What's a good gift for a 4 year old girl?

[VenusRising]

It is for her birthday.

A lot of people are already getting her Barbie stuff which she has a ton of anyway.

She is my little shadow when I'm visiting her parents, and I'd like to get her something not Barbie.

Any and all suggestions welcome. Thanks!!

:hi:

[1gobluedem]

1. When my girls were four they loved jewelry

Glittery fun stuff. They definitely get into the princess stuff at that age. One of my girls wore her Cinderella ballgown every day for a month. Dress up clothes, jewelry, stuff like that.

[VenusRising]

4. She does love my heart necklace.

She sits in my lap and plays with it all the time. Good idea!

[woo me with science]

2. Imaginative play stuff.

Costumes; pretend food, appliances, or tools; hand puppets.

If there is room in the house where she lives, kids that age love the big, cardboard blocks to build structures as big as they are and knock them down:




Think about the play "stations" you often see in a preschool classroom. Preschool teachers know the drill.

Have fun shopping! :)

[VenusRising]

5. She doesn't really have the room for that.

Too bad, because that would be way fun!

I'm going to go crazy shopping, I'm sure. :)

[frogmarch]

3. Flitter Fairy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6NPtzo-nEU

Flitter fairies might be better for an older child, but my neighbor's 3-year-old really likes hers.

[VenusRising]

6. That is super cute!

I think my God-daughter would LOVE one of those!

Thanks for sharing.

[RedCloud]

7. Fish in a tank?

When my little one was 4 she wanted plastic shoes. They lasted about 1 day!

[LynneSin]

8. Pack of Marlboros and a fifth of Vodka

:hide:

[VenusRising]

11. That's for me post party!

:)

[Kali]

9. legos (the building sets, not the stupid already-made toys)

matchbox or similar cars

bug house or other natural history type (or any science) items

books

books

books

animal toys - horses tend to be favorites with girls but that does risk the lifelong desire for a real one, not that it is a bad thing. just depends how it is handled - can be great responsibility lessons or can lead to spoiled assholes (same with the horses:rofl: )

art supplies

books

[TheCentepedeShoes]

24. I was a bit older (6)

but got a set of American Plastic Bricks for Xmas in 1954
Came with a booklet of plans, but I liked to design my own or recreate places I knew

[RebelOne]

10. Go to Toys R Us and you can get toy recommendations by age.

/www.toysrus.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=2255956

Scroll halfway down to Shop By Age.

[hedgehog]

12. How about a kit to make jewelry?

http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Flower-Power-Wooden/dp/B0006NGVOU

[bif]

13. Polly pockets.

Little kids love them and they don't take up much room.

[hedgehog]

18. Oh, man - my kids went nuts for those at that age!

[bif]

40. A book="Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"

My kids made me read that one over and over, almost every night of the week!

[Little Star]

14. I gave my 4 & 6 year old grand children a boxed set of..

"Little House on the Prairie" for Xmas year before last. They said it was the best present they got.

Their parents loved it also. Every night the whole family watched one episode. It was dinner table conversation, motivation to do their chores and get their baths done early.

The whole family was very sad when they had gone through every season.

My daughter and son in law said it actually brought them closer together because they had something they all liked to talk about.

I got them "The Waltons" this past Xmas but it is a little too mature for them yet. They will watch that in a couple of years when they are old enough.

It really is a great gift!

[grasswire]

34. I love The Waltons

I agree that there are excellent lessons to be learned for children from both Little House and The Waltons.

[ohiosmith]

15. Live Entertainment.

[geardaddy]

16. How about simple art supplies?

My nieces loved those when they were that age.

[rug]

17. A good, marvelous picture book.

http://lookingglassreview.com/books/millies-marvellous-hat



It goes good with a stuffed animal she can read it to once somebody's read it to her.

[hedgehog]

19. There are generally a lot of picture books with a stuffed animal -

Paddington bear?

[Coyote_Bandit]

20. At that age my niece

liked to play dress up - and she really enjoyed bath stuff. Bubble bath. Scented stuff. Lots of different scented things and different scents. And flavored lip gloss. And pink and purple.

[FloridaJudy]

21. A chainsaw and a flamethrower

Seriously, an easel and some washable paints. The kind of modeling clay that can be baked in an oven. Or construction stuff, like blocks or Lincoln logs or legos.

She'll get enough Barbies, and other "name brand" toys. Kids need to be encouraged to use their own imaginations more.

[msanthrope]

22. Tinkerbell anything, or dress-up fairy wings. nt

[KamaAina]

23. Starabella, the kindergarten rock star!

She is the creation of my dear friends, a little girl with learning disabilities who leads her classmates to a Bright New World. She is based on the family's older daughter Tara who is Autistic, and composed and performed much of the magical music.

http://www.starabella.com

[WinkyDink]

25. A 4-year-old boy?

[Orrex]

26. A mini-gun

They're legal!

[applegrove]

27. I always suggest bath toys because it will make it easier on the parents if there is something

the little one can look forward to in the tub. They use to have these little 'blow fish' that would suck up water when you squeeze them underwater and that you could then squirt.

[PassingFair]

28. Hello Kitty!

http://shop.sanrio.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-eStore-Site/default/Search-Show?q=hello%20kitty&prefn1=design&prefv1=Red%20Ribbon

[Bertha Venation]

29. A book called _Stellaluna_.

Can't go wrong. :thumbsup:

[pokerfan]

30. fireworks

[BiggJawn]

31. A pair of shorts with "TART" stitched across the butt.

No, easy now, I'm just kidding...

Kid-sized garden tools. A little late for this year, but there's always next spring...

[guitar man]

32. My daughter loves these

Pillow pets :)

http://www.pillowpets.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1

[Diana Prince]

35. You can now get them personalized.

This place will put the child's name on the Pillow Pet.

http://www.lillianvernon.com/Product/MyPillowPets

[grasswire]

33. picture books about kitties

I found some wonderful picture books about kitties for a birthday recently -- loads and loads of pictures.

Congratulations for refusing to get Barbie stuff. What the hell does a 4-year-old need with that cheap crap, anyway? Please try to find something that affirms her as a thinking person, not a robotic consumer.

:-)

[riverwalker]

36. pot holder loom

they still make them! My granddaughter loves making the potholders for everyone.

[Maine-ah]

37. my daughter is four. She does not own any Barbie stuff.

This time of year, outside toys are great. Stuff for the beach...or, we just ordered some roller skates for the peanut. The kind made by fischer price that snap on to sneakers, comes with knee and elbow pads and have Tinkerbell on them, and she just got her first bike.

[dr.strangelove]

38. Arts/Crafts stuff she can wear

My daughter loved to make bracelets, crowns and necklaces ... really anything that she could wear and tell people that she made. If its someone you know well, offer to set up a date and help her make the jewelry. You can each wear something you made. It will be special for her and you.

[mysuzuki2]

39. my 4 year old grandaughter loves toy cars, dinosaurs

and stickers. She REALLY loves stickers.