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No idea what to get my 1 year old for her birthday!

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Flopsy145 · 21/03/2022 06:47

I've given all my good ideas away to family haha, so she's getting a scuttlebug, standing stand pit, armchair, various other bits etc.
I'm getting her a piece of jewellery with an accompanying letter which I'll do every year and put in a box until she's 18 when she will open all and it will be a nice trip down memory lane. We're also throwing her a small party at our house.

I don't want to spend loads but still want to get her something, has anyone got any ideas? What did you get your LO that went down well?

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RiaG91 · 21/03/2022 07:51

I think your idea is lovely. Is it a piece of jewellery and a letter every year, or the letter only?

It sounds like she will be getting quite a bit anyway, and at the age of 1 she will outgrow toys etc quickly so I wouldn't worry too much.

Onlywomengivebirth · 21/03/2022 07:53

@Parker231

A large cardboard box - best present ever for that age!

Was just coming in to say that. Good present until 5 in my experience, when you team it with some paints.

DoucheCanoe · 21/03/2022 07:53

We do the same as @takemeawayyy after years of wondering what to get, they're just as happy with one well thought out gift and an experience - I wish I'd known this from the start with my eldest!

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Flopsy145 · 21/03/2022 07:55

@RiaG91

I think your idea is lovely. Is it a piece of jewellery and a letter every year, or the letter only?

It sounds like she will be getting quite a bit anyway, and at the age of 1 she will outgrow toys etc quickly so I wouldn't worry too much.

@RiaG91jewellery and letter every year, I was going to do charms for a bracelet but she might not like charm bracelets when she's older so I thought a different bit of jewellery would be nice

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Blimecory · 21/03/2022 08:02

I’m sorry, although I understand the idea behind it, but I wouldn’t do a piece of jewellery every birthday to be opened when she’s 18. It might be out of style, she mightn’t like it, she might not wear jewellery at all, and jewellery loses its value quickly anyway. Better to put money in an account for her to be given when she’s 18.

DoucheCanoe · 21/03/2022 08:21

I don't do jewelry at all, not even a watch. Hate having anything on me!

I'd have loved a stack of letters and a nice filled photo album on my 18th though :)

AliceW89 · 21/03/2022 08:23

Books. ‘MORE BOOKS’ (as in, read me another book) gets hollered at me all day from dawn until dusk by 22 months old DC you can get stacks of them in great condition second hand from gumtree or FB marketplace.

axolotlfloof · 21/03/2022 08:52

I might give her the jewellery and letters when she's 12.
I think a 12 y o would love this.
By the time she's 18 she will have her own style.

BluebellStreet · 21/03/2022 10:07

@axolotlfloof

I might give her the jewellery and letters when she's 12. I think a 12 y o would love this. By the time she's 18 she will have her own style.

That's a good idea. I've got an eighteen year old and she's absolutely lovely but she doesn't even wear earrings and would take want eighteen pieces of jewellery that she then had no say in to wear, feel grateful for and look after.

Or once your dd is about five you could take her with you and she could choose and wear it.

Blimecory · 21/03/2022 10:27

I personally don’t think encouraging a child to think about jewellery is a good idea. However, instead of buying 18, or 12, cheaper pieces, why not save up the money and get one really nice piece instead when she’s 12, or 18?

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Flopsy145 · 21/03/2022 10:39

@Blimecory what's wrong with a child thinking about jewellery? It's harmless and fun, I love jewellery as does my mum so have always inherited bits and have items with a story which is what my dd would have. Some bits may not be her style but would be in a memory box, not going to be expensive pieces.

@takemeawayyy that's a really good idea, I might do that and take her to the zoo on her actual birthday and just give her a book to open.

Thanks all for the recommendations, a book will go down very well so will do that and take her out for the day and put some photos of our day out in an album for her to look at when she's older

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Flopsy145 · 21/03/2022 10:40

@axolotlfloof good idea, I also would have loved that at 12. Then probably get her a nice more expensive piece that she picks when she's 18 or something!

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InglouriousBasterd · 21/03/2022 11:18

It sounds like she’ll have loads to open and enjoy so I wouldn’t go overboard, but I gave DD a doll and buggy for her first birthday and it was easily her most played with toy for years!

17caterpillars1mouse · 21/03/2022 11:48

What about a keepsake soft toy like a steiff or charliebear?

Or I saw a really lovely pull along mammoth toy recently. Think it was a kids concept one.

A doll and pushchair always seem to be a big hit with small toddlers too

FearlessSwiftie · 22/03/2022 09:41

What about a new outfit and some family activity, like a photo shoot? The pictures will last for ages and you can have a family photo slideshow or a photo book with them. There is also Shutterfly and programs where you can make your own calendars, so you can make a whole calendar with your family pics as well. If you plan a photo shoot just for your daughter, you can get a whole album of those pics or make a baby collage with them. Looking at these pictures years after and seeing how she was back then would be fun!

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