birthday present

[hannah333]

Can anyone suggest a good present for my god daughter who will be 4? I want to get her something original and fun for her, but in a student budget!

[~Wingnut~]

Hi Hannah333

How about some fun-to-do packs for young kids like making friendship bracelets, pom pom animals etc.. or a paint your own kitty bank, fun to colour and then a handy place to keep her pocket money. You can get all sorts of things like this from high street stores at good prices too, �2.99+ They've been a god send when my daughter started school, she was invited to soooo many parties that it would have got expensive but this way it was still a cool fun to make prezzie and didn't break the bank.

Best Wishes & hope I have been of some help :o)

~Wingnut~

[Clanad]

Kind of inline with Wingnut's suggestion... we recently bought a three year old a large collection of make-up... It is all very washable (not only off her but off clothes, etc.) and she loves it.  We've tried keeping things gender neutral for a while, but she really likes being a little girl.  This wasn't expensive at all and I think it's marketed under Barbie doll stuff... anyway, Good luck!

[ann_h]

Trawl the charity shops and get stacks of beads etc, all different colours, sizes - even the broken strands are OK for this and dead cheap. A ball of nice silky twine and Hey Presto, limitless girly playtime. Can also be used to make her own curtain tie-backs and so on.

 

On the subject of pound-saving, you can use an ordinary white anglebracket with a 4-yard length of starry netting from a ragmarket for a princessy bed canopy - about a fiver instead of the 20-quids worth from the shops.

[MargeB]

jigsaws. great for that age.

[twiglet4frog]

not sure if u can stretch to less than �20 but we bought Magnetix from argos for our 4 year old and she hasnt uttered a word to us for 3 days now cos she loves making things with them and is "too busy to talk right now"

[natalie_1982]

My neice was 4 this year and I bought her a 'big' pressie and a 'little' one,  The 'little' one cost �5 and she preferred it!  It was from Marks and Spencers and was a bubble blowing kit, you get a little tub where you pour the bubble mixture and four funny shapes that makes the bubbles.

I think as it's getting warmer something for outside would be good like a wendy house, basketball hoop, bubble kit, skittles, etc as it will get good use.

[natalie_1982]

As Marge has already mentioned, jigsaws are great! 

Also, in Argos they have little 'breakfast' or kitchen sets which aren't too expensive, otherwise you could buy outfits for her dolls, or a tea set.

[rampart]

Could you check the church gift shop? Being a godmother, p'raps a little religious knick knack is in order. A Noah's Arc puzzle?

[long john]

How about a stick and a satsuma, when i was a kid i loved them. 

[blueeyedlass]

why not take her out for the day to the zoo ?? its a fun day out and she,ll probably get loads of gifts from everyone else so urs will be a bit different.

[hellywellywo]

do you remember fuzzy felts?  they were fantastic.or how about a game like hungry hippos.  or may be a collage kit ( childrens scissors, glue, glitter, stickers and lots of different coloured paper)