What are you getting your 7 year olds?

[Snowfaux]

My DD will just have turned 7 at Christmas and was looking for inspiration to then suggest to her to put on her list. She has ASN and likes to follow whatever is “in”, although is not young for her age.

drawing and crafting are definitely her favourite thing, but also loves little surprise toys and setting her barbies and babies up to play schools etc.

Just to add, I’ve pre-ordered some of the k-pop demon hunters dolls as I think that she might like these!

DD loves electronic pets and so I’m currently considering the Vtech secret life of kitty, a Tamagotchi Paradise, or the Disney version of Bitzee (although not sure if it would be too similar to her other Bitzee).

We always get her a board game, so this year it’s Bugs in the Kitchen.

She likes playing with her cousin’s Marble Rush set and I’ve seen they’ve just brought out a girlie edition, so might get her that.

Craft wise, she’s very into slime (Gui Gui), Hama beads and Loom bands but doesn’t need any more of those. She went through a phase of liking Sticki Rolls and I think she’d like a Spirograph and polymer clay (maybe a Tiny Yums kit).

I’ve just given her some of my old Polly Pockets and she’s loving them, so I reckon they’ll be on her list this year!

Thank you, we have a lot of those but haven’t heard of tiny yums, so thank you - that looks right up her street.

my DD loved her Disney Bitzee & previously had the original, so would definitely recommend it. I did see that they’ve just brought out a Kpop demon hunters one also.

My daughters going to be 6 but similar likes! We ordered the k pop dolls for her birthday so hopefully that'll be a big hit.

Some stuff from the Xmas list that I've noted down:

*juicy couture version of fashion wheel
*kawaii slime kit (play doh slime)
*pamper kit with bits and bobs from b&m, home bargains like face masks, lip balm, mini makeup brushes etc.
*barbie game of life
*squishmallow plushie
*paint your own unicorn
*disney princess charm bracelet making kit
*lol surprise mystery balls.

Smart watch? I got my child a kids Garmin last year and he absolutely loves tracking his steps and sleep!

my DD loves sylvanian families. I've managed to find quite a few sets in their packing on vinted as they can get fairly pricey. The Range also currently have a fantastic range of dupes which feel exactly like the real ones. We also got her one of the houses off of Facebook Marketplace.

Another hit has been a subscription to a magazine, last year we got her the chickadee one (craft magazine) which has been fab. It's aimed at ages 6-8 so think we may repeat this one this year, or potentially the Nat Geographic kids one. She loves receiving something each month in the post!

Thank you very much for these great suggestions!

I have a DS but I think he’ll be getting a proper desk as his main Christmas present and maybe some other bits and pieces to make his room more ‘grown up’

DD is abiut to turn 7 next week. She is all about arts, crafts, animals and cute stuff. We jsut came back from Disney, so she had some stuff there too, but things that she will get for either bday or Xmas include

-fahlo bracelets

• furby

-jellycat toys

• Spirograph
• books

-Squishalongs

Potion making kit on Amazon was a last minute addition but ended up being one of the biggest hits!

Those bracelets looks very cool!

squishalongs as also a big hit here right now.

Following this! We usually do a mix of toys and more practical gifts. What I have planned so far DD (who turns 7 just after Christmas). Some of these gifts will be from grandparents too:

Sylvanian stuff - a house, another building like a shop, some more furniture and accessories. I'll probably buy the house new as her main gift but the rest will be from Vinted. She's obsessed with SF so I know this will land well

Books - already started gathering these, mostly second hand. Horrible Histories, Isadora Moon etc

Trinket box - plan to paint, decorate and line this myself. She loves trinkets and I need somewhere for them to live 🫠

Gymnastics leotard and branded gymnastics hoodie

New bedding

Trainers (usually gets light up/sparkly Skechers as they are pricier than I'd normally pay!)

An Isabelle from Animal Crossing build a bear teddy (requested by her)

Bracelet maker

Magazine subscription

Maileg mouse

Magnatiles road set

Playdoh flower set

New coat

My daughter will be just over 7 and a half at Christmas. I’m getting her a hairdresser’s styling head, one that clamps to table. She has recently expressed interest in learning how to do plaits etc so I’m hoping this will be a hit.

Hobbycraft also have plain canvas animals - teddy, dog, cat. So I’m going to give her the cat along with some fabric markers so that she can create her own design.

Just to let you know (you may already know but I didn't realise as they were released days apart!)... there are 2 'sets' of K-Pop dolls.

The dolls that 'sing' are £35 each.

The 'normal' dolls are £30 each.

I bought the 'wrong' set initially so have had to purchase the other. 1 set is for birthday and 1 set is for Christmas!

There's also 'Jinu' from The Saja Boys out too! 😁

Can you please link to the one you got? I think my dd would love this!

Thank you - yes she was very specific about these before I preordered 😂 she likes the outfits on the non-singing ones better!

does your child prefer the singing ones?

I’m also thinking maybe some squishies as they seem to be popular with her classmates at the moment, even though they’ve been a staple in our home for years!

I bought the 'normal' dolls first of all. They are now a Christmas present!

The 'singing' dolls are for her birthday now!

I feel like there was limited 'Huntrix' merchandise and in the last 4 weeks lots has appeared!

She is already asking for a Huntrix Ramen box lamp!

The lamp is very cute - I’ve just looked it up!

My DD sounds similar, and has asked for:

Bitzee aquarium
giant squishmallow
VTech secret life of kitty game
Peekimo
Mini brands mini vinyl player and discs
vending machine for her dolls
Toys in surprise boxes (like labubus)
clickeez keyboard
drawing robot

If they are the crafty type and like small world play, they might enjoy this little craft your own bedroom suitcase: https://www.sam-julia.co.uk/products/mouse-mansion-to-go-bedroom

Bought this after visiting the Mouse Museum in Amsterdam (which if you're ever going there with kids, is a lovely place to go and see). DD will love decorating the room and playing with it afterwards. You could definitely play Sylvanian's and other small figures in there, though I did buy one of the mice

Barbie malibu dream house
2 x barbies
Perfume (she loves perfume!)
Little kiddy makeup set
Minnie mouse teddy
Gym balance bar
New leotard
Bath bombs
Mini karaoke set
Den building kit

Limited edition legami pens are all the rage here

DS’s birthday is end of October and he gets a fair amount for that so I have to try and find new things he’d be interested in for Christmas. He’s only asked for 5 things this year for Christmas - clay set, nerf gun, fitness watch, dragon jellycat and (drum roll please) a litter picker. The litter picker is also, I might add, not to go out litter picking with. Apparently this is just useful!

I’ve got him all of those anyway plus the new Tom Gates book, new Dogman, new Investigators, slippers, some turtle themed things since he absolutely loves turtles and I’m on the fence about a yoto box for him. He had a tonie box until fairly recently but he said it was boring. I think yoto’s have more selection for older kids so I’m considering it if Black Friday deals are good.