What to get a 3yr DD who has everything

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She has everything. I get things second hand on Facebook sites and she's the first grandchild on both sides so has lots of 'big ticket' items such as scooter, kitchen, playhouse in garden, balance bike.

What can I get her for Christmas?

Im absolutely happy keeping it super low key as I hate lots of plastic crap and buying for the sake of it (hence my careful second hand purchases!) but what are some bits that I may not thought of that she will love for Christmas?

For my 3yo who also has everything including an iPad, my ideas are Magnatiles, some actual proper tools eg saw, screwdriver etc, trampoline, code a pillar, basketball hoop.

Audio books ?

Anything schleich, dinosaurs, unicorns, faeries, animals. Indestructible, hours of play and can be passed on.

I got a pop up tent, tunnel and ball pit set for DS birthday for about £20 or so.
That could be the “wow” present on Christmas morning if her other little gifts were inside with fairy lights etc?

A marble run has been a great hit in our house, fir the 3yo and 10yo

Magnatiles for sure. perfect age, cost a fortune (go for the £100 box if you can) but my DD played with them daily for 2 years and weekly now at 6.5

I’d go for dressing up stuff too, maybe a kind of treasure chest to keep them all in? A few outfits and some mix and match accessories, doctors kit, cheap dressing up wigs/beards, handbags, etc. I would have absolutely LOVED that when I was little ☺️

I’d go for dressing up stuff too, maybe a kind of treasure chest to keep them all in? A few outfits and some mix and match accessories, doctors kit, cheap dressing up wigs/beards, handbags, etc. I would have absolutely LOVED that when I was little ☺️

I think that around age 3 children cam have quite diverse taste in toys but my little girl absolutely loves the kinetic sand we got her for her 3rd birthday about a month ago.. it really isnt messy, came in a fold away plastic box thing and with lots of great building shapes, dinosaurs etc.
You can add a lot of things to it. She can spend hours with it!

I think that around age 3 children can have quite diverse taste in toys but my little girl absolutely loves the kinetic sand we got her for her 3rd birthday about a month ago.. it really isnt messy, came in a fold away plastic box thing and with lots of great building shapes, dinosaurs etc.
You can add a lot of things to it. She can spend hours with it!

So far for my nearly 3 year old I’ve bought a crazy forts set, Playmobil preschool/nursery - she loves the Playmobil babies! - and some paw patrol figures and vehicles (she’s obsessed). All second hand from eBay. Will probably add kinetic sand and some craft bits?

So far for my nearly 3 year old I’ve bought a crazy forts set, Playmobil preschool/nursery - she loves the Playmobil babies! - and some paw patrol figures and vehicles (she’s obsessed). All second hand from eBay. Will probably add kinetic sand and some craft bits?

As pps have said, dressing up clothes is a great idea - for one Christmas we bought a simple clothes rail and hung all dressing up clothes on there. My 3 dd’s played loads with it. (And we added handbags, scarfs and necklaces from charity shops throughout the year).
A two sided easel with blackboard and whiteboard (and a roll of paper) was also a hit.
Toy musical instruments (keyboard or so)
Basketball hoop for in the garden

Grimm rainbow or Wobbel board? £££ but apparently worth it if you can afford (I have neither but love the idea of them).

So far for my nearly 3 year old I’ve bought a crazy forts set, Playmobil preschool/nursery - she loves the Playmobil babies! - and some paw patrol figures and vehicles (she’s obsessed). All second hand from eBay. Will probably add kinetic sand and some craft bits?

Wooden train set
Wooden farm and animals
Dressing up outfits in a treasure chest
A craft box with supplies
Duplo/lego
Coloured beads and strings to make ‘jewellery’
Books and early years games
Some special bath bombs and soaps

Grimm rainbow or Wobbel board? £££ but apparently worth it if you can afford (I have neither but love the idea of them).

Grimm rainbow or Wobbel board? £££ but apparently worth it if you can afford (I have neither but love the idea of them).

Balance board
Easel and art supplies
Dressing up rail/box with outfits (Aldi have a rail and toy box)
Maileg mice/bunnies or similar collectibles
Teepee/tent
Duplo/Playmobil/Lego

Balance board
Easel and art supplies
Dressing up rail/box with outfits (Aldi have a rail and toy box)
Maileg mice/bunnies or similar collectibles
Teepee/tent
Duplo/Playmobil/Lego

Magnetic tiles
Bags - at 3 my DD loved small rucksacks/handbags/shopping bags etc, she would fill them with little toys, hairbobbles, all sorts of tat.
I also got DD some IKEA fake flowers and little vases and she would spend ages 'flower arranging' for her bedroom window sill

I honestly say this to every post about gifts for toddlers, but Usbourne Look Inside / See Inside books. My 3 year old loves them. They're looked at practically every day and we take them on long journeys etc. The prices fluctuate but WHSmith often have them on offer and there's a huge series.

My little one likes the big Miles Kelly encyclopaedia style books too. They're lovely for all ages and stimulate so much conversation.

We also love:

Playmobil
Magnetic tiles
Search and find books
Orchard Toys games
Jigsaws
Lego

I have a DS4, things he has played with in the last year:

Vetch camera
Peg dolls painted to represent our family and fantasy characters
Lanka kade wooden animals
Brio
Fancy dress
Sand pit in garden

Can you sew?

My mum used to make dresses/outfits for dds build a bear toys.
She also make dressing up clothes (remember dd had a tinkerbell party and had a tinkerbell dress, I made her a cape, bright green fleece with white fur edge, like in the winter tinkerbell stories and it was a favourit item for years)
She also made bespoke things like a cushion for their bedroom with their name on it, or a pillow and quilt for the dolls bed/buggy.

Another favourite was a craft set made up for dd. Using the large cardboard 3D letters from Hobbycraft. You need the letters in her name. Then you get the stuff to decorate each one. At 3 she can slap on lots of glue and stick stuff on, and it will look effective, and doesn't require much skill. So a different pack for each letter, eg name Claire:

coloured feathers to stick on the C
coloured buttons for the L
decoupage paper like a zebra for the A (and maybe googly eyes, and a tail)
red glitter paint and sequins for I
decoupage paper in peacock colours for R with some blue/green confetti/or little bits of blue/green feathers to make it more 3D
gold paint and new 1p coins for the E.

other ideas:
blue tissue paper on top and sand on the bottom (shells if you have them too)
coloured wool strips (paint under to get colour)
mini bunting for older kids (especially on letters with horizontal parts)
brown paint on bottom and green tissues or feather on top to make a tree and all little birds

You could make this a project she does at your house too. So work on one letter at a time, and eventually she has her name. It looks amazing, veyr simple, very original

She is a good age to start board games, Orchard does brilliant ones.

Storybooks on CD if you still have a player or get a simple one. We used them a lot for quite time after lunch and in the car.

Fluffy blanket and pillow for her bed?