Does she particularly like art or music. You could get her a art set or instrument or something. Sets of books are good as well. I still have a lovely set of Beatrix Potter books that I got when I was young.
We bought my grand-daughter a painting easel, with a blackboard on one side. A box of chalks, and a new paint box, together with some paper, and she spent many happy hours drawing.
does she like to bake cakes - there are some good baking sets, or lego or they have these magnetic dress up things Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation or a butterfly garden ?
what about a book, my daughter loves Apple Tree farm. They also have some good tiny tears dolls, or they have make me better doll (example of one of these http://www.amazon.co....Better/dp/B000QGJDRO)
These are all presents my daughter got for her 4th birthday.
Art materials lots and lots and lots... sequins, glue, glitter, coloured paper and card, beads and strings, colouring books, coloured crayons.... let her create her own magic ..... go mad in the pound shops....
i had ruled that one out because i have a very interfeering and distructive 2 year old but i've gone for one that has a whiteboard and blackboard so I can keep it in her room away from him and she can use it then on other days take it down the stairs for supervised painting and hopefully it wont get ruined by the little one by doing this.
thank you for all your suggestions. i've ordered, extras of chalk, whiteboard pens, wiper and magnets.
I was going to say that my girl is only 3.5 but she has already asked for a real guitar for her birthday! We go into the music shop a lot and she has seen a pink one, she wants a guitar so she can be George, her favourite Beatle! They cost £30.