Presents for 6 year old girl and 4 year old boy - HELP!

[Horton]

We have some friends visiting just after Christmas. They live in Spain so we don't really know their kids particularly well, and my daughter is only two so I have few ideas from my own experience.

Give me some ideas for things that children of these ages would like, please? Pretty please?

Girl aged 6 is quite a tomboy but also interested in dressing up and stuff. Boy aged 4 is obsessed with Star Wars and Lego.

If anyone can help, I'd be very grateful.

Thank you!

ok so i have a 4 year old boy.
what's your budget?
any other limitations like small so they can take it home on the plane?

How about some pirate stuff, that would have suited my tomboyish but dress-uppy girl at that age, and ought to work for boy too.

Yes, small good and cheap good! I guess about a tenner each? Pirate stuff sounds like a good laugh for both of them and easily transportable, thank you. Any other ideas?

Do you think they might like a book or two each? I know their mum struggles to keep their written/read English up since they obviously go to school with Spanish-speaking children? Or would that be dull? And ideas welcome for any books that might be a good idea. Any piratey books about that would be nice to read to children of that age?

well i wish somebody would buy my kids this cable car set from myriad.
i think it would suit both the ages your taking about and you could get for them to share.
any good?

DS (nearly 4) almost self-combusted from excitement when he discovered that this book existed...

Those both look great, thank you so much. I think I might go for the cable car set - it looks like loads of fun. They are pretty good at playing together so I think it might be a winner. Thanks!

Some of the things 6y DD is getting from either us or family:

Teeny Mees
High School Musical doll
HSM dress up
craft stuff
sewing kit
mini weaving loom
Barbie plane/boat
books - Daisy and the Troble with...' some Alan Ahlberg books
Rainbow in your room type light
Electronic drumsticks
Magic kit

so horton.
i'd love one of those for myself.
let me know how they look in real life.

I will, Dragon, thank so much for the recommendation. It really looks like lots of fun (and I quite want it for myself, too).

And thanks, Hula, sadly I had already ordered the cable car but cheers for the help!