it’s a chance for them to get the new toys that they’re into and use the chance to sort the older, perhaps grown out of things beforehand.