WOW!! – The Big Question – What gift can I buy the birthday child?

Here are some guidelines to help you:

Before buying a gift, remember the following:

• Your budget – It's not the cost that counts it's the

thought. Children don't look at price tags.

• The child's age – Buy an age appropriate toy and not

something the child can play with in a few years time.

• Practicality – Will the child get more than 1 use out of

the toy or is it a boring toy?

• The child's interest – If you are buying a gift for a

child you don't really know, then ask the child's parents
what he/she is interested in or what they would like.

Some examples of appropriate gifts per age:

One Year

• Toys that can be pulled and pushed
• Sand toys
• Board Books with lots of pictures
• Big Building Blocks
• Big Cars, Tractors, Trains
• A Toy Phone
• A Farm Animal Set (Big Animals)
• Easy Wooden Puzzles
• A Baby Doll
• Mini Tools (Screwdriver, Big Nuts & Bolts, Hammer)
• Musical Instruments eg. Drum
• Playdough
• Plastic Lawn Mower
• Shape Sorter
• Soft Toys
• Bath Toys
• Activity Boards

Two Years

• Colouring Books and large crayons
• Paint and paintbrushes
• A Wheelbarrow
• Ball
• A Doll's House
• Xylophone or simple guitar
• A Tricycle
• A play play kitchen or workbench
• A plastic teaset
• Kids DVD's eg. Barney, Teletubbies
• A Firetruck or Police Van with figurines
• A small plastic Jungle Jim
• Picture books
• Large Aeroplanes
• Stacking toys
• Plastic scooter (black bike) with helmet
• Shopping cart
• Plastic Garden Tools

Three Years

• Sports toys eg. Cricket or Mini Golf Set
• Mini shop with cash register, products and paper money
• A Castle
• A Pirate Ship
• Dolls that can be fed and changed
• Action figures
• Construction toys
• Camping toys eg. Small tent, water bottle, sleeping bag
• Costumes eg, Spider-Man, Superman, Princess or Fairy
• outfit
• Art Set
• Puzzles
• Books
• Toy CD Player
• Pretend vanity set with mirror, brushes, etc
• Flashlight
• DVD's with their favourite characters
• Finger Puppets
• Kiddies plastic pool with water toys

Four Years

• Lego Blocks
• Plastic kiddies table
• Kids Computer Games or Kiddies Computer
• Small Bicycle with side wheels
• Boats
• Remote-control cars
• Blackboard with chalk
• Doctor set
• Punching bag with boxing gloves
• Car set
• Binoculars
• Small fishing rod
• Butterfly net
• Dolls
• Mini Garage with cars
• Costume Jewellery
• Wooden Jungle Gym
• Art set
• Mini Jumping Castle

Five to six years:

• Board games eg. Snakes & Ladders
• Educational computer games
• Construction toys
• Scalectrix
• Dolls
• Transformers
• Educational DVDs
• Storybooks
• Art Sets
• Kiddies Karaoke set
• Water Guns
• Science Projects
• Magnifying Glass
• Harmonica
• Marble Games
• Kiddies Office set
• CDs with stories and songs
• Kites
• Walkie-talkies

Seven – Ten Years:

• Sports equipment
• Doll's Clothes
• Craft and Hobby Sets
• Games
• Camera
• CDs
• Books
• Movie Vouchers
• More advanced puzzles
• Clothes
• Money or gift voucher