Small gifts for Belorussian kids - suggestions?

[Suerock]

Hello.

I wonder if anyone can help me. I'm filling a couple of shoeboxes with Christmas goodies for Belorussian children affected by the Chernobyl disaster, one for a girl, one for a boy, aged 6-7 years.

However, I'm not a mum, and don't really know what children of this age would like. Do you have any suggestions? Gifts would need to be small, inexpensive and not need batteries or instructions.

Many thanks.

Nice soaps, pen sets, marbles, lego, little dolls, matchbox cars.

playing cards?

yes and yes
or a set of cards

or anythign small fom hawkins bazaar maybe?

a little book?

colouring books

doll for the girl

play figures

note books, colouring pencils, small colouring books, cars, soap,

oh yeah, cars, deffo cars

and maybe hair bobbles and clips and things - I know they're not toys, but little girls love playing with their hair

glitter glues
colouring pens
agree with hawkins bazaar toys

I'd avoid hair ornaments though, just in case

small hairbrush / comb??

Great ideas - thank you so much. It's such a long time since I was that age I had quite forgotten lego, colouring books and marbles! But I'm not sure where would be a good place to buy such things - I had a walk round Woolies at lunchtime and everything seemed to be huge toys in enormous boxes.

BTW What is Hawkins Bazaar? (Sorry to be ignorant.)

hawkins bazaar

also got stores in malls

hawkins bazaar

what about chocolate coins???

this

maybe?

pirate painting kit

and fairies painting kit

the one we do suggests toiletries, as well as all the things you've listed here, so we include a childs toothbrush and toothpaste, fun flannel/sponge, novelty soap etc

Thanks for all your suggestions - off to town now to do some shopping!

I always buy a solar calculator (no batteries) - Asda /Tesco do them very cheap