Girly toys idea for a 5 year old
I am trying to decide what to get my almost 5 year old for the holidays and for her birthday in a couple of months. She has two brothers so has all of the good gender neutral and STEM toys (huge bin of legos, magna tiles, cars, puzzles, board games, etc.) The only thing she does not have a lot of and are girly toys as a lot of our kids' toys are gender neutral or more boy-ish in theme since I purchased them originally for my son. She is a girly girl -- loves princesses and pink is her favorite color -- so I know she would love something pink and girly but I am not as well versed in the girls' toy. Any advice? I am looking for at least 3-5 gift ideas for myself and other family members.
Dec 7, 2017
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A doll house -- the plain wooden ones are good and she can paint it or collage to create wall paper. Then little people and animals and furniture for the doll house.
A two-wheeler.
What has she asked for, or seemed interested in?
Be cautious about pink. Our daughter loved pink, then halfway through kindergarten decided she would never wear pink again.
Our girly girl who will be 5 soon plays with her dress up costumes the most. Next most used toys are kitchen stuff. Whenever friends come over, the first thing they go for is the costumes (except the boys, who go for the cars and train stuff first).
A Truly Me American Girl Doll. There are lots of fun accessories, too
A dollhouse
Scented pencils, scented markers, stickers, ink stampers, scissors and pretty stationery
Kids non toxic nail polish (it peels off)
A Disney princess nightgown. The ones from the Disney store are really nice quality satin that double as a dress up costume or nightgown.
A play karaoke microphone, if she likes to sing
This year’s hot collectibles: LOL surprise dolls or Fingerling monkey. My daughter still plays with Shopkins and Nom Nums, too. The collectibles are all things that make me cringe, but my daughter and her friends adore them.
I have a girly-girl who just turned 5 in September (and two boys who bookend her so we have a mix of toys. She frequently plays with the following items at home - a doll (she prefers babies than dolls that look like older kids), a stroller and a baby carrier (or a makeshift one with some cloth). She also likes to carry around a purse and she has a diaper bag with some items like diapers, fake wipes, etc. Melissa and Doug has these nice kits where you can decorate your own pink and purple headbands or rings or bracelets - those may be nice as stocking stuffers. I've found that some kids like to play with more macro items like ours while other little girls love Calico Critters, Shopkins and doll houses. We have a doll house but our daughter doesn't play with it. She'd rather do 'larger' pretend-play. Our play kitchen is also quite popular in our house - you can get her a cute tea set if she's into those things. Our big present this year will be a light blue ice cream truck with accessories that I found at Target (it's currently 25% off). If you want to get her some Stem girly stuff, there's Goldi-Blox and supergirl legoes.
My daughter wasn't really into princesses, but most girls love a good doll to talk to - if you don't want to spring the $$ for American Girl then Target has a nice collection called "My Generation" which comes with clothes and all kinds of sets like play food, or doctor sets, veterinarian, different career and other fun stuff with pets and friends. My daughter LOVED these sets and played for hours - as a hint, it helps for them to have 2 dolls so that they can talk to each other! Good luck!!
My 5yo girly girl is into the idea of fashion. We're getting her a kit from Lakeshore Learning called "My First Fashion Designer," which is basically a 12-inch dress form with strips of fabric and ribbon kids can use to design dresses.