What is a good pressie for a 1yr old?

[MistressMary]

Thinking about birthday for babs and need some good ideas for toys etc? What things are worth spending money on?

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Little tikes outdoor toys such as activity gym (cube shape with slide) or sit and ride toys eg car rocking horse/motorbike.

Tricycle

those ... oh god how to explain in, like a stack of funnels that forms a tower and the baby posts ping pong balls down it and they spiral down a track to the bottom. That kept my one year old busy constantly since his birthday last week.
D'yaknowhadimean?

A plastic tea-set - they'll play with it for ages!

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Thanken you all kindly, something there that will please the little chappie , I know!

If you're close to a makro they are doing FANTASTIC little mini rocking horses, wooden base and everything for TWENTY quid!!!

Wooden building bricks from ELC - £10 for box. All my 3 children play with them - great value for money.

suzywong - do you mean a Pop Up Ball Blast by Fisher Price? Makes lots oof flashing lights and tunes too. DD had one of those and adored it,. Gave it to nursery eventually and all the children there had huge fun with it. They all also liked ELC's Funky Footprints to crawl and toddler all over.

twiglett, yes that's exactly what I mean
Hula that sounds fabulous, will have a look on ebay for one of those.

what about the hide n squeak eggs , a bargain at a fiver too. my girls (4 and 1) play with them all the time.

Fisher Price Little People sets to which you can add.
Activity table.
Ride on Toy (some have push along handles, lift up seats, rockers, electronic noises etc)
First Trike
Traditional Wooden Toys like Noah's Ark,bricks and trolley, shape sorter or bead frame.

Recently bought ths for dd2's 1st birthday. She loves it, keeps trying to pull monkey off the top.

Pop Up Ball Blast on e-bay