Holiday Gift Ideas 2012: Children Ages 2-4

[KrisM]

DS2 is 4. This list includes what others will get him as well. It's his wishlist.

Magformers - definite
Spiderman Stunt City - definite
Perplexus Rookie
Kid K'nex
M&D Clock
Imaginext Batman Command Center
Imaginext Green Lantern
Hexbug Nano zipline
Find the differences book
Captain Hook's Cabinet of Hooks

[AlbrightRC]

4 year old son
automoblox mini hot rods
48 piece puzzles
playmobil
hess truck

[Jai]

DS has a birthday 6 weeks after Christmas so this list includes those gifts as well.

scooter
yellow kite
cash register
Cloud B twilight turtle
Quadrilla Twist & Rail
Everyday Heroes playset http://www.kidkraft.com/toys-and-pla...playsets/63239
Trucky 3 http://smartgamesandpuzzles.com/inventor/Trucky3.html
pop up book http://www.amazon.com/Winters-Tale-O...I1K3NDC0PREY8L

[curiousgeorge]

DS will be 4 in February. Earlier this year he got subscriptions to both Big Backyard (which is changing its name to Ranger Rick Jr) and National Geographic Little Kids. He LOVES getting both of these in the mail each month. I would highly recommend them for an animal-loving kid of this age, either boy or girl.

[hellbennt]

I learned about Family Pastimes games here

http://familypastimes.com/

For ages 4-7, The Sleeping Grump has been a hit w/ my 2 ds!

If you do a search, you'll find many more recs, like for the game Max (also ages 4-7) & Funny Face (4-7)

Harvest Time is good, too! Ages 3-7

we have a stack of these games!
(Secret Door! Ages 5-7 is still fun around here & ds are 6 & 9)

[lizzywednesday]

The ILs have gotten DD a bunch of clothes, which is good because I still don't have a good fix on her growth curve so I don't shop ahead for her, but this means she really needs season-appropriate clothing.

My mom & stepdad are planning to give her handmade doll clothes for "her" baby doll (the doll was mine as a kid.)

(I'm hoping to supplement that with a set of doll diapers.)

DH and I have already gotten:

* 4 die-cast Cars 2 toys from the Disney Store Outlet (certain characters were BOGO, so we got Mater, Lightning, Sally and Holley)
* Winnie-the-Pooh DUPLO set (picked up at TRU last year)

We're planning to get:

* Moon Flight Mater playset (Target)
* Whinnying Rocking horse
* Cinderella DVD (not sure if this is going to be a gift-gift or a stocking gift)

We kind of overwhelmed her last year, so we're scaling it back a lot.

[wendibird22]

DD2 turns 3 the week before Xmas. She also has an older sister so we have a TON of girl toys. We are giving her:

Birthday: tag reader (so she can stop fighting DD1 for it), bean bag chair, abd dress up shoes. Sister is giving her a M&D jewelry box craft kit.

Xmas:
doc mcstuffins talking toy
lalaloopsy doll
Tink/Periwinkle doll set (shared with DD1)
Art easel (shared with DD1)
cash register
Xmas pj's, ornament, Tink DVD (from us)

[BabyBearsMom]

DD1 is 2.5 and she is getting:

From Santa:
Fisher Price Loving Family Dollhouse http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-L...mily+dollhouse with furniture

From DH and I:
For Christmas: A personalized height chart from Etsy
For Hannukah: DH's old iphone (deactivated) in an otterbox for her to play games on when we are traveling

From Other People:
Kidcraft Cradle: http://www.amazon.com/KidKraft-60101...=IDYLZSM0YD62X
Kid TOugh Camera: http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-K...I1PYP302VLPVQF

And a bunch of other smaller things from other people (movies, play-doh sets, books etc.). It will be, as usual, way too much stuff. But my MIL is generally out of control at XMas and will buy DD1 way too much.

[beltm]

ok, this is a combined list for DS who is 4.5 for Hanukkah, Christmas, Birthday and "getting a new baby". So yes it's a lot of stuff, but spread out over four occasions, and we typically don't buy much for him during the year, it all gets saved for "holiday season". This also includes things i know he is getting from various family members, so not all from us. And FYI (because it seems like a big list!!!! ), i did not pay retail for a single item here, and have been collecting throughout the year during sales, promos, and rewards coupons:

Learning resources cash register
Magnatiles (40%) off
Imaginext Eagle Talon Castle and Dragon - from aunt
Playmobil Ghost pirate ship - from grandparents
Hexbug Habitat Hive and nanos
Lego FUn with Vehicles set
My first big bag of science
Lite Brite
Bag of super soaker water guns found at Target on clearance (i think i got 8 guns, some motorized, for a grand total of $18)
Vtech switch n go dinos (they transform from dinos to vehicles) - Brok (the really big one) and couple of smaller ones
Star Wars pods thing - at costco, not sure what it's called, looks like squinkies
Star Wars ships/vehicles/figures - from the grandparents
Personalized superhero cape - need to order from etsy, i think this will be a gift from his new baby brother
Possibly new Maxi kick scooter - on the fence on this one, he will outgrow his mini over the winter
Star Wars pop-up book
Games - kept finding games on clearance or super sales throughout the year: Zingo, snack attack, chutes and ladders, monopoly jr., rory's story cubes, operation, camelot jr.
He just discovered he likes his Trio blocks from last holidays, and asked for another set so he could build more, and i have an extra set tucked away to gift for others, but may add that to his stuff, since he finally likes to build!

And DH picked up a couple things for him as well - some kind of remote control transformer thing and army figures.

[Jai]

Beltm, thanks for the science kit idea! I didnt think of that. Do you have a link?