First birthday present for baby lentil weaver-your thoughts, please

[Fillyjonk]

Ideas, please.

She is a second child so we have no end of Hungry Caterpillars and variants, plastic crap and so forth. She's not especially girly atm, seen as how she's a baby and all.

We have every book a child could wish for.

I want something she can keep as she grows up. She'll also be getting a trike from us.

It also needs to be something small and light really, because we are forever decluttering.

Don't mind doing a bit of sewing/knitting, but I need ideas!

She is named after a goddess and is a Cancer, if that helps.

(oh and I would imagine that her uncle is buying her some sort of lifetime supply of junk food crap, and someone will probably find it immesely amusing to buy a Barbie doll, so we've got that covered, thanks)

Photoalbum/montage/scrapbook? Together with a letter from you telling her about her first year?

Keep meaning to do one for mine . . . .

thats a good idea.

hmm though am not sure how many photos of her there are.

she looks quite like ds though . No, that would be wrong.

Knitted crab?

birthstine necklace

flower press?

birthstone!

A super duper luxury fantastico treasure basket?

We got ds a set of real percussion instruments when he was 18 months. With supervision he could play with all of them, I'd imagine a 1 year old could have a good chew and a good shake of most of them. He loves them now, it's one of the best things we ever bought and hilarious to play with when we have a party. Slightly drunk adults plus rowdy children and a load of tambourines - marvellous :)

lol at using pictures of ds!

You could also include photos of her fave teddy/ house/garden/hospital where she was born/ grannies/pets/ds1 etc etc

Stick in a first sock too. They are sooooo sweet

I have not got any of her first socks.

I am a seriously bad mummy, I really am.

She's bascially spent the whole first year being carried around in a sling behind ds. . Bloody hell.

Franny, whats a treasure basket? She loves music-we play music a lot. We have every sodding percussion instrument known to humanity though. Including part of a gamelan.

Birthstones etc are very nice, she got about 10 when she was born though.

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Usually recommended for babies who are sitting but not yet walking, but toddlers love them too. If you made a really special one she could keep it for her own children :)

thats actually a good idea, franny. It might encourage me to make time just with her too, for I am crap at this . Suppose I could do a special themed one.

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Bloody hell who makes those, Filly? Do you make them? I have to have some.

fillyjonk; have 2 girls myself and they NEVER played with any of the more expensive toys we bought them .Best gift ever was a real little goldfish (in tank of course)! Loved it.

Fillyjonk, if you are really interested I can lob my word document on heuristic play in your direction

A nice Book?
Bracelet?
Snowglobe of some description?

frany-I can make them.

They're easy. Not sure how long they'd take, haven't looked at the pattern in depth, but not hugely ages.

your document sound like the kind of thing a good snibbet needs. How can I get it?

I do NOT do goldfish. When I was a smaller Fillyjonk, I went to Woodcraft Folk camp, as you do. I came back to find my goldfish had got a lot smaller and changed colour somewhat.

A few days later, our drains overflowed...

I was thinking what sort of pressie to get dd who will be 2 on sunday - yes I know I have left it late but h leaving me has rather confused and frazzled my brain

I was thinking about making her a really special treasure basket (which she would love) - no idea where to get a really nice basket from though

Why not make her a patchwork quilt?
Very easy and a treasure that grows in value.
I have made one for all the people I love.

Fantastic idea Moondog!

Mine have bits of clothes and fabrics in that have been loved and worn a lot over the years,so there is a story in every one.

I reckon these have gold star lentil weaver status.

good idea, md.

but can i go from 0-quilt in a month, do you think?

I can sew, but slowly.

and none of my fabric ha a story, we chuck old clothes round here (or pass them on). Hence no baby socks.

Well I could!
Does it have to be presented on first birthday???
I once did one for a Christening and was still sewing it (friend was driving) as we pulled up to the church!
If you have sewn before,you could easily do one that was perhaps a metre square,esp. if you are doing a very simple design.

oh FJ, so sorry to bring back bad memory of goldfish :( Always wanted to be in the Woodcraft folks but got stuck with bloomin boring Brownies counting bits of string and repeatedly failing Hostess badge. What did you do on camps ?