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?

Also for my son (2) I only plan on doing him a stocking. I did this last year and it was the perfect amount of gifts. As the rest of the family get him things anyway.

And this is how kids who grow up obsessed with brands and tv are made.

Yeh, it's way too much. All that extra stuff in your house 😩 I really understand the impulse to treat your child with the thrill of opening new stuff, but in the long term, that amount of stuff will just add so much stress to your life. It gets so much that it becomes meaningless. And the more stuff you have, the less valued each item becomes.

My dd is 3 and just had a birthday with a massive pile of presents like that (only two from me!) and she definitely found it overwhelming and it ended up being a bit of a chore to open them up. Depends how much they like opening I guess! I'd say she's a bit young to really appreciate all the sets and they'll probably get all mixed up and chucked around.

That's a HUGE amount of presents.

Presumably she'll be getting gifts from others as well? Where are you going to put all this "stuff".
Id condense to t down to

Crayola art set and Doodle tablet (crayola again- had to get it shipped from America!)

Little Tikes house (toy, not an actual mini house)
1 x duplo set
1 x Peppa pig toy
1 doc Mcstuffins toy
1 soft toy
Paw patrol HQ toy

That's still 8+ gifts, plus anything else she will receive from others.

@BobTheDuvet yes it’s Manage Christmas
It’s great you put in your total budget , amount per person . You can then mark when presents are purchased and wrapped.
It’s password protected as well

And definitely recommend the app it’s so much easier to keep track and stay in budget.

There's a lot of repetition on that list so I would probably try to narrow it down. When is her birthday? Could you for example do Peppa pig house and figures as main Christmas present and then give the Paw Patrol HQ and all the paw patrol figures as a main birthday present? A couple of Duplo sets for birthday instead of all 4 for Christmas? Same with the Doc Mcstuffins toys. Three different toy houses for Christmas seems like unecessary repetition so I would probably return two.

While I've never been one for just one or two gifts or the twee poem, we didn't buy lots when the dc were that young. I really do think they can get overwhelmed by the sheer volume, not just on the day but from having so many toys around them that they struggle to settle on a toy for more than 5 minutes. Then you'll see the parents posting that their dc don't really play with toys!

We always went for a variety of gifts so some playset type toys but also books, crafts, dress up clothes, bath toys, cute bits for their rooms etc. I've lost count of the number of threads I've seen already this year from posters just buying multiple peppa/paw patrol/tv merchandise overpriced crap for small children. It's all so samey and really unimaginative. At three a child has very little idea what toys even exist so of course they'll be drawn to character stuff they recognise from tv but there are far better toys available.

There's potentially £300 - £400 worth of toys there. If you haven't bought it all yet, here's my suggestion:

*Put £100-£150 into long term savings for her. Do this every Christmas and birthday until she's 18 & there's a nice lump sum for her.

• choose a theme and stick to that. There's too many TV progs there that she might go off them
• buy garden toys like a playhouse, swing etc
• arts & craft gifts are perfect for age group *buy annual experience passes for zoo, soft play etc that you can all enjoy

Scale down the gifts otherwise she'll expect a huge pile each year. You might not be able to afford to be so extravagant each year.

My 3-year-old is getting a bike, a Duplo set, some second-hand Playdoh accessories, some new pyjamas, some books, and some art stuff, plus a stocking with plasticine, chocolate money, stickers, a kazoo, a magazine and the like. I am already anxious that it’s way too much and I’ve gone overboard!

Too much

Way way too much. If someone else is reading this and is thinking about borrowing to buy this sort of haul of gifts please don't. They are happy with handful of things to unwrap (eg cheap supermarket brand craft supplies) plus two of three main gifts eg a vehicle based toy with figurines, a make believe type toy (mine had pots and pans, I made a stove from a box!) and perhaps something to build like duplo (one set of mixed bricks is plenty). They don't care about brands check out discount supermarkets etc for bargains

Ps I would be buying first reading books, phonics cards etc at 3 for their stockings never too young to learn and far better than plastic stuff for landfill

Would you not consider gifts with greater longevity ?
Those wee character sets are good while the tv programme is still flavour of the week but it's a transient thing.
By all means have a peppa toy if she enjoys that but just one.
You'd be better buying one big thing that will last a long time , a playhouse or kitchen than lots of small expensive plastic toys that are really just landfill .
Get her some books , you're never too young to start collecting books .

When is her birthday? If you're overwhelming her at Christmas what are you going to do for her birthday? If you've already bought stuff for Christmas, either return it or hold it back for her birthday.

Will your daughter receive gifts from other family and friends? If so, you'll be completely swimming in plastic that won't get played with for very long.

Wow. Tooooooo much!!

I agree it's too much.
It's harder for children to have an emotional connection with their toys if they have too many - partly because unless you live in a mansion, you won't have room to store that much every year, so you'll end up getting rid of loads. And there'll be harder to tidy away, so more likely to get broken.
Children like new toys , of course, but they also like old, loved toys (I'm at risk of sounding like the writers of Toy Story here, but it's true.)
Get fewer toys that will last longer and be loved for the long haul, rather than a huge pile that looks shiny and exciting, but ends up forgotten.
I think my children have too many toys too, it's hard not to get them stuff, I know. I have to hold myself back!

Op it sounds fine.
I also found my dd worked through her presents all year!
She didn't seem attracted to blah and then was..

Also you could hold a few things back I usually hide some round back of tree...

"Op it sounds fine"

Really? 25-30+ presents JUST from .mum and dad? (Depending on how they're boxed)

Presumably the child will be getting gifts from other people too. Let's say anyone only gives 1 gift each: eg GPs (+2), aunts/uncles (+2?) Friends of family (+2), toddler friends/playgroup (+2?)...

That's going to be 35-40+ presents...!

Not including a stocking if she gets one.

It's a crazy amount!

My niece who was 3 last Christmas got given over 20 gifts from MiL alone. By the time she'd opened 10 she was actually asking to stop and saying "no more". I learnt from that and consequently we get our DS little at this stage. He'll be 2 in a few weeks and for his birthday we've got him 2 small gifts (less than £12 total) but we're taking him to the zoo for the first time on the day as he loves animals. For Christmas we also won't be getting him much - partly cost, partly storing plastic rubbish and partly because they just don't need that many toys or presents to have a lovely Christmas.

You know your budget and child best OP but to me your list seems huge.