V.V. asks from Spring, TX on May 10, 2011
Gift for Two Year Old Girl
My daughter's birthday is in a couple of weeks at I don't know what to buy for her gift. She has two older brothers ( 6 and 4) and a houseful of "boy toys". She does have a few dolls and stroller. She does like carrying her baby dolls around. She also loves to draw. I've been looking at the Fisher Price doll house for ages 2 -5 and the Little Mommy collection. My husband thinks we should just buy her some more crayons and coloring books since she is at the age to not really care about her presents. I don't know. I just want to buy something special. Any ideas?
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Thanks for all of the great ideas. Some of the things we already have from the boys (art easels, sandboxes, aqua doodle, small table and chairs). We are not throwing a huge party for her with lots of guests and relatives bringing gifts. I'm going to look through everyone's responses and just pick something out so it'll arrive in time for her birthday!
Thanks!
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C.O. answers from Minneapolis on May 10, 2011
My daughter is 4 and she got a doll house when she was 2. She has played with is a lot along with her older brother (he's 7). Also legos (duplos) are good toys, both my kids still play with them. Doll stuff like a crib or bassinet since she likes playing with dolls. Sidewalk chalk, pip squeak markers (very washable and small), magna doodle, kitchen set or a plastic tea set.
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J.M. answers from Boston on May 10, 2011
My kids (now 6 and 3) have had one of those big tubs of play food for 3 years now, and they still use it almost every day. My daughter got a plastic tea set when she was two that still gets near daily use.
happy birthday!
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J.C. answers from New York on May 10, 2011
She will love a little kitchen for years!
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M.F. answers from Houston on May 10, 2011
Doll house, or a kitchen will last for years. My 2 year old daughter loves purses, she has a Dora one and she carrys it everywhere. Melissa and Doug has really awesome toys too. We got our daughter a lot of those for Christmas. She loves the large wooden beads and they come with a shoe lace, and she loves the blocks.
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A.J. answers from Houston on May 10, 2011
My daughter loves dress up. If she likes to play dress up I recommend plenty of dress up clothes.
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C.O. answers from Minneapolis on May 10, 2011
My daughter is 4 and she got a doll house when she was 2. She has played with is a lot along with her older brother (he's 7). Also legos (duplos) are good toys, both my kids still play with them. Doll stuff like a crib or bassinet since she likes playing with dolls. Sidewalk chalk, pip squeak markers (very washable and small), magna doodle, kitchen set or a plastic tea set.
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M.J. answers from Sacramento on May 10, 2011
We got a lot of use out of our daughter's Fisher Price starter doll house. That's a good one.
Another idea is an art desk. Our daughter gets a ton of use out of hers. If you pick the right one, it can grow with her over the next few years.
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A.A. answers from Waco on May 11, 2011
We bought our daughter a beautiful hand-painted toy chest from Etsy when she turned 2. It is gorgeous and now she has a place to put all the toys she has accumulated the last couple of years.
My parents bought her a child-size table and chairs. Mine loves art, too, and this turned out to be a fantastic investment. She uses it almost every day.
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T.H. answers from Kansas City on May 10, 2011
What about a small bike with training wheels? We got one used and bought the training wheels and my daughter LOVES it! She started riding it about 2 and she caught onto riding it pretty quickly. We just upgraded her to a bigger model this week (she's 3.5 now) and that's a big hit too!
A sandbox is a good idea, but those are a mess, I prefer to play with them at the park, it cuts down on the sand intake of my house! ;) A doll house is a good idea. My daughter likes the Fisher Price fairy tree house thing. She also got a princess castle that has smaller figures that she plays with quite a bit. Her most favorite doll that she never parts with is a Little Mommy doll. From what I've seen those are a bit hit with most kids!! My daughter would be thrilled with any of the products from that line like a changing table, high chair, etc.
A.H. answers from Chicago on May 10, 2011
My almost 2-year old has the toy that Emily S. suggested, the fairyland playhouse. She LOVES it - plays with it every day. She even takes her weebles and her mickey characters & toy story friends (she has an older brother too ;) and puts them in the fairy house sometimes. The only complaint I have is that the front door comes off sort of easily - but it's easy to put back on too. She actually likes taking it off and bringing it to us to put back on for her. It's a great present for her age!
The day I was buying it there was another mom in the store who had an older daughter and said she wished so much she could buy it but her baby was too old for it!
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