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Ideas for 4 year old boy

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Moro93 · 16/10/2022 20:47

My ds just turned 4 recently and I'm really struggling with ideas for Christmas whereas I have loads for my 6 year old dd.

He has ASD and has been obsessed with Spiderman for over a year, however he's recently started to grow out of it slightly so I think this may be out.
His most recent obsession is Disney Princesses, he absolutely loves them. He wears my dd's old dress up dresses and has asked for more, as well as more of the princess teddies. He likes a lot of stuff that is stereotypically for girls at the moment e.g. Barbie. I don't mind this so I will get him some, but ideally I wouldn't everything to be along those lines.

He doesn't really like anything that's considered 'boyish' so I'm thinking maybe buy some stuff that's more unisex such as Kinetic sand, play-doh etc as he does love sensory play.

I'd really appreciate any ideas of what your children liked at this age. Thanks!

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Headabovetheparakeet · 16/10/2022 20:48

Lego!

Moro93 · 16/10/2022 20:52

Headabovetheparakeet · 16/10/2022 20:48

Lego!

We have quite a lot of Duplo and classic Lego. We got him Spiderman Lego for his birthday last month at his request but he's really struggling with building it, he can't coordinate very well, not sure if it's related to ASD. I was thinking maybe magnetic tiles or something instead of Lego, we had some a while ago and they loved them.

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OutofControl3 · 16/10/2022 20:52

My 4 year old is getting a bike with stabilisers
A mini skateboard, some pirate playmobile sets ( good for imagination)

thefiddlerselbow · 16/10/2022 20:55

Definitely magnet tiles - those are consistently popular with the 4 year olds I know.
They have some nice tubs of kinetic sand in Primark with moulds in too.
Anything construction wise is popular too.

Kaffiene · 16/10/2022 20:58

My nearly 5 year old got magnatiles for Xmas last year they are still played with daily. We got the dupes from Amazon. He also still struggles with building with Lego.

chaiteaforme · 16/10/2022 21:35

My DS enjoyed these at this age:

Marble run
Wooden train set
Bug-hunting kit
Playmobil
Lego
Orchard Toys Shopping List
Dress-up costumes
Dinosaur figures
Scooter
Portable stand-alone basketball hoop with adjustable height

wellingtonsandwaffles · 16/10/2022 21:53

My ds is very similar! Successes have been

magnatiles
Playmobil vehicles
aye appropriate Lego
walkie talkies
dress up both princesses and super heros etc
binoculars

ThreeRingCircus · 16/10/2022 21:54

Giant marbles. My DDs love these and I'm not worried about them putting them in their mouths.

Schleich animals or dinosaurs. Maybe his favourite animal if he has one? They're very realistic.

Giant jigsaw puzzle pieces, Galt do some good ones.

Cuddly toys?

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