Main presents for six year old DD

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Both her birthday and Xmas are coming up (she’s turning six) and she is not forthcoming with present ideas 😫 she is well into Gabby’s Dollhouse with the movie coming out, but she already has the celebration house and I don’t think the new one is that great. I’ve bought some new bits but nothing wow.
what’s everyone getting their six year old girls?

@mamagogo1 DD had an electric microscope last year and it was such a hit - we all love it! So many things have been examined underneath it!

Can you talk me through the edurino kit? I’ve had a look bug at first glance it looks like it’s geared towards year R learning, like familiarizing with numbers or recognising letters. I’d be quite keen if it was covering number bonds and more complex phonetics - is it just that the description isn’t great or is it geared towards early years learning

For her 6th birthday, DD1 got: a camera (a digital one, not an instant-print one), a potions kit, kids charades, lego, some books/Yoto cards (Little Princess, Wishing Chair, Ballet Shoes, plus a couple of easier things she can read herself), a jewellery making kit with little glass beads in a bunch of colour, a hula hoop. We also got some hand-me-down rollerskates, which she enjoys, but we don't manage to use very often.

Things she might be getting for Christmas: hair chalks, some dress up bits (she's outgrown a lot of ours), makedo cardboard construction set, pogo stick, potion kit refill, more magnetic tiles to add to our collection, star projector, more books/Yoto cards.

There's so much more than phonetics. There's an artsy one, a programming one, one about feelings. My son loves the phonics one though but probably because for him it's the easiest to fly through. He's 6, early next year. Yeah.

Basically regardless of which ones you get they all share the same story. The child is the human child with the magic pen and you've to find your friends and rid the world's of the chaos monsters through the learning and play based tasks. The programming one is great for logical thinking. It's got lots of little puzzles on so you have to do things in the right order.

You don't have to commit to the full set. You can buy the one you want with a pen and that unlocks the app for £45 then for about £25 each you can add to it as you want or need.

Sometimes edurino do bundles where it's cheaper to buy multiple at once though and more occasionally they do the full set for just over £100.

When you unlock parts of the world you're on you unlock new clothes to dress your character up in and each little figure has it's own clothes that you unlock so if she's into dress up even the easier ones are worth it just so she gets the full experience of the character creator.

It's marketed towards ages 4-8 and the earlier stuff is more towards the 4 year old mark but it doesn't let you progress until you've picked the basic bits up so if she knows the basics she'll fly through to the harder stuff.

My six year old (nearly 7) has enjoyed playing recently with lego, science kits, arts and crafts, a (second hand) nintendo switch lite, puzzles, boardgames, etc. They're very into Harry Potter at the moment.

Still likes magnet tiles, playdough, slime, bug hunts, etc.

We got a bigger bike in the summer but they're scared to ride it! We upgraded their scooter to a more fancy looking one with light up wheels for the school run and they're quite pleased with it.

I think this age a "big" present can still be an inexpensive present. Stuff like a big lego set, a big slime mixing set, a new scooter, etc all look impressive under the tree.

Pets alive are cool

Meemeows are also popular

Thank you everyone, there are so many brilliant ideas here! Potion / science kit will be such a hit too, construction sets and maybe more targeted crafting stuff.
thanks all!

Amazing, have found one for DD! Thanks 👍 👍 👍

I have bought one for each of my granddaughters. 7 and 5 years old. I'm sure they'll love them.