I thought I'd share with you some of the main gifts we've bought our toddler this year. I tend to start buying Christmas presents around August time, both to spread the cost and avoid having to panic about what to buy too close to Christmas. It's easier to just buy things as I see them and I like to spend some time shopping around and take advantage of offers and deals.
1. We bought this Built It! construction starter set from Early Learning Centre. It's currently half price (down from £40 to £20), so an absolute bargain. Tommy is really into making things at the moment, and it's one of the only activities he will sit down and do for any length of time. This set includes instructions and parts for making a robot and several different vehicles and then of course children can create their own as well.
2. Next up is the Toot Toot drivers parking tower, which we bought from Amazon. Tommy's already got the airport and the garage from the same range and spends hours playing with them. I think they're really good value for money. The little vehicles interact with the various stations for hours of fun. To love how all the different components can fit together to create an entire town or city. It's fab for pretend play.
3. We also purchased some spare track (again from Amazon) to connect his garage, airport and parking tower together.ma must-have if you have any items from the Toot Toot range.
4. GLTC play shop and theatre. This has been on my wish list for Tommy for a while and I've been umming and ahhhhing about buying it for Tommy's birthdays and Christmases since he was one. It has a shop in one side, with shelves for food storage and a blackboard top. On the other side I a theatre, complete with curtains and a stage. This is still sitting flat-placked in our pantry, so I can't comment on it's quality or how easy it is to assemble! I can say though that I always buy from GLTC and there wooden toys in particular are always sturdy and really good quality. They have some beautiful traditional toys, one-of-a-kind toys, furniture and storage solutions. Their Christmas items are worth checking out too! This is a fantastic price, considering it is two items in one. I just know Tommy will absolutely love this - he loves role play and has a really good imagination so it will be right up his street!
5. Melissa and Doug play food crates. These will obviously go well with the play shop. Again, I'm a huge fan of his brand - they're another brand I would always trust to deliver a quality, well-made and reasonably-priced toy/game. These handy little crates are small enough for little hands but big enough to look like the real thing. They're handily organised into food groups, so they're educational too. We bought the fruit, vegetables, meat and fish and dairy products set.
6. Early Learning Centre cash register - again, a must if you are playing shops! This has both realistic-looking coins and an electronic card machine. It features a scanner for scanning food items and includes a few select pieces of play food.
I'm getting super excited about the big day now, mainly because I can't wait to see Tommy's face when he opens his presents!!!!!!!!!
5. Melissa and Doug play food crates. These will obviously go well with the play shop. Again, I'm a huge fan of his brand - they're another brand I would always trust to deliver a quality, well-made and reasonably-priced toy/game. These handy little crates are small enough for little hands but big enough to look like the real thing. They're handily organised into food groups, so they're educational too. We bought the fruit, vegetables, meat and fish and dairy products set.
6. Early Learning Centre cash register - again, a must if you are playing shops! This has both realistic-looking coins and an electronic card machine. It features a scanner for scanning food items and includes a few select pieces of play food.
I'm getting super excited about the big day now, mainly because I can't wait to see Tommy's face when he opens his presents!!!!!!!!!
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