Posted on 12/13/2007 7:31:57 PM PST by LouAvul
My wife works with a single mom. The single mom is an OR scrub tech with two children, a four year old girl and an eight year old boy.
She also has no money and hasn't been able to buy any gifts for her kids for xmas.
This is a last item at the bottom of my priorities because I just found out about it tonight, but what could I get the children that wouldn't break the bank? What are kids those ages these days interested in?
thanx.
It'd be really cool if I could find somebody to dress up like Santa and take the stuff over on xmas eve.
Hyzenthlay’s ideas are pretty good.
Goodnight Hyzenthlay.
Really, the best stuff is stuff that doesn’t DO something for the kids, but that the kids can actually play with. My kids LOVED Duplos and played with them by the hour EVERY day for years.
Dolls or stuffed animals that the girl can play with are great for her.
Although boys love sports equipment, you should consider something they can play with inside. Something like a few Matchbox cars and a Matchbox car garage would work besides the Duplos.
For the little girl, anything Barbie or Disney Princess. Maybe a dress up set with a little crown and sceptre. Disney Faeries are coming out with all sorts of dolls and sets. Playdough sets or Magna Doodles; crayons, markers, and watercolor paint sets for both kids.
For the boy, Legos, Legos, Legos. My boys love them! They love Bionicles as well. Things that allow them to be creative. Games such as Operation, Trouble, or Battleship. These have all been hits in our home.
God bless you for your kindness.
MOM Ping..........FReeper needs some ideas!
every four year old girl needs at least one new baby doll for Christmas.......
Recommendations?
Our Ava loves her Cabbage patch dolls...but all the doll sets with bottles and stuff make her eyes glow as well. Go walk down the aisles and let your heart find the right one for her. You can’t go wrong. Every new doll she gets is her favorite.
Lou, I totally agree with Tioga on the doll. A friend gave my (now) 9 year old a Cabbage Patch doll for Christmas last year and she just adores her.
Amen!
I alway get my niece & nephew a trinket and a good book. In the frantic crush of Christmas the books often get overlooked, but they turn to them when the novelty of the toys fades away.
Merry Christmas!
So, obviously those things are still around? I remember buying those for my kids back in the early 80s. Pretty pricy, too.
New product from a new company. Should provide meaningfull snugling for both the kids. Many to choose from.
When I was that age, I loved Lincoln Logs, but they may be too pricey now. Or there were these red plastic bricks that interlocked (not Legos, but more like real bricks) for building stuff. It sounds like Transformers or Spiderman stuff is neat for the boy and you might want to add to the doll “families” or doll wardrobes for the little girl.
And I don’t know if it is politically correct, but most of the little girls I know love those sets with a purse, dress-up heels and costume jewelry. They’re generally VERY inexpensive.
Good luck!
You can usually find some real bargain puzzle books, just about anywhere, for kids. The younger child might enjoy dot-to-dots and a new box of crayons. There are books of mazes, crossword puzzles, sudoku etc available for a very wide range of age groups. Very affordable. I pick them up at the supermarket or dollar store for next to nothing.
I can’t really help you with the girl gift, but both my young boys LOVE Legos.
And they’re getting books for Christmas too!
My five year-old LOVES Monopoly, Jr!!!!
I agree the boy needs Transformers!
The little girl might like an alphabug or a ‘see ‘n say’..
Books are always good, I think. At that age, my son loved Legos and other building toys like Tinkertoys and Lincoln Logs; anything to do with baseball (caps, bat, glove, baseball cards, etc); and Matchbox cars (particularly those that looked like sports cars or heavy machinery).
Art supplies are also good for both, including PlayDoh (if Mom doesn’t mind), markers, crayons, watercolors, and plenty of art paper.
The girl definitely needs a doll. My daughter & most of my nieces also enjoyed stuffed toys, “kitchen” things, costume jewelry, pretend makeup, etc but you have to be careful about stuff made in China for that sort of thing. Maybe a board game like Candyland. I tend toward “crafty” gifts and books.
Parents that do not buy Chinese made products for their children love their children more than those that do.
I got her the Disney girl, Hannah (something). Plus some Holly Hobby foaming bubble bath. I got the boy a remote control car.
Thanx for all the help.
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