Gift ideas for my 18 month old niece?

[Anonymous]

I’m out of the loop on what’s cool for little toddlers. Can anyone give me some ideas on a gift that might be appreciated? They live in a smallish house, so nothing too big. We like to spoil her a bit, so budget is anything under $200.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Bitty Baby, Magnatiles, museum/farm/zoo membership, 529 plan donation

[Anonymous]

Play kitchen (Hape makes a solid one with a small footprint)
Little People schoolhouse playset
Nice set of solid wood blocks
Foam play stepping stones

[Anonymous]

Both of my boys loved pushing our doll stroller at that age.
Megablocks
Wimmelbooks

Items I'd recomment, but ask the parents about first:
Play kitchen (a bit on the early side, but if her parents are going to buy her one, totally a fine time to get it)
Big ticket summer items: Water table, sand table (look into Jurassic sand), Micro mini scooter
A play faucet

[Anonymous]

Ask the parents! My brother-in-law and his partner bring presents every time they see our daughters and while well-intentioned, end up cluttering our house. When they give "big" presents like a dinosaur chair, it drives me crazy because we already have several kid-size pieces of furniture, including a soft chair.

In my opinion, donating to 529 or "experience" gifts would be the best present, like a museum membership or tickets to puppet shows/kids' music concerts. Heck, it wasn't a present per se, but when they volunteered to babysit the kids while my husband and I went to dinner, I felt like that was the best present ever. Plus they actually spent time with the kids, who had a ball, instead of giving them useless junk.

[Anonymous]

I only get babies and toddlers books.

[Anonymous]

Soft puppets, books, play food, mini grocery cart.

[Anonymous]

Books, play doh, magnatiles. Membership to zoo or science ctr. Like if you did that you could get a stuffed animal of whatever is at the zoo and give that with it.

[Anonymous]

Umbrella stroller. Vtech or leap frog toys. Kids Kindle Fire. Clothing for winter/next spring.

One of the fancy scooters and a helmet.

Experiences aren't gifts.

[Anonymous]

A name puzzle is always good.

I'd also just ask the kid's parents. People kept giving my kid stuffed animals and it got kind of ridiculous how many we had.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Books, play doh, magnatiles. Membership to zoo or science ctr. Like if you did that you could get a stuffed animal of whatever is at the zoo and give that with it.

Agree with this as an apartment dweller. Small things are best; trips out are great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both of my boys loved pushing our doll stroller at that age.
Megablocks
Wimmelbooks

Items I'd recomment, but ask the parents about first:
Play kitchen (a bit on the early side, but if her parents are going to buy her one, totally a fine time to get it)
Big ticket summer items: Water table, sand table (look into Jurassic sand), Micro mini scooter
A play faucet

My 15 month plays with duplo. Even if they aren't old enough for pretend play they will be entertained opening and closing doors on the kitchen. Agree with asking parents first. They may be hoping for something (or hoping *not* for something).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Umbrella stroller. Vtech or leap frog toys. Kids Kindle Fire. Clothing for winter/next spring.

One of the fancy scooters and a helmet.

Experiences aren't gifts.

Actual parent here. They probably already have an umbrella stroller. And winter clothes.

Do NOT get somebody's toddler electronics without explicit permission.

Also experiences are gifts. Any experience where mom and dad get a break is a doubly appreciated gift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Umbrella stroller. Vtech or leap frog toys. Kids Kindle Fire. Clothing for winter/next spring.

One of the fancy scooters and a helmet.

Experiences aren't gifts.

Actual parent here. They probably already have an umbrella stroller. And winter clothes.

Do NOT get somebody's toddler electronics without explicit permission.

Also experiences are gifts. Any experience where mom and dad get a break is a doubly appreciated gift.

Experiences are not presents. At that age I got a light umbrella stroller.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Umbrella stroller. Vtech or leap frog toys. Kids Kindle Fire. Clothing for winter/next spring.

One of the fancy scooters and a helmet.

Experiences aren't gifts.

Actual parent here. They probably already have an umbrella stroller. And winter clothes.

Do NOT get somebody's toddler electronics without explicit permission.

Also experiences are gifts. Any experience where mom and dad get a break is a doubly appreciated gift.

Experiences are not presents. At that age I got a light umbrella stroller.

Taking my toddler to the zoo would 100% be a gift for both me and the toddler. That being said, ask the parents! -NP