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Help - presents for 2 year old!

Postby clothmama » Wed Dec 07, 2016 1:59 pm

With Remy's birthday so shortly ago I have no idea what to get him for Christmas - help - anyone have any good ideas???

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Re: Help - presents for 2 year old!

Postby Louise » Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:22 pm

What did you get for his birthday?

What sort of things does he like playing with?

My 4 loved these

https://www.mulberrybush.co.uk/squash-blocs

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Re: Help - presents for 2 year old!

Postby clothmama » Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:26 pm

Louise wrote:What did you get for his birthday?

What sort of things does he like playing with?

My 4 loved these

https://www.mulberrybush.co.uk/squash-blocs

He got a trampoline, lots of train tracks / trains and books. He loves all them and doing craft things, playing with cars etc, normal boy stuff really @Louise . Thanks off to have a look!

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Re: Help - presents for 2 year old!

Postby clothmama » Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:38 pm

They do look fab and I think he'd love them but we have hardly any space at the moment and honestly I think he'd spend the whole time just breaking them :roll: but then they do pack away small. I'll have a look and see if I can find them over here!

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Re: Help - presents for 2 year old!

Postby sim » Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:41 pm

A balance bike?
Scooter?
A teepee / playhouse for the garden?

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Re: Help - presents for 2 year old!

Postby autumnalgirl » Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:49 pm

Mini wheelbarrow
Balance bike
Duplo (autocorrect suggests diplomats)!!!
Instruments
Play dough cutters
More track/trains

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Re: Help - presents for 2 year old!

Postby clothmama » Wed Dec 07, 2016 3:10 pm

sim wrote:A balance bike?
Scooter?
A teepee / playhouse for the garden?

Not sure about the bike thing, we already have a wheelybug, scuttle bug and mum got him a scooter as an early birthday resent and he doesn't really use any of them :roll: To be fair our garden is pretty hilly and wonky! A playhouse is actually a fabulous idea but we dont' want to buy one we want to build one from wood so not an option in less than 3 weeks really. It has given me a thought though - I wonder if I could make him a cute inside tent thing to play in that can be easily folded away, something like this:
Image wouldn't really take too long then I could do a proper play house / tipi for outside in the spring. Thanks that is a good idea spark @sim :happysanta:

The other thing I wanted to do and forgot about was a horse head on a stick thing (he lllloooooooovves horses!) and a dinosaur dress up tail as I've seen gorgeous tutorials for them. I think I need to get out my machine!

autumnalgirl wrote:Mini wheelbarrow
Balance bike
Duplo (autocorrect suggests diplomats)!!!
Instruments
Play dough cutters
More track/trains

He already has a garden pull along thing (although maybe a wheelbarrow not bad idea as well - might bribehim with one in the spring when we need to be out there alot!
Duplo - actually a really good idea - we have a box of crap stuff but he has just started playing with it so might get him some proper stuff.
Instruments - check - he loves them - got him a great wooden set from Lidl last Christmas with triangle, tamborine, marraccas and he is currently laying his (proper and quite good - was Louis) harmonica so not sure we need any others (unless I'm missing an obvious one LOL!).

autumnalgirl wrote:Play dough cutters

Bingo :yahoo: - he loves lay Doh and I have no cutters / activities or anything - thanks @autumnalgirl :widesmile:

Would it be bad to give him a Trofast storage unit to keep all his toys in :lookround: :lookround: :giggle:

SO list so far:
books - already have some on order and some wraped including Christmassy ones
  • Play doh cutters
  • Duplo set (will be collecting the old stuff of the boys when I go back to Oz in March so he'll be getting loads then)
  • try to get time to make:
    • a tent,
    • a dino tail
    • a horse stick thing

Really at 2 I dont' think he needs much more than that (especially on the back of his birthday

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Re: Help - presents for 2 year old!

Postby autumnalgirl » Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:49 pm

Sounds perfect Tory. Of course storage can be part; he doesn't mind!
I want this duplo set, but apparently we already have too much! I only want it because it has an ostrich!!!

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/mobile/toys/le ... 2204150001

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Re: Help - presents for 2 year old!

Postby Louise » Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:58 pm

If you are short on space this would also be great to make
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http://craft.ideas2live4.com/2016/07/25 ... slipcover/

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