Ideas for 3 year old girl

[workingmumuk]

DD 3rd birthday falls right near Christmas so I need ideas for both! She's quite a girly girl and likes animals, flowers, anything sparkly. Really into learning numbers/letters etc.

I remember loving Sylvanian families when I was little so planning to get her one of those sets but is there anything else that your 3 year old girls loved?

My DD for this for 3rd birthday, still plays regularly with it at almost 5:

Melissa & Doug Vanity Play Set | Pretend Play | Play Set | 3+ | Gift for Boy or Girl amzn.eu/d/emqQSb5

She also loved (and still plays with):
Explorer kit/costume
Princess costume
Lottie dolls
Marble run
Melissa & Doug felt pizza
Trolley, till & play food
Talking coco melon doll

At that age I would make the most of whatever is in the charity shops, they pretty much play (and forget about quickly) any toys, save your money while you can (wait until they are teenagers)

I've got 2 dc with Christmas ish birthdays. We tended to go for stuff others could add to, with us usually lego but sylvanians def works for that. This avoids a house full of crap as it ties in together. We also consider the whole year as no presents for the rest of the year. A huge box of craft stuff, paper, pens, glue and glitter, colouring books etc works well and outdoor stuff too. As there are so many presents between Christmas and birthday mine never seemed to care that some things were not suitable to pay with until summer. So we still did sand pit, scooter etc and just put them away for a bit.

They are teens now and experts in convincing relatives to combine budgets so they get more expensive stuff.

At 3 it’s easy you don’t have to spend a fortune at this age, a mistake I made with my first.

My youngests 3rd Xmas, 2nd hand peppa bike, girly lunch box’s for nursery and bath toys from the lidl and Aldi sales baskets, baby dolls from Asda, colouring and learning books and a cuddly toy.

She got a new pram for her birthday that year, I traded her sisters in so she had something new, she loved putting her new babies in it.
the Melissa and Doug house with keys is fantastic for hand eye coordination, my DD 5 still plays with hers and puts her little dolls in it. Even my older ones play enjoy playing with it. They also do a latches tray which is good.

Sylvanian families were never popular with my older DDs so we never got any, it was more LOL, Barbie, kindi kids, princesses, paw patrol, peppa pig, Minnie Mouse, basically any crappy toy that had one of these stickers on was a hit.

My DD is nearly 4 now but last Christmas she got the Sylvanian family baby fun fair. She also loves playing with her sisters Sylvanian family baby nursery bus if your looking for ideas

other things she likes are

Lottie dolls

Play kitchen accessories such as Melissa and Doug smoothie set and biscuit baking set

Baby Annabel plus dolls pushchair, carseat etc

Jigsaw puzzles

Colouring books,magic painting, usbourne sticker books, paint sticks, velvet colouring, sticker mosaics etc

Playdough

This year we are starting her Playmobil collection and she has also asked for a metal wheelbarrow like she uses at forest school

Oh we also have the Melissa and Doug ice cream counter which my eldest got at 3 and both girls still play with it at least ever other day

This is the best thing my girls have. They've had it for years and still play with it all the time.

www.argos.co.uk/product/7064300

I also got them a box of wooden biscuits that the love.

My dd was just turning 3 last Christmas and the stuff she loved most (and still plays with):
Tenderleaf Toys Rosewood Cottage
Janod fairy and waterlilies puzzle
Tenderleaf Toys Blossom flowerpot set
She also loves her mini market with trolley and shopping bag, baby Annabel and a bag of wooden sweets from Kids Concept

Dd loves this flower garden toy

I’m getting 2 1/2 year old the schleich tree house I think. He already had a collection of the animals.

debating a Tonie music box - thinking each music character is then a good option for family who ask what to get the next few years.

He already had the Melissa and Doug ice cream parlour for Xmas last year at 18 months and has played a lot with it

Mine got the leapfrog ice cream trolley for her 3rd birthday and it's been played with regularly for a year LeapFrog 600703 Scoop & Learn Pretend Toddler Toy for Role Play Food and Magic Ice Cream Scooper Scoop/Learn Cart Set, Various amzn.eu/d/dNSQbRU

She loves a unicorn headband, bath bombs, and the paw patrol tower (bought for her sister)