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Gift ideas for boys 3-7 overseas

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mum295 · 02/02/2011 12:48

I have two friends overseas, each with 3 boys aged 3-7.

One lives in Australia but used to live in London, and the other lives in the US but loves all things British.

I only have a DD myself, aged 2.5, and have no idea what older boys like to play with.

In the past I have tried to send presents with a London/British slant. So when they were younger I sent loads of the cute Monsoon t-shirts, woolly hats, etc with pictures of London, soldiers, and so on, which my friends loved and I can see from photos that the younger boys are still wearing them as hand-me-downs.

After that I sent things like Paddington Bear toys/stories and also toy London buses/taxis/etc.

Now they are getting older, I'm stumped. If possible I'd like to send each just one present rather than one for each child, so something larger that all the boys can play with together.

I have ordered stuff for them from Aus/US websites in the past for ease.

Any ideas please? What do your boys love? Are there any particularly British things you could suggest?

Thank you!

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