Any ideas please for my lovely DD? She will be nearly 8 at Christmas. I have books and ideas for stocking fillers for her but I would like to get something she can play with/ use, ideally independently.
She doesn't need any big items like a bike, and has plenty of art materials etc. She's resolutely uninterested in dolls/ Barbie/ hair/ make-up but loves coding, nature, science, riding her bike (not in need of replacement) and climbing trees.
We have lots of Lego and Gravitrax, both of which get plenty of use, but I am reluctant to buy more as we don't have unlimited space. I'm also not wild about the Galt science kits which are really annoying in my experience.
I thought about this https://www.mulberrybush.co.uk/pyxel-coding-robot-dog but I'm not sure.
My husband has vetoed this https://www.wickeduncle.co.uk/childrens-presents/lets-explore-oceans-vr on the basis that it's too screen-based. Likewise I am not prepared to get a Switch.
DD has no requests and likes surprises.
Any ideas would be great!